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4 hours agoWWDC 2026 Preview: Apple Readies Siri Overhaul, AI Updates, and More
WWDC 2026 is expected to deliver major AI upgrades, especially a more capable Siri across Apple devices and iPhone model choice.
“Suggested Places adds two recommended places to Maps' search screen every time you tap the search bar to perform a search.” “These recommendations are based on two main factors: What's trending nearby Your recent search history”
Over the past two decades, Apple has developed a consistent architectural language that extends its brand into the built environment, transforming stores, workplaces, and public-facing spaces into active components of its identity. These environments guide movement, frame interaction, and condition the ways in which users encounter both products and the company itself.
CVE-2026-28819 (Wi-Fi) stands out as the strongest candidate for the most severe as it states, "An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges." The combination of arbitrary code execution at the kernel level is about as bad as it gets on a severity scale. Plus, it affects all three macOS versions (Tahoe, Sequoia, and Sonoma).
In September 1960, John Updike sat in the Fenway Park stands and watched Ted Williams take his final at-bat. He drove a fastball 440 feet over the right-centerfield wall, rounded the bases head down and disciplined, and ran straight into the dugout. The crowd begged him to come out, tip his cap, take their adulation. He didn't. The opposing pitcher waited on the mound, certain Williams would relent. Most players would have. Williams waved him off and never came back out.
You'll need to dive into another page of settings for things like the video codecs (10-bit ProRes, H.264 or H.265), bitrate, resolution, color space and more. The native iPhone camera is powerful enough for most users, but lacks features needed for more creative work. It offers no way to make manual adjustments for shutter speed and white balance, for one, and has limited video format options.
Apple now requires proof of eligibility from US customers who purchase products online at discounted education rates, which also apply to the Apple Watch for the first time. According to a new pop-up message displayed on Apple's education webstore, Apple is directing students, parents, and teachers to verify their status via Unidays' third-party verification service - a system the Cupertino company has already implemented in other countries, including the UK.
The MacBook Neo could face similar pricing changes because of its huge initial success. The Neo arrived right as the RAM shortage is pushing up prices for competitors' laptops, and the laptop has been such a hit that there's currently a two to three-week wait for it to ship on Apple's website.