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WWDC 2026 / Catch up on the announcements from today’s keynote, from iOS 27, macOS 27, Siri, and more.

Apple announces iOS 27Apple announces iOS 27

Your iPhone is getting new features.

Jay Peters
Apple announces macOS 27 Golden Gate with Siri AI and revamped Liquid Glass controls

The new OS is ‘faster, smoother, and easier to use.’

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Apple announces iPadOS 27

The iPad’s next big update is expected to arrive later this year.

Andrew Liszewski
Apple is redesigning Screen Time and overhauling child controls

Recommended time allowances for apps and ‘Ask to Browse’ are coming to Apple’s devices.

Jess Weatherbed

Apple picking CEOs / Tim Cook’s final WWDC keynote as CEO is today, ushering in the Ternus era.

Tim Cook was an innovator — just not the Jobs kindTim Cook was an innovator — just not the Jobs kind

Cook’s relentless optimization propelled Apple’s fortunes to new heights and an era of predictable profitability.

Allison Johnson
Apple will have a product guy as CEO again

Who is John Ternus, Apple’s new CEO?

Jay Peters and Stevie Bonifield
Tim Cook’s departure is the start of a new era at Apple

Tim Cook, a close friend of Jobs, is stepping down in September, leaving behind a team of executives bridging the gap between two eras.

Emma Roth
John Ternus’ first big problem is AI

Does Tim Cook’s newly announced successor have what it takes to regain the company’s lost ground in the AI race?

Hayden Field

Summer Game Fest 2026 / All the news and trailers from gaming’s busy week.

The 7 biggest storylines from Summer Game Fest 2026The 7 biggest storylines from Summer Game Fest 2026

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

Andrew Webster
Microsoft’s Xbox 25th anniversary console comes in translucent green

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

Tom Warren
Gears of War: E-Day isn’t coming to the PS5

Console war never changes.

Andrew Webster
More than a decade later, the team behind N++ is back with a multiplayer sequel

It’s called N Plus Infinity Times Two and it’s launching in 2027.

Andrew Webster

Staff picks / Our favorite stories you don’t want to miss.

As AI gets better, it reveals an empty promiseAs AI gets better, it reveals an empty promise

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

TC Sottek
MAHA is coming for your clothing

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

Mia Sato
This AI startup says it can tell if a script will make a hit film

Quilty claims to predict box office success.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
This chunky little tablet got my kid to clean up his toys

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

Allison Johnson
Apple’s new parental controls are for keeping Apple out of troubleApple’s new parental controls are for keeping Apple out of trouble

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

Lauren Feiner
OpenAI files for IPO, following AnthropicOpenAI files for IPO, following Anthropic

One of the most highly anticipated public offerings in history has moved one step closer to reality.

Hayden Field
Andrew J. Hawkins
Andrew J. Hawkins
Lucid brings hands-free driving to its Gravity SUV.

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.

Image: Lucid
44 things coming to your Apple devices that you might have missed44 things coming to your Apple devices that you might have missed

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

Jay Peters
Apple drops support for a long list of Apple Watches and iPads with latest OS updatesApple drops support for a long list of Apple Watches and iPads with latest OS updates

watchOS 27 won’t support the original Apple Watch Ultra.

Tom Warren
Nathan Edwards
Nathan Edwards
Apple AI runs on Nvidia chips.

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.

Apple announces watchOS 27, now with Siri AIApple announces watchOS 27, now with Siri AI

The latest updates coming to your Apple Watch.

Jess Weatherbed
Gaby Del Valle
Gaby Del Valle
Is Trump’s $100,000 H-1B fee an illegal tax?

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.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Apple blames the DMA again for “delayed” Siri AI in the EU.

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.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
I found the best iOS 27 feature buried in a video.

According to Apple, iOS 27 will offer “consolidated notifications for multiple tapbacks in messages.” Praise the Apple gods! Your group chats are saved!

WWDC 2026 bonus live blog: Tech Talk with Craig Federighi
Victoria Song and Nilay Patel
Cameras get an Apple Intelligence boost in Apple HomeCameras get an Apple Intelligence boost in Apple Home

Security cameras in Apple Home will generate text descriptions and let you search footage with natural language. HomeKit Secure Video finally gets 4K support.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
David Pierce
David Pierce
Vergecast Live. WWDC. 3:00 ET.

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!

Apple announces visionOS 27 with Siri AIApple announces visionOS 27 with Siri AI

The latest version of Apple’s mixed reality OS can use visual intelligence to let Siri interact with whatever you see, whether it’s real or virtual.

Stevie Bonifield
Apple is redesigning Screen Time and overhauling child controlsApple is redesigning Screen Time and overhauling child controls

Recommended time allowances for apps and ‘Ask to Browse’ are coming to Apple’s devices.

Jess Weatherbed
Amazon is launching AI-generated custom merchAmazon is launching AI-generated custom merch

The retailer’s expansion into near-instant design and printing threatens its own network of third-party sellers as well as print-on-demand competitors.

Mia Sato
Gaby Del Valle
Gaby Del Valle
A federal judge said Trump’s war on legal immigration is driven by “anti-immigrant animus.”

In a 135-page opinion, Judge John J. McConnell, of Rhode Island vacated four Trump administration policies severely restricting legal immigration, including a visa ban affecting nationals of 39 “high risk” countries.McConnell said that US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency that handles legal immigration, implemented the policy “with pre textual concerns of ‘national security’ that mask anti-immigrant sentiments that it is forbidden from letting influence its decision-making.”

Apple announces iPadOS 27Apple announces iPadOS 27

The iPad’s next big update is expected to arrive later this year.

Andrew Liszewski
Apple announces Siri AI and its next generation of Apple IntelligenceApple announces Siri AI and its next generation of Apple Intelligence

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

Dominic Preston
Tom Warren
Tom Warren
AirPods are getting a custom EQ.

As part of its upcoming iOS 27 update, AirPods are finally getting a custom equalizer. The new feature will let you adjust how AirPods represent any audio, with a custom profile where you can adjust the lows, mids, and highs. Previously, AirPods have had a fixed sound profile provided by Apple, so this new option gives AirPods owners a lot more flexibility.

Image: Apple
Apple announces iOS 27Apple announces iOS 27

Your iPhone is getting new features.

Jay Peters
Apple announces macOS 27 Golden Gate with Siri AI and revamped Liquid Glass controlsApple announces macOS 27 Golden Gate with Siri AI and revamped Liquid Glass controls

The new OS is ‘faster, smoother, and easier to use.’

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
WWDC protesters want Apple to ban Elon Musk’s appsWWDC protesters want Apple to ban Elon Musk’s apps

They’re also demanding a crackdown on child abuse imagery in iCloud.

Jay Peters
WWDC 2026 live blog: On the ground at Apple’s keynote
Victoria Song, Nilay Patel and 1 more
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Sam Bankman-Fried wants a pardon from Trump.

The convicted FTX fraudster serving a 25-year prison sentence now has a formal filing for the presidential pardon he’s been openly seeking, plus a new jailhouse phone interview with Fox Business. He presumably hopes that was seen inside the White House, despite Donald Trump’s comments in January that he had no plan to pardon SBF.

Screenshot of the clemency case finder showing case number P338490 seeking a Pardon after Completion of Sentence for Samuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried
Screenshot: Office of the Pardon Attorney
NotebookLM’s Gemini 3.5 upgrade adds a cloud computer and help finding sourcesNotebookLM’s Gemini 3.5 upgrade adds a cloud computer and help finding sources

You can start your research directly in a chat with NotebookLM.

Emma Roth
WWDC 2026: All the news from Apple’s developers conferenceWWDC 2026: All the news from Apple’s developers conference

This year, Apple’s annual developer conference was all about Apple Intelligence.

Stevie Bonifield
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
After buying more than 50 companies, Bending Spoons prepares for an IPO.

If you’ve ever wondered what the hell is going on with Bending Spoons’ “buy, do layoffs, ????” strategy, perhaps the statement it filed Monday with the SEC for a public listing will explain.

Named for the scene in The Matrix, it’s pulled this move with brands including AOL, Vimeo, Meetup, Evernote, Eventbrite, Brightcove, WeTransfer, Filmic, and many others, hoovering up and leveraging their accumulated 500 million users, data, and 9 million monthly paying subscribers to raise more money for more acquisitions.

Eero’s Pro 6E routers are down to their cheapest price yet in 2026Eero’s Pro 6E routers are down to their cheapest price yet in 2026

Early Prime Day deals like these are beginning to trickle out. You can also save on a sweet 31.5-inch 4K Asus QD-OLED.

Cameron Faulkner
Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
Google is reportedly turning to Intel to make its AI chips.

Following capacity shortages at TSMC, Intel will “manufacture more than three million Tensor Processing Units in 2028,” half the estimated 6 million TPUs Google’s expected to make in the next two years, The Information reports. Nvidia and SK Hynix are also reportedly testing Intel’s tech for manufacturing their chips.

Tom Warren
Tom Warren
Halo, captured on PS5 Pro.

Xbox has just released a new Halo: Campaign Evolved trailer, and the footage was captured on Sony’s PS5 Pro console. The trailer comes a day after Microsoft brought Xbox exclusives back at its Xbox Games Showcase, with Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution both skipping PlayStation.

Hackers likely hijacked over 20,000 Instagram accounts with Meta’s AI chatbotHackers likely hijacked over 20,000 Instagram accounts with Meta’s AI chatbot

Meta blames a bug on an exploit that allowed hackers to ask its AI support bot to link a victim’s account with their own email.

Emma Roth
Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
“Chat is dead.”

That’s according to a “senior OpenAI employee,” speaking to the Financial Times. The FT reports that OpenAI’s frequently-rumored “superapp” overhaul of ChatGPT is rolling out in the “coming weeks,” and “will initially appear as changes to ChatGPT’s website and mobile apps, encouraging customers towards using coding, image-generation and apps from external partners.”

Nintendo’s next Direct showcase is on June 9thNintendo’s next Direct showcase is on June 9th

We’ll likely finally hear more about the Switch 2’s holiday lineup.

Andrew Webster
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Another online safety crackdown may be coming to the UK.

British prime minister Keir Starmer is set to announce a new policy next week that will ban children under 16 from accessing social media platforms, following Australia’s precedent. Starmer is also calling for online platforms to introduce device-level controls that prevent children from sending and receiving nude images.

Xbox exclusives are back and more complicated than everXbox exclusives are back and more complicated than ever

The next Gears of War is an Xbox exclusive, but Halo isn’t. What’s going on?

Tom Warren
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Meta says NSO is still trying to hack WhatsApp users.

Despite last year’s $167 million verdict against NSO Group for its Pegasus software hacking some 1,400 WhatsApp users, Meta says it has detected new spear phishing attacks on its platform from the spyware maker, in violation of the court’s permanent injunction:

We successfully disrupted NSO-linked social engineering attempts, after investigating user reports. They tried to trick people into clicking on malicious links to drive them to external websites outside of WhatsApp, similar to previously reported 1-click phishing campaigns linked to NSO. We also caught them creating test accounts and groups on WhatsApp, which we took down.

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