iOS 27 gives Apple Mail my most wished for feature upgrade
Apple’s Mail app in iOS 27 promises to offer the feature upgrade that’s been at the top of my wishlist for years: search that “just works.” iOS 27 overhauls search in Apple Mail to make it more relevant and accurate Apple’s Mail app has long been plagued by lackluster search. I suspect that statement won’t […]
High-Tech ‘E-Nose’ Could Completely Change How We Determine Food Safety
Food poisoning is no fun, which is why people often eye their fruits and smell their milk beforehand. But it’s impossible to detect every germ and toxin in the food you eat. That’s why a research team at UC Berkeley led by Ph.D. student Carla Bassil has been working […]
macOS 27 brings three key upgrades to iPhone Mirroring
I use iPhone Mirroring every day to quickly access my iPhone directly from my Mac, and it’s getting even better this year. iOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate public betas were released this month, bringing three key updates to iPhone Mirroring. Here’s everything new. macOS 27: What’s new for iPhone Mirroring The biggest change […]
PlayStation discs are dying in 2028, and fan backlash isn’t changing Sony’s mind
Sony just hit the final nail in the coffin for physical game discs for PlayStation. Despite the month-long backlash from its fans, the company has confirmed that it is still going ahead with its controversial decision. Sony CFO Lin Tao addressed the criticism during the company’s latest earnings briefing, confirming that Sony plans to proceed […]
Apple warns supply constraints will increase ‘significantly’ next quarter
During today’s earnings call discussing its Q3 2026 results, Apple said it is bracing for a tougher September quarter, with growing supply pressures affecting its most important products. Here are the details. iPad, iPhone, and Mac to face growing supply constraints Today, Apple reported strong Q3 2026 results, driven by double-digit growth in iPhone and […]
Siri AI may require a paid subscription for heavy users
On Tim Cook’s final earnings call before formally resigning as Apple’s CEO, artificial intelligence was a hot topic of conversation. The investor community is interested in Siri AI’s potential to boost iPhone upgrades, and at the same time concerned about what it means for Apple’s rising capital expenditure costs. Cook suggested that the financial outlook […]
JP Morgan lowers Apple price target on supply chain worries
While price increases didn’t worry the investors at JP Morgan, ongoing supply chain constraints will have a short-term impact, and thus their new price target is $340. It’s been a bumpy few months for Apple thanks to RAM shortages, price increases, and supply constraints. Investors expect that these problems will continue through December even if […]
Thinking Machines debuts Inkling Small open source AI model nearing performance of predecessor at about 1/4 size
Just two weeks after Thinking Machines released Inkling, its first open source AI language model, the well-funded startup led by former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati today introduced Inkling-Small without sacrificing much of any performance — and in fact, the new model surpasses its larger predecessor on several benchmarks. Inkling Small is a 276-billion-parameter […]
App Store regulatory changes are beginning to affect Apples Services growth
During today’s earnings call, Apple CFO Kevan Parekh said the company is beginning to feel the impact of regulatory changes to the App Store business model in the US and abroad. Here are the details. Last year’s F1 success also played a part in this quarter’s Services slowdown Today, Apple released its Q3 2026 financial […]
Not just OpenAI: Now Anthropic says its internal models got online and cyberattacked 3 other organizations
Days after OpenAI disclosed that two frontier AI models escaped containment measures and autonomously cyberattacked the AI code sharing platform Hugging Face, OpenAI’s top U.S. rival Anthropic tonight revealed that — lo and behold — it has also had models surreptitiously access the web when they weren’t supposed to, and cyberattack and gain “unauthorized access” […]