Initial impressions of macOS Golden Gate’s design refinements show promise, but there’s still lots to come.
The company is going all in on AI agents, but how will its years-late promises compete in today’s AI market?
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.
Siri AI and Image Playground will get all the hype, but Apple can actually make our lives better in Safari and Shortcuts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
After the successful Artemis II test in April, NASA’s next crew will head to low-Earth orbit to “demonstrate critical systems needed for future lunar landings,” albeit without any Prada pajamas.
During an interview with The Game Business at Summer Game Fest, Xbox strategy chief Matthew Ball admitted to “underestimating” the RAM crisis, saying that demand for Xbox consoles “exceeds supply.” It’s pushing Xbox to re-evaluate its plans for its next-gen Helix console:
“We are working very hard to rethink everything that we can about Helix, which is a console we are committed to shipping, and we are very cognisant of the ways in which we need to change as a company to make sure it is affordable, to make sure that it’s flexible.”
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman came on Decoder this week to talk about the path to superintelligence and the company’s ever-evolving relationship with OpenAI. When asked whether Microsoft was using Build to flex its independence from OpenAI like a “freshly single divorcée,” Suleyman had this to say:
Definitely not. No, not at all. Look, I mean, obviously that’s a cool headline and a fun phrase. But the reality is that we are in partnership with OpenAI for years and years to come… So naturally, that’s going to continue. And so I think that’s just a natural course of these sorts of partnerships.
I don’t think it’s anything untoward or surprising. I think OpenAI is very understanding and supportive of that. I mean, they’ve obviously been an incredibly fast-growing company, and they understand that we have to pursue our own agenda as well.
Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball acknowledged during a The Game Business Live interview at Summer Game Fest that the wave of cancellations happened over just a few months after the October price hike. Ball also admitted that “the value of the offering has now changed,” since Call of Duty games won’t be available day-one on Game Pass anymore.
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Mustafa Suleyman says AI will help these workers complete tasks, rather than do their jobs.
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.
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.
