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iOS 26.1 beta 1 arrived earlier this week with a variety of new features and changes. But the beta’s code also revealed, as discovered by Macworld, Apple working toward the iPhone adding third-party smartwatch support.

After a two-year gap between brand new models, Apple Watch Ultra 3 has arrived. I’ve been using the Ultra 3 for almost a week, and it feels safe to say Apple’s high-end Watch model has reclaimed the ‘Ultra’ name once again.

iOS 26 brings some the biggest updates yet for Apple Music users, with the Music app getting its most feature-packed release in years. Here’s everything new for Apple Music in iOS 26.

Today, Logitech is announcing its new Signature Slim Solar+ K980 keyboard, a slim wireless keyboard for Mac. Despite its normal looking design, it actually charges entirely via solar, so there’s no need to recharge it. It’ll be available for purchase today for $99.

For many years, it was accepted wisdom that Mac malware wasn’t really an issue. One of the reasons for that was that the market share was simply too low to make it a worthwhile target for attackers.

Today, of course, is a very different world. Macs are the fourth most popular brand of personal computers, and as owners of a premium brand, Mac owners make a juicy target. Does that mean you need third-party antivirus software on a Mac, or are the built-in security protections good enough? A very thorough test sought to find out …

The hit spy drama Slow Horses premieres its fifth season today on Apple TV+. The first episode of the new season, entitled ‘Bad Dates’, is available to watch now with the rest of the episodes rolling out weekly each Wednesday.

If you haven’t seen the show before, Gary Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, in charge of a department of spies that have been kicked out of the main MI5 operations. This season, a new character joins the cast whose face Ted Lasso fans are familiar with …

Following the iPhone Air teardown, iFixit turned its eyes and its screwdrivers to the iPhone 17 Pro, and found that the device packs a combination of welcome improvements and one setback when it comes to repairability. Here are the details.

A few months ago, Apple hosted a two-day event that featured talks and publications on the latest advancements in natural language processing (NLP). Today, the company published a post with multiple highlights, and all the studies presented. Here’s the roundup.

Some iPhone 17 and iPhone Air users are taking to Reddit and other support forums to complain of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity problems. This is also leading to CarPlay stability problems for some people. Here’s what we know right now.

Apple’s Wallet app just got a bunch of new features in iOS 26, but there’s another addition coming very soon: US passport support.

If you love your Apple devices, you expect your apps to feel just as polished. The truth? Most productivity tools still miss the mark. Some are powerful but clunky. Others look nice but basic.

Craft bridges that gap. With its new Liquid Glass update, Craft pushes the experience forward across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Every interaction feels fast, fluid, and natural — like the app was made for the hardware it runs on.

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iPhone Mirroring debuted on the Mac last year as a standout new feature, and in macOS Tahoe it gets even better thanks to one key addition: Live Activities support.

Apple Invites, the new app that debuted earlier this year, has just been updated to version 1.5. The new update brings Liquid Glass to the app plus a couple brand new features.

Apple has quietly cancelled the release of The Savant, which was set to hit Apple TV+ this Friday, September 26. However, as of today, the Jessica Chastain series no longer has a release date. Apple has pulled mentions of the show’s launch from its social media channels, and if you check in the TV app itself, it now simply says “coming at a later date”.

The reason why the show has been pulled from the schedule is not entirely clear …

Price hikes for streaming services are nothing new, but Disney+ seems to rank among the streamers that most often raises prices. And it’s about to happen again, with price increases coming for standalone Disney+ as well as popular bundles that include HBO Max, Hulu, and ESPN.

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Apple’s new iPhone Air has been in users’ hands for several days, and even longer with reviewers. And so far, there’s been a surprisingly positive consensus on two key areas expected to be weaknesses for iPhone Air: durability and battery life.