Benjamin and Chance talk about John Ternus’s first week in the job as Apple CEO, and how much Tim Cook will still be involved. Also, it’s the last chance for iPhone event rumors, with details about some health updates for the Apple Watch Series 12 coming to the fore. And there was an Apple TV sub...
iOS 27 adds a variety of new features for popular apps like Notes, Reminders, and Calendar—and the Calendar app gets some notable design changes too. Here’s what’s new. more…
It’s been just over a year since OpenAI released the first GPT-5 models for ChatGPT. Now it’s time for GPT-6 Astra to upgrade ChatGPT and Codex capabilities. Details below. more…
Apple has three new flagship iPhones launching next week: iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max and iPhone Ultra. Apple’s Pro models will have several advantages over the Ultra, but here are three ways the high-end Ultra will come out on top. more…
We’ve seen several stories about Apple Vision Pro being used in healthcare settings. This week, Stryker announced the completion of the first surgical procedure using an innovative new app on Vision Pro. more…
I mentioned today in my Siri AI Apple Watch piece that there’s one change I still hope Apple makes to watchOS 27 before it ships this month. It’s one of those common muscle-memory features that have existed for years, and I’ve been missing it all summer. more…
A new Omdia research note today outlined Apple’s reported Mac and iPad roadmap for the years ahead, and it also mentioned that a key rumored product has been canceled. Here are the details. more…
Lenovo is taking on the MacBook Neo with a colorful new laptop – the IdeaPad Vibe. more…
A new report from Omdia offers fresh details on Apple’s roadmap for new MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and iPad models in the years ahead. Here’s what it says is coming. more…
The giant Labor Day sales roll on at both Amazon and AirTag 2 at $20 each. But today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by this 2026 Apple Studio Display hitting the Amazon all-time low at $214 off and the most affordable current-gen iPad Air at $100 off. We also have launch deal on Anker’s bran...
Update: Service appears to be coming back online for some after about half an hour. Your mileage may vary. It’s not just you. Claude, ChatGPT/Codex, and Grok are currently experiencing what appears to be a widespread outage for many users. more…
Apple’s biggest event of the year is just days away. September 9 will bring the “huge launch” new CEO John Ternus recently teased, with rumors indicating new iPhones, Apple Watch models, and AirPods are coming—and possibly more. Here are the six major products expected to debut. more…
Siri AI on Apple Watch arrived two cycles late for watchOS 27 beta this summer. I had high hopes for how new Siri could transform Apple Watch into an AI wearable. What actually happened in July and August is that Siri has been remarkably unusable in watchOS 27 beta. Like “hold off on updating” ba...
Brydge, the Apple accessory company that came back from the dead back in 2023, has just announced a new set of colour-matched keyboards for the entry-level iPad. While Apple offers the iPad itself in a choice of four colours, the Magic Keyboard for it is only available in white. That’s what promp...
While Apple has long used privacy as a selling point for both its hardware and services, I do wonder whether it now regrets introducing one privacy measure: App Tracking Transparency (ATT). For something with rather limited scope, it sometimes feels like scarcely a month goes by without a new ant...
A Chinese leaker with some track record has posted images of claimed circuit diagrams of the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro models. These suggest that the new A20 Pro chip may have seven GPU cores – one more than its predecessor – and a faster memory interface … more…
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A new market intelligence report suggests that Apple will be paying four times more for iPhone 18 Pro memory than it did for last year’s model. TrendForce says that Apple won’t be passing on the full impact to customers, and will be increasingly looking to Services revenue to offset higher hardwa...
Syncing your Philips Hue lights to your TV display used to be a rather expensive undertaking, at $385 for the company’s Sync Box 8K. A couple of new products now bring that cost down to as little as $120. Additionally, you can now integrate Nanoleaf wall panels into your Philips Hue ecosystem tha...
Apple’s AirPods lineup is stronger than ever, but there are already rumors about what’s coming next. Here’s everything we know so far about when Apple will release new AirPods. more…