Apple has kicked off a new wave of beta software updates today, releasing developer beta 1 for iPadOS 26.5, tvOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5, and more. more…

Apple is rolling out the first macOS 26.5 beta to developers, alongside iOS 26.5 beta 1, iPadOS 26.5 beta 1, and the rest of its operating systems. Here are the details. more…

Apple has released the first iOS 26.5 beta for developers. iOS 26.5 beta 1 arrives after the official release of iOS 26.4 for iPhone. more…

iOS 27 will be unveiled in just a few months, and reporting indicates it will add a brand new Siri app that I think could quickly become one of Apple’s most popular iPhone apps. more…

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We are now moving into the final 48 hours of the Amazon Big Spring Sale and we are still tracking a giant lineup of Apple deals, including AirPods Pro 3 at $50 off, and much more. However, today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break does have some new deals including the best Amazon prices ever on the new M5 Pr...

iOS 26.4 launched last week with new features for Apple Music, Podcasts, and a lot more. There’s also a new iOS 26.4 feature that makes iCloud on the web more useful than before thanks to the addition of search. Here’s how to enable it. more…

Apple will unveil iOS 27 and its companion software updates on June 8 at WWDC, and a recent Q&A with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman revealed the two main upgrades coming with watchOS 27. more…

Adobe Turntable is now generally available in Illustrator, allowing creators to generate multi-angle views from any vector illustration. Here’s how it works. more…

A new supply chain report says that Apple has asked both Samsung and LG to supply samples of an OLED panel suitable for an iMac. The report says that the company is progressing plans to launch an OLED iMac, but it seems we shouldn’t expect it anytime soon … more…

Over the last several weeks, Apple has held celebrations for its upcoming 50th anniversary around the world, including performances by Alicia Keys at Apple Grand Central in New York City and Mumford & Sons at Apple Battersea in London. Now, new details have emerged about the finale of the Apple 5...

I reluctantly accepted last year that the end of the line for the Mac Pro was an inevitability. It had already effectively been replaced by the Mac Studio, and a macOS 26 feature was another nail in its coffin. Yesterday was a day that had been coming since the first Apple Silicon Mac. I do think...

Starting today, Gentler Streak users can check VO₂ max estimate data, with trends and averages, for a more complete snapshot of their fitness. Here are the details. more…

The charging brick that came with your Apple device – or the one recommended by Apple, in the case of iPhones – usually won’t get you the fastest charge. It can be worth spending a bit more money on a more powerful charger. Conversely, every Apple device has its own maximum charging rate, and buy...

Apple SVP Eddy Cue has previously suggested that we may not be using iPhones ten years from now, but marketing chief Greg Joswiak appears to disagree. Joz said in a new interview that it’s hard to imagine that we won’t still be using an iPhone 50 years from now … more…

Toward the tail end of last year, agentic coding (otherwise known as vibe coding) truly took off. With the launch of models like Claude Opus 4.5, it suddenly became possible to ask AI to build something for you, and it’d do it in a nearly fully functional way. That level of accuracy led to people...

On Tuesday, OpenAI announced that the company is shutting down Sora, its AI-generated video app. The iPhone app only arrived in September, making its six-month existence brief and fun, much like using the app itself. It turns out Sora isn’t the only thing the makers of ChatGPT are nixing this mon...

I have been an audiobook fan for decades. I have had an Audible subscription since 2008 (before they were owned by Amazon), and I have listened to hundreds, if not thousands, of books during that time. A few years ago, I wrote about my process of taking cheap CD audiobooks from Amazon and combini...

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One of the key features of MacBooks is the care Apple takes over color calibration. That’s great when you’re using your MacBook, but things can change as soon as you plug it into an external monitor, when you can see markedly different colors. That’s because most monitor companies don’t tune thei...