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I’m just about starting to believe that I may be heading into the final stages of an extremely lengthy attempt to sell one apartment and buy another, so I’m currently giving some thought to the smart home technology I’ll want in my new home.

This will be some 13 years after I first adopted smart home tech, so I’m expecting to make a few changes – some small, one potentially much larger …

New orders of the Mac Studio are currently seeing unusually long delays, with shipping estimates stretching out to April for some models. Here are the details.

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iOS 26.3 is the latest iPhone software update, and one of its most interesting new features is a privacy setting—‘Limit Precise Location’—that reveals Apple at its best.

Apple’s first foldable iPhone launches this fall, but we’re increasingly hearing that there’s an entirely different folding design in the works too: an ‘iPhone Flip.’

Some of the new Siri features slated for iOS 26.4 are reportedly delayed; the struggle to balance useful AI-powered features with privacy; new AirPods Pro rumors; and Jeff and Fernando share frustrations about macOS Tahoe and iPadOS 26 design.

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Just in time for Valentines Day, Apple TV today premieres a new romantic comedy movie film Eternity, starring Elizabeth Olsen, Callum Turner and Miles Teller.

Based in an afterlife where souls choose their living arrangements in eternity, Joan is faced with the choice of continuing her marriage with her long-term husband, or picking her first love, a man who died young and was waiting for her to arrive all this time. The movie was originally released last year in theaters by A24, and is now streaming on Apple TV.

The iPhone 17e is coming soon, representing an update to Apple’s most affordable iPhone model. A new rumor today offers a closer look at the device, detailing all of the specs and design changes on the way.

When Apple moved the iPhone to USB-C, it left behind more than just the Lightning port. New iPhone comes with a USB-C charging cable, but many cars still use USB-A ports for CarPlay. That’s created a gap for drivers: no first-party cable to connect a USB-C iPhone to a USB-A car.

Apple’s official workaround is a $29 USB-C to Lightning adapter. Beats, an Apple brand, offers this USB-A to USB-C cable for half the price that is effectively the official solution for using CarPlay with USB-C iPhones.

Apple released for iPhone users everywhere this week. The update focuses a lot on interoperability between iPhone and Android devices, privacy, and more. Here are all of the new features in iOS 26.3.

Following two court losses and two successful appeals, Apple was cleared today on all counts of patent infringement in a 2019 lawsuit brought by Texas-based Optis Wireless. A second case, however, still looms in the UK. Here are the details.

A team of Apple researchers set out to understand what real users expect from AI agents, and how they’d rather interact with them. Here’s what they found.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman yesterday reported that Apple’s new Siri initiative was facing internal delays, having originally been planned to start rolling out with iOS 26.4. Gurman suggested features may start appearing in iOS 26.5, or later releases in the year.

That report has seemingly rocked investor confidence, with Apple stock plummeting today. Seemingly in response, CNBC’s Steve Kovach says Apple confirmed to him that it remains on track to launch new Siri this year, which is essentially reaffirming what it has promised publicly all along.

iPadOS 26 makes major changes to how multitasking works via a new app windowing system. And Apple’s new system got a lot better for me after I changed one key setting.

Following last week’s release of the Interop 2025 results, Apple and the other members of the browser interoperability group have now outlined their objectives for the year ahead. Here are the details.

At CES 2026, Keychron introduced a new line of keyboards for Mac with its Q Ultra series. They all offer an 8K polling rate and a fantastic all metal build, and they come in three size variants: 75%, 80%, and full size. I’ll be going hands on with the Q1 Ultra.

After multiple years of speculation, last month Apple officially announced that Chase is set to become the new issuer of Apple Card. Apple says the transition from Goldman Sachs to Chase will occur in approximately 24 months. Here’s everything we know about what this transition means for Apple Card users …

Benjamin and Chance react to the disappointing news shared by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman that the new Siri features are facing even more delays, but in happier news, a bunch of iPhones, iPads and Macs are due for an imminent refresh. Meanwhile, Tim Cook reminisces ahead of Apple’s 50th birthday.  

And in Happy Hour Plus, thoughts on the design of the Ferrari Luce and Jony Ive’s sniping comments about his former employer.

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Apple has a new ‘MacBook’ coming soon, and based on the latest rumors, it sounds like all of the problems that plagued the previously discontinued model will be addressed.

Update February 12, 2026: The 4G LTE model of the Eero Signal is now available via Amazon for $99. The 5G version is still to come.

Original post below.

Eero has announced a new Eero Signal product that it says will let you “say goodbye to internet outages.”

“Eero Signal delivers cellular backup whenever your wired internet connection goes down,” the company explains. It’s available in both 4G LTE and 5G RedCap versions.

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Spectrum has announced a new ‘Invincible WiFi’ plan launching today that combines WiFi 7, 5G data, and an 8-hour battery backup to provide maximum peace of mind with your home internet coverage.

YouTube was one of the biggest apps missing from the Vision Pro platform at launch in February 2024. That changes today, however, with the launch of an official YouTube app for visionOS.