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Spotted by developer Sam Henri Gold on Twitter, iOS 27 beta 2 includes references to an upcoming Apple product codenamed B790, likely to be the rumored AirPods with cameras.

BenQ has been making excellent Mac-friendly monitors for years, and their new MA270S is the creme de la creme of their lineup. It’s a 27-inch 5K monitor, but with a feature that most monitors don’t ship with: a glossy finish.

All of Apple’s displays ship with glossy finishes by default, but for one reason or another, matte finishes have dominated the external monitor market – and BenQ is bucking that trend. This makes the MA270S much more at home with the Mac.

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Plastic webcam covers—especially of the sliding kind—boomed in popularity sometime in the 2010s as a low-tech way to keep hackers from eavesdropping on compromised machines. The concern felt justified at the time. But by 2020, Apple was beginning to issue warnings that those covers aren’t actually needed and can even damage a MacBook’s display.

For this Security Bite, let’s set aside our tin-foil hats and talk about how webcam covers don’t meaningfully improve privacy, could cause features like True Tone to not work properly, and are far more likely to damage your screen than stop someone from spying on you.

Over the years, buying an iPad has become an increasingly confusing task. With multiple models and overlapping features and accessories, there’s no longer a clear-cut way to recommend one iPad for one type of user. Still, Apple does have a general idea of how it sees the iPad lineup and who each model is meant for.

Me being me, one of the first things I wanted to do in my new home was set up the smart home technology. That’s now almost complete (I’m currently engaged in mortal battle with presence detectors) and I’ll have an update soon.

But there was also the matter of the smart home tech I was leaving behind – and that was less straightforward thanks to a surprising omission in the Apple Home ecosystem …

The 2026 4th of July weekend is upon us and there are loads of notable deals up for grabs. Coming fresh of the Prime Day festivities and major price hikes, the Apple deals aren’t quite as extensive as usual but you can still land up to $350 off M5 iPad Pro and pre-price hiked deals on M4 iPad Air, AirPods 4 at nearly 25% off, and all-time low pricing on AirTag 2, among others. Those deals also join up to $1,000 off LG OLED TVs, e-bikes, power stations, apparel, and some last-minute 4th of July cookout gear too. 

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After getting a second chance to formally respond to Apple’s lawsuit, Jon Prosser filed his answer today, disputing the company’s account of how he obtained and published details about the Liquid Glass revamp. Here are the details.

The hit sci-fi series Silo is back today for a third season, streaming exclusively on Apple TV. Based on the book series by Hugh Howey, the acclaimed series sees the human population living in a vast underground bunker, but no one really knows how it came to be.

In the third season, a split timeline narrative begins to reveal some of the show’s biggest mysteries. In the present timeline, Juliette (star Rebecca Ferguson) struggles with amnesia, while in the past timeline, flashbacks show who, how and why the silos were built in the first place.

A new iOS 27 framework will help apps fight back against social engineering scams as they unfold via voice calls, text messages, emails, and more. Here are the details.

Apple will announce the results of its fiscal third quarter of 2026 on Thursday, July 30. Here’s what to expect.

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After releasing an interactive timeline of every iPhone ever made, sheets.works is back with a similar project covering every iPad Apple has released since 2010. Here are the details.

Benjamin and Chance react to the news from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman that Apple is accelerating the roadmap for the M7 series of Apple Silicon chips, somewhat at the expense of the as-yet-unreleased M6 line. Also, we break down what’s new in visionOS 27 and do some summer Ask9to5Mac questions. 

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According to Counterpoint Research, Apple’s entry into the foldable smartphone market will be one of the factors driving an 18% increase in average sale prices in the category in 2026. Here are the details.

Last week, Apple announced dramatic price increases on Macs, iPads, and other products due to rising component costs. As a result, Apple’s stock price took a dive. As we head into the holiday weekend, however, $AAPL has rebounded with a 5% gain today.

In a video published today on its YouTube channel, iFixIt shows the surprisingly analog process of fully assembling and testing an iPhone battery. Watch it below.

iOS 27 has exciting new features coming for CarPlay, but nearly a year late, I recently tested out an iOS 26 addition for CarPlay, and it’s one that should have existed all along.

Following last Tuesday’s addition of Family Feud Pocket, Apple Arcade is expanding its catalog once again today with four more games spanning city-building, dungeon crawling, fishing, and quick-draw challenges. Here are the details.

tvOS 27 was barely mentioned when Apple unveiled iOS 27, likely because its best features are waiting on new Apple TV 4K hardware. But there are a handful of tvOS 27 additions we do know about already—here’s what’s coming.

Apple Wallet keeps adding support for new car key brands, with recent additions like Toyota and Porsche. Now, another popular automaker is reportedly about to get car keys: Volkswagen.

iOS 27 has been available in developer beta for almost a month, but there’s a public beta version coming soon. Here’s when the iOS 27 public beta is expected to release.

A new report from Macworld based on social media leaks claims to know iPhone 18 Pro Max’s exact battery capacity, and it seems impressive.