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Included in today’s release of macOS 27 Golden Gate beta 6 is a new dynamic wallpaper of the Golden Gate Bridge, bringing the total count of dynamic wallpapers to five. Download all of the below.

Spotify today announced an expansion of its recently released User Notes feature. While User Notes are limited to songs, the new Playlist Notes also let users add context to podcast episodes and audiobooks in their playlists. Here are the details.

Epic Games has filed its response to Apple’s request for the court to order settlement talks in the long-running App Store lawsuit. Here are the details.

We are back again with another series of top picks from the official Apple Certified Refurbished Store. An increasingly notable source of savings on iPhone, MacBook, Studio Display, and Apple TV, we aren’t talking about iPhones some guy’s cousin pieced back together to resell here – Apple’s “rigorous refurbishment process” is in fully in place alongside a proper 1-year Apple warranty too.

Hit the jump for a closer look at this week’s top picks we have sitting in our carts – iPhone, MacBook, Studio Displays, and more.

iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Ultra will be unveiled next month with a new A20 Pro chip, and this weekend a reputable leaker shared performance gains to expect per supply chain sources.

Apple released iOS 27 beta 6 today, giving developer beta testers the next preview update since iOS 27 debuted at WWDC. Developer beta testers can download the new beta now.

iOS 27 is a major iPhone update centered around Siri AI, Apple Intelligence, Liquid Glass refinements, and a long list of quality-of-life changes. Here’s what we’ve found so far in iOS 27 beta 6.

Apple’s MagSafe wallet is likely the default option for most people looking to carry a driver’s license, a credit card, and a little cash on the back of their iPhone. Apple’s Find My integration is nice, but that convenience comes at a price, literally, since it costs about double what most third-party MagSafe wallets cost.

Some people also hate the material choice as well. The Urban Fit remains one of my favorite alternatives to Apple’s own wallet. At roughly half the cost, it holds up to three cards and still works great as a MagSafe wallet.

Apple released iOS 26.6.1 today, a new software update for iPhone that includes fixes for 20+ security issues. Here are the details.

macOS 27 Golden Gate beta 6 introduces redesigned traffic light window controls. The new look resembles older Mac OS X systems with more detail in each button.

Apple has just released iOS 26.6.1, a new software update for iPhone. Here’s what’s new.

Beta 6 is rolling out now for iPadOS 27, tvOS 27, watchOS 27, HomePod 27, and more, as Apple’s latest wave of developer betas brings the new software closer to launch.

After a rare three-week hiatus between macOS developer betas 4 and 5, Apple has now rolled out beta 6 just a week after last Monday’s build. Here’s what to expect.

Apple has released the sixth iOS 27 beta for developer testing. iOS 27 beta 6 continues Apple’s summer beta cycle ahead of a public release in September. We’ll update our devices and share what we discover.

Packing more than 150 new features and improvements, AirBuddy 3 is now available for Mac, further expanding the app’s utility beyond managing AirPods and other nearby Apple devices. Here’s what’s new.

Next month’s new iPhone lineup will bring a brand new ‘iPhone Ultra’ foldable, but the most popular models will no doubt be the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max. Here are six new features rumored for iPhone 18 Pro.

The Sonos app on iPhone just added a big new feature: Live Activities. Here are the details on how they work.

Apple Wallet’s support for digital driver’s licenses keeps expanding, with North Carolina the latest state to announce that it’s launching soon. Here are the details.

If you have kids returning to school or college, the back to school sales are great timing to equip them with tech that can help them carry out their study assignments.

Apple last month launched its own back to school promotion, offering a $150 gift card with qualifying Mac and iPad purchases, and you can also pick up some great deals on Amazon, too.

We’ve rounded up a number of perfect tech options for kids returning to school below.

App Tracking Transparency (ATT) is an Apple privacy initiative intended to allow iPhone owners greater control over how developers collect and use their data. However, the company was accused of treating its own apps more favourably than third-party ones.

The company has now agreed to apply new rules to how ATT works throughout the EU, following an investigation by the German antitrust regulator. Update: Apple statement added at the end of the piece …

Apple’s foldable iPhone Ultra will be unveiled in just a few weeks, and new leaks cover what to expect from release timing, availability, and the product’s name.

As someone who writes for a living, you would correctly guess that I’m wholeheartedly in favour of allowing AI-generated text to be detectable and marked as such. There’s just a ridiculous amount of AI slop out there, and an “AI content” label means I don’t need to waste my time reading any of it.

However, Anthropic has just announced that it’s complying with an EU initiative to have Claude watermark AI-generated text, but doing so in a particularly perverse manner …

The late summer AirPods deals are really flying now, folks. While we might be in for a next-gen and potentially next-gen price come next month, AirPods Pro 3 are sitting at some of the best prices ever, AirPods 4 with ANC just hit the lowest rate in nearly half a year, and the 2026 AirPods Max 2 just dropped even lower at $120 off the list price.