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An iPhone-hacking toolkit used by Russian spies likely came from U.S military contractor
Google found a series of hacking tools they said were used by a Russian espionage group and a cybercriminal group in China. Sources from a U.S. government defense contractor said some of those hacking...
Apple rolls out age-verification tools worldwide to comply with growing web of child safety laws
Apple complies with new age-assurance laws in the U.S. and abroad, including those that block users from downloading apps aimed at adults.
Apple’s iOS 26.4 arrives in public beta with AI music playlists, video podcasts, and more
Several updates are introduced in iOS 26.4, including an AI-powered playlist-generation feature in Apple Music, support for video content in the Podcasts app, end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS mess...
Bondi Bragged About Forcing Facebook To Censor Speech. Now FIRE Is Suing.
I seem to recall a years-long freakout among MAGA folks about the Biden administration pressuring social media companies to remove content. You may have heard about it. Anyway. In unrelated news FIRE...
Open Letter To Tech Companies: Protect Your Users From Lawless DHS Subpoenas
We are calling on technology companies like Meta and Google to stand up for their users by resisting the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) lawless administrative subpoenas for user data. In the...
Apple fixes zero-day flaw used in 'extremely sophisticated' attacks
Apple has released security updates to fix a zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in an /'extremely sophisticated attack/' targeting specific individuals. [...]
North Korean hackers use new macOS malware in crypto-theft attacks
North Korean hackers are running tailored campaigns using AI-generated video and the ClickFix technique to deliver malware for macOS and Windows to targets in the cryptocurrency sector. [...]
Apple Had a $500 Billion Idea and Let Open Source Build It Instead
There's a weird trend happening right now: Mac Minis are selling out. Not because people suddenly discovered GarageBand. Because developers are buying dedicated machines to run AI agents that actually...
Google & Apple CEOs offer seemingly contradictory statements regarding AI partnership
Apple will be using Google technologies to level up Apple Foundation Models, but the details of exactly how are still vague. While speculation is still wild, a true answer is emerging from the noise....
Apple's 'Lockdown Mode' Could Stop the Government From Breaking Into Your iPhone
Lockdown Mode saved a journalist's iPhone from the FBI. Do you need it?
OpenAI’s Codex
Simon Willison: OpenAI just released a new macOS app for their Codex coding agent. I’ve had a few days of preview access — it’s a solid app that provides a nice UI over the capabilities of the Codex C...
Xcode 26.3 ‘Unlocks the Power of Agentic Coding’
Apple Newsroom: Xcode 26.3 introduces support for agentic coding, a new way in Xcode for developers to build apps using coding agents such as Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex. With agentic...
Some AI researchers have left Apple but that won't affect Siri's big upgrade
Apple appears to be experiencing about Silicon Valley-average churn of engineers in it's AI program, and the recent departures, including a Siri engineering executive, are no exception. A few AI res...
Tim Cook: Apple won't change privacy rules with Google Gemini partnership
It has already been said repeatedly, but Apple CEO Tim Cook has once again confirmed that Apple Intelligence will still be on-device and in Private Cloud Compute in spite of the Google partnership....
Google pays $68M to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users
Google did not admit wrongdoing in the settlement of the class-action case, which accused the firm of /'unlawful and intentional interception and recording of individuals’ confidential communications w...
If you give ChatGPT your health data, have your doctor on speed-dial
We warned you. In a disappointing and totally predictable way, giving ChatGPT access to Apple Health data has been shown to be as bad an idea as we've already said. Apple Health can now be connected...
Meta's latest subscription move is an attempt to offset its AI bets
As some users have noticed, Meta is rolling out premium subscriptions that bundle AI tools with ad-free access, shifting advanced features behind a paywall while free users remain part of its advertis...
Apple C-series modem enables new privacy-focused limit precise location feature
A user's location data is incredibly sensitive information, and while it can be kept from apps on iPhone, carriers have always had full access to precise location data. That changes with iOS 26.3. i...
Nvidia Set to Supplant Apple as TSMC’s Largest Customer
Kif Leswing, CNBC: Nvidia will become TSMC’s largest customer this year, according to analyst estimates and Huang himself. Apple is believed to currently be TSMC’s largest customer, mostly to manufact...
[Sponsor] WorkOS Pipes: Ship Third-Party Integrations Without Rebuilding OAuth
Connecting user accounts to third-party APIs always comes with the same plumbing: OAuth flows, token storage, refresh logic, and provider-specific quirks. WorkOS Pipes removes that overhead. Users con...
Epic hypocrisy -- Google gets $800 million in 'Fortnite' antitrust settlement
Forget about Epic's moral high-ground. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney and Google are looking to settle the Google Play app store antitrust lawsuit, in new partnership deal that sees the /'Fortnite/' maker p...
Report: Apple plans to launch AI-powered wearable pin device as soon as 2027
Apple, OpenAI, Meta, and more are all racing toward AI hardware products.
The Information Says Apple Is Working on an AI Wearable Pin
Wayne Ma and Qianer Liu, reporting for The Information (paywalled, alas): Apple is developing an AI-powered wearable pin the size of an AirTag that is equipped with multiple cameras, a speaker, microp...
The Information: ‘With Google Deal, Apple’s Craig Federighi Plots a Cautious Course in AI’
Aaron “Homeboy” Tilley and Wayne Ma, reporting for The Information (paywalled, alas, and with a miserly gift-link policy): But there are also potential risks to making Federighi head of AI. Giving ove...
French court says Apple App Tracking Transparency function can stay
After getting Apple fined by the French government over antitrust allegations, advertisers hoped to get App Tracking Transparency tools changed or removed, but a court has ruled in Apple's favor. Ap...
Apple FaceTime Eye Contact feature hit by patent troll in EU court
Apple has been accused of infringing on a European patent covering gaze correction, the feature used to correct a user's eye line in FaceTime calls. FaceTime can correct your gaze so it looks like y...