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macOS 26: Three new Mac apps, and new features in Photos, Messages, Notes, and more

作者 Ben Lovejoy

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macOS 26 brings a major new user–interface to the Mac, as well as some powerful new functionality. Apple has also updated a lot of its own apps, in addition to bringing three apps to the Mac for the first time.

Here’s what the company has to share …

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Wireless Emergency Alerts system was used for the Texas floods – but several problems

作者 Ben Lovejoy

Authorities came under fire when it was suggested there were no warnings of the flash floods in Texas, which resulted in at least 120 lives being lost, with many more people still missing.

In fact, the Wireless Emergency Alerts system was used to send multiple warnings, but a number of issues meant that many Texans didn’t receive them or act on them – and a new report suggests that’s a hard problem to fix …

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iPhone Fold production line almost ready for next year’s launch – report

作者 Ben Lovejoy

An iPhone Fold production line is being prepared in readiness for the launch of the first folding iPhone next year, and a new supply-chain report says that this is almost ready to begin production. The news follows a recent report that Apple is currently testing realistic prototypes of the device.

The plant will reportedly have the capacity to produce displays for around twice as many devices as Apple actually expects to sell …

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Nvidia beats Apple to a $4T valuation as it rides AI wave

作者 Ben Lovejoy

Nvidia, the US company specializing in high-performance GPU cards, has become the first ever company with a market capitalization of four trillion dollars. It is now the most valuable company in the world, ahead of Apple and Microsoft.

It’s a little over a year since the company overtook AAPL thanks to a spectacular rise in value that saw it go from being worth $2T to more than $3T in just four months …

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Grok chatbot silenced as even Musk saw how awful it was

作者 Ben Lovejoy

X owner Elon Musk recently implemented changes to the platform’s AI chatbot Grok, explicitly telling it not to trust mainstream media and to be less politically correct. Obviously there was no way anyone could possibly predict how that would turn out, so it’s a complete shock that Musk has been forced to silence it …

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HBO Max comes full circle, and this time your apps will auto-update

作者 Ben Lovejoy

The HBO streaming video app became HBO Max when the company added Warner Bros movies and Turner TV shows. In the worst rebrand since Twitter became X, the company later dropped the unique and valuable HBO part of the name and kept the generic and worthless Max part.

Two years later, the company is fixing that. It today becomes HBO Max once more – and this time around, your apps should automatically update …

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Play-Doh World one of four new games coming to Apple Arcade

作者 Ben Lovejoy

Apple Arcade is getting four new games next month, with Play-Doh World topping the bill. Apple says this and the other games will be available from August 7.

The other new titles are Worms Across Worlds, the latest addition to the Worms franchise; the 3D puzzle game Let’s Go Mightycat!; and Everybody Shogi, described as a vibrant strategy game based on the traditional Japanese board game …

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US TikTok users will get their own American-owned version of the app

作者 Ben Lovejoy

The ongoing TikTok saga rumbles on, but a new report claims that we may be close to a resolution. It says US TikTok users will get their own version of the app, which will be owned by an American company.

The latest development happens shortly after we got sight of the letter sent to Apple to persuade the company to return TikTok to the App Store despite it being illegal to do so …

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A rare look inside the durability lab where Apple tortures its products

作者 Ben Lovejoy

Apple puts its products through a lot of tests during the development process, intended to ensure they have a long and reliable life even in challenging conditions. The company tests at least 10,000 iPhones prior to launch in an attempt to cover all the bases.

It’s not often the iPhone maker lets outsiders into its labs, but Apple invited some of those attending WWDC 2025 to visit one to see for themselves the conditions it expects its gadgets to survive …

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Android users can now (kinda) edit messages sent to iPhones, but not yet vice-versa

作者 Ben Lovejoy

iPhones and Android smartphones started to play more nicely together after Apple finally opted to support the Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard. Prior to this, messages between the two platforms had to use the ancient and insecure text messaging service.

Not all RCS features are supported as yet, with the all-important strong encryption waiting for RCS 3.0 support in iOS 26. Another RCS 3.0 feature is the ability to edit outgoing messages after sending them, and that one has started a limited one-way rollout …

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Teen drivers spend 21% of the time looking at their phones, reveals alarming study [Video]

作者 Ben Lovejoy

A alarming new study has found that som teen drivers in the US spend as much as 21% of their time at the wheel looking at their phones, creating a substantial risk of distracted driving crashes.

While much of this was brief glances, more than 5% of driving time comprised looking at their phone for 2+ seconds a time, long enough to qualify as dangerous …

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iPhone Fold reportedly on track for potential launch next year, as prototypes tested

作者 Ben Lovejoy

The long-rumored iPhone Fold – the colloquial term used for the company’s unannounced folding iPhone – is reported to be on schedule for a potential launch in the second half of next year.

The device is said to have reached the Prototype 1 (P1) stage last month, which is the first point at which the company creates fully-functional devices …

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ICEBlock app developer had ‘better watch out’ says US attorney general [U]

作者 Ben Lovejoy

White House condemnation of a free app has drawn substantial attention to it, helping ICEBlock become the most popular social networking app in the App Store, beating out apps like X and Instagram.

ICEBlock alerts people to sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in their area, following a major immigration crackdown by the White House. Update: The US attorney general has said the app’s developer “had better watch out” – see end of the piece …

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Mystery recall of iPhone engineers may be Chinese interference in Apple’s plans

作者 Ben Lovejoy

More than 300 Chinese iPhone engineers and technicians have been recalled from an Indian production plant, says a new report.

No public acknowledgement or explanation has been offered, but suspicion is falling on the Chinese government, which has previously been accused of actively hampering Apple’s attempts to move more iPhone production out of the country …

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Senior Vision Pro engineer allegedly took a ‘massive volume’ of secret plans to Snap

作者 Ben Lovejoy

Apple has accused a former senior Vision Pro engineer of stealing thousands of documents containing plans for unreleased features, and taking them to his new role working on glasses–based projects for Snap.

A lawsuit alleges that Di Liu claimed he was quitting his job for health reasons, hiding from Apple that his true plan was to join Snapchat as a developer in a “substantially similar” role…

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Apple reminds us it will soon end support for the old HomeKit architecture, with two options

作者 Ben Lovejoy

Apple introduced new HomeKit architecture back in 2022, with the primary aim of making the smart home system more reliable. At the time, users could choose between upgrading or remaining on the original version of the platform.

Fast–forward to March of this year, and 9to5Mac discovered code showing that the company was planning to drop support for the old version. That was subsequently confirmed by Apple, and a further reminder has now been found in the latest iOS 18.6 beta – with a little more detail …

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Here’s what Apple sees as the key benefits of macOS Tahoe 26

作者 Ben Lovejoy

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macOS Tahoe 26 represents one of the more dramatic changes we’ve seen to the look and feel of the Mac operating system in recent years.

There’s new functionality too, of course, and Apple thinks the blend of the two will greatly enhance the experience of Mac users …

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What can we expect from Apple’s rumored new 2026 MacBook, with an iPhone processor?

作者 Ben Lovejoy

Analyst Ming–Chi Kuo has suggested that Apple plans to launch an all–new MacBook next year, powered by an iPhone processor. Specifically, he expects it to have the A18 Pro chip which currently powers the iPhone 16 Pro line–up.

While there’s no word on pricing, the only way the report makes sense is if Apple is targeting an even lower price than the $999 starting–point of the current MacBook Air. Indeed, if you factor in on that, then it would have to be significantly cheaper. But there may be a more cynical possibility …

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Apple’s insanely complex App Store terms could point to 20% commission globally

作者 Ben Lovejoy

Apple last week announced an insanely complex set of changes to its App Store terms in the EU, and hidden in the small–print is one sign that the company might be reducing its standard commission from 30% to 20%, and that it may make this change globally.

If so, it would be the first time the company has ever reduced its 30% cut for all developers, and might go a long way to tackling its legal battles with antitrust regulators around the world …

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PSA: Apple Watch Hermès owners should not install the current betas

作者 Ben Lovejoy

Anyone running a beta version of any software should of course expect issues, but if you own an Apple Watch Hermès, you’ll want to completely avoid the beta 2 versions of both watchOS 26 and iOS 26.

Apple has warned of an incompatibility issue between watchOS 26 beta 2 and the Hermès watch, believed to be due to a problem with the watch faces unique to that model …

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