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Dating reality shows are a popular genre Apple TV has entirely avoided. And while its newly announced series, The Last Person on Earth, is being billed as a “documentary series” rather than “reality,” it’s the streamer’s first dating show nonetheless.

Yesterday Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman detailed a years-long roadmap for upcoming Macs, and per his report, it sounds like two new models might skip the base M5 chip and go straight to M6.

The exact launch timings of the iPhone Ultra remain unclear as a new supply chain report says that Foxconn is making “final adjustments” to the manufacturing process. It follows an earlier report stating that mass production had begun.

Recent reports indicate that Apple will unveil the new folding iPhone at its September event, but that initial availability may be limited …

Today Apple announced a unique partnership with automaker Ford, which will bake Apple Maps into its upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) Platform for navigation. Here are the details.

With the version rolling out today, users who rely on SmartGym’s iPhone app will find it easier to adjust and log their sets during workouts. Here are the details.

You’d think that it would be obvious that it’s a terrible idea to ask an AI chatbot for a medical consultation, but hundreds of millions of people do it every week.

In one near-death example now the subject of a lawsuit, ChatGPT advised a pastor to ignore symptoms of a pulmonary embolism – a condition with a mortality rate of 30%. In fact, the advice it offered very likely made things worse …

One of the reported reasons for Apple taking such a long time to introduce a folding iPhone is that the company was unhappy with the very visible crease and vulnerability of earlier generations of flexible screens.

Display partner Samsung finally solved this to Apple’s satisfaction, and the launch of the Korean company’s latest folding smartphone has now provided a preview of what we can expect from the iPhone Ultra display …

Apple devices were long known for having some of the highest-quality LCD screens in the business, and that remains the case for today’s MacBooks. The company upped the ante first through retina displays and then mini-LED backlighting. This is the reason Apple has been in no great hurry to adopt OLED technology.

It has, however, been making a phased transition to OLED. Apple first introduced the display tech with the Apple Watch, followed up with iPhone and iPad models, and the MacBook Pro is next in line for the upgrade …

Users who rely on encrypted HFS+ drives will no longer need to decrypt them before converting them to APFS for macOS 28 compatibility. Here’s what that means.

Apple has updated the Apple Store app’s privacy policy, adding terms regarding a yet-to-be-released virtual shopping assistant. Here are the details.

Apple recently raised prices on many of its products, but the company is now promoting two ways for shoppers to save on new hardware purchases: sales tax holidays and a Back to School deal.

Just a few days after releasing macOS 27 Golden Gate developer beta 4, Apple is now rolling out the second public beta of macOS 27. Here’s how to install it.

The second iOS 27 public beta is now available for iPhone. It gives users an early chance to try Apple’s biggest software update of the year.

Siri AI is the headline feature. The release also includes a redesigned Screen Time experience, Liquid Glass refinements, performance upgrades, and dozens of quality-of-life changes.

Here’s how to install the beta, what’s new, and which features you should try first.

Apple has just released public beta 2 for its forthcoming fall software updates, including iPadOS 27 and more. Here’s what’s new.

Apple TV announced two high-profile new shows today that are in the works. One is a comedy with big talent attached, while the other adapts a popular author’s new romance novel.

A new report from Bloomberg today offers an in-depth look at Apple’s Mac pipeline. The report details updates coming to the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, and much more over the next several years.

A wide-ranging new story at The Hollywood Reporter covers the road to Ted Lasso season 4, including encouraging reports on how the new season measures up to what’s come before it.

WhatsApp has announced a variety of new features today on its blog, including support for sharing Apple Music and Spotify activity to your WhatsApp Status, an iPad-focused account change, and more.

It’s not often that Apple debuts new iPhone screen sizes, but this fall the iPhone Ultra will introduce two displays in shapes and sizes never before used in iPhone. Here’s what to expect.

The exhibition space in the Apple Park Visitor Center at Cupertino has been temporarily closed.

The company hasn’t revealed what form the improvements may take, but the current use of the space does seem to be very inefficient …