Leading the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) rumor mill today is news of a new budget iPad. Today, we’ll look at that and other Apple Rumors for Thursday.

Mac Book: Microsoft (NADAQ:MSFT)
is taking shots at Apple with a new ad campaign, BGR notes. The add campaign features a man named “Mac Book” recommending the Surface Laptop 3. The add goes on to have Mac Book talk about how much better the Surface Laptop 2 is than the MacBook. Microsoft obviously has fun with this play on words with text like “Mac Book says get a Surface Laptop.”
iPhone Lawsuit: Apple is the target of another iPhone lawsuit over throttling, reports MacRumors. This is another case of the company facing criticism over the iPhone slowdown scandal that started in 2017. It’s also far from the only case that the tech company is dealing with regarding throttling claims. There are more than 60 lawsuits around the world against AAPL over the iPhone slowdown allegations.