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Apple could benefit from a new wave of NFC technology upgrades after the NFC Forum this week published a roadmap outlining faster data transfers, new security standards, and expanded capabilities. The NFC Forum is the global standards body for Near Field Communication technology. Apple is a board member of the organization. The latest multi-year Technology […]

Last year, a federal judge ruled that Google had illegally maintained a search monopoly, but allowed the company to keep paying to be the default search engine on Apple devices (with very few caveats). Now, the Department of Justice and a group of states are appealing the overall decision. Here are the details. more…

Apple TV is hosting a major media event today, and it just unveiled the highly-anticipated series Lucky, which stars Anya Taylor-Joy in her first big show since The Queen’s Gambit. more…

New M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro models are slated to launch in the near future, according to information shared with MacRumors by an Apple Premium Reseller. The third-party Apple retailer said that ‌MacBook Pro‌ stock is very low currently because there is an imminent new product introduction. Apple typically coordinates supply with retail

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As OpenAI accused xAI of systematically destroying internal communications, the court also shut down xAI’s bid to add a high-ranking former OpenAI researcher to discovery. Here’s the latest on this increasingly messy lawsuit. more…

It’s not just you: ChatGPT is down for many users right now. Here’s the latest on OpenAI’s outage. more…

Apple TV’s biggest premiere in February is the return of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, a sci-fi epic featuring monsters like Godzilla and Kong. Here’s the new trailer. more…

With Xcode 26.3, Apple is adding support for agentic coding, allowing developers to use tools like Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex right in Xcode for app creation. Agentic coding will allow Xcode to complete more complex app development tasks autonomously. Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI models have been available for use in Xcode since

Apple is hosting a special media event today called the ‘2026 Apple TV Press Day.’ Here’s everything that’s been announced at the event so far. more…