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Journaling app Day One has reconfigured its subscription to include a more premium “Gold” plan with AI summaries and a Daily Chat feature. more…

If you own an older Kindle device (2012 or prior), Amazon has announced that starting next month, you’ll be cut off from downloading new books unless you upgrade to a newer model. Here are the details. more…

CarPlay just got new features in iOS 26.4 , plus some exciting new apps , but one of my favorite recent features is an Apple Music change in iOS 26 that’s perfect for the car. Here’s how to use it. more…

Llama is out; Muse Spark is in. Meta has unveiled its rebooted AI efforts with a new model it calls Muse Spark. Unlike Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview announcement yesterday , Muse Spark is actually available publicly today. Meta is also taking on the top Gemini and ChatGPT models with a new Contemplating mode that it says will roll out gradually. more…

Astropad, makers of the excellent Rock Paper Pencil iPad screen protectors, has unveiled a new Mac utility called Workbench. The macOS app enables “remote desktop made for the AI era.” more…

Shrinking’s season 3 finale is now available on Apple TV, and today a new interview with co-creator Bill Lawrence reveals a lot about what’s coming in season 4. more…

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by the Midnight 24GB M5 MacBook Air with 1TB storage hitting the Amazon low at $150 off alongside an ongoing deal on the entry model at the $949 low. We also have Apple’s new 2026 model 16-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro back to its best price to date at up to $199 off joining the Apple Watch Ultra 3 price drops . On top of that, we are getting another shot at th…

Apple Wallet got a lot of new features with iOS 26 , but another key improvement is that car key support keeps expanding to more vehicle brands. Here are the recent and upcoming major car key launches. more…

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The spacesuits worn by the Artemis II crew during their moon mission have a feature completely new to space missions – an iPhone . Each has a pocket containing an iPhone 17 Pro Max . The iPhone had to pass a whole bank of safety tests in order to be approved for the mission – but that preparation was totally worthwhile … more…

Insta360, named for its panoramic action camera, is the latest company to jump on the magnetic selfie screen for iPhone trend. more…

Apple TV’s next crime thriller is the return of Criminal Record, with season 2 premiering later this month—here’s the new trailer. more…

A new report suggests Apple is being extremely cautious in its expectations of demand for its most expensive ever smartphone, the iPhone Fold (or iPhone Ultra ). The company is said to have told manufacturing partners to plan for significantly lower orders than initially expected. The report also says that Samsung has taken advantage of its technological lead in advanced folding displays to win a…

The FBI says that a sharp rise in scams saw cybersecurity crime cost US victims a total of almost $21 billion last year. The most common example was investment scams, with cryptocurrency fraud responsible for the largest losses. The report includes AI-related scams for the first time. The agency says that the use of voice cloning, forged documents, and deepfake videos were responsible for £893m i…

Repairability ratings based on official government criteria in Europe have found that Apple gets the worst ratings for the repairability of both iPhones and MacBooks . However, in the laptop rankings the MacBook Neo was found to be very much an exception, so perhaps there’s hope for the future … more…