Most notably, Apple says the update fixes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth problems that were impacting some iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone Air users.
According to Apple's release notes, macOS Tahoe 26.0.1 addresses a bug that was preventing Mac Studio machines with an M3 Ultra chip from being upgraded to macOS Tahoe. A failed hardware check was causing macOS Tahoe installation attempts to be aborted, with Mac Studio users ultimately stuck on macOS Sequoia.
According to Apple's release notes, the software provides bug fixes and important security updates.
Tracked as CVE-2025-43400, the security defect is described as an out-of-bounds write issue in the operating system’s FontParser component that could lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition or memory corruption.
“Processing a maliciously crafted font may lead to unexpected app termination or corrupt process memory,” Apple explains.
“We’re excited to see developers around the world already bringing privacy-protected intelligence features into their apps. The in-app experiences they’re creating are expansive and creative, showing just how much opportunity the Foundation Models framework opens up,” said Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. “From generating journaling prompts that will spark creativity in Stoic, to conversational explanations of scientific terms in CellWalk, it’s incredible to see the powerful new capabilities that are already enhancing the apps people use every day.”
Apps spanning from health and fitness, to education and productivity, are already taking advantage of the Foundation Models framework. Here are just a few apps that have leveraged the framework to release new intelligence features that are available now.
Instead of choosing to place its flag on that hill, Apple is looking to identify the AI-augmented activities most likely to make a difference to its customers. It also seeks to differentiate its approach in order to bring a unique AI value proposition to its ecosystem.
That’s a nuanced approach, and it absolutely requires the front-end AI to be absolutely and unfailingly accurate in the responses it creates. If you want hallucinations, try another platform. We shall wait and see if Apple can get to that point, but right now, no one else has, either — so perhaps the company has time to get there.
In its latest addition, Apple News+ has a major new publication on board: The Washington Post.
Apple has expanded its sleep apnea notification feature to Apple Watch users in South Korea, the company announced today.
Across the board, this is a great mouse. The shape is comfortable, the new features are helpful for productivity, and the overall design facilitates an efficient and intuitive workflow. Even more importantly, it’s genuinely enjoyable to use.
This is a viable contender as a recovery program with a Disk Image module, a Fusion Drive module, and a Recovery Mode-based tool, as well as extensive file format support, even if the price is a bit steep outside of the professional community.
Developer Ali Tanis has released the first game for iPhones and iPads that’s played using Apple’s AirPods as a wearable motion controller. The RidePods - Race with Head gameplay is relatively basic – you’re just steering a motorcycle through oncoming traffic at high speeds – but instead of swiping the screen or tiling your phone, you control the bike’s movements by tilting your head from side-to-side while wearing AirPods.
As reported in Chosun Biz, Cheong last week told journalists in Seoul that the company is accelerating preparations for mass production of OLED displays designed for foldable smartphones to be supplied to a "North American client." He declined to provide further information about the client, but it is widely expected to be Apple.
Apple and Amazon won a ruling on Monday dismissing a consumer antitrust lawsuit in Seattle federal court that accused them of conspiring to inflate prices of iPhones and iPads sold on Amazon’s platform.
U.S. District Judge Kymberly Evanson in her ruling faulted the plaintiffs’ lawyers for dragging out the litigation after the original plaintiff sought to withdraw from the 2022 case.
The publishing of these documents was likely the result of a mistake by a certification body or lab during the filing process. The metadata showed that short-term confidentiality and permanent confidentiality were marked as “no,” contrary to Apple’s explicit request, which likely caused them to be auto-published by FCCID.io.
That was the moment when Sam Vea’s mobile phone gave out. Landlines died as well, because in Tonga, as in many other countries, even ordinary telephone calls are now routed through data cables. In Southampton, Clare could look at satellite photos and see that the eruption had blessedly left Vava‘u, Tongatapu and other islands in the Tongan archipelago intact, but Tongans themselves couldn’t be sure of that. They had no way of communicating with each other, no way of learning about the condition of other parts of their own, small country. “For a week, I didn’t know what happened to my family on Tongatapu,” one man in Vava‘u told me. “I have a brother in Nuku’alofa. I had to assume he was OK.” Another said: “We thought Tongatapu was obliterated. There was just no way to know differently.”
We inhabit the internet in an odd, paradoxical state. It is everywhere, available whenever we desire it, like the air we breathe. This permits us to forget not only its materiality – bottomless quantities of metals and plastics poured and cast into wires, routers, datacentres, servers, towers and repeaters – but also its centrality in our lives. We’re lulled into believing that the internet is only a vehicle for emails, apps, selfies, Zoom meetings and websites that linger too long on unread browser tabs. The fact that the very apparatus of 21st-century life relies on the internet is rendered visible to us only when something snaps, like the sole cable running to Tonga.
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Now Sir Tim has written a memoir, “This Is for Everyone,” with the journalist Stephen Witt. It might have been a victory lap, but for the web’s dire situation—viral misinformation, addictive algorithms, the escalating disruptions of A.I. In such times, Berners-Lee can no longer be Cincinnatus. He has taken up the role of Paul Revere.
“They thought they were safe,” he said, as the boat startled a flock of geese. Platforms had lulled users into complacent dependency, then sealed off the exits, revealing themselves as extractive monopolies. Berners-Lee’s escape hatch is a project called the Solid Protocol, whose mission is to revolutionize the web by giving users control over their data. To accelerate its adoption, he launched a company, Inrupt, in 2017. “We can build a new world in which we get the functionality of things like Facebook and Instagram,” he told me. “And we don’t need to ask for permission.”
Not only does the optical zoom perform better than last year’s model, but the digital zoom has also eliminated noticeable pixelation—even when hitting the 40x limit.
While we don’t know the exact mixture Apple is using, I was curious if I could try and replicate the effect. My own iPhone 17 Pro got some marks from using a stand at the Apple Store during setup. I mixed up water and some sea salt and it actually did work:
The researchers—Akshaya Kumar, Anna Raymaker, and Michael Specter of Georgia Institute of Technology—found that each tag broadcasts an unencrypted MAC address and unique ID that can be picked up by other Bluetooth devices or radio-frequency antennas in a tag’s vicinity to track the movements of the tag and its owner. The location of a tag, its MAC address, and unique ID also get sent unencrypted to Tile’s servers, where the researchers believe this information is stored in cleartext, giving Tile the ability to track the location of tags and their owners, even though the company claims it does not have this capability.
The researchers say this would give Tile the ability to conduct “mass surveillance” on its users and potentially provide that information to law enforcement and others.
Bad Bunny is slated to perform during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show, taking place on Feb. 8, 2026 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA.
Defying practically all odds, the Playdate is going strong, recently concluding its second season of curated titles. But with ‘appointment gaming’ so central to the console’s pitch, is it possible—or even worthwhile—to jump in, three years on? Having thoroughly missed the boat on Playdate’s launch, I wanted to find out.
Okay, I tried AutoMix again this morning, and two songs later, I turned it back off.
Oh, and this morning, I also turned my lock screen's clock from glass to solid. Some wallpapers doesn't really go well with glass, not that the glass clock is always bad.
I think I've settled down with Liquid Glass on my iPhone.
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There’s no denying that Launchpad was a popular part of macOS, but we shouldn’t be blind to its faults. It had needed an overhaul for years, and Apple has done a good job reworking it into a more modern launcher that’s fit for the future.
In my opinion, the Apps window is a better replacement in a variety of different ways. I’m sure there are plenty of people who will disagree, but I can’t hide the fact that I find it superior for the way I use my Mac.
Journal on the Mac has proved to be great for fast writing and stream-of-consciousness note capture. The fact that everything stays synced across iPhone, iPad, and Mac makes it even more useful.
TimeWave is a comprehensive timer app that lets you do a lot more than Apple’s stock Clock app can do. In short, it allows you to create flowing timers – allowing you to have back to back timers for sequential tasks.
After a brief period of trying out the new Spotlight to launch apps, I have now returned to using Alfred to launch apps.
And if I cannot remember the name of the app, I'll open a Finder window and browser the Applications folder.
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"I think what's exciting is when we develop new technologies and new capabilities that enable a product like iPhone Air... we apply those things in different places," he told us. He used the example of the miniaturisation of technology developed for the Apple Watch and AirPods, noting that now Apple has got "good at certain things and materials, they'll start to show up in other places as well."
To us, the iPhone Air looks exactly what we would expect half a folding iPhone to look like so we're hoping that what Apple learned in making the Air does exactly what Ternus says and shows up in new places, including new formats, in the future.
In its filing, Apple argues the lawsuit should be thrown out because it rests on “complaints about the timing” of just two Siri-related features: Siri Personal Context Awareness and Siri In-App Actions. The company emphasizes that the features were delayed to “meet Apple’s high quality standards” and that the delay of two features cannot support the “sweeping claims” made in the lawsuit.
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Apple also wants credit for the Apple Intelligence features that have shipped. It points to more than 20 features that have rolled out since last fall, including Writing Tools, Smart Replies, Genmoji, and Image Playground. Apple calls those updates “groundbreaking and transformative,” arguing they show steady delivery on what was promised.
A small number of users seem to be experiencing an issue that prevents Apple Intelligence from fully downloading, leaving Apple Intelligence features like Genmoji, Image Playground, Writing Tools, and more inaccessible.
According to two affected users, Apple's support staff is aware of the issue and is planning to address the bug. It is not clear if Apple can make a server-side adjustment or if an iOS update will be needed to fully resolve the problem.
The company’s AI division is using the app to quickly evaluate new features for Siri, Apple’s voice-powered assistant. That includes testing the ability to search through personal data, such as songs and emails, and perform in-app actions like editing photos, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the initiative is private.
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Even without a public launch, the internal tool marks a new phase in Apple’s preparations for Siri’s overhaul, a high-stakes release that could reshape perceptions of its AI efforts.
...and there are strong reasons against it. The conversation could be philosophical, but it highlights the conflicting opinions on whether commercial interests should take precedence over human well-being.
How in the world would that increase competition? iOS’s unique and exclusive features — which, yes, in many cases, are exclusive to the Apple device ecosystem — are competition.
The U.S. labor board has withdrawn its allegations that Apple CEO Tim Cook violated federal labor law and several other claims, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.
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The labor board is also retracting allegations that the iPhone maker broke the law by imposing confidentiality rules, firing Janneke Parrish and surveilling workers or making them think they were under surveillance, the report said.
I don't think the DMA is meant to increase competition to iPhone and iOS. From my layperson's point of view, that doesn't seem to be the purpose at all.
What I think the DMA's intention is to increase competition to products and services that rely on iPhones and iOS, from smart watches to earphones to web browsers to music streaming apps. That's where the spotlights are on.
One can argue if there are more competitors to iOS and Android, products and services will be able to compete better, and I have no disagreement with that. (In fact, I think this is something regulators need to look into.) However, from what I can see, that's not the intention of DMA.
And certainly, I do see web browsers as part-and-parcel of an operating system, just like I think Internet Explorer rightly belonged in Windows. (The problem with Microsoft then was to require hardware vendors not to include other browsers.) So it's not like I think the DMA is a great throughout.
But for Mr John Gruber to argue DMA is wrong as it doesn't bring in competition to iPhone and iOS is, in my opinion, well, wrong.
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According to Apple, four iPhone 17 Pros will be positioned at Fenway Park — in the Green Monster, the home dugout, and roaming the stands. In contrast to the secrecy of last week, the Tigers-Red Sox game will feature a bug in the corner of the screen that shows off the shots that are coming from an iPhone.
Is it a self-promotional gimmick? Sure, but Apple is paying a lot of money for MLB rights. Also, it’s not as if the company hasn’t pushed its MLB telecasts in a bunch of different ways. The Friday Night Baseball broadcasts look great, and have featured loads of helmet and body cams, a cinematic depth-of-field camera, and even in-stadium drone shots. Apple has probably earned at least one night of iPhone Pro product integration.
“Apple has simply contested every little bit of the DMA [Digital Markets Act] since its entry into application,” said Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier. “This undermines the company’s narrative of wanting to be fully cooperative with the Commission.”
I struggle to offer constructive thoughts about Apple’s battles with the EU over the Digital Markets Act, a competition law aimed at boosting interoperability and limiting gatekeeper control. At a high level, I believe both the European Commission (which is responsible for the DMA) and Apple believe that they have the best interests of their constituents at heart. However, the European Commission views itself as serving all residents of EU member countries, whereas Apple is focused on current or prospective Apple users in the EU. Neither side is likely acting in bad faith; they’re advancing different, sometimes conflicting, mandates. As much as I believe Apple makes good products that serve its users well, what’s best for Apple users (and thus Apple itself) isn’t always best—or even good—for everyone else.
Very slowly but surely, Apple has been expanding the list of US states and territories that support IDs in Apple Wallet. After adding Montana last month, North Dakota is now the latest to join.
Proton has rolled out a major update to its Mail app for iOS and Android, introducing a completely rebuilt interface alongside a new offline mode that lets users read, write, and organize emails without an internet connection.
It’s one thing to work with TSMC to build fabrication facilities on U.S. soil, but it’s even better to help a U.S. company become a viable second-source option. And Intel, it seems, is America’s best hope for that. But it will require lots of money and expertise.
I need to find wallpapers for my Mac that are mostly white in color. Especially at the top edge. Because of macOS 26 and its menu bar.
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It’s been five or six years since I stopped answering my phone. With the exception of family or work calls, most of which I’m expecting, everyone now goes straight to voicemail, where my iPhone software dutifully transcribes the messages, which are almost always robocalls or spam. And my text messages are even more of a mess than my unanswered calls.
Apple has promised to help with a couple of new features in iOS 26. You might not have noticed, even if you’ve updated your iPhone, because the most ambitious feature, which uses AI to screen calls, is off by default. (You’ll be prompted to turn it on when you first open the Phone app after updating to iOS 26, or you can turn it on in your Phone app settings by selecting “Ask Reason for Calling.”) Another new feature that filters out spam texts is on by default, but it’s a little bit confusing to figure out how it works. I am nevertheless down to try anything.
It’s been more than a year since the Digital Markets Act was implemented. Over that time, it’s become clear that the DMA is leading to a worse experience for Apple users in the EU. It’s exposing them to new risks, and disrupting the simple, seamless way their Apple products work together. And as new technologies come out, our European users’ Apple products will only fall further behind.
The DMA also isn’t helping European markets. Instead of competing by innovating, already successful companies are twisting the law to suit their own agendas — to collect more data from EU citizens, or to get Apple’s technology for free.
Despite our concerns with the DMA, teams across Apple are spending thousands of hours to bring new features to the European Union while meeting the law’s requirements. But it’s become clear that we can’t solve every problem the DMA creates.
“The DMA means the list of delayed features in the EU will probably get longer, and our EU users’ experience on Apple products will fall further behind,” it said. Apple added that Brussels was creating unfair competition as the rules were not applied to Samsung, the largest smartphone provider in the EU.
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Apple said that under the DMA, “instead of competing by innovating, already successful companies are twisting the law to suit their own agendas – to collect more data from EU citizens, or to get Apple’s technology for free”.
“I want to say how much I value my partnership with Apple. They’ve been incredible collaborators and I deeply respect their team,” Chastain wrote. “That said, I wanted to reach out and let you know that we’re not aligned on the decision to pause the release of The Savant.
But The Savant wouldn’t—and, frankly, couldn’t—premiere in a vacuum, especially not now. (For proof, just ask Jimmy Kimmel.) Making any statement about people who perpetuate terror, especially those who target marginalized groups on the basis of white nationalism, could put the show in the crossfire of conservative outrage—so Apple is balancing optics against risk. Releasing the show too soon after frenzied conversations about gun violence and division might make the platform look thoughtless—but avoiding the discourse entirely is risky in its own way.
Apple tells me it has determined these imperfections are caused by worn MagSafe stands used in some stores. It also clarifies that the marks aren’t scratches, but rather material transfer from the stand to the phone that is removable with cleaning. The company says it is working to address these problems at the stores, presumably by replacing the worn MagSafe stands. Other iPhones on display are also affected by this, including iPhone 16 models.
Affected users attempt to search for an existing calendar event, but no results are found.
The problem does not impact all iPhone users, and certain search phrases may still yield results, so it appears to be a bit of a hit-or-miss situation.
Overall, I find the goal-oriented check-ins useful; knowing I have 22 minutes left on my exercise goal does make me more likely to extend my workout if I was only going to do a 20-minute one. The conversational voice giving me my mile splits is a bit nicer than hearing the generic, more robot-like voice. And if I had run my fastest 5K recently, I’d probably love to be reminded about it at every opportunity.
macOS’s Gatekeeper and XProtect functions provide a strong baseline for security and block the vast majority of malware and questionable apps. Still, determined or careless users can bypass protections and grant dangerous levels of access to malware, placing your Mac’s data and functions at risk. For most users, these safeguards are enough, but a third-party security suite can also offer peace of mind.
Maybe setting an 80 percent limit improves battery health over a longer period of time, but over a one-year period, the results have been disappointing. Setting charging to a 90 or 95 percent might make more sense.
If you produce podcasts or video, or simply want transcripts that you can analyze with AI, check out Quick Subtitles. In addition to generating timestamped SRT files ready for YouTube and other video projects, the app can batch-transcribe files, and use a Google Gemini or OpenAI API key that you supply to analyze the transcripts it generates.
SitApp is a helpful app that uses your webcam to analyze your posture and detect when you’re slouching in real time. When you are, the app displays a pop up to tell you to sit up straight. It also tracks your posture over time so that you can see your progress over the course of the day or a week.
Zagg today announced the launch of the Pro Keys Connect, a new keyboard case that's designed for the iPad, iPad Air, and iPad Pro. The Pro Keys Connect is able to interface with an iPad using USB-C, so a Bluetooth connection is not required and pairing is automatic.
A new app offering to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell the data to AI companies is, unbelievably, the No. 2 app in Apple’s U.S. App Store’s Social Networking section.
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The fact that such an app exists and is permitted on the app stores is an indication of how far AI has encroached into users’ lives and areas once thought of as private. Its high ranking within the Apple App Store, meanwhile, is proof that there is now some subsection of the market seemingly willing to exchange their privacy for pennies, regardless of the larger cost to themselves or society.
There’s an old business maxim dating to the California gold rush: it’s easier to make money selling picks and shovels to aspiring miners than to strike it rich finding gold. Artificial intelligence is in a picks-and-shovels phase right now. If gold, in this metaphor, is artificial general intelligence—a machine smarter than a human—or some version of a digital god, then tech companies are snapping up the tools to create one, including graphics-processing units, data centers, and trained A.I. models. [...] Insiders have described San Francisco as being in a new state of A.I.-gold-rush fervor, but the true gold has yet to be found; all of the major generative artificial-intelligence businesses are unprofitable. The race is on to find something, anything, that works.
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We everyday users are playing with ChatGPT and being bombarded by marketing messages from companies that advertise revolutionary functions but rarely deliver, as with Apple’s 2024 début of the iPhone 16, which was meant to deploy A.I. across the device but has been widely deemed a failure. Meanwhile, more picks and shovels are being sold all the time. The question is who, if anyone, will manage to strike it rich, by making the device or app that transcends the hype and becomes as second nature as smartphones are.
Current technology allows for radical memory enhancement: smartphones can record (and transcribe) every conversation, and wearable cameras can capture hours of first-person audiovisual recording. We have excellent reason to record much more of our lives than we already do and thereby enhance our memory radically.
The case is simple: our memory is immensely valuable to us, and we already record much of our lives using video and photography, messenger logs and voice messages. These records are valuable to us in significant part because they enhance our memory and thereby promote its value. Recording those parts of our lives that we do not yet record would possess the same kind of value. Properly appreciated, this gives us reason to record much more (and create so-called lifelogs): nearly all of our conversations, everyday life and, in general, as many experiences as feasible.
I look at my recent incoming phone call history on my iPhone, every single call is from an unknown caller, and I suspect every single call is either people trying to cold call and sell me insurance, or people trying to cold call and scam me.
At this point, if there is a way to tell my iPhone to not use the phone-part of the SIM card and just do mobile data, I will. (Someone please tell me there's a way? I haven't go through the huge list of Settings in iOS 26 yet.)
I don't think there's anything much for Apple or any company to save the mobile phone.
(There is a recent outgoing phone call that I made to make a restaurant reservation. And that was only because I wanted to book a 1.15pm time slot, but the restaurant's website only allowed me to book either at 1.00pm or 2.00pm. I managed to made that reservation with a real human answer the call.)
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Apple TV+ has postponed the release of “The Savant,” its upcoming thriller series starring Jessica Chastain as an investigator working to prevent domestic extremism.
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The official logline for the series says that it “follows an undercover investigator known as ‘The Savant’ as she infiltrates online hate groups in an effort to stop domestic extremists before they act.” In it, Chastain plays Jodi Goodwin, a military veteran who works at the Anti-Hate Alliance. There, she secretly visits 4Chan-like message boards and tries to draw out possible terrorists. Early in the series, while posing as a white nationalist, she stumbles upon the planning of a large-scale domestic attack, and attempts to infiltrate the group to thwart it.
“The Savant” succeeds because it holds a mirror up to present-day American society, reflecting back to us who and where we are currently. The medium of television is so beautiful, because, through its storytelling capabilities, it’s able to reach people across all walks of life, and connect with varied perspectives, allowing us to continue hearing one another. Even if we struggle to find common ground. Snatching relevant TV shows off of networks and streamers out of fear and cowardice is the antithesis of what companies should be doing during this terrifying period, when American life and even the Constitution are under attack.
The iPhone and iPhone Pro have a minor but noticeable heft to them, where the Air is just thin and light enough to feel heftless. It's easy to carry and pocket while still being sturdy enough to handle day-to-day use and abuse. And its battery life, while diminished compared to this year's other iPhones, does not regress all he way back to where it was in the pre-iPhone-X era.
Some iPhone 17 and iPhone Air users are taking to Reddit and other support forums to complain of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity problems. This is also leading to CarPlay stability problems for some people.
The issue is the shape of the phone. Specifically, the sharp edge of the camera bump, which the anodizing doesn’t adhere to as evenly as across the rest of the phone.
The fit of the AirPods Pro 3 is much better from the start. I did have to size up my tips to the 'L' size for something that felt secure enough, but they were noticeably more stable in the ear.
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That fit security has come at a cost, however. They're not quite as comfortable as their forbears, thanks to those slightly deeper-reaching tips. It's a trade-off that I am willing to make, but they don't quite have the 'barely there' fit of the old model. I suspect this may be one of the more controversial elements of the buds once customers start to get their hands on them.
Calendar sync works automatically once enabled, syncing all your Invites events into the Apple Calendar of your choice.
Apple Music 5.0 brings three main iOS 26 features to Android.
Digital ID, the iOS 26 feature that lets U.S. passport holders add their passports to the Wallet app, is coming later in 2025, Apple confirmed today.
WhatsApp has announced the rollout of its new translation feature, allowing users to translate messages into their preferred language directly within the app. The feature is launching gradually across iPhone and Android devices for one-on-one chats, group conversations, and Channel updates.
There’s no USB port or swappable batteries. Instead, it features a cell that can convert solar or artificial light — 200 lux at minimum — into power to charge its battery, which the company says will last for up to 10 years. Once fully charged, the company says the K980 can be used in complete darkness for up to four months.
Today, Apple announced a new investment in the restoration and sustainable management of a working redwood forest in California, in collaboration with The Conservation Fund. The forest project is part of the company’s expanded Restore Fund initiative, which is now invested in two dozen conservation and regenerative agriculture projects that span six continents.
The court adopted a narrow definition of the markets in play, viewing iOS as its own ecosystem and concluding that Apple has a monopoly over iOS app distribution and in-app payment processing. Apple doesn't have to make any changes yet, but the court did not look favorably on Apple's rules against sideloading and third-party payments.
Apple believes that viewing the iPhone as a single brand market is inappropriate, because it faces competition from other platforms like the Google Play Store, the Samsung Galaxy Store, and stores that allow for software purchases on PCs and consoles. Other courts, including the U.S. court overseeing the Epic Games v. Apple case, have not used that market definition.
A few months ago, Apple hosted a two-day event that featured talks and publications on the latest advancements in natural language processing (NLP). Today, the company published a post with multiple highlights, and all the studies presented. Here’s the roundup.
You know what, rather than figuring out which function and which formula to use in Numbers, sometimes it is easier to export a table out from the spreadsheet as CSV, install Homebrew on my laptop, install PHP using Homebrew, write a PHP script, run the PHP script on the CSV file, and import that results back into Numbers.
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Apple has announced another round of Immersive films for the Vision Pro, including Monday’s premiere of “Tour De Force” from CANAL+ and MotoGP.
“Tour De Force” is a half-hour film about French motorcycle racer Johann Zarco competing for a historic win at the French Grand Prix at Le Mans. It was announced back in June and is the first film shot with Blackmagic’s new URSA Cine Immersive camera, which lets companies that aren’t Apple create films in Apple’s Immersive format.
One of the neatest iOS 26.1 beta additions has come to the Apple Music app. When you’re playing something, you can now change tracks by swiping along the MiniPlayer. This is the small bar at the bottom of the Apple Music app that shows your currently playing music. Run a finger left or right along it and you can skip your audio back or forward a track.
Apple today announced that Tap to Pay on iPhone is available in Estonia, Lavia, Lithuania, Monaco, and Norway, providing a way for independent sellers, small businesses, and larger merchants in these countries to use an iPhone as a contactless payment terminal.
Eastgate Systems has released version 11 of its Tinderbox note-taking assistant, bringing AI integration and a new Information City visualization. Tinderbox can now interact with Claude Desktop and other AIs to examine Tinderbox documents and revise them.
Apple today announced the grand reopening of Apple Ginza on Friday, September 26, located in the vibrant Ginza district where Apple’s retail journey in Japan began more than two decades ago. Opened in 2003 as Apple’s first store outside the U.S., Apple Ginza now returns in an all-new four-story design that brings together the best of Apple’s products, services, and experiences in one beautifully reimagined space.
The EU is set to scrutinise if Apple, Google and Microsoft are failing to adequately police financial fraud online, as it steps up efforts to police how Big Tech operates online.
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Virkkunnen stressed the commission looked at the operations of individual companies, rather than where they were based. She will scrutinise how Apple and Google are handling fake applications in their app stores, such as fake banking apps.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has scraped settlements with Apple and U.S. Bank that were implemented under former President Joe Biden's administration, ending oversight requirements years early, according to court filings dated earlier this month.
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The Apple settlement originated last fall when the CFPB found that the tech giant and Goldman Sachs had violated consumer protection laws for allegedly mishandling transaction disputes stemming from the Apple Credit Card and misled purchasers about whether some transactions were interest-free. The original settlement had required five years of enhanced compliance and cooperation.
There are two bugs that I encounter on my iPhone rather regularly.
Firstly, iPhone seemed to forget to announce notifications on my AirPods. ALl I hear is the usual ding, instead of reading the notifications aloud in my ears. I've tried turning the setting off and on, but the nice voice that is supposed to read in my ears continued to refuse.
The other bug: the ShortCut widget on Today's View stopped responding to my taps. This only happens when I swipe from the lock screen to Today's View, but not if I unlock the phone, go to the home screen, and then swipe to Today's View.
In both cases, I can only reboot the phone to get the features back.
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But I have good news for fellow aging people (which is, well, all of us eventually.) Our digital gadgets are increasingly being designed with features that can help users overcome both the usual sensory declines of age and more severe disabilities and diseases. From Apple AirPods that can act as inexpensive hearing aids — and now, on-the-go translators — to the growing ubiquity of continuous glucose monitors for diabetics, some of the most promising uses of consumer tech involve propping up our failing organic meat-sacks.
Apple's custom A19 Pro chip introduces a major architecture change, with neural accelerators added to each GPU core to increase compute power. Apple also debuted its first ever wireless chip for iPhone, the N1, and a second generation of its iPhone modem, the C1X. It's a move analysts say gives Apple control of all the core chips in its phones.
"That's where the magic is. When we have control, we are able to do things beyond what we can do by buying a merchant silicon part," said Tim Millet, Apple vice president of platform architecture.
In iOS 26, whenever you plug into a wired accessory, the system prompts you to allow or deny data transfer. If you tap “Don’t Allow,” the phone charges but blocks all data flow. If you tap “Allow,” the accessory, whether it is a charging cable, dock, or other device, can initiate data communication with your iPhone.
If the phone is locked, iOS 26 will not let any accessory transmit data until you unlock the device and confirm. Charging still works, but documents, photos, or any other data stay put unless you give explicit permission.
The iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max appear to provide little resistance to scratches and scuffs around the sharp edges of the camera bump. Tech blogger Zack Nelson demonstrates this weakness in a durability test on his JerryRigEverything YouTube channel, explaining that the anodized aluminium layer on the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max “does not stick to corners very well” — creating a weak point in the coating. This is a known issue with the electrochemical anodizing process, so it was a design decision Apple knowingly made.
"Bureaucrats in Brussels" are unfairly challenging Apple's closed ecosystem and denying users the "magical, innovative experience" that makes the firm unique, Apple said.
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"They want to take the magic away - of having a tightly integrated experience that Apple provides - and make us like the other guys," Joswiak said during a press briefing with reporters at its headquarters in Cupertino, California.
Speaking as a fellow aging person… (wait, who is not an aging person?)
I am glad that Apple is catering to people who do not have perfect eyesights, or perfect hearing, or perfect motor control, or whatever. And that there are options and settings that, hopefully, can be much more inclusive than the previous generation of software who seemed to categorize everyone only as either 'regular' or 'power' user.
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Though the iPhone Air has a thinner design than usual, it's easier to repair than you might think. There isn't room for layers of components, and iFixit says that the thin chassis keeps parts from getting buried. Apple is using a clipped-in display and back glass, with no adhesive in sight. Where adhesive is required, such as for the battery, Apple is using adhesive that can be loosened with low-voltage electrical current. It's a design that Apple introduced last year with the iPhone 16, and now it's expanded to other models.
It’s remained resilient in the face of high-profile password manager breaches, due in no small part to its zero-knowledge security architecture, and it has continued to evolve with new features, including Travel Mode, which is quickly becoming one of the marquee offerings. Even with such drastic changes, 1Password remains one of the best password managers on the market.
I've switched back to using Alfred for my app-launching on macOS, after trying out the new Spotlight.
The new Spotlight is too slow. In Alfred, I can type the first two or three letters of the desired app, immediately press Return, and get the app front-and-center.
On Spotlight, many times, the desired app does not come out fast enough. Worse, if I press Return, it will launch the wrong app. Often times, it seems, it is the previous app that I use Spotlight to launch. But sometimes, it will launch a different app on my iPhone instead of Mac. (The iPhone Mirroring app comes out instead.)
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As iOS 26 is rolling out to all users, developers have been updating their apps to include features powered by Apple’s local AI models. Apple’s models are small compared with leading models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or Meta. That is why local-only features largely improve quality of life with these apps rather than introducing major changes to the app’s workflow.
The deep blue variants of the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max exhibited scuffs after just a few hours of being on display, Bloomberg News found from visits to Apple stores in New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai and London. The black iPhone Air also showed itself to be prone to scratching, the reporters observed.
At the core of the issue is the Stolen Device Protection feature introduced to iPhones with iOS 17.3. This super-secure mode is designed to deter thieves by putting a one-hour delay on any suspicious changes that are made outside of a user's trusted locations.
Now, turning off the Find My tracking service – which you have to do when trading in an iPhone – counts as a suspicious change, and a public Apple Store counts as an untrusted location, which means people are having to wait around for an hour to hand over their old phones.
My major takeaway is that Apple’s scores are almost always higher than those I get from other devices. That said, they tend to go up when the others go up, and down when the others go down, which means that all of these scores are probably useful when looked at from a big-picture point of view.
Director Martin Scorsese has committed to his next film, and he’s got Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as his leads. They’re eyeing a January start for an adaptation of the ghost story novel Deadline hears that Apple Original Films is negotiating to finance and produce with Studiocanal, which has developed the script.
Right now, even though I am using Apple Intelligence intentionally, I don't allow it to make any decisions for me. Everything it does, I'll check and review and edit, to make sure it is what I want.
I hope all the third-party apps are also using Apple Intelligence… intelligently.
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After extensively testing the iPhone 17 Pro camera system, I can confidently say the biggest improvement for photographers this year is the new 48MP 4x lens and the 8x telephoto. These focal lengths feel right and open up opportunities to capture fresh perspectives.
On the 16 Pro, the 5x (120mm) often felt a little too tight. The new 4x (100mm) feels far more natural and much more familiar. It’s a classic portrait and landscape focal length in the photography world, and with the bump up from 12MP to 48MP I’ve been really happy with the results.
There is a real need to make car infotainment systems safer to use, and Apple has the technology and influence to build a platform that helps achieve that goal, while still allowing users to be very connected to their iPhone and media. However, they seem to be fumbling the play, which is disappointing to say the least.
Nevertheless, if you are aware of these flaws by ignoring Tapbacks and using appropriate widgets, CarPlay for iOS 26 is an excellent update that, thankfully, shows Apple is not moving all its focus to CarPlay Ultra.
Apple’s new iPhone 17, iPhone Air, Apple Watch, and AirPods lineups debut tomorrow. Apple is preparing for the festivities with special displays at its retail store, including a stunning design at Apple BKC in Mumbai, India.
Speaking to customers in line at the launch, we discovered that the first people had been up since 3 a.m. Still, despite the popularity of these new products, it’s good to hear that you don’t have to camp out from midnight to get your hands on these iPhones like you did many years ago. We attend the launch every year, and the most interesting thing is finding out what devices the first customers choose to purchase.
She added that most people had shown up at about 6pm to collect wristbands that indicated they were part of the queue, and then left, presumably to return at a later time.
The wristbands did not guarantee a product purchase, however.
Another customer said Apple staff had recommended those with wristbands to join the queue at about 4am.
Hundreds of people lined up at Apple’s flagship store in Beijing on the launch day of the iPhone 17 on Friday in a sign that sales of the series are off to a promising start in the world's second largest economy.
From Wi-Fi and GPS to Bluetooth and GNSS, and now 5G and satellite connectivity on the Apple Watch Ultra 3, a constant stream of wireless signals moves in and out of the watch, making it tick. The antennas and hardware have to be seamlessly woven into the very fabric of the device from the earliest design phase -- out of sight and out of mind -- then tested in real-world scenarios to make sure nothing interferes with the signals going in or out (not even your arm).
I like to think I'm organized, but I could use a bit of help on this front, especially when it comes to keeping track of my things. For example, I have a large vinyl collection, and I couldn't tell you every album I own. However, with the help of a home inventory app, that task is considerably easier.
With an inventory app, you can keep track of anything: food, clothing, tools, games, technology, kitchen tools, appliances, serial numbers, where you purchased an item, and so much more.
Happy iPhone day! I hope that, this year, nobody dropped and shattered their iPhones while unboxing outside of an Apple store in front of the local news' camera crew.
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Adjacent to the pressure measurement screen was what could only be described as an iPhone torture device. In it was an iPhone Air, balanced, face down on a mount, and two similar mounts were placed equidistant on the back. A technician turned on the machine, which proceeded to press the top mounts down on the iPhone Air.
I watched in horror as the phone bent at the center, giving way to a measured 133 lbs of pressure. I was riveted and repulsed (that poor phone). The technician released the pressure, and as the mounts pulled up, the phone returned to a perfectly flat frame. To prove it, they took the iPhone Air out of the machine, and it lay perfectly flat on the table.
The slim profile might be the headline attraction, but the lighter weight is the real benefit. Putting the Air in my backpack’s slimmest pockets is great; holding the phone and scrolling without having to periodically adjust my grip is awesome. And for the occasion where you might actually hold the phone to your ear and talk to someone that way, it’s just a bit more comfortable than usual. Those little moments are when you’ll really appreciate the Air’s weight as its best feature.
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Now for the less-good news: battery life is just okay. And honestly, that’s a pretty good outcome for the Air; the situation could have been worse. If you’re a light user and you spend most of your time on Wi-Fi, you might never have a problem with the battery.
It's amazing how a couple of grams and a slimmer profile can drastically change the feel of a phone. There isn’t much to grab on the edges, but the Air's design is whimsical and somewhat paradoxical. It feels like a twig that can snap in a heartbeat, but the sturdy titanium frame dispels any notion of fragility.
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The Air showcases just what Apple is capable of when it controls the chips, hardware, and software, in a thin and light design that might be a bedrock for a potential folding iPhone. I don't doubt that there will be a demographic of people who don't take many photos or don't need heaps of battery life that will enjoy the thin and lightweight iPhone Air, much like the devoted group that loved the iPhone Mini. We'll have to wait and see if the Air sticks around, or if it will shortly be replaced by (a folding) something else.
The iPhone Air’s notched design is made possible by a technology Apple has patented called a metal can battery. The key detail is in the name: a metal casing that surrounds the entire cell, adding strength and physical durability. Most batteries used in consumer electronics are pouch cells, which have a soft plastic casing that’s cheap to manufacture and allows for some degree of swelling.
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Metal can batteries allow Apple to make the most of the small space within the iPhone Air. “They’re able get very close to the edges,” he said. It allows the battery to worm its way into whatever space is free after the various circuit boards have been positioned.
I also noticed an odd imaging problem at this concert, where one out of every 10 or so photos taken on the iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Pro Max have small blacked-out portions, including boxes and parts of white squiggles from the big LED board behind the band. An Apple spokesperson told CNN Underscored that this is “something that can happen in very rare cases when an LED light display is extremely bright and shining directly into the camera. Apple has identified a fix and will be releasing it in an upcoming software update.”
Equipped with three advanced 48MP Fusion cameras, Apple’s just-debuted iPhone 17 Pro Max is a marked improvement when it comes to photography. The freshly integrated 4x and 8x-zoom Telephoto rivals the capability of most midrange DLSRs available today. Showing what these features can do are new photo series by renowned artists Inez & Vinoodh, Mickalene Thomas, and Trunk Xu; the first images captured with the new phone.
Opening in New York this week – just in time for the release of the next-gen device – the 'Joy in 3 Parts' exhibition puts these works on full display and in dialogue with each other. Curator Kathy Ryan – the former director of photography at The New York Times Magazine – worked closely with the talents to treat the theme of joy. The results are as varied in subject matter as they are technique.
This is one of the best years in a long time to be looking at the standard iPhone. For the same price as last year, you get twice as much storage, slightly better cameras, and an immensely better screen that makes the phone immediately more useful. Sure, there are still some features reserved for the Pro: a new design, a faster chip, a telephoto lens and larger main camera sensor. But I think there’s an argument to be made that those are features for power users, meant for those who really want more out of their phone.
The standard approach to cooling smartphones uses a solid, highly conductive plate made from a material like copper to spread heat. This approach relies on having a surface where heat can spread. Sometimes, fins are added to extend that surface, but this can lead to a thicker device. Most companies, however, are intent on making thinner and thinner phones.
Phase-change technology—which has been used in laptops for decades, Goodson notes—achieves the same goal more effectively with fluid that boils and condenses to dissipate heat. These two-phase solutions include vapor chambers, like those used in the new iPhone, as well as narrow, fingerlike structures called heat pipes.
If you have a Mac Studio with an M3 Ultra chip and can't get macOS Tahoe to install, you're not alone. There is a bug that is preventing the update from installing properly on machines that have the M3 Ultra.
In macOS Tahoe, hotspot connections can happen automatically, with no user action required.
Whether Apple will actually make any changes to the new Spotlight, including bringing back many of the former Launchpad features, likely depends on how millions of Mac users react now that macOS 26 is available.
What I can say with certainty, however, is that as an app launcher, the new Spotlight in macOS 26 is vastly inferior to the way macOS allowed users to launch, organize, and manage their apps for the last 14 years.
iOS 26 includes a new Home app feature called Adaptive Temperature, which is designed to adjust the thermostat automatically when you leave the house or arrive back home.
Starting with watchOS 26, Adaptive Power is enabled by default on all compatible Apple Watch models set up via Apple Watch For Your Kids, formerly known as Family Setup. This includes an Apple Watch that is already set up and updated to watchOS 26.
San Francisco-based Airbuds offers a mobile, social app that lets people express themselves through their music. Users can share what they’re streaming with friends through a smartphone widget that works with a range of streaming services.
When you enter the building that houses Apple’s audio lab, venture just beyond reception and you’ll encounter a massive vintage stereo setup. The deck and accompanying speakers were a gift from Steve Jobs to the team of engineers who work in this office. The group sees the old-school tech as a source of inspiration, but also as a reminder of Jobs’ obsession with both music and sound.
More than inspiration, though, the stereo is a reminder to the experts in software, acoustics and sound design how important sound is to everything Apple builds.
Apple’s F1 movie is still playing in some theaters, but it’s moving ever closer to its eventual Apple TV+ debut. If you prefer to own your movies in physical formats, however, the F1: The Movie Blu-ray just got its release date and pre-orders are open, including for a limited edition steelbook.
Apple often offers exclusive watch faces for the Apple Watch Hermès, so it’s unlikely that it’ll make its way to the rest of the watches. If you absolutely, positively gotta have Clarus the Dogcow on your Apple Watch, you can plunk down $1,249/£1,149 (42mm) or $1,299/£1,199 (46mm) for an Apple Watch Hermès, or you can pay $449/£399 for the Bleu Nuit Faubourg Party Faubourg Party watch band that comes with the 24 watch faces.
Apple TV+ and its best shows have had a lovely run on the 2025 TV schedule, as their many Emmy wins this year showed. It took home multiple awards for many projects, including Severance and Slow Horses; however, its biggest winner was The Studio, as it became the most awarded comedy ever. So, after the awards, the platform put up a billboard that thanked Sal Saperstein, take a look:
If I am still on my iPhone 12 mini, I will be very tempted by the iPhone Air. Not because of the thinness, but the lightness.
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I appreciate that you can now recover the key without turning FileVault off and on. This makes the whole approach friendlier, if boot protection could be described that way. But it also puts key retention entirely in your court. If you formerly used iCloud escrow storage and turn FileVault off and back on, or are required to after a reinstallation, take special care to copy the key into a password manager you know you will have access to if your Mac becomes disabled.
To create the effect of glass and all of its reflective and shimmering properties, iOS 26 forces every icon on your iPhone home screen to have a slight glow to them in the top left and lower right corners. This gives the subtlest parallax effect when you tilt your iPhone, creating the illusion that they’ve got the thinnest layer of depth.
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On top of a pure black wallpaper and with the icons set to “Dark,” “Clear,” or “Tinted,” everything looks tilted. I’ve found it just a little bit disorienting and kind of frustrating if I look at my home screen for more than a few seconds.
What Apple has done here is use 3D printing as a new means to the same result, which no doubt helps sustainability goals along with its bottom line when it comes to conserving material at this scale of production — Apple says the new process uses just half the raw titanium required as before for each case. Despite a new process, the 3D-printed titanium cases look identical to the previously stamped-then-extensively-milled ones.
What I found most impressive was that the technology is clearly refined and efficient enough for them to adopt in one of the best-selling objects on the planet, and that might have significant implications both for the future of the Apple Watch and the watch industry at large.
Trying to sum up visionOS 26 is difficult because it’s doing a lot of different things at once. It’s elevating the day-to-day experience of using Vision Pro with quality-of-life improvements. It’s adopting features Apple fans already love like widgets and making the system work more seamlessly with the company’s other devices. It’s introducing new ways to enjoy photos and videos with more immersion than ever. And it’s taking big swings and setting the stage for the future with features like spatial browsing, in-person experience sharing, and spatial accessory integration. There’s a lot happening in this release.
A longstanding limitation of Apple Vision Pro was that it did not offer support for vision prescriptions with a prism value. With visionOS 26, however, you can now enter the prism values from your prescription and visionOS will adapt through software.
Apple launched iOS 26 yesterday to all users, and simultaneously published a document outlining new features in more depth than ever before. Surprisingly, the document mentions five upgrades for Siri in iOS 26.
The updated firmware adds new functionality when combined with the iOS 26 update. The heart rate monitoring feature in the Powerbeats Pro 2 is now compatible with the Fitness app, and wearers will be able to see real-time performance metrics like heart rate, calories burned, and the Burn Bar, features that previously required an Apple Watch.
The lineup includes both slim and high-capacity options with and without kickstands.
I guess the point that I’m trying to make is that I don’t really make a strong distinction between things in my life that are part of a creative practice and things in my life that are outside of a creative practice. While also trying very hard not to be one of those annoying people who has opinions about how to make coffee. I mean, I have them. I just don’t feel like I need to exhaust everyone around me by constantly voicing them. Make your coffee how you like.
Rather than the ever-more outlandish plot lines turning people off, viewers stayed put, unable to peel their eyes off the action. Although Apple TV+ doesn't release viewing figures, in December 2023 it was revealed that The Morning Show had become its most watched series, with its viewership growing by 20% between seasons two and three. It certainly cemented its own unique appeal among fans who seemed to recognise it was all a little bit bonkers, but always came back for the next episode nevertheless.
The drama series, which stars Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, has been renewed for Season 5. It comes ahead of Season 4 of the series, which launches tomorrow (Wednesday, September 17).
Day 1 of using macOS 26: I discovered that when I am switching apps usinmg the Command-Tab thingy, pressing the Esc key to abort the switch no longer works.
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Halfway through configuring Control Center, a strong sense of déjà vu settles in. Didn't I've done this before in a previous version of macOS? And wasn't there a version of the Battery thiny that showed multiple devices' status, rather than just one?
It took me quite a moment before I realize what I was misremembering: the Notification Center! Both involves me dragging and moving little 'tiles' around. Both are dropped down from a button on the top-right corner of the Mac screen. And both have things like Batteries.
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Having used it for a few months, I don’t think I’m in “ringing endorsement” territory for Liquid Glass—there are far too many places where things are just a bit off, like you’re seeing your phone through a fun-house mirror. That said, it’s also not a phonepocalypse to run from in fear. I’ve largely acclimated to the changes, and I expect most users will as well. It’s pretty rare for iPhone owners not to update their phones, and I honestly just don’t expect a huge rash of people sticking with iOS 18 because they’re that upset.
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Overall, iOS 26’s quality of life improvements are what are likely to resonate the most, and there’s something here for most of us. Who wants to be stuck on hold, or get spam calls and messages, after all? How about the ability to talk with people in different languages, or remember that place you went to six months ago? Who isn’t glad to have the ability to record a podcast on their phone? (Is that just me? It might be just me.)
The new design is one of the least interesting things about iPadOS 26. This is an update that dramatically improves the iPad as a tool to get things done—if you want to do those things. Apple’s new windowing system is great, embracing all the things that make the Mac work without forcing it on people who don’t want it. The improvements to Files, support for local recording, and the new background tasks Live Activity help create an iPad that just feels more ready for professional productivity tasks.
Novelty and nostalgia coexist in iOS and iPadOS 26. With Liquid Glass, Apple is betting heavily on the concept of “new”, and, in the process, they’re trying to tell a more cohesive UI story across their platforms. With iPadOS 26, the company is intentionally embracing the past: after more than a decade of multitasking experiments, the iPad is coming home and realizing that, after all, nothing beats good, old-fashioned windowing.
There’s a thought I keep coming back to after three months spent testing iOS and iPadOS 26: I don’t think these two approaches are mutually exclusive. I think it’s a sign of maturity in Apple’s software team that they can embrace and celebrate the past while still daring to take a leap toward new ideas. Liquid Glass is such a leap, and while it’s not perfectly polished and will require plenty of refinements over time, I’d rather see Apple take big, imperfect swings than stand still and relish their status quo. The path to irrelevance is paved with many such companies.
Don’t get distracted by all the talk about the new “liquid glass” design. Yes, macOS Tahoe looks a little bit different, but it works pretty much the same as ever, and the new design flourishes are not as dramatic as they are on Apple’s other platforms. I got used to most of it in less than a week.
What you should consider, though, are the ways that macOS Tahoe offers new power features for Mac users. The new Spotlight features, including clipboard history, are huge. Shortcuts automations and access to AI models open up all sorts of new possibilities. The new Control Center suggests that Apple has figured out how to embrace menu bar management for the first time. If you use an array of third-party utilities, you may be unmoved by all of those improvements, but I firmly believe that macOS is stronger when you don’t have to add on a bunch of extra stuff in order to get it to work the way a power user might want it to work.
But even Liquid Glass-skeptical power users should find enough things to like in Tahoe to justify the installation. Maybe you’re already using a clipboard manager or Spotlight replacement that already does more than Apple’s new-and-improved version, but Quick Keys, automated Shortcuts, additional theming options, a more capable version of Metal, and the typical trail-mix-bag full of odds and ends all add up to a release that would feel pretty useful even if it looked the same as it did last year.
Getting this visual transition out of the way now also clears the decks for what could be a pretty busy macOS 27. Ending support for the last handful of Intel Macs gives Apple a cruft-clearing opportunity that it hasn’t had since 2009’s Snow Leopard release ended support for PowerPC Macs. And who knows what other features might be possible once the Mac shifts from Apple Silicon-first to Apple Silicon-only? We’ll find out in nine months or so.
While this year’s Apple Watch update might be on the smaller side, there are definitely things to like about it. Liquid Glass feels more tasteful here than on some of Apple’s other platforms, and it’s simply not as prominent.
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But the smaller features sprinkled through the platform might end up being the most meaningful. Between Smart Stack improvements, the appearance of Notes, and the new Sleep Score feature, there are a lot of targeted improvements that users will appreciate.
Hardware-wise, the Series 11 is nearly identical to its predecessor, but it has a redesigned dual antennae for 5G connectivity, a bigger battery, and a more scratch-resistant display. That’s about it. The smartest updates come in watchOS 26 — and none of those are exclusive to this watch.
Even so, there’s value in being a dependable workhorse. For certain folks, the Series 11 is still the best option over the new SE 3 or the Ultra. And that’s going to boil down to three factors: battery life, health, and comfort.
I say this to give the context of why such a little thing was so shocking. After wearing the new Apple Watch Series 11 for a full afternoon and wearing it to sleep, I woke up in the morning and discovered that I still had 58 percent battery left. 58 percent! I can wear the watch to sleep, get up, get my kids to school, and charge the watch when I’m at my desk! Constantly fussing over battery life was a major pain of the Apple Watch, and it’s been fixed.
Longer battery life also makes it significantly easier to use Apple’s newest health features as well. If you have a Series 3 or 4 and have been waiting to upgrade, this is the year to do it. Too bad Apple couldn’t pull this off last year.
But here we are. It’s 2025, and the entry-level Apple Watch is the one I’m most excited by.
That’s because compared to the iterative updates of the Series 11 and Ultra 3, the third-gen SE has gotten a massive, wide-ranging glow-up. Unlike the other watches, there also weren’t any leaks suggesting this was even in the cards, making this jam-packed release a total surprise. And the cherry on top? In the lead-up to the event, I wrote the easiest thing Apple could do to make the Apple Watch better was give people what they wanted. Nearly every single update to the SE 3 does exactly that.
There is an option to use the AirPods as a camera remote with the Camera app to take photos or start a video recording, and you can now get the AirPods to pause audio if you fall asleep while listening. A Keep Audio in Headphones feature ensures that your music won't switch to your car when you get in, and you can now get charging reminders when your AirPods battery is low. On the AirPods 4 with ANC and the AirPods Pro 2, Live Translation is supported.
Apple's claim of a 1.5x increase in the distance of Precision Finding only applies when the AirPods Pro 3 are paired with an iPhone 17 – a detail buried in its marketing footnotes.
Apple has released security updates to backport patches released last month to older iPhones and iPads, addressing a zero-day bug that was exploited in "extremely sophisticated" attacks.
With the launch of iOS 26, Apple has added a bunch of new features to the Fitness app—features that it has been sorely missing. Finally, you can track a workout from your phone without an Apple Watch, and you can pair a bluetooth heart rate monitor to your phone to get heart rate data. And though it seems like a small change, Apple Watch users will love the fact that you can now create and edit custom workouts on your phone.
Apple Games more or less combines the Games and Arcade tabs in the App Store, but folds in several new features too. The Home tab will show you a carousel of activities in your current games, a Continue Playing bar, and other handy widgets like Apple Arcade recommendations and games other friends are playing. The Library tab won’t just show you what games you currently have installed on your device, but every single game you’ve downloaded in the Apple ecosystem, including ones that have since been delisted. (Looking at you, Flappy Bird.)
The Apple Sports app has seen a number of great updates over the year, and the latest of these is support for widgets on your Home Screen.
Apple initially began testing the transfer tool in Australia and New Zealand in May, and then expanded it to the U.S. and six other countries in late August. It's now available worldwide, with the exception of China Mainland, Myanmar, and Russia, according to a new Apple Support document.
Apple updated its iOS 26 features page today to indicate that the "Digital ID" feature for U.S. passports will be coming in a later software update.
Cultured Code's Things 3.22 is now available with comprehensive support for iOS 26 and Apple's other major software updates, introducing a redesigned interface and a range of enhancements.
As one example, say you’re thinking about adding solar panels to your home, but don’t really know where to get started. You can just prompt OmniFocus right from the new project entry, and it will quickly generate the entire project, complete with actions, sub-actions, descriptions, and different priorities for each step.
Unlike traditional alarm clocks that can be silenced with a simple tap, Awake is intended to actively engage users’ brains to ensure they fully wake up. Once the alarm sounds, users must complete a series of interactive missions to turn it off.
The app features the same beautiful interface, animations, and overall attitude you’d expect from the makers of Gentler Streak. It applies it to the needs of driven athletes who need deeper performance insights into their exercise routine.
One of the most useful AI-powered features is the ability to import plain-text routines.
The release adds the capability to create an image with Image Playground.
You can ask questions about your notes in everyday language, get links to the most relevant notes in responses, and limit Ask Agenda queries to notes in date ranges.
If you do only the things you’re in the mood for, won’t you never do the things for which you’re never in the mood? Loomans believes that our intuitive minds are more responsible than that. His contention is that we will actively gravitate toward unpleasant things, as long as we’ve spent a few moments, at some point, mentally and emotionally embracing them. Recently, I learned that I’d need to tackle a complicated bureaucratic issue involving my disabled mother’s health insurance; the thought of this process, and of the potential consequences if it derailed, filled me with dread. If I were using a typical productivity system, I might have added “Handle mom’s insurance” to a list. Perhaps I’d have blocked out a few hours during some weekday afternoons to make the necessary phone calls. Using Loomans’s method, I instead took a moment to visualize myself making the calls. I allowed myself to feel the nervousness and anxiety that the whole issue stirred up in me. I snuggled up to the task, got friendly with it, and then set it aside to focus on something else. A few days later, after I’d wrapped up some e-mails, I got up from my chair, made some tea, and emptied my bag of some random detritus. Then, out of the blue, I decided that I’d arrived at the right moment to attack the problem. No list was required. (Although, technically, time surfers can have one—just out of sight, as a backup or reference rather than a command system.)
Apple today announced its temporary store in Ginza 8-chōme will be permanently closing on Monday, September 22. At the same time, the company confirmed it will "soon" be opening a new store at its original location in Ginza 3-chōme, in the Sayegusa Building, which was demolished and rebuilt over the past few years.
Okay, some first impressions of iOS 26…
Liquid Glass is okay on iPhone. It does fulfil some promises of showing off your content. I enjoy that my wallpaper doesn't get the bottom third cut-off whenever I am playing any podcasts or music.
There are rough edges with Liquid Glass, of course. The Control Centre is not good. One of my Control Centre button has a tinge of blue color underneath it, and my brain kept wanting to tell me that the button's status is On, instead of Off.
Liquid Glass is supposed to show off the content, and when I pull down Control Centre, all the little buttons and sliders and whatnots in the Control Center is the content. Liquid Glass may not be suitable here at all.
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What's worse: AutoMix. I am no DJ, and I doesn't appreciate DJ-ing, but however good the transitions are, they are lost on me.
However, when the transitions are bad, they are really, really, really bad. As noted by many during the beta, entire verses can get cut off, and songs are aggressively quickened or slowed down.
If I may be a little harsh, what AutoMix demonstrates is that music is not in Apple's DNA.
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I am wondering how I can test out AirPod's automatic pausing of audio playback when falling asleep. Okay, false positives are easy to spot, I think. But do I really have to memorize the last song that I can remember before falling asleep, and compare it with the Music app's Now Playing history to see how far along before sleep was detected?
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If you haven’t encountered it yet, brace yourself. Inspired by visionOS—the software powering the Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset—Liquid Glass infuses every Apple platform with a layered glass aesthetic. This is paired with gloopy animations and a fixation on hiding interface components when possible—and showing content through them when it isn’t.
The reaction during the summer’s public beta program was divisive. And while some people just hate change, Liquid Glass does invite criticism. Instead of sharpening focus, it too often muddies it due to legibility issues and distracting visual effects. On Mac, controls are overly prominent, yet on iPhone, they are relentlessly eager to disappear into a new Apple take on hamburger menus, denying users the chance to build effective muscle memory.
I tried Pro 3-only tracking for two outdoor walks and found that the heart rate tracking was comparable to a chest strap, within roughly 5 to 10 beats per minute. Accuracy will heavily depend on a secure fit, but I never had issues getting readings, even when I got sweaty. Some more good news on that front: the buds now have IP57 sweat and water resistance. I wouldn’t dunk my head in a pool while wearing them, but they might stand a better chance of surviving the wash or a sudden downpour.
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This isn’t an Apple limitation; I’ve seen it across all AI translation tech. But while live translation works well enough to convey broad meaning, it’s hard to say whether people will use this as intended. I’ve lived abroad and have a multilingual family. To me, using AirPods makes most sense in trying to translate announcements, museum tours where multilingual options aren’t available, or media that may not yet have subtitles. In face-to-face human interaction, most people are happy to gesture or point to a translation app on their phones. And in business meetings where the absolute correct meaning is crucial, it’s hard to beat seasoned interpreters.
The overall structure and shape are still largely the same. Apple, however, has made enough subtle changes that most people will notice an improvement in fit, but not at the expense of comfort. I also don’t think the changes are dramatic enough that people who previously liked AirPods Pro won’t like the new design. The worst-case scenario is that you might not notice a difference. That’s the perfect balance.
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Again, not a major improvement, but situations in which AirPods Pro 2 might’ve gotten 90% of the way there in blocking out noise, AirPods Pro 3 get to 98%.
This one goes out to Sal Saperstein: Apple had its best ever performance at the Emmys thanks to big wins for The Studio and Severance. It picked up seven wins on the night, taking its total to 22.
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The Studio broke record for the most Emmy-winning comedy ever in one year, taking a total of 13 wins including four tonight. This consisted of Outstanding Comedy Series and Seth Rogen winning Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Rogen also tied the record for the most Emmys won in one night thanks to writing and directing wins.
“It’s our own joke,” he said. “It feels weird to reference your own joke in my opinion.”
“I’m very disappointed,” Barinholtz cut in.
Rogen was also asked if Apple CEO Tim Cook will join the long list of The Studio‘s guest stars, for Season 2. Rogen said, “I met him last night for the first time, and he said he was a fan of the show, which was very nice. I’m on another show on Apple [Platonic]. He didn’t say he was a fan of that one. So, I believed him. We know he’s honest, and I don’t know, I hope we all get free iPhones out of this or something.”
The video celebrates Jackson’s personal transformation and artistic evolution, depicting his journey from who he once was to who he is becoming as he overcomes his darkest times. It’s a fresh and honest expression of Jackson Wang’s creative vision elevated by the advanced camera technology of iPhone 17 Pro.
Apple already makes plenty of incredible apps and features for its own devices, and personally I see no reason for it to start integrating generative AI into all of them.
Happy Liquid Glass day, if you are install-on-day-one kind-of person.
Or, you can be like me: live in a time-zone where Apple will release the OS in the middle of the night while you are sleeping; will not dare to upgrade in the morning when you are waking up and going out into the real world for work where you will need your phone to do stuff; make an excuse that you are being cautious and you want to see that no one's phone gotten bricked before you do the upgrade.
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The Daily Mail has called for a crackdown on Apple amid accusations that the tech giant has shut the publisher out of its news app.
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“The main reason given was that Apple only wanted to add partners which would grow the pie, and did not want to take share away from existing partners,” it said. “We were also told, paradoxically, both that the number of articles we publish and the strength of our user engagement would overwhelm Apple’s ecosystem.”
“Thank you, Sal Saperstein.” Some Emmy winners have already said this while accepting their prestigious awards, and we may hear it more when the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards air on the 2025 TV schedule this Sunday night. For those of you who’ve never heard of this titan in the entertainment industry, that’s because it’s a reference to The Studio, which is nominated in seven categories at this weekend’s awards ceremony.
“What’s crazy is like, I think so many people are going to thank Sal Saperstein, that it might get to the point where it’s like, ‘OK we get it,’” he said. “But if not many people have, you know I will.”
It allows you to pull multiple Apple Health workouts together, and it creates comprehensive summaries that tell a story about your activity.
As for taking notes, you get a minimalist editor with no toolbar, ribbons, or pop-up menus taking up your valuable screen estate. This helps create a distraction-free experience, making it easier for you to capture your notes. But that's not all. Simplenote also offers Focus Mode, which opens the editor pane in full-screen mode, stripping away all the other elements on the screen, for an immersive writing experience.
Despite growing concerns over tariff-driven cost burdens, Apple’s unexpected decision to retain the pricing of its newly introduced iPhone 17 lineup is drawing renewed focus on the earnings outlook of South Korean smartphone component manufacturers.
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While some analysts view Apple’s pricing as a testament to the brand’s confidence in global demand, others warn the burden of cost absorption could cascade down to suppliers — many of whom are based in Korea.
The high demand underscores Apple's strong brand loyalty in China and the appeal of the latest generation of iPhones, despite growing competition in the premium smartphone segment from local competitors like Huawei Technologies, according to analysts.
It's OS-upgrading week. I can't wait to see how third-party developers adapt their apps to Liquid Glass, knowing the new UI's strengths and, more importantly, weaknesses.
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Specialty glass maker Corning Inc. said Friday it plans to triple production capacity at its plant in Harrodsburg and increase the workforce there by 50%, deepening its relationship with Apple that began when the original iPhone launched in 2007. The Harrodsburg plant made the glass for those first iPhones.
Apple has put its vast financial muscle behind the project, announcing recently it was making a $2.5 billion commitment to enable Corning to produce all the cover glass for the iPhone and Apple Watch at Corning’s plant in Harrodsburg, a central Kentucky town of more than 9,000 residents.
iOS 26 adds a new Hearing Protection setting for AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods Pro 3 in some countries across Europe and the Middle East, such as Belgium, Czechia, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Türkiye, and the United Arab Emirates.
When you start a timer in Focus Friend, the little bean guy begins knitting, and the idea is that you put your phone down and don't use any other apps until he's done. When time is up, he'll happily show you that he knitted some socks! The socks let you buy decorations for his room, so the more you use the app, the cozier you can make his little home.
The all-new store will be opening its doors to the public on Friday, September 19, which is also iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone Air launch day.
"Although some of the Chinese workers had to leave because they were asked to return, operations did not really suffer significantly,” S. Krishnan, secretary of India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, told reporters in Taipei, referring to Foxconn's India operations.
Backups are done. I am ready for Liquid Glass.
(As ready as anyone can with Liquid Glass. No, I didn't go out and update my glasses.)
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I held the iPhone Air in front of my face and put my thumbs on the face and my other digits on the smooth back, and then I bent the phone, or rather I strained mightily as it flexed just a bit but did not give in. There was no cracking, and I could see the confident and almost beatific smile on Joz's face as I gave it my all.
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"If you put enough load," said Ternus, "you can get it to flex a little bit," and Joz finished the thought, "but it comes right back. That's the idea."
As of Thursday night, that clearance has officially been granted, and the hypertension notifications feature is set to launch next week.
Apple says that hypertension notifications will be available in more than 150 countries and regions around the world at launch next week, including the US, EU, Hong Kong, and New Zealand.
The company known for its carefully cultivated image has taken chances on unconventional stories, trusted script writers and provided creative freedom, according to producers, writers and actors who have worked with Apple TV+.
Its approach has helped Apple attract A-list talent and elevated its reputation in Hollywood.
Now, Beats has confirmed that the implementation of heart rate tracking on Powerbeats Pro 2 is getting a big upgrade to mirror the functionality offered by AirPods Pro 3.
LinkedIn memes aside, people are in fact making money fixing vibe coded messes.
“I've been offering vibe coding fixer services for about two years now, starting in late 2023. Currently, I work with around 15-20 clients regularly, with additional one-off projects throughout the year,” Hamid Siddiqi, who offers to “review, fix your vibe code” on Fiverr, told me in an email. “I started fixing vibe-coded projects because I noticed a growing number of developers and small teams struggling to refine AI-generated code that was functional but lacked the polish or ‘vibe’ needed to align with their vision. I saw an opportunity to bridge that gap, combining my coding expertise with an eye for aesthetic and user experience.”
Apple reps called these lenses “optical quality” during the company’s keynote presentation. But are these optical zooms? No, not really. Like most smartphones, they’re a mix of fixed focal length optics and clever computational photography. “Optical quality” is obviously a loose-fitting marketing term. But what’s even more strange and confusing is how Apple’s site lists lenses across its iPhone 17 line as “optical zoom options.”
As of Friday morning, Apple had revised iPhone Air ordering details for the mainland, replacing the original launch schedule with “release information to be updated later”. Previously, the company stated that pre-orders would start at 8pm Friday local time, while deliveries would begin on September 19.
To emphasize its slim design, Apple released an image showing the phone pinched delicately between two fingers. The ad appeared on Apple’s websites in the United States, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany, Britain and France. But in Korea, the phone appeared alone, with no fingers in sight. [...]
The pinching hand gesture, known as jibgeson or “crab hand,” has been adopted by radical "antimale" groups as a mocking symbol suggesting that Korean men have small genitals. The gesture has repeatedly triggered consumer boycotts in Korea when it has surfaced in games, webtoons and advertisements.
Nearly every aspiring interface designer believed the way we were forced to interact with computers was limiting and frustrating, but one man in particular felt the emphasis on design itself missed the forest for the trees. Rather than drowning in visual metaphors or arcane iconographies doomed to be as complex as the systems they represented, the way we deal and interact with computers should stress functionality first, simultaneously considering both what users need to do and the cognitive limits they have. It was no longer enough that an interface be usable by a human—it must be humane as well.
What might a computer interface based on those principles look like? As it turns out, we already know.
The man was Jef Raskin, and this is his cul-de-sac.
I'm getting ready to upgrade my MacBook Air by deleting one whole bunch of downloaded screensaver movie files. And checking that my backups are done.
It's almost time for Liquid Glass.
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We used to be warned to not bring magnets near any computer stuff. Nowadays, magnets are everywhere near our Apple devices. And now, here comes Liquid!
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The Air is exactly what it sounds like: a razor-thin phone. “It’s something that we dreamed about for a long time,” Anderson said, “to make just an incredibly, shockingly thin iPhone.”
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What is new is Apple opening the window just a crack and accepting that folks might use their iPhones not in ways prescribed in Cupertino. “When something becomes so much a part of you, it needs to reflect your style,” Cook said. “We’re saying this product is so personal that it needs to reflect you. And you are the best person to decide what that means.”
Given that the single-screen iPhone Air costs $999 and will share many components with the future foldable, that model will likely be at least twice as much — before storage upgrades, cases and accessories push the price higher.
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“People are willing to really stretch to get the best they can afford in that category,” Cook said on a 2023 earnings call, noting that the iPhone has become “integral” to people’s lives. Consumers now use the device to make payments, control smart-home appliances, manage their health and store banking data, he said.
Perhaps we’re overthinking things. And instead of asking why Apple called it the iPhone Air rather than the iPhone 17 Air, we should be asking why on earth we ever thought Apple would apply logic to the branding of a new product.
Maybe there's a future where your AirPods feel as essential to daily life as a smartphone does, and we're wearing them all the time. For now though, Apple seems to have decided that tiptoeing towards that wearable future is a pretty good way to sell new wireless earbuds in the present, and maybe several of its other products in the process.
Apple says on its feature availability webpage that "Apple Intelligence: Live Translation with AirPods" won't be available if both the user is physically in the EU and their Apple Account region is in the EU. Apple doesn't give a reason for the restriction, but legal and regulatory pressures seem the most plausible culprits.
Apple has increasingly stopped shipping cables and power bricks with new products, and the AirPods Pro 3 are the latest product to join that list.
As far as we can tell, the only change with the new MagSafe Charger is support for Qi2 25W, also known as Qi 2.2. With this certification, the new MagSafe Charger can wirelessly charge Google's new Pixel 10 smartphones and other compatible devices at up to 25W speeds, whereas the previous version of the MagSafe Charger only offers 25W charging speeds for all iPhone 16 and iPhone 17 models, excluding the iPhone 16e.
The Blackmagic Camera ProDock adds new professional camera connections to the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, including support for external timecode, genlock, audio, SSD recording, and more. Blackmagic says the dock transforms Apple’s latest flagship iPhone into a “powerful production tool that fits seamlessly into high-end studio and on-set environments.”
Big day on Tuesday, as iPhone Days usually are. I think Apple’s big event this year was actually more impressive than it’s been for quite a while, and despite the flurry of leaks and rumors, I still managed to be surprised by several elements. Individual features can leak, but sometimes a full view of the products doesn’t come until Apple has managed to tell its story and explain how they all fit together.
Stars of the series said they thought it was more than job dissatisfaction that drew people to "Severance." They cited loneliness in today's society as people are glued to technology rather than seeking human connection.
"There's a certain alienation that we're all feeling from one another these days," Scott said.
I love RSS primarily because you can curate who and what you want to hear from. The pacing is self directed too, and never overwhelming. It feels like riding a bike: fast enough to get somewhere, but slow that the ride is enjoyable. And like reading, you control the frame rate, and can stop, slow down, or go back in your feed if you need to. Which is unlike the stationary bike of social media, where some red-pilled millionaire engineer is cranking a dial to make you peddle faster. Plus, you can get to the end of your RSS feeds, unlike a social scroll which is endless by design.
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Apple just announced the thinnest iPhone ever, the iPhone Air, which measures just 5.6mm thick. CEO Tim Cook said it promises “pro performance in a thin and light design.”
The iPhone Air weighs 165 grams (5.8 ounces), and it comes with a 6.5-inch ProMotion display and a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. It also has 3,000 nits of peak brightness. Apple says the design is its “most durable” yet, featuring a ceramic shield that encloses a titanium frame on both sides.
But what does it actually feel like to hold? I (Allison) got to actually pick up the phone at Apple’s launch event today, and it sure is light. The profile is as slim as it looks in photos, and it has more rounded edges reminiscent of previous iPhone designs. The elongated camera “plateau” mitigates a little bit of the wobble when you tap on the screen with the phone on its back, but not all of it. The camera bump flows smoothly into the back of the phone, and despite a bit of a frosted treatment the back panel, the black demo units here are picking up fingerprints pretty quickly.
Apple also has an image on its store showing the tall battery pack attached to an iPhone Air next to an iPhone 17 Pro and an iPhone 17. Looking at all of the phones side by side, it appears that if the battery were placed on the other phones, it would bump up against the cameras.
With USB 2 support, the iPhone Air and the iPhone 17 support transfer speeds of up to 480Mb/s. The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max support transfer speeds of up to 10Gb/s, like the iPhone 16 Pro models.
Apple managed to cram a lot of tech into a 5.5 mm-thick design, but at the expense of a physical SIM tray.
China has a requirement that links a user's ID to their cellular phone, something that's harder to do with an eSIM over a physical SIM. China Unicom customers who buy an iPhone Air will be required to visit a China Unicom retail store to verify their IDs with store staff and activate their device.
Despite these disadvantages, there’s something compelling about the Air: It hints at where iPhone hardware design is going, including new form factors, like foldables.
After all these years, Apple is still chasing a thinner iPhone — and not just because it makes for a better-looking device. Apple needs to experiment on a platform that uses its own technology to improve the hardware design and the phone’s performance.
The standard iPhone 17 builds on last year’s model with worthwhile improvements to its display, camera system, processing capabilities, and durability.
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As usual, the iPhone 17 Pro models are where Apple flexes its camera technology, making them the choice for serious photographers and videographers.
The iPhone 17’s front-facing camera has a brand new sensor that eschews the traditional 4:3 aspect ratio, for a square format. That gives the camera some extra wiggle room around the edges, to enable Center Stage for video calls and live streams from your selfie cam.
The new TechWoven cases have a new fine-knit weave appearance. We’ll obviously have to wait for these cases to get into people’s hands to assess their durability.
Based on Apple’s photos and the ones we took at the iPhone 17 launch event, you’ll definitely spot the phone on a table across the room. Thanks to the unibody aluminum enclosure, the color wraps all the way around and also shows up on the wide camera bump (sorry, plateau), while the glass section of the back of the phone has a slightly lighter hue.
As its Dynamic Power name implies, this charger can dynamically deliver up to 60W of power, despite having a smaller form factor. However, due to the thermal limitations of its compact design, the charger can only reach that 60W peak in short bursts.
The advancement that’s likely to have the most impact comes in noise cancellation, which Apple says is twice as effective as the AirPods Pro 2 and four times better than the original AirPods Pro. Apple also redesigned the ear tips with foam-infused cushions available in five sizes (XXS, XS, S, M, L) for a more secure fit and enhanced passive noise cancellation. Other physical changes, though not immediately apparent, include a smaller body, redesigned ear tip geometry for better stability, and IP57 sweat and water resistance.
As the company explained during the Awe Dropping event, AirPods Pro 3 have foam-infused ear tips, which double as an extra insulator for the 2x improved active noise cancellation.
The new AirPods Pro 3 have better battery life than AirPods Pro 2 on a single charge, with the buds lasting up to 2 hours longer on one charge.
But here’s a curveball. The overall battery life of AirPods Pro 3 is actually less. Including the charging case, Apple says AirPods Pro 3 are good for 24 hours of listening time, whereas AirPods Pro 2 actually last for 30 hours. That’s a surprising 25% reduction.
The new Live Translation functionality requires AirPods updated with the latest firmware to pair with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone running iOS 26 or later, so iPhone 15 Pro and newer models are supported.
The cellular-capable models all now feature 5G cellular capabilities, while the flagship Apple Watch Series 11 and Apple Watch Ultra 3 introduce hypertension detection and sleep quality measurements. The Ultra 3 can also communicate with satellites, and the Apple Watch SE 3 adds several features previously missing from the SE line.
Apple Watch Ultra 3 can last up to six more hours than the Ultra 2 on a single charge, giving it the longest ever life for an Apple Watch, according to the company.
Apple Watch Series 11 and Ultra 3 debuted today, with one of the tentpole new features being hypertension notifications. But it turns out, certain older Apple Watch models will support these hypertension alerts too.
Here’s how it works in practice: every piece of memory that gets allocated on your iPhone now gets tagged with a secret code. When an app or process wants to access that memory, the hardware checks if it has the right code. If the codes match, access is granted. If they don’t, the system immediately shuts down the attempt and terminates the problematic process. The system constantly verifies that every memory access request is legitimate and authorized.
The system tackles the two most common ways attackers try to exploit memory problems. Buffer overflows happen when a program tries to stuff too much data into a space that’s too small, potentially spilling over into neighboring memory areas. Use after free bugs occur when a program tries to access memory that’s already been freed up for other uses. Both are favorite tools of sophisticated attackers, and both become much harder to exploit when every memory location has its own unique tag.
The Crossbody Strap was demoed with the iPhone Air, but it is also compatible with TechWoven cases and silicone cases for all iPhone 17 models.
Apple’s new iPhone cases, such as the iPhone Air’s bumper case, include holes at the bottom so you can attach the Crossbody Strap to easily carry it around.
Apple is just the latest company to jump on this trend, but it does bring an interesting innovation that sets it apart from the rest: flexible magnets embedded throughout for quick adjustments. This allows the overlapping strap segments to sit flush together when you adjust the length, so they’re not hanging loosely or getting in the way.
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This quick adjustability is particularly useful for anyone who needs to change the strap length often, such as when walking, cycling, or extending the phone to take photos, pay for coffee, or tap a subway turnstile.
Pocket inequality isn't new – it's a centuries-old frustration. But the issue has been thrust back into the spotlight with increasing frequency in recent years. A #WeWantPockets hashtag gained momentum on social media. As phones got bigger women realised how hopeless their pockets were.
Although Apple did not mention release dates for its upcoming operating systems during its iPhone introduction, the company quietly added those dates to the associated Web pages for its core operating systems. We now know we can expect macOS 26 Tahoe, iOS 26, iPadOS 26, watchOS 26, and visionOS 26 to ship on 15 September 2025. I assume that tvOS 26 and HomePod Software 26 will ship simultaneously. Unlike with the last few major operating system releases, Apple isn’t indicating that any promised features will be postponed to later updates.
Right after the “Awe Dropping” event, in which Apple unveiled multiple camera features across the entire iPhone 17 lineup, it also introduced Final Cut Camera 2.0, with full support for everything that had just been announced.
The video features multiple users who were either alerted or outright saved by the Apple Watch when something went wrong or who found motivation to stay active and lead better lives with the help of the Apple Watch.
iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 users are getting another year of free access to satellite connectivity features, according to a footnote on Apple’s newsroom posts for the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro. “The free trial will be extended for iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 users who have activated their device in a country that supports Apple’s satellite features prior to 12 a.m. PT on September 9, 2025,” Apple says.
iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, tvOS 26, visionOS 26, and watchOS 26 will soon be available to customers worldwide — which means you can now submit apps and games that take advantage of Apple’s broadest design update ever.
Lyft is hoping to get smartphone users out of their routines.
The ride-sharing app is rolling out a new “Check Lyft” campaign in New York City and San Francisco, and it’s designed to nudge people into considering a second travel option for a change.
So, this is the year that Apple is testing out, in public, half of its upcoming foldable iPhone. The question now is, how big is the plateau on that iPhone?
Also, this is the iPhone Air, not the iPhone 17 Air. Does this mean it is on a different numbering scheme, like the Apple Watch models have three different running series of numbers, and we are not supposed to expect an annual refresh? Or if it is just a seat-warmer for the product slot that will eventually be replaced by the foldable iPhone?
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Last year, we reported on the efforts of classic iPod fans to preserve playable copies of the downloadable clickwheel games that Apple sold for a brief period in the late '00s. The community was working to get around Apple's onerous FairPlay DRM by having people who still owned original copies of those (now unavailable) games sync their accounts to a single iTunes installation via a coordinated Virtual Machine. That "master library" would then be able to provide playable copies of those games to any number of iPods in perpetuity.
At the time, the community was still searching for iPod owners with syncable copies of the last few titles needed for their library. With today's addition of Real Soccer 2009 to the project, though, all 54 official iPod clickwheel games are now available together in an easily accessible format for what is likely the first time.
Browsers are supposed to be a window to the web, getting out of the way and making sure websites are displayed correctly without needing adjustments for each individual one. Now we have Apple saying their new design “gets out of our way” while doing the exact opposite.
I actually think the talented folks at Apple did their job as well as they could given the constraints of Liquid Glass™. So much thought went into it. It’s just a terrible idea for a design language in the first place.
While some of these functionalities were previously possible with Lightning iPhones, the shift to USB-C has greatly expanded the port’s capabilities. You can now perform a wide range of desktop-class tasks right from your smartphone, thanks to tethered accessories.
If you’ve been watching Chief of War on Apple TV+ and you’re anything like me, you probably spend quite a good amount of time of each episode marveling at the fantastic landscapes.
Now, thanks to a new Apple Maps guide, you can take a virtual tour, or plan actual visits, to the parks, beaches, campgrounds, and even historic palaces featured in the show.
The Omni Group has released OmniFocus 4.7 with a new Planned Date type, the capability to create mutually exclusive tags, and improved repeat functionality.
Reincubate has issued Camo Studio 2.3 with new and improved Scenes for the virtual camera system. Scenes enable you to save an entire configuration (from backgrounds and filters to overlays), and the new Personalize tool makes it easier to customize personal or professional details.
Flying Meat has released Retrobatch 2.3, adding the capability to compare a modified image against the original image using new toolbar modes.
Firefox will soon let you shake your iPhone to get an AI-generated summary of the webpage you’re on. The feature rolls out this week, and will operate using Apple’s on-device AI model on the iPhone 15 Pro or newer once iOS 26 launches.
The main reason to use a ring accessory is grip. On bigger iPhones, it makes one-handed use much easier. The 360-degree rotation lets you position it exactly how you want, whether you are reading email, checking calendar, etc. Because it is magnetic, you can easily pop it on when you want extra security and remove it when you don’t. That flexibility is something you do not get with a built-in ring case.
Operating systems derived in some fashion from Unix all have a “loopback” interface as part of their array of network interfaces. This term originated before the Internet, in the context of testing circuits. A loop test literally ensured that a signal would go to the far end of the circuit and return as expected. A failure meant something was wrong.
With the introduction of modems sending signals across phone lines, various loopback tests allowed checking local signals, the line over which data traversed, and the remote modem.
The last days of social media might be the first days of something more human: a web that remembers why we came online in the first place — not to be harvested but to be heard, not to go viral but to find our people, not to scroll but to connect. We built these systems, and we can certainly build better ones. The question is whether we will do this or whether we will continue to drown.
Not only have I listened to songs, audiobooks, and podcasts on the old iPod nano long time ago, I also watched movies and played games on that device with that teeny-tiny screen.
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iCloud Calendar invites are being abused to send callback phishing emails disguised as purchase notifications directly from Apple's email servers, making them more likely to bypass spam filters to land in targets' inboxes.
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While there is nothing particularly special about the phishing lure itself, the abuse of the legitimate iCloud Calendar invite feature, Apple's email servers, and an Apple email address adds a sense of legitimacy to the email and also allows it to potentially bypass spam filters as it comes from a trusted source.
The new Mac mini takes high end performance at an affordable price-point to a new extreme.
News has never been more accessible – but for some, that’s exactly the problem. Flooded with information and relentless updates, more and more people around the world are tuning out.
The reasons vary: for some it’s the sheer volume of news, for others the emotional toll of negative headlines or a distrust of the media itself. In online forums devoted to mindfulness and mental health, people discuss how to step back, from setting limits to cutting the news out entirely.
My laptop will continue to receive new macOS updates, but my desktop cannot update to the upcoming macOS 26. My iPhone can update to iOS 26, but my iPad will stay where it is because it cannot move.
Should I worry with all that inconsistency in UI? Will my old eyes (and old brain) get confused with Liquid Glass on some screens, and no Liquid Glass on other screens?
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Getting distracted on your Mac can be quite easy at times. MinuteTick is a nifty app that aims to make you more mindful of what you’re doing on your computer – keeping you on task. It also includes little mini games for when you’re in between events, and it all lives in your Mac’s menu bar.
Offline note-taking apps are the way to go if you want to keep your notes private, and these apps sync them only when you decide.
You can play the game inside a virtual environment of the Jeopardy! set, positioned as if you were really a contestant on the show.
The 77th Emmy Awards ceremony officially takes place next Sunday, where the biggest industry TV awards will be given out. But, the Emmys actually has so many awards they reveal some of the winners a week early.
White hat hackers interested in obtaining an iPhone that was specifically configured for security research can apply until October 31. Apple has been offering these ‘hackable’ iPhones to security researchers since 2020.
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Those who are accepted into the program are given shell access to run any tools, and they get early previews of software and security projects, as well as special tools to aid their work.
Doing a clean-up of my podcast follows this morning, and I realize I am following a ton of BBC podcasts. Being outside of the United Kingdom, and not paying a single cent of licensing fee, I am just a little worried that BBC will start charging money for all their programmes soon.
But, meanwhile, thanks BBC.
(Occasionally, I do hear one or two 'real' commercials on BBC podcasts, but most of the time, they are advertisements for other BBC programmes.)
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But there’s something even more important in common: they’re the kind of original movies that Hollywood has largely stopped making.
Sequels, remakes, and IP-based films now dominate the film market, and originality is struggling. Sizable budgets for original titles are a rarity.
But Apple, no doubt bolstered by its massive cash reserves, is taking a different approach.
The Creative Arts Emmys mostly go to technical and craft nominees who have little name recognition outside their field. Categories include best sci-fi or period hairstyles and best stunt coordination for a comedy.
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The always star-studded guest acting categories will be handed out on Saturday. The guests who played themselves on “The Studio,” the Hollywood satire starring and cocreated by Seth Rogen, make for an A-list set of nominees. Directors Ron Howard and Martin Scorsese are up for their first acting Emmys, and they’ll be competing with fellow “Studio” guests Anthony Mackie and Bryan Cranston for guest actor in a drama.
To that end, the film also offers a more diffuse and heavily researched portrait of what goes into battling a wildfire, and Greengrass’s vérité style lends authenticity to the scenes of fire chiefs strategizing, of ground crews and air crews trying to combat the blazes and save lives. The picture thus combines the excitement of an old-school disaster spectacle with a fly-on-the-wall portrait of institutions struggling to function in the face of a calamity. The effect is singular: We enjoy the thrill ride immensely, but it’s the realism that sticks with us. Movies end, but the fires are here to stay.
Technology giant Apple was accused by authors in a lawsuit on Friday of illegally using their copyrighted books to help train its artificial intelligence systems, part of an expanding legal fight over protections for intellectual property in the AI era.
The accusation is based on details provided by Apple on its paper about OpenELM, an open-source model the company made available on Hugging Face last year.
The paper mentions RedPajama as one of the datasets used in the model. RedPajama, in turn, uses a dataset called Books3, which, as the lawsuit claimed, is “a known body of pirated books.”
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot.
The landmark settlement, if approved by a judge as soon as Monday, could mark a turning point in legal battles between AI companies and the writers, visual artists and other creative professionals who accuse them of copyright infringement.
As Apple fought Vestager over claims it had improperly dodged taxes, Cook himself traveled to Brussels in 2016 to meet face to face with her.
The meeting didn’t go well. Cook lectured her on tax laws in a way that the Europeans saw as trying to intimidate, people familiar with the meeting said. “Widely known in Brussels as the worst tech meeting to ever occur,” a lawyer close to the commission said later. “People say it was pretty damn ugly.”
Vestager’s team was more than willing to hear what Spotify had to say about Apple’s alleged abuses. She’d been looking for a poster child in a broader fight against Apple’s power.
Spotify was more than eager to play that role. And it was ready to offer something even more important: a smoking gun.
Whether you find your new favorite app or want to learn how to benefit from a variety of smartphone photography apps, there are plenty you’ve probably never used before that can improve your smartphone photos a lot.
The CBP (US Customs and Border Protection) argues that Masimo must take its objections to the International Trade Commission in an ancillary proceeding and argue that Apple’s workaround still doesn’t clear the exclusion order. Only after that, the CBP says, can Masimo appeal to the Federal Circuit rather than trying to bypass that process with a district court lawsuit.
I am considering having an Apple Watch to join the Apple walled garden erected around me, so I will be looking closely at that segment of this upcoming event.
I am also hoping that Apple Watch can start detecting as many as possible of all the things that can kill me at my age.
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“Today, we offer a pretty broad and deep catalog of more than 250 family-friendly games from across genres,” Rothman said. Arcade continues to grow and add games every month, and works on supporting the games already within the service. Apple also connects its partner developers with big IP holders for collaboration opportunities. That’s how Hello Kitty Island Adventure got made.
Just in time for the start of the upcoming NFL season today, NFL Retro Bowl '26 features authentic NFL players and rosters with retro styling. In this year's version of the game, there is a new Retro Bowl Championship Leaderboard that tasks players with competing against each other in weekly matchups, in line with the NFL schedule.
The Premiere app features a familiar multi-track timeline, with support for an unlimited number of video, audio, and text layers. There’s automatic captioning, 4K HDR support, and one-tap exporting to TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram — including automatic resizing that frames content for each platform.
The iOS version of Premiere will be free to download and use, though Adobe says there will be charges for additional cloud storage and generative AI credits.
The update’s headline feature is Live Segments, which allows allows users to compete against themselves or the Strava community on starred or popular Segments—stretches of road or trail—around the world.”
Revenue rose about 13% in the 12 months through March from $8 billion a year earlier, according to a person familiar with the matter, who declined to be named as the information is private. Apple’s marquee iPhones accounted for a majority of the sales, and demand for MacBook computers also surged.
Steve Hayden, the advertising executive behind Apple’s “1984” Super Bowl commercial and the former global chief creative at Ogilvy, has died aged 78.
Back in February, Apple unveiled iPhone 16e, the successor to iPhone SE, and bringing the branding in line with the rest of the iPhone 16 line. Numerically, at least.
Then, back in June, Apple announced all the operating systems. And the branding, again, is the same number: 26.
Will we see more alignment of numbers this coming event? Maybe instead of Apple Watch Ultra 3, there will be an Apple Watch Series 11 Ultra?
(Of course, doing so will commit Apple to annual releases. Maybe that's something the company isn't ready yet.)
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Is there an alternate parallel world where Apple named them macOS Tahoe, iOS Tahoe, iPadOS Tahoe, and watchOS Tahoe?
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“The kids have always had phones — since they were 3,” he told me a few months ago. I almost fell off my chair.
Before you come for us with pitchforks, it’s not as extreme as it sounds. Przybylski didn’t take an iPhone out of the box, connect it to the internet, and let his children start downloading apps. Introducing the device into his children’s lives was an incredibly intentional process, akin to putting a series of training wheels on a bike. At first, the only app on the toddler phone was a photo album filled with family pictures. Then, when they got a little older, the kids got access to the phone’s camera, then audiobooks and music handpicked by the parents, and eventually, they could call and text their family.
“It’s designed so that everything about technology is a conversation,” he said. “And it’s a conversation that we and the kids have now with the idea that the kids will have this conversation with themselves in the future.”
The company is working on a new system — dubbed internally as World Knowledge Answers — that will be integrated into the Siri voice assistant, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Apple has discussed also eventually adding the technology to its Safari web browser and Spotlight, which is used to search from the iPhone home screen.
The company is working on a new system — dubbed internally as World Knowledge Answers — that will be integrated into the Siri voice assistant, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Apple has discussed also eventually adding the technology to its Safari web browser and Spotlight, which is used to search from the iPhone home screen.
Mellel has issued version 6.5 of its eponymous word processor with improved navigation history and user interface enhancements.
Netflix today announced an update to its Moments feature that lets users save and share favorite scenes as standalone clips, available now in the streaming service's iOS app.
Smart home accessory company Aqara today announced several new HomeKit and Matter-compatible products, including the Doorbell Camera G400, the Hub M200, and a selection of plugs and accessories for the European and UK markets.
Philips Hue has announced the biggest revamp of its smart lighting line in years, introducing lower-cost lights, support for Matter over Thread, and a new generation of brighter light strips. The update includes the launch of a new Essentials line, motion-sensing technology across all Hue lights, and what the company calls the “brightest and best light strip money can buy.”
Mophie has announced a new wireless charger for Apple’s AirPods Max called the Max Headphones Charging Stand. The AirPods Max don’t support wireless charging, so Mophie’s new stand relies on a small dongle that stays connected to the headphones’ USB-C port at all times. When docked in the stand, the dongle magnetically aligns and connects to charging pins that deliver power to the battery while additional magnets in the cradle put the headphones into sleep mode.
For 24 months, Apple TV+ gave animation a real go. In 2023, it again ordered 15 animated series, marking back-to-back years in which it ordered more animated series than even Disney+ did.(!) It didn’t last. In 2024, Apple waived the white flag, ordering just six animated series, or 60 percent fewer than each of the prior two years.
Earlier this morning, I wanted to get a link to an album inside Apple Music. I remembered I've done this before; all I have to do is to long-tap on the album art, select "Share Album" in the pop-up contextual menu, and then select "Copy" to get the URL into the clipboard.
Except that when I long-tapped on the album art this morning, the "Share Album" menu item -- or any kind of "Share" menu item -- did not appear at all.
I searched high and low, cursing my poor memory of my old brain. I know I have done this before; but how the heck did I do it the last time?
I have no idea how I came to realize the problem, but I only did so about an hour later. I wasn't connected to Wifi, and only connected to mobile data. And I have turned off mobile data for the Apple Music app.
Yes, turns out when Apple Music app is not connected to the internet, the "Share" menu item is removed completely. The menu item is not just grayed out and disabled; it was completely scrubbed off the app.
What a stupid thing to do, Apple.
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We’re seated in Victoria Concert Hall, after a riveting private performance from Singapore’s most promising violinist Chloe Chua. Young, bright and brilliant, Chua is one of the many users and beneficiaries from Apple Music Classical, a service that sprung as a subset from Apple Music. “Music has been a part of our DNA from the very beginning. Our founder Steve was a huge music fan and it was always a big part of his life. So since the early days, we’ve been doing things with MIDI and then went on to create Logic and GarageBand. But I guess one area in particular that we found was disappointing was classical music, because it never really quite fit in with Apple Music. And I remember there was a point in time where we thought we needed to do a better job, and the only way to do that was to build something separate and unique, because the way that you search and listen [to classical music] is not the same as a pop song.”
To create the best experience for classical music, they started with the sound, one that goes beyond mono to stereo. Lossless audio of up to 24 bit/192 kHz aids listeners to peel back the nuances of every performance and even raise the hairs on your arm. Crisp, clear and doubled with Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos, you’ll be immersed in a 360° soundscape. Cue continues: “I think what’s great about it, for people who love classical music, is that when you sit and listen to Chloe, I mean you can hear every note, and you can feel every note. And so being able to do what we’ve done in the app and with the sound, I’m incredibly proud of.”
These latest releases should offer more bug fixes and stability improvements to beta users.
Apple today previewed Apple Koregaon Park, its first retail store in Pune and its fourth in India. Located in the heart of a major center of culture and learning, the new store invites customers to discover and shop Apple’s full lineup of products, access personalized service and expert support, and learn how to get even more out of their devices with Today at Apple sessions.
Google will be able to keep making search deals like its $20 billion agreement to be the default option in Apple’s Safari browser, a federal district court judge ruled in the US v. Google antitrust case on Tuesday. Executives from both Apple and Firefox-made Mozilla have defended their search deals with Google, with Mozilla’s CFO testifying that Firefox might be doomed without the deal in place.
The iPhone maker supported requiring Google to share its search data with artificial intelligence competitors such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, and said it plans to offer more AI-driven options in search. [...] But cutting off payments to Apple that have reached $20 billion annually would only enrich Google and cut into Apple's development budget, since there are no other good options to offer as the default, Apple argued.
Google has avoided the worst-case scenario in the pivotal search antitrust case brought by the US Department of Justice. DC District Court Judge Amit Mehta has ruled that Google doesn't have to give up the Chrome browser to mitigate its illegal monopoly in online search. The court will only require a handful of modest behavioral remedies, forcing Google to release some search data to competitors and limit its ability to make exclusive distribution deals.
The Apple Watch is not only interesting for athletes, but also for anyone who has nothing to do with sports. It collects vital data and can use this data to provide valuable insights into your own health. Some emergency notifications have already saved the lives of more than a few people.
For my tablet purposes, which for the most part just consists of web browsing, YouTube viewing, and occasional texting and social media – the A16 iPad excels, and I don’t anticipate it to feel slow any time soon.
The special "JENNIE" edition Solo 4 headphones feature a Ruby Red finish, two attachable red bows, and a color-matched carrying case. In addition, one of the ear cushions has symbols inspired by JENNIE printed on it.
A letter returned to sender might be the result of a mistaken address; an unanswered voice mail might be the sign of a busy schedule. The online ghoster, however, is often caught in the act, their attention to the message signalled by a tiny checkmark showing they read it but did not write back. The ghosted feel omniscient but not omnipotent; technology has not yet invented a way to compel a response. That may be the true source of ghosting’s frustration: these days, we’re haunted by knowing too much.
The algorithm began to deliver content about the things you fear the most while pregnant: “storytimes” about miscarriages; people sharing what happened to them and, harrowingly, filming themselves as they received the news that their baby had no heartbeat. Next came videos about birth disfigurements, those found by medical professionals early on, and those that were missed until the baby’s birth.
One night, after a before-bed scroll delivered me a video of a woman who filmed her near-death childbirth experience, I uninstalled the apps through tears. But they were soon reinstalled, when the needs of work, friendships and habit dictated they must be. I tried blocking the content I didn’t want to see, but it made little difference.
I was hoping the Apple Music Classical app will catch up with the regular Apple Music app, feature-wise. But it does seem Apple is not interested to move in that direction. Most importantly to me, there's still no downloading of albums and playlists for offline listening.
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Professionals on the Mac are like truck drivers. Drivers have a cockpit filled with specialized dials, knobs, switches, microwave ovens, refrigerators, and pillows that are absolutely necessary for hauling goods across country. Those of us who are making movies, producing hit songs, building apps, or doing scientific research have our own highly specialized cockpits.
And along comes Alan Dye with his standard cockpit, that is beautiful to look at and fun to use on curvy roads. But also completely wrong for the jobs we’re doing. There’s no air ride seat, microwave oven, or air brake release. His response will be to hide these things that we use all the time behind a hidden menu.
It would be a sad and darkly funny thing if the Mac becomes the most popular it’s ever been at the expense of the users who kept it alive over the last couple of decades. But what it wouldn’t be is surprising.
This happened because the original owner didn’t carry out all the necessary steps before selling. You can pair AirPods 3, AirPods 4 (ANC), AirPods Pro (all models), and AirPods Max with multiple Apple Accounts. However, Apple mentions in a footnote to one of their support docuemnts, “…only the person who turned on the Find My network can see them in the Find My app. You may also get an alert if someone else’s AirPods are traveling with you.”
The latest EU-wide update follows a decision published by the European Commission on Monday that endorsed France's original regulatory response as "justified." The software update will be issued across all 27 EU member states "in the coming weeks," according to Apple.
When Apple rolled out the update in France, it did so despite disputing the regulators' testing method. Apple said the country's Agence Française Nationale des Fréquences (ANFR) regulatory group made an error when doing its radiation tests.
Mac computers started life as computers for the rest of us. Even though we now have iPhones and iPads -- the one-and-only computer that many of the rest of us uses outside of work -- I don't think Apple should lose sight of the goal of continuing evolving macOS to be make it accessible for all of the rest of us.
I am not defending Liquid Glass here. Heck, I have not even use the new '26 operating systems yet. (I don't do beta OS.) The legibility of stuff is something I think Apple definitely should be worried about.
But, I don't think Apple should just freeze macOS, and move the rest of us to iPads. That will be disappointing. That will be giving up on the computer for the rest of us.
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A source familiar with the matter has informed MacRumors that retail employees at Apple Authorized Resellers in the EU are required to complete a training course related to iPhones with eSIM support by Friday, September 5.
Apple today previewed its newest store in India, Apple Hebbal, located in the technology capital of Bengaluru. The store will be Apple’s first in South India and third in the country, joining Apple BKC in Mumbai and Apple Saket in Delhi and the Apple Store online.
To welcome Korean footballer Son Heung-Min to Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC), Apple has launched a Genmoji-powered digital out-of-home campaign.
The TurboBand’s strap is punctuated by a slick plastic puck, positioned at the exact opposite end of the watch itself. Look closer and you’ll realize that the puck is actually a charger, with a hidden cable concealed within the strap itself.
With Asa, Apple retail employees will now be able to ask questions and learn more about Apple products to improve their sales abilities.
This feature will soon be widely available in Apple’s internal ‘SEED’ app, which retail employees use to learn more about Apple and its products. It generally serves as a training tool.
Trouble is brewing for the Digital Services Act (DSA), the landmark European law governing big tech platforms. On August 21, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), sent a scathing letter to a number of tech giants, including Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple. The letter's subject: the European Digital Services Act cannot be applied if it jeopardizes freedom of expression and, above all, the safety of US citizens.
I sure hope AI doesn't encourage everyone to stop writing good documentation, and just throw a bunch of things to the AI for people to ask questions.
It may be too late.
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