Apple News

We learned yesterday that Apple was at risk of losing Mike Rockwell, the exec tasked with rescuing the new Siri project after Tim Cook lost confidence in former AI head John Giannandrea. A deal appears to have been struck to retain Rockwell long enough to deliver the Siri upgrade, and Ternus and Cook also notched […]

X, formerly Twitter, has announced it is launching a custom timelines feature that allows users to pin specific topics to their home tab in the X app for iOS. The company says custom timelines are powered by Grok AI, which understands the social media platform’s algorithm personalization so that timelines are tuned for individual users.

Apple has announced the availability of Tap to Pay on iPhone in Malaysia, allowing independent sellers, small merchants, and large retailers in the region to use ‌iPhones‌ as a payment terminal. Tap to Pay allows iPhones to accept payments via Apple Pay, contactless credit and debit cards, and other digital wallets‌‌‌. All transactions are encrypted,

Opera is rolling out an update to Opera One with several improvements to its in-browser video streaming and conferencing experience. Here are the details. more…

Bloomberg reports that amid recent leadership changes at Apple, Mike Rockwell, who created the Vision Pro and now oversees efforts to revamp Siri, has considered leaving or reducing his role at the company. Here are the details. more…

While it had long been expected that John Turnus would succeed Tim Cook as Apple’s CEO, a key detail in the transition process shows that the company can still keep things under wraps when it counts. Here’s why. more…

Apple yesterday announced that longtime Apple CEO Tim Cook is planning to step down from his role later this year, with current hardware engineering chief John Ternus set to take over as CEO. We’ve seen media reports suggesting Ternus will bring Jobs-like decisiveness back to Apple, as well as reactions from top world leaders, but

Apple today announced that its hit sci-fi series “Silo” is returning for a third season starting Friday, July 3, and it shared a teaser trailer. “Silo” follows the lives of 10,000 people living in an underground bunker to escape the seemingly toxic wasteland outside. The people are unaware of why the silo was built, and

CarPlay has improved a lot lately, and following two major new app debuts a few weeks ago, there have been three more exciting app updates very recently. Here’s what’s new. more…

Apple announced its major leadership transition yesterday, with John Ternus officially set to take over as CEO from Tim Cook later this year. Following that announcement, tech leaders (and others) have taken to social media to congratulate Cook on the news. more…