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US agency responsible for nuclear weapons was breached in Sharepoint hack [U]

More than 10,000 organizations around the world are at risk from hackers after a serious security flaw was discovered in Microsoft’s popular Sharepoint platform, used to store and share confidential documents. The majority of companies at risk are said to be in the US.

Update: Bloomberg reports that the National Nuclear Security Administration was among the organizations breached – see the end of the piece …

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Apple Watch sleep score looks set to replicate these two smart ring features

Apple Watch sleep score looks set to replicate these two smart ring features | Photo shows a cat sleeping beneath a duvet

Earlier today we saw iOS 26 code suggesting that an Apple Watch sleep score feature is in development, with a percentage score indicating your readiness to tackle the day ahead. The feature also provides a more condensed graphical representation of your sleep stages than is currently available.

What is shown and described looks like a very close match for two features provided by the Oura smart ring, so here’s a look at how those work …

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iOS 26 code hints at a sleep score feature for Apple Watch

Sleep zones on watchOS 9

If you use a third-party sleep tracker with your Apple Watch, you’re probably familiar with the concept of a sleep score: an index that combines signals like heart rate variation and sleep stages, to tell you how efficient your sleep really was.

And while the Apple Watch gained native sleep tracking with watchOS 7, it’s been missing that kind of score. Not for long, as it may turn out.

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13 underrated iOS 26 updates that improve your iPhone

iOS 26 Liquid Glass design

Apple’s headline iOS 26 features like Apple Intelligence and redesigned apps tend to get all the attention. But some of the most useful changes are easy to miss. These underrated iOS 26 updates quietly improve the iPhone experience in ways that don’t make the keynote but still matter in everyday use.

From smarter AirPods behavior to new journaling tools and better battery estimates, here are 13 updates you might have missed.

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$16.5B Apple tax windfall will pay for new electricity and water infrastructure in Ireland

$16.5B Apple tax windfall will pay for new electricity and water infrastructure in Ireland | Photo shows rugged landscape near Kerry

With the last remaining part of the Apple tax windfall paid to the Irish government recently, we are today learning what the country plans to do with the €14.25B ($16.5B).

The country’s prime minister has promised “unprecedented” investment in the country’s ailing infrastructure, with Apple’s money to be spent mostly on electricity and water projects …

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Deals: M3 iPad Air all-time low at $250 off, 24GB MacBook Air $180 off, Mac mini, and more

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break deals are starting with a new Amazon all-time low on the 1TB M3 iPad Air – the 11-inch Cell model is now just shy of $250 off to deliver the lowest price we have tracked to date. From there we move over to a couple Mac models that are now even lower than yesterday with the 24GB M4 Pro Mac mini at $152 off the Apple price and the Midnight 15-inch 24GB M4 MacBook Air at $180 off. Head below for even more including a look at the all-new PowerBug

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