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The home hub device that Apple plans to release as soon as this spring has a “robotic swiveling base,” according to The Information‘s Wayne Ma. Ma mentioned the new detail in a piece outlining Apple’s work on an AI pin. Apple is also working on a home product featuring a small display, speakers and a read more

Apple is apparently working on a Siri chatbot that will rival Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT, and Apple is aiming to debut it in less than six months when iOS 27 is unveiled at WWDC. Bloomberg shared details on the chatbot earlier today, but there was one major question unanswered: what will Apple charge? Anthropic, Google, read more

Apple is working on a small, wearable AI pin equipped with multiple cameras, a speaker, and microphones, reports The Information. If it actually launches, the AI pin will likely run the new Siri chatbot that Apple plans to unveil in iOS 27. The pin is said to be similar in size to an AirTag, with read more

While the first few weeks of 2026 have been relatively slow for Apple, things should start to pick up soon. Apple Creator Studio launches next week, and there are a handful of other items on the company’s agenda over the next month. Below, we have listed key Apple dates to watch through February: Wednesday, January read more

Apple plans to turn Siri into a chatbot that will rival Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini, and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, reports Bloomberg. Apple did not initially plan to introduce a chatbot, but their popularity forced Apple executives to reconsider. Codenamed Campos, the ‌Siri‌ chatbot will be integrated into iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, replacing the read more

Apple hasn’t developed an AI chatbot for consumers, but it has been using them internally for some time now. Last year, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman detailed a Veritas chatbot to test the new version of Siri, and now Macworld has shared details on two other AI tools that Apple employees are allegedly using. Enchanté is apparently read more

Over the past weekend, when weather models first started forecasting a winter storm that would sweep over large parts of the country, Sean Sublette, a meteorologist living in Virginia, started telling people in his area to prepare for snow. At the time, Sublette says, “a lot of the data started to point to a substantial read more

In addition to updating many of its existing products, Apple is expected to unveil five all-new products this year, including a smart home hub, a Face ID doorbell, a MacBook with an A18 Pro chip, a foldable iPhone, and augmented reality glasses. Below, we have recapped rumored features for each product. Smart Home Hub Apple read more

Volvo’s new EX60 mid-size electric SUV is set to be the first Volvo vehicle that comes with an Apple Music app pre-installed, Volvo said today. The vehicle will be equipped with ‌Apple Music‌ with Dolby Atmos, providing an immersive Spatial Audio experience. ‌Apple Music‌ will be available as an app accessible through the vehicle’s built-in read more

For the EX60, Volvo is using cell-to-body technology, which means that the battery cells are placed straight into the body, so the outer casing becomes part of the stiffness of the body itself. Volvo claims this improves energy density by 20 percent, while reducing weight and taking up less space. Not many other manufacturers have read more

The Apple supplier subject to a major cyberattack last month was China’s Luxshare, it has now emerged. More than 1TB of confidential Apple information was reportedly stolen. It was reported in December that one of Apple’s assemblers suffered a significant cyberattack that may have compromised sensitive production-line information and manufacturing data linked to Apple. The read more

Apple’s iPhone 18 will feature a significantly brighter display, according to a Chinese leaker. In a new post on Weibo, the user known as “Instant Digital” said that Chinese supplier BOE has little hope of making panels for the ‌iPhone 18‌ because Apple’s brightness requirements for the next-generation device are unprecedentedly high. This suggests that read more

Apple has beaten a class action’s claims alleging that it records users’ mobile activity without their consent despite the company’s privacy assurances, reports Bloomberg Law. Filed in November 2022, the lawsuit accused Apple of “utterly false” assurances that users are in control of what information they share when they use stock ‌iPhone‌ apps like the read more

OpenAI is “on track” to unveil its first AI device in the second half of this year, Axios reported this week. The comment was given to the publication by OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane, who listed “devices” as one of the big coming attractions for the company in 2026. Lehane didn’t go into read more

But this lock’s interior deadbolt manages to hold an impressive amount of technology. There’s a new dual-core chipset that has a ton of compatibility and unlocking options, including Matter and NFC tags, and the dual core means it can run Bluetooth and Matter on separate cores. It’s also compatible with Apple Home Key, along with read more

Silicon Valley is already pouring tens of millions of dollars into the midterm elections taking place across the US in 2026, as the tech industry’s war over AI regulation moves decisively into American politics. Technology executives, investors, and companies tied to the AI boom are funding a new network of AI-focused super PACS, which is read more

Apple Pay is set to go live in the Indian market by the end of 2026, according to a new report by Business Standard. The service still requires regulatory approvals before it can go live in the country, but Apple is reportedly working with banks, regulators, and card networks to bring the payment service to read more

Apple’s Chinese supplier BOE is struggling with iPhone OLED production again, causing millions of panel orders to be shifted to Samsung Display, reports The Elec. Multiple industry sources told the publication that BOE still hasn’t resolved manufacturing issues that emerged in November and December of last year. Problems in a specific production process have reportedly read more

As Meta heads to trial in the state of New Mexico for allegedly failing to protect minors from sexual exploitation, the company is making an aggressive push to have certain information excluded from the court proceedings. The company has petitioned the judge to exclude certain research studies and articles around social media and youth mental read more

Apple’s App Store, iTunes Store, and Apple TV service are experiencing an outage at the current time, according to Apple’s System Status page. Apple says that some users may be experiencing issues with the ‌App Store‌ and iTunes Store. Apple also says some users may be seeing intermittent issues with ‌Apple TV‌. The ‌Apple TV‌ read more