The non-profit service that millions of people relied on during the wildfires in Los Angeles last year will now track flooding nationwide. Users can get information on river gauges, precipitation data, and active warnings, and during life-threatening events, Watch Duty’s in-person team will report back on hazards like dam/levee failures and downed bridges. Flood and wildfire tracking is available for free and with no ads.

Initial impressions of macOS Golden Gate’s design refinements show promise, but there’s still lots to come.












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Apple’s new software / Our first look at the features announced at WWDC.


Siri and AI were the stars of the show, but they aren’t the only new things coming to your Apple gadgets.

Apple doesn’t have the latest or greatest AI, but it might have the most private.

I’m tired of playing whack-a-mole with my kids’ devices.

With a focus on features instead of OS, tvOS 27 was only mentioned briefly in a quick presentation slide.
WWDC 2026 / Catch up all on the announcements, from iOS 27 to Siri AI.


The update-filled keynote showed an AI-upgraded Siri along with new features across Apple’s operating systems.

Apple’s second chance at an AI Siri should bring improved capabilities to Apple devices.


The new OS is ‘faster, smoother, and easier to use.’
Summer Game Fest 2026 / All the news and trailers from gaming’s busy week.


PlayStation and Xbox are going old-school, and GTA VI was everywhere and nowhere at the same time.

The anniversary-edition console includes an Xbox button that lights up green and a translucent green controller.


It’s called N Plus Infinity Times Two and it’s launching in 2027.
Staff picks / Our favorite stories you don’t want to miss.


Your new assistant can schedule a meeting but it can’t fix our broken world.

A new campaign to promote American-grown cotton to consumers sounds nice — but is far more complicated than the administration is making it sound.

Quilty claims to predict box office success.

Skylight’s kid-centric Buddy is an adorable — if pricey — way to keep young ones on task.


Summer Game Fest may be over, but the news never stops.
It’s almost time for Nintendo to tell us just what’s up with the Switch 2 over the second half of the year. You can tune in live at 10AM ET.




Apple doesn’t have the latest or greatest AI, but it might have the most private.


The Stockwell III is the latest device to embrace repairability with several replaceable parts to prolong its life.
After Jeff Bezos’s New Glenn rocket failed to put BlueBird 7 into orbit, AST SpaceMobile will use Elon Musk’s trusty Falcon 9 to help build out AST’s space-based cellular broadband network useable by everyday smartphones. The delivery of those giant BlueBird 8, 9, and 10 satellites — which feature the largest commercial communications arrays ever deployed in low Earth orbit — is currently scheduled for Wednesday, June 17th.
Apple’s WWDC keynote leaned heavily on a new Siri and updated Apple Intelligence features, the most advanced of which will only run on an elite cadre of Apple devices… not including the “Built for Apple Intelligence” iPhone 16.
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So the iPhone 16, which was sold as being built for Apple Intelligence, was not only built for an Apple Intelligence that didn’t exist, but also turns out NOT to have been built for the Apple Intelligence that will exist?
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The tech giant’s employees were among dozens testifying in support of a one-year moratorium on new projects.
The first beta build of iOS 27 is dropping hints of Apple’s first foldable, just like the macOS 27 beta did a few hours ago.


An investigation from Ryan Inis Hughes exposes the ‘miracle.’
Literally — the upcoming visionOS 27 update lets you add a glowing, animated Siri AI ball anywhere on your workspace, and ask questions when you look at it. It’ll even shine light on any nearby surfaces, making it truly feel like part of the environment.
“What we’re showing here is kind of a draft version of the version one of the SpaceX AI satellite,” said Elon Musk at the reveal on Monday. “It’s actually much simpler than a Starlink satellite.” The release of renders and specs for the space-based AI1 data center is very much timed to lend credence to the SpaceX IPO, which is set to begin trading on Friday.




I’m tired of playing whack-a-mole with my kids’ devices.




Safari will invite users to ‘vibe-code’ their own extensions.


With a focus on features instead of OS, tvOS 27 was only mentioned briefly in a quick presentation slide.
An even messier return to console wars than we thought: As spotted by ResetEra, Microsoft’s own Xbox Podcast seems to have inadvertently revealed proof that Gears of War: E-Day was coming to PS5 before Xbox locked it down. The podcast episode has been pulled, presumably to fix the goof.
While the Verge Motorcycles spinoff Donut Lab has spent the last few months claiming to have solved solid-state batteries, science YouTuber Ziroth says he’s determined that the battery the company is testing is actually a lithium-ion battery cell.
Among the evidence, as run down by Electrek, is the expansion pattern shown during VTT’s third-party testing, Donut Lab’s “production vehicle” claims that didn’t add up, and a questionable history for CT Coatings, the battery tech’s apparent supplier.


Apple expanded its toolkit for parents at WWDC, but pushed developers to step up.


One of the most highly anticipated public offerings in history has moved one step closer to reality.
The over-the-air software update will allow Lucid Gravity owners to drive hands-free on “compatible” North American highways. A manual tug of the turn signal will also initiate hands-free lane changing. The software update will also bring to the Gravity new Google Maps’ Smarter Navigation feature, Adaptive High Beams, and more detailed battery information.


Siri and AI were the stars of the show, but they aren’t the only new things coming to your Apple gadgets.


WatchOS 27 won’t support the Series 8, released in 2022.
At a tech talk during WWDC 2026, Apple revealed that the company worked with Nvidia, Google, and Intel to make Private Cloud Compute work on the industry-leading AI hardware. Apple Foundational Model runs on Nvidia hardware within Google’s cloud. For more details, see our live blog.
WWDC 2026 bonus live blog: Tech Talk with Craig Federighi


The latest updates coming to your Apple Watch.
One federal judge certainly thinks so. District Judge Leo Sorokin struck down Trump’s H-1B fee increase, ruling that the “substance and application” of the policy “reveal that it is a tax, regardless of what the payment is called.”
White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers told Reuters that the administration plans on appealing the ruling.
While Apple is launching Siri AI in English later this year, it wants EU users to have someone to blame for why it won’t be available there immediately on all of its platforms (only macOS, watchOS, and visionOS at first), similar to other EU-delayed Apple Intelligence updates:
Siri AI is private by design and deeply integrated across Apple’s platforms using on-device processing and Private Cloud Compute, which extends the privacy and security of iPhone into the cloud. However, under EU regulators’ extreme interpretation of the DMA, Apple would have to give any virtual assistant direct access to users’ private data — and the ability to directly control other installed applications — as soon as Siri AI is made available in the EU, without the essential protections necessary to keep users and their data safe.
According to Apple, iOS 27 will offer “consolidated notifications for multiple tapbacks in messages.” Praise the Apple gods! Your group chats are saved!



Security cameras in Apple Home will generate text descriptions and let you search footage with natural language. HomeKit Secure Video finally gets 4K support.
Well that was a strange keynote! While Nilay, Vee, and Allison go run around Apple Park trying to learn more about the future of Siri, Hayden Field and Jake Kastrenakes are joining me in a half-hour-ish to break down this year’s WWDC. Come hang!









