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iOS 26.5 launched earlier this month, with one of the major new features the addition of RCS end-to-end encryption in the Messages app. Here’s how to check it’s enabled on your iPhone and active in a given conversation.

Apple Wallet driver’s license support is expanding to a new state. Starting today, Arkansas residents can add their driver’s license to the Apple Wallet app on iPhone and Apple Watch.

Roku just unveiled what it’s calling its biggest Home Screen redesign in over a decade, and it launches today. Here are the details.

Apple announced today that its After the Whistle podcast will return for a new season soon to cover the World Cup, with Ted Lasso’s Brendan Hunt co-hosting with Rebecca Lowe. Here are the details.

Apple today updated its trade-in estimates across the board for iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, iPad, and Android phones. Here are the current numbers.

Meta is working on a new WhatsApp feature that lets users upload documents directly to Meta AI from the in-chat attachment menu. Here are the details.

Apple is working on a new iPhone security feature that can automatically lock the device when it detects that it has been snatched from the user’s hand. Here are the details.

Update, May 29: Apple has published the release notes for the firmware update, mentioning only that it includes “bug fixes and other improvements.” The original story follows below.

Up until today, Apple had released only a single firmware update for the AirTag 2 since its January launch. Now, a second firmware version is rolling out to owners of Apple’s tracking device. Here are the details.

Following the AI-heavy Search announcements at last week’s Google I/O, DuckDuckGo says it has seen a notable and sustained surge in U.S. users, including a sharp jump in iPhone app installs. Here are the details.

Last fall, Apple launched a new Digital ID feature in the Wallet app. Now, that feature can officially be used as an age verification method in several cases on iPhone. Here’s what that means.

iPhone 18 Pro is coming this fall, and rumors indicate it will further a design trend started last year with iPhone 17 Pro: making the iPhone even thicker. Here’s why I’m actually behind this decision despite previously opposing it.

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The China ​Academy of Information ​and Communications Technology (CAICT) has released its latest report on mobile phone shipments in China, covering April as well as the first four months of 2026. Here are the details.

iOS 26.6 beta 1 arrived today, and with iOS 27 right around the corner, it’s unsurprisingly very light on changes. But one difference was discovered by Aaron Perris: a new alert that appears in iOS 26.6 when you try to block one contact too many.

Star City premieres on Apple TV this week, a spinoff of the space-race drama For All Mankind. Here’s what the first reviews for Star City are saying.

Apple has released a new wave of developer beta software today, including beta 1 for iPadOS 26.6, tvOS 26.6, watchOS 26.6, and more.

Following the release of mcOS 26.5 earlier this month, Apple has now kicked off the next wave of betas for macOS 26.6. Here are the details.

Apple has released the first iOS 26.6 beta for developers. iOS 26.6 beta 1 arrives shortly after the official release of iOS 26.5 for iPhone.

Apple highlighted 3 enhancements in iOS 26.5, including new wallpapers for your iPhone.

Apple’s major Siri overhaul will be unveiled in less than two weeks, and a new report reveals exactly what to expect from Siri’s new UI design.

Satellite-based internet will be offered on a lot more major airline flights soon.

As Spotify users around the world await the return of their good old fashioned app icon, the company has announced new ways to stream more than just music.