Find My is quietly one of the best things Apple has done in the last decade. It started with tracking your iPhone, expanded to Macs and iPads, and eventually covered physical items with AirTags. Now that third-party accessories are adopting the standard, it’s becoming a real platform that I think is very underrated. The TopMade … Read more
As VP of Product at Google Cloud, Michael Gerstenhaber works primarily on Vertex, the company’s unified platform for deploying enterprise artificial intelligence. It gives him a high-level view of how companies are actually using AI models and what still needs to be done to unlock the potential of agent AI. As I spoke with Michael, … Read more
An external drive connected to a Mac. Some Mac users are finding they can’t use their external drives with macOS Tahoe 26.3, and it seems Apple knows something is wrong. Let us know what works for you and what doesn’t. Apple released an update to macOS Tahoe 26.3 on February 11, with the update adding … Read more
Brian Merchant, writing for Blood in the Machine, reports that people across the United States are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras, amid growing public anger that license plate readers are helping US immigration authorities and deportations. Flock is an Atlanta-based startup valued at $7.5 billion a year ago and a manufacturer of license plate … Read more
With the second iOS 26.4 beta, Apple and Google began testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users. Apple began testing E2EE for RCS in the first beta, but the feature was limited to iPhone-to-iPhone communication with iMessage turned off. In this beta version, iPhone users can send encrypted messages … Read more
Apple hardware that works with 26 generation operating systems – Image Credit: Apple Apple is in its second round of developer betas for the current generation, releasing new builds of iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, watchOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4, visionOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4 for testing. The second developer beta for iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, … Read more
Amazon is offering deep discounts on Apple Clear, Silicone and TechWoven Cases for the iPhone 17 and iPhone Air series this week. Items offered include clear, silicone and TechWoven cases for the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPhone Air. We’re also tracking some discounts on other accessories like the FineWoven … Read more
iOS 26.4 beta 2 is now available to developers and expands support for testing encrypted RCS messages on iPhone. When iOS 26.4 beta 1 was released last week, it added early support for testing RCS encryption, but only for iPhone-to-iPhone messaging. However, iOS 26.4 beta 2 expands support for messaging between iPhone and Android devices. … Read more
OpenAI is strengthening partnerships with four major consulting giants as the AI company looks to expand its business in 2026. OpenAI announced “Frontier Alliances” on Monday, a signal that the AI lab is willing to try different approaches to get businesses to meaningfully adopt its technology. The alliance includes multi-year partnerships between OpenAI and the … Read more
Apple today provided developers with a second beta version of the upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.4 update for testing purposes, with the update coming a week after Apple deployed the first beta version. Developers can download the macOS Tahoe 26.4 update by opening the System Settings app, selecting the General category, and selecting Software Update. Beta … Read more