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Apple CEO Tim Cook just confirmed that the company will announce new products starting “Monday morning.” This will be the start of a release cycle that includes a press “experience” on Wednesday. 9to5Mac’s Chance Miller will be in attendance in New York City. more…

Samsung loves to launch new features before Apple , and it has partly done so with the new AI capabilities in the Galaxy S26. The latest version of Galaxy AI seeks to perform many of the same functions as Apple Intelligence . As our sister site 9to5Google notes, however, the experience seems set to prove very underwhelming … more…

Instagram has said that it will begin notifying parents if their teenage child “repeatedly” searches for content related to self-harm or suicide. The announcement follows Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying in court in response to claims that Instagram content had led to self-harm by children … more…

Enterprise access control is what I would consider “legacy” technology. A lot of the systems are Windows-based and look like a fancy Access database. On top of that, you are still dealing with physical cards. It is a fragmented mess for users and an onboarding nightmare for IT departments as well. Today, the Connectivity Standards Alliance is stepping in to fix that with the official release of t…

Apple almost always gets the better part of any negotiation with its suppliers, but a sketchy report claims that this wasn’t the case when it came to buying RAM from Samsung . The report says Samsung had asked for a 100% increase in price, expecting to negotiate down to 60%, but Apple’s desperation was such that it agreed to the first demand … more…

Apple Pay has reportedly grown to become the second largest payment processing service in the world after Visa, handling 9.5 trillion transactions for more than 800 million customers. Those numbers now look set for a significant boost as Apple prepares for its biggest ever expansion of its mobile wallet service … more…

The 2026 F1 season begins next month, and it’s Apple’s first season with exclusive streaming rights in the United States on Apple TV . In celebration of the kickoff, Apple has added a gorgeous new Apple Maps experience for the Formula 1 Qatar Airways Australian Grand Prix 2026 — with more to come. more…

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iOS 26 is packed with big and small changes, three of which have enabled me to make Apple’s Passwords app my one and only password manager. more…

Apple TV has been on a hot streak with new movies, and the streamer keeps strengthening its future lineup too. Here are three new movies that, per reporting today, are now part of Apple’s upcoming film plans. more…

Next week will be big for the Mac, with several new MacBooks launching . But another key moment is around the corner: Crimson Desert, a AAA game debuts next month with a day-one macOS release. more…

The Galaxy S26 trio is finally here , and with it comes One UI 8.5. Samsung might be waiting until the summer to roll out its next big shake-up for its version of Android, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t seeing some new visual elements in this mid-cycle release. As we’ve come to expect, at least one element on the S26’s software is ripped right from Samsung’s closest rival. more…

Following a 2023 decision that fined Apple and Amazon over anti-competitive distribution clauses, Spain’s competition regulator now says the companies took too long to comply and may issue a new fine. Here are the details. more…

Apple’s new low-cost MacBook is set to have a number of compromises to help bring the cost of the machine down. A new rumor today outlines at least some of those compromises in detail … more…

This week Apple announced an acceleration of its US manufacturing efforts, including some Mac mini production coming stateside . Now today via The Wall Street Journal , the company has offered a behind-the-scenes look at its US chipmaking process. more…