Security Bite: A note on camera covers in 2026
Apple has warned that plastic webcam covers, popularized in the 2010s as a privacy measure, are unnecessary and can damage MacBook displays. The covers may also interfere with features like True Tone.…
Apple has warned that plastic webcam covers, popularized in the 2010s as a privacy measure, are unnecessary and can damage MacBook displays. The covers may also interfere with features like True Tone.…
Apple introduced a new iOS 27 framework called Trust Insights that helps apps detect and prevent social engineering scams in real time by analyzing behavioral signals on-device. The framework assigns …
Apple has confirmed that the iOS 27 public beta will launch in July, with mid-July as the expected release window based on historical patterns. The update introduces Siri AI, Liquid Glass customizatio…
Meta has retroactively imposed a usage limit on an accessibility feature of its Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, effectively creating a paywall for a hardware product already sold to customers. This move could b…
Anthropic will restore access to Claude Fable 5 on July 1 after the US Department of Commerce lifted export control restrictions. The move follows a nearly two-week suspension triggered by concerns ov…
Apple CEO Tim Cook held a virtual meeting with EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen to discuss the delayed launch of Siri AI in Europe, which Apple blames on the Digital Markets Act. The European Commission …
OpenAI has expanded its personal finance features for ChatGPT to Plus subscribers in the U.S., allowing users to connect financial accounts, view spending dashboards, and ask finance-related questions…
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5, its most agentic medium-sized AI model, replacing Sonnet 4.6 as the default for free and pro users. The model offers improved reasoning, tool use, and coding at low…
Apple announced updates for its Creator Studio apps, including AI-powered features in Pixelmator Pro, Final Cut Pro, and Logic Pro, rolling out today. The updates add integrations, intelligent tools, …
Anthropic released a new desktop app called Claude Science for macOS and Linux, designed to help scientists run analyses, search databases, and track research steps. The beta app integrates with NVIDI…
Apple's iOS 27 introduces a new 'describe a shortcut' feature in the Shortcuts app that uses Apple Intelligence to automatically build shortcuts from natural language descriptions, making personal aut…
Democrats have proposed updating a privacy law to ban AI companies from selling users' health data, citing risks from chatbots that collect personal information for training and sale.…
Proton launched Lumo 2.0, a major upgrade to its privacy-first AI assistant, adding image generation, memory, and private web search. The company aims to provide powerful AI capabilities without compr…
Apple accelerated the release of iOS 26.5.2, iPadOS 26.5.2, and macOS 26.5.2 to address security fixes originally planned for version 26.6, citing the need to reduce exploitation time as AI-powered ha…
OpenClaw, the personal AI assistant platform formerly known as Clawdbot, launched its first official mobile app for iPhone and Android. The app allows users to pair with their private OpenClaw Gateway…
Apple is introducing a new default Home Screen view called the dynamic app grid in watchOS 27, which automatically highlights Siri-suggested apps including the most popular and recently used ones, wit…
Cursor, the agentic coding firm recently acquired by SpaceX, has released its first iOS app for iPhone and iPad. The app allows users to launch coding agents, manage engineering work, review changes, …
Apple released iOS 26.6 beta 3 for iPhone, introducing changes to contact blocking limits and a new anti-theft feature. The update also prepares Spotlight indexing for Siri AI in iOS 27, with the fina…
OpenAI teased a collaborative hardware project launching in July, likely a Codex-branded keyboard made with Work Louder. The teaser video suggests a customized version of Work Louder's Creator Micro 2…
Apple has raised prices on most Mac and iPad models due to a memory crisis driven by AI data centers consuming vast memory supplies, with only iPhone and Apple Watch spared for now. The company held o…