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United States District Judge Mark Pittman has rejected xAI’s attempt to keep Elon Musk’s Tesla and SpaceX emails out of discovery in the lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI. Here are the details.

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Apple Towson Town Center employees received an endorsement from Maryland Governor Wes Moore in their fight against Apple over the company’s decision to close its first US unionized store. Here are the details.

We’re just days away from Apple’s iOS 27 unveiling on June 8 at WWDC. Here are five rumored new features in iOS 27 that I’m most excited about.

Clipboard manager Paste got even more useful today, with the release of Paste MCP: a tool that connects your clipboard history to several AI tools, from Claude and Codex, to Cursor and beyond. Here are the details.

iOS 27’s unveiling is almost here, and Siri’s major overhaul is set to make not only the iPhone feel far more powerful, but AirPods too.

Today, Microsoft Build brought the announcement of Project Solara, a new chip-to-cloud platform for AI agents. With the reveal, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared an interesting quote on the company’s vision for an agent-first computing future.

DuckDuckGo is riding a fresh wave of user interest after Google’s AI-heavy search overhaul demoed at Google I/O. Here’s the latest data on the search engine’s recent success, which is especially strong among iPhone users.

Ahead of WWDC next week, Apple has just revealed the 12 apps and games being honored this year as winners of 2026 Apple Design Awards.

OpenAI continues to push Codex beyond an agentic coding desktop app to a general productivity tool for everyone. As part of that effort, the company shared three enterprise-focused Codex updates today. Additionally, OpenAI says it will soon put Codex functionality inside the ChatGPT app everywhere.

A new IDC report (via TechCrunch) offers a glimpse into MacBook Neo sales in its first few weeks compared to the also-new M5 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models.

iPhone Ultra is launching this fall, and a new leak says it will feature a tech innovation that’s been over 15 years in the making within Apple: liquid metal.

Nintendo has released a big update to its popular Nintendo Music app. The update adds three new features, including CarPlay support, Siri integration, and a dedicated iPad app.

Apple TV just unveiled the trailer for Silo season 3, which premieres next month, and it reveals the split-timeline plot that’s coming.

Anthropic unveiled its Claude Mythos AI model in April, only sharing access with select partners like Apple. The controlled release is part of Anthropic’s Project Glasswing cybersecurity initiative.

Now Anthropic says it’s sharing Claude Mythos access with more partners in more countries. Meanwhile, the company says Mythos-class models will be available to all customers in a matter of weeks.

Tests to determine whether Google’s agentic AI system Gemini Spark can deliver on the promises made on stage at last month’s I/O event shows that, for the most part, it can.

Since this is the model Apple will be using to power the new Siri, that’s equally good news for the Cupertino company and its customers …

Hackers managed to trick Meta’s AI-powered support bot into allowing them to take over a number of Instagram accounts, including some high-profile ones. This included accounts belonging to the White House, US Space Force, and security researcher Jane Wong.

On a more positive note, the social network is experimenting with a way of blocking teenage users from repeated exposure to content likely to impact their mental health …

Withings is making its body scanning feature more affordable with the new BodyFit smart scale. This mid-range model offers features similar to the pricier Body Scan model, but for a lower starting price.

It’s long been rumored that the iPhone 18 Pro Max battery capacity would be the largest ever seen in an iPhone, with a report back in February suggesting that it could get close to 5200mAh.

The same leaker has now reported on the iPhone 18 Pro capacity and is suggesting that we will see only very modest gains over last year’s model …

The dates for Amazon Prime Day 2026 have now been announced, with the company stating it is bringing the event forward from its traditional July timing in order to avoid clashing with a couple of major events.

Amazon had previously announced earlier timings but not stated the dates. The company has now said that it wanted to avoid the FIFA World Cup and the 250th anniversary US Independence Day …

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