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Emma Roth
Emma Roth
The Nook app has started linking to outside purchases on iOS, too.

Barnes & Noble’s Nook app has joined Kindle and Spotify in making it easier to buy e-books and audiobooks on the iPhone. A recent update has added a new “buy on BN.com” option to the iOS app, as spotted earlier by Good e-Reader.

The change comes after a judge ordered Apple to lift restrictions on web links and outside payment options, a decision that a higher court upheld earlier this month.

Barnes & Noble NOOK APP for iOS can buy books in the app

[goodereader.com]

Apple Home is expanding its energy management features Apple Home is expanding its energy management features 
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
While Craig Federighi suffers through Siri questions at WWDC...

Apple CEO Tim Cook got to appear in a shiny Variety profile about F1 and Apple’s entertainment efforts. Poor Craig.

Tim Cook Reveals Apple’s Vision for Movies and TV: Why Spending Millions on Blockbusters Like ‘F1’ Is About More Than Selling iPhones

[variety.com]

Apple’s updated parental controls will require kids to get permission to text new numbersApple’s updated parental controls will require kids to get permission to text new numbers
How to install the iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 developer betasHow to install the iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 developer betas
Tom Warren
Tom Warren
Microsoft is just leaving some Liquid Glass here.

Who did the glass-like design first? Was it Apple with its Aqua transparency effects in 2000, or Microsoft with its Aero Glass theme in Windows Vista in 2007? Either way, Microsoft seems to think Apple’s Liquid Glass design bears some resemblance to its glass look in Windows Media Center, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Whatever you think, just don’t call it that.

Praise be, my visionOS 26 persona is significantly less cursed!Praise be, my visionOS 26 persona is significantly less cursed!
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
The Android phone that works with Apple.

Vivo claims its X Fold 5 has achieved an Android first: interoperability with the Apple Watch. According to product manager Han Boxiao the watch can display calls and texts from the X Fold 5, and sync health data. The phone can also receive calls and texts sent to an iPhone, access iCloud, and extend the display of a Mac.

How? We have no idea, but hopefully we’ll find out when the phone launches this month.

<em>The Apple Watch can apparently display calls from the Vivo phone.</em>
<em>While the Android device can handle calls coming into the iPhone.</em>
<em>And you can set it up as an external Mac monitor.</em>
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The Apple Watch can apparently display calls from the Vivo phone.
Image: Han Boxiao / Weibo
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Apple has released a haptic F1 trailer enhanced with iPhone vibrations.

If you’ve got an iPhone running iOS 18.4 or later, the Apple TV Plus tab of the TV app now features a trailer for the upcoming Brad Pitt F1 movie that’s now enhanced with vibrations created by the modern iPhone’s Taptic Engine.

You can not only feel an F1 car’s engine revving, but subtler events in the trailer like the click of a seatbelt being fastened, and buttons being pressed on a steering wheel.

An image of Brad Pitt with text promoting a trailer for Apple’s F1 movie.
Screenshot: Apple TV
Logitech’s new iPad case has a compact removable wireless keyboardLogitech’s new iPad case has a compact removable wireless keyboard
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Siri was mostly missing in Apple’s AI updates this week.

The Verge’s new senior AI reporter, Hayden Field, noticed we didn’t hear the name of Apple’s assistant very much during the WWDC 2025 keynote on Monday.

Even as presenters discussed opening up Apple Intelligence to third-party developers and new AI features for other apps, Siri was conspicuous in its absence. So what does that mean for the future of Apple’s AI efforts?

Craig Federighi confirms Apple’s first attempt at an AI Siri wasn’t good enoughCraig Federighi confirms Apple’s first attempt at an AI Siri wasn’t good enough
Hands on with macOS Tahoe 26: Liquid Glass, new theme options, and SpotlightHands on with macOS Tahoe 26: Liquid Glass, new theme options, and Spotlight
Apple punts on Siri updates as it struggles to keep up in the AI raceApple punts on Siri updates as it struggles to keep up in the AI race
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Andrew J. Hawkins
Andrew J. Hawkins
Apple adding digital car key support for more automakers.

According to 9 to 5 Mac, the company said during WWDC that it would soon support digital car keys from 13 additional vehicle brands, including Audi, Cadillac, Chevy, Hyundai, Kia, GMC, Volvo, Rivian, and others. That brings the total number of brands supported to 33. The keys are added to the Wallet app, and can be used to lock, unlock, and start the vehicle using technology like NFC, UWB, or BLE — depending on which are supported by the vehicle.

Car Keys are coming to the Wallet app for 13 new vehicle brands soon - 9to5Mac

[9to5mac.com]

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