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iOS 26.5 arrived this week and brought an Apple Maps popup notifying users that ads are coming soon. Here’s what to expect when they formally launch this summer.

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Back in March, OpenAI abruptly pulled the plug on its Sora video app. Two months later, a pair of AI video generation apps is competing for the top of the App Store.

Earlier this year, Apple launched its newest iPhone privacy feature—Limit Precise Location—but only a few carriers supported it initially. Following iOS 26.5’s launch this week, Apple now says that the feature is available for many more users.

Ahead of WWDC 2026, which kicks off next month, Apple has updated its Apple Developer website to spotlight members of the developer community.

As I mentioned a few days ago, breakthroughs in battery tech always seem to be two years away, but there have been some modest but worthwhile developments.

One of these, silicon-carbon batteries, is already found in some Android brands, and battery-test results clearly illustrate the benefits. But experts say it will be a little while before Apple adopts the new battery chemistry in future iPhones …

Apple confirmed back in January that Google’s Gemini AI model will power new Siri features. That not only frees us from the need to wait for Apple’s own AI models to catch up, but also means we have a pretty good idea of what’s in store for us.

Gemini Personal Intelligence provided our first glimpse of what we can expect from the new Siri, and a Google event has pointed to a number of additional features …

Apple’s stock Camera app started out with a very straightforward goal: it was intended to allow anyone to pick it up, press a button and get a decent result. It essentially made an iPhone the ultimate point-and-shoot camera.

Over the years, however, the app has grown increasingly sophisticated. While that may be a good thing, it has been accompanied by growing complexity. Finding the setting you want can involve a lot of guesswork about where it is found in the ever-expanding UI. Fortunately, it seems that iOS 27 may solve this problem …

Price alone is likely to make the iPhone Fold (or iPhone Ultra) a somewhat niche product in Apple’s lineup, but a new survey suggests there could be more interest than one might expect.

While the majority of US smartphone owners unsurprisingly care most about two vital but uninteresting things, interest in new form factors like foldables was surprisingly high …

WIRED reports that Foxconn acknowledged that some of its North American factories “suffered a cyberattack” in recent days, after the ransomware group Nitrogen claimed to have stolen 8TB of data from the company. Here are the details.

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.

After agreeing to a $250 million settlement in the U.S. over claims that it misled customers about delayed Apple Intelligence and Siri features, Apple is now facing similar scrutiny in Brazil. Here are the details.

As spotted by Aaron Perris, Apple will soon start using AI-generated presenters in its Apple Sales Coach app. Here are the details.

With just a few weeks left until WWDC, Bloomberg has shared multiple details on what Apple has in store for the revamped, Google Gemini-powered Siri on iOS 27. Here are the details.

We’re less than a month away from Apple announcing iOS 27 at WWDC. A new report today offers a closer look at what to expect from design changes and new features for key apps, including Camera, Safari, Weather, and more.

iOS 27 has big changes coming for Apple’s Camera app, with a new report saying it will be “fully customizable.” Here are the details.

Alongside macOS 26.5 and its counterparts, Apple yesterday released Xcode 26.5, with several bug fixes and improvements. Two of these improvements make agentic coding workflows even smarter. Here are the details.

Last month, Meta relaunched its AI efforts with Muse Spark, replacing its Llama models. As of today, Muse Spark is powering new experiences inside the Meta AI app.

Apple TV’s hit sci-fi show Severance had a three-year gap between seasons 1 and 2, but star Adam Scott now says season 3 will arrive “much sooner” than that. Here’s what he said, and what it means for release timing.

MacBook Neo shipping estimates are starting to improve for the first time since Apple’s $599 laptop launched. The shorter wait times line up with a recent report claiming Apple ordered more A18 Pro chips due to higher-than-expected demand.