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Following a quick comment during Apple’s Q2 2026 earnings call, the Kansas City Public Schools website has elaborated on its plan to transition to an “all-Apple district.” Here are the details. more…

The simple act of sharing your screen in a way that feels natural during a video call can be overly complicated. Hovercraft is a new Mac app that solves a very specific problem around screen sharing during video calls. more…

The streaming service Apple Music today shared an open letter with music labels and industry partners entitled ‘What We’re Doing to Keep Music Fair’, reaffirming its commitment to help the music business navigate the use of AI responsibly. The company said it believes technology should amplify artists, not replace them. Apple says AI music represents significantly less than 1% of all plays on the…

Apple shipped iOS 26.5 to all users last week , and now in the last 24 hours, the company has stopped signing iOS 26.4.2—thus preventing downgrades to a prior update. more…

Rumors indicate Apple’s long-expected MacBook Pro redesign will be branded ‘MacBook Ultra’ instead. Here’s why this could be good news for MacBook Pro users in light of a previous redesign misstep. more…

Airbnb launched a major iOS and Android app redesign a year ago . The updated app surfaced new experiences to have on vacation beyond just where you choose to stay. Now Airbnb is further transforming its app into an all-in-one destination for managing your next trip by integrating four useful new services. The new Airbnb app is also leveraging AI with three new features, and the service is expand…

The 2026 Memorial Day sales at Amazon and Best Buy are now live, and today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break deals are ready too. Headliners include this giant $400 price drop hitting this 1TB M3 iPad Air alongside all four colors on Apple’s new mid-range 256GB M4 iPad Air at $110 off and a new all-time low on this nano-texture 1TB M5 iPad Pro at $200 off . We also have the most accessible M5 MacBook Pro mo…

We’re less than three weeks away from WWDC and iOS 27’s unveiling, and reporting indicates Apple has three main goals for the update that could be exactly what the iPhone needs. more…

Ahead of Apple’s annual developer conference next month, Apple has shared an update on how the App Store serves users and developers alike with numerous protections. more…

This week marked the release of ‘Steve Jobs in Exile: The Untold Story of NeXT and the Remaking of an American Visionary,’ by author Geoffrey Cain, a deliciously thorough book that dives deep into the years that most people overlook when retelling the Apple co-founder’s famous redemption story. more…

Act surprised! A new privacy study has found that data brokers and AI companies deliberately deceive consumers who attempt to opt out of the sale of their personal data. An audit of the opt-out processes of dozens of major data companies found that they employ a variety of underhand practices – including fake forms … more…

Apple’s latest immersive video for Vision Pro users is coming this week. It’s called Real Madrid: The Weight of Greatness and takes viewers inside the famous football club. more…

Jamf has just announced the appointment of Beth Tschida as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Tschida is a familiar face at the company, having served as Chief Technology Officer since 2022. She succeeds John Strosahl, who guided the company through its transition from public to private ownership after Francisco Partners acquired it back in January 2026. With this announcemen…

The appeal of Apple devices has always been a mix of hardware quality and software features, with the wider ecosystem absolutely key. Effectively, Apple devices gain value as soon as you have more than one of them. Handoff is a perfect example. You can begin working on a document on your Mac, seamlessly continue on your iPad, and then make some last-minute changes on your iPhone. Google is now cl…

Discord is now using end-to-end encryption for all voice and video calls across all platforms: desktop, mobile, web and console. It’s been a very long time coming – the company first shared its privacy plans back in 2023 and began the migration process a year later … more…