Benjamin Mayo

This weekend, Apple TV is running a special promotion where all of its Formula 1 streaming is available for anyone in the United States to watch for free, no Apple TV subscription required.

The Austrian Grand Prix race is about to start, and if you want to tune, simply open the Apple TV app on your preferred device.

Apple just rolled out a slew of price increases across Mac, iPad, Apple TV, HomePod and more product lines.

Apple CEO Tim Cook warned this was coming a week ago, as component pricing for memory and storage hits unprecedented levels. In a statement to Bloomberg today, the company acknowledged “this is not welcome news” and is “working tirelessly to find solutions”.

iOS 27 beta 2 includes our first look at the new Write with Siri features, which replace the standalone Writings Tools feature introduced as part of the first wave of the iOS 18 Apple Intelligence rollout.

When editing text, the keyboard now prompts the user to write with Siri. This allows you to ask Siri using a natural language request to generate new text, proofread something you already wrote, rewrite a document into another style, and more.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman today posted the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, recapping the last ten years of Apple’s corporate structure in which the influence of the design team waned at the executive levels in the Cook era, fuelled by Jony Ive’s exit and talent departures as finance and operations had an increasingly larger say over product direction.

However, Gurman believes that incoming CEO John Ternus may be about to reset that relationship, and reaffirm the importance of the design group for the company’s future.

The next Formula 1 race will stream completely for free on the Apple TV app in the United States, no subscription required.

Most races this year require an Apple TV subscription to view, but when the deal was announced, Apple said that select races will be in front of the paywall altogether. The Austrian Grand Prix (June 26 – June 28) is the first time they are delivering on that promise.

President Trump took to TruthSocial tonight to confirm what was previously rumored: Apple and Intel have agreed a partnership where Intel will manufacture chips for future Apple devices, using Intel’s American-based fabrication sites.

The breadth and depth of the agreement is unclear. It is unlikely that Intel will be able to supply the latest-generation chips for Apple’s highest-end iPhones, any time soon.

At least as of the first developer beta of iOS 27, the next-generation AI dictation feature for iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air is not enabled by default.

So if you’ve just updated to the beta, you don’t get the benefits of the new LLM-powered dictation right away. Here’s how to turn it on.

Apple TV today announced the release date for the sixth season of its popular spy drama series Slow Horses, based on the books by Mick Herron. The show stars Gary Oldman as the leader of a ‘dumping ground’ division inside MI5 known for its blunders more than its successes.

Season 6 will premiere on September 16, with new episodes dropping weekly through October 21. The first look image featured above shows Oldman in his iconic form as Jackson Lamb.

iOS 27 introduces a new device recovery mode. This is a Mac-like recovery feature where the iPhone is able to boot into an alternative UI that doesn’t involve loading the entirety of the main operating system.

In the new recovery mode, you can use restore your software, enter diagnostics mode, erase the device, and perform some automated fixes using Recovery Assistant.

Apple Music has a few new features with iOS 27, which Apple just announced today at its annual WWDC conference.

Perhaps the most immediately visible change is a newly-redesigned artist page featuring prominent shuffle play button, new artist name display, and other smaller layout changes.

Apple today announced tvOS 27, the next major software version for Apple TV, as part of the WWDC keynote which included a bevy of platform-wide improvements.

One major new feature for tvOS this year is an updated Podcasts app, as well as a new smart downloads feature, performance enhancements including faster app launch and Control Center loading, larger text size options for accessibility, and more.

The brand new iOS 27 Siri AI experiences will not be coming to users in the European Union at the same time as everyone else. In a company press release that directly blames the Digital Markets Act, Apple says iPhone and iPad users in the EU will have to wait longer for Siri AI.

However, Siri AI will still be launching on Mac and Apple Vision Pro in the EU, as those platforms are not subject to the same gatekeeper requirements …

Apple today announced a significant upgrade to the editing features available in Apple Photos on iPhone, Mac and Vision Pro.

Powered by new artificial intelligence models, Apple announced a significant improvement to Clean Up as well as new Extend and Reframe tools. These features will be available with iOS 27 and other software updates later this year.

Apple is announcing iOS 27 right now, and one of the first new features is a refined design update for Liquid Glass.

This includes a new slider that lets users precisely choose between an opaque tinted and a clear appearance.

We don’t know yet whether Apple will call it the iPhone Fold, iPhone Ultra, or something else — but everyone expects the company to announce its first foldable phone later this year. Via Sonny Dickson, these dummy unit photos give us our closest look yet at what we expect the design to be.

The foldable iPhone will feature an approximately 7.8-inch screen when unfolded, giving an effective inner screen area similar to an iPad mini. As shown by these dummy mockup models, the front-facing camera will be positioned in the top-left corner of this screen.

Apple TV debuts a new remake of thriller Cape Fear. This latest limited series adaptation is star-studded, with Amy Adams, Javier Bardem and Patrick Wilson headlining the cast.

Inspired by the 1991 movie, in Cape Fear, the world of a married couple of attorneys is turned upside down when a killer they helped convict is released from prison …

While a dedicated ‘AirPods’ app does not seem to be on the cards, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple is working on software improvements relating to how users can modify settings for their AirPods and AirPods Pro.

Bloomberg says iOS 27 will significantly change the layout of the AirPods menu in Settings app. The new design will be ‘more functional, better organized and more streamlined’.

After a three-week break, Formula 1 racing is back this weekend with the peak of motorsport landing in Montreal, Canada.

In the United States, Apple has exclusive streaming rights for all of F1 so you normally need an Apple TV subscription to watch. However, this weekend is an outlier, as Apple made a special deal with Netflix which will see the race also broadcast on the rival streamer.

Update: The Switchbot Wallet Finder card is currently on sale for just $12.99.

I have an AirTag on my keychain to keep track of my keys, but obviously an AirTag is too big and bulky to fit inside a wallet. That’s what the SwitchBot Wallet Finder is for.

Disguised inside a thin, credit-card form factor, the SwitchBot Wallet Finder connects to the Find My app on your iPhone, so you can follow its location, and it even houses a speaker so you can make it beep to help you find your wallet when it inevitably gets lost somewhere in your home. Read on for my review …

The streaming service Apple Music today shared an open letter with music labels and industry partners entitled ‘What We’re Doing to Keep Music Fair’, reaffirming its commitment to help the music business navigate the use of AI responsibly.

The company said it believes technology should amplify artists, not replace them. Apple says AI music represents significantly less than 1% of all plays on the service, but it is being proactive to keep a fair, level playing field for all creators.

With the iOS 26.5 update, Apple has added a new Pride Luminance wallpaper to your iPhone. The wallpaper features strips of colors that transition as you swipe up from the lock screen to the home screen. By default, the wallpaper uses a rich, vibrant color palette that celebrates the LGBTQ+ community.

But it’s actually super customizable, and it allows you to pick your own personal color palette for your iPhone’s lock screen. Here’s how to add the new colorful wallpaper and make it your own.