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Apple products use a wide mix of wireless specifications. Bluetooth 6, 5.3, and 5.0 appear in different iPhones, iPads, Macs, and more. Apple also uses different W-Fi technologies with currently sold products featuring Wi-Fi 7, 6, 6E, and even Wi-Fi 4. Visualize what hardware uses which spec below.

Hot on the heels of rolling out a major update last month, Carrot Weather is back with more. A new update today adds two new features to the versatile weather app: multi-model forecasts and analysis from the Storm Prediction Center.

Women in Blue is one of Apple TV’s growing catalog of Spanish-language series, and following its critically acclaimed first season, the release date for season 2 has just been announced.

When macOS Tahoe and iPadOS 26 launched last fall, they removed support for an optional Safari layout: the compact tab bar. Now, the feature is back in macOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4.

Apple’s rumored iPhone roadmap reveals plenty of experimentation and unique designs coming, and one of them, per Weibo leaker Digital Chat Station, will involve a quad-curved display.

Earlier this week, a Bloomberg report outlined Apple’s big plans for a Siri overhaul in iOS 27. And if it proves accurate, I’m very excited for the direction Apple’s taking with Siri.

If there’s one aspect of Apple Intelligence I really detest, it’s the suggested replies to iMessages. Meta is now emulating this with a new update to its Writing Help feature in WhatsApp.

The idea is that instead of actually replying to our friends with, you know, genuine human communication, we can just have AI send something generic instead …

Apple is expanding its American Manufacturing Program and bringing more component production to the United States. The company named new AMP partners and detailed how each helps it increase advanced manufacturing in America.

A court ruling with potentially massive implications has found that social media apps are intentionally designed to be addictive, and are harmful to teenage mental health.

A now 20-year-old woman sued Meta and YouTube owner Google for damaging her mental health as a child, with a jury awarding her $6 million in damages – and this is likely to be only the start …

Previous reports have suggested that Apple is planning to fit a 200-megapixel camera to an iPhone in either 2027 or 2028.

While squeezing ever more pixels into the same size sensor would be bad news for low-light photography, the latest report has a couple of pieces of good news …

Apple age verification went live in the UK in iOS 26.4 after a previous accidental release in the developer beta. While it was straightforward for me, some on the Apple Support forums and Reddit are reporting major problems with the process.

Some of the issues appear to be based on misunderstandings around the acceptable documentation when the company is unable to verify your age automatically, while others seem to be system failures. Update: See below for additional acceptable documents …

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On Tuesday, along with the wide release of iOS 26.4, which had been in beta up until then, Apple dropped a hefty list of security patches addressing over 35 vulnerabilities. While most single-point releases usually come with a large number of fixes, there are a handful of notable ones here I want to bring attention to.

Here are the ones that caught my eye.

As spotted by Michael Tsai, Apple is blocking App Store updates to AppGrid for resembling Launchpad, a feature the company discontinued in macOS Tahoe. Here are the details.

Apple researchers have developed a new way to train AI models for image captioning that delivers more accurate, detailed descriptions while using far smaller models. Here are the details.

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At the end of February, I was feeling rather low. Suffice to say it’s been a long year (well, decade, really). I’m certain everyone can relate, at some point, in some way.

The arrival of spring has helped. So have the Apple Watch and Journal app, lately.

Apple has reached a settlement with a former employee who it says stole thousands of documents before departing for Snap.

The lawsuit was first filed by Apple in June 2025, with Apple saying engineer Di Liu stole a “massive volume” of trade secrets before departing the company for Snap.

New data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) shows smartphone shipments declined in February compared to the year-ago period. Here’s what that could mean for Apple and the iPhone.

iOS 26.4 just launched, and it’s packed with a lot of new features. Here’s everything new available across six iPhone apps in iOS 26.4.

The Studio has been a big Apple TV hit with critics and viewers alike, and season 2 is being filmed right now. Here are all the new guest stars that have been spotted so far in The Studio season 2.

macOS Tahoe 26.4 arrived this week, and users have discovered that it comes with a new Terminal security popup when you first try to paste in commands.

Apple TV keeps growing its library of great sci-fi series, and the streamer just debuted the first trailer for its forthcoming space-race thriller Star City.