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You can now rearrange posts on Instagram the way you want to.
Can Apple's new AI glow up put to bed accusations that it's losing an all-important industry race?
L'etat, c'est AI

The waiver "serves the public interest by promoting a second large satellite broadband constellation."
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Nearly a year after it was announced, Instagram says it's delivering the ability to rearrange the posts in your profile grid. It had been available to some people in test groups, but as of June 8th, it's rolling out…
Apple spending a big chunk of its WWDC keynote on parental controls was surprising for several reasons. But the biggest is that, despite all the airtime, it didn't announce much new beyond a redesigned interface. Almost…
iOS 27 has only been out for a few hours, and I've been messing around with the developer beta on my iPhone 16 Pro. I was most interested in trying out the new Siri AI, but unfortunately, I'm still on Apple's waitlist…
Apple Intelligence stumbled through 2024 and 2025. It's starting to look respectable

Can't a multi-trillion-dollar company have secrets any more?

The 'disappearing into the bushes like Homer Simpson' strategy is a bold choice.
Tools for Humanity, Sam Altman's identity verification company, is reportedly struggling to generate revenue and will downsize its staff.
The vibe of Apple's 2026 WWDC keynote felt like a spouse proudly listing all the honey-do-list items tackled. One subtle example: the many AI demos of someone standing, phone in hand.

The FTX CEO was sentenced for fraud in 2024.
Apple is trying to solve one of Safari's biggest weaknesses with AI. Safari has long lacked the robust library of extensions that its rivals have, mainly due to the stringent development requirements from Apple. But…
When an unsolicited job offer sounds too good to be true …
Every year, Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference gives us a first look at what's coming next to the company's many operating systems. But missing from today's keynote, apart from a single graphic listing all current…

Mystery of GPS interference across Europe raises questions about Russian motives.
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"We expect it to leak so we're just announcing it."
When Apple put child safety front and center at WWDC on Monday, its stated goal was helping parents fine-tune their kids' online experiences and avoid excessive screen time. But amid a global debate over internet…
OpenAI on Monday checked off a preliminary step in the IPO race that it and rival Anthropic have been competing in for the better part of a year: The company announced it has confidentially submitted a Form S-1 with the…

The ChatGPT-maker announced it has filed paperwork to go public, just a week after rival Anthropic took the same step.
The filing comes a little more than a week after its main rival, Anthropic, also filed to go public, ramping up the race between the two AI firms.
The new features ignore the argument that if parents wanted to spend more time on their kids, they wouldn't have supplied them with an iPad or iPhone in the first place.

Social media posts questioning the integrity of LA’s mayoral election were labeled “paid partnerships.” Then Kalshi and Polymarket told creators to delete them.
Apple spent much of its WWDC keynote highlighting fixes, performance improvements, and long-requested features before unveiling its upgraded AI-powered Siri, signaling that the company wants users to see AI as just one…

The AI subscription now starts at $5 per month.

Three smartwatch models from 2022 and 2023 won't run watchOS 27.

You'll need an M1 or better to run the next release of macOS.
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This promises to be a solid release for aging iPhones.
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