Meta, Amazon, and more want 10-year ban on states regulating AI
Big Tech companies including Amazon, Meta, Google, and Microsoft 鈥� but not Apple 鈥� are lobbying to block US states for forming any AI regulation for the next decade.
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William Gallagher
Apple's Home Hub smart home display leaks in iOS beta code
Apple's rumored smart home display has surfaced in a new leak, one sourced from code in the developer beta for iOS 18.6.
Malcolm Owen
Apple may look late to AI but it's aiming for something different
While other tech companies rush to dominate artificial intelligence with bold promises and uneven results, Apple is building something slower, quieter, and more durable.
Andrew Orr
Adobe Firefly adds mobile app, new AI models & mood boards
Adobe's Firefly platform now includes a mobile app, support for additional generative AI models, and enhanced collaborative ideation tools.
Apple faces iCloud lawsuit after after judge reverses victory
After initially dismissing a proposed class action lawsuit over Apple's allegedly forcing users to use iCloud, a judge has now accepted further evidence and ruled that the case must continue.
Apple Intelligence is one step closer to launching in China with Alibaba Qwen3 model
Chinese commerce giant Alibaba has unveiled a new version of its flagship Qwen3 AI model, now compatible with Apple's MLX architecture, signaling that the debut of Apple Intelligence in China is on the horizon.
Marko Zivkovic
Apple restarts its developer betas with iOS 18.6, macOS 15.6
After releasing iOS 18.5, macOS 15.5, and its other operating system updates, as well as starting developer betas for iOS 26 and others, Apple has also introduced developer betas for iOS 18.6, iPadOS 18.6, macOS 15.6, tvOS 18.6, watchOS 11.6, and visionOS 2.6.
Apple says there's no chatbot 鈥� but Shortcuts in iOS 26 says otherwise
Apple executives have said in interviews that the company isn't building a public chatbot. You can actually create one with a new action in iOS 26. Here's how.
A small update to Visual Intelligence in iOS 26 makes a giant difference in usability
Apple has made the smallest update to Visual Intelligence in iOS 26, and yet the impact of being able to use it on any image is huge, and at least doubles the usefulness of this one feature.
Wesley Hilliard
Andrew O'Hara
