Yesterday Apple dropped iOS 18.3 beta 3 , two days after similar betas for watchOS and tvOS were released. We now have a likely explanation for the delay. Apple has been working to refine the Notification Summary feature, on platforms like iOS, which support Apple Intelligence. This update comes after more than one high-profile botched AI-generated summary, which resulted in what appeared to be false and/or misleading headlines from organizations like BBC News.

In a testament to how egregious these notifications were, Apple

premiered in February 2022, almost three years ago. With the season ending on an all-time cliffhanger, fans of the show have been eagerly waiting for more. However, the effect of Hollywood strikes and other factors delayed production significantly.

But today, Apple is finally ready to launch the second season of Severance on , with the first episode kicking off directly after the events of the finale, from the innie perspective at least.

The new season includes a raft of new cast members joining the Macrodata Refinement

Apple was fined a global total of more than $2.1B last year for antitrust violations, but the sum was only the equivalent of just over a week’s worth of free cash flow.

Encrypted email company Proton put together its latest Tech Fines Tracker, in which Google was the most heavily-fined company, with Apple in second place …

The tracker covers fines levied for any breaches of the law. For most companies, this includes both antitrust and privacy violations, though in Apple’s case this

No, that voice you heard wasn’t a call from the other side. It was emergency services calling to help thanks to Crash Detection on Apple Watch. That’s exactly what happened to a 55-year-old Apple Watch customer in Massachusetts after passing out while driving and ending up in his upside down car in someone’s pool.

tell the story of Brent Hill from Easthampton, MA:

It was a scary situation for Hill, who recalled suddenly feeling nauseous while driving home on December 16

Apple’s 10th-gen iPad is (regular $349), especially when you consider that the next comparable display size in the lineup starts at $600. iPad 10 has a full-screen design, fun colors, Touch ID, USB-C, and impressive cameras. However, there’s one missing feature that should make customers carefully consider purchasing this model.

Since Apple updated the iPad mini last fall, the iPad 10 is the only model in the lineup

This is Rumor Replay , a weekly column at 9to5Mac offering a quick rundown of the most recent Apple product rumors, with analysis and commentary. Today: Apple’s big 2025 product release plans, including iPhone 17 Pro camera upgrades, 17 Air thinness, and more. Here are this week’s Apple rumors.

Benjamin and Chance react to Mark Zuckerberg’s recent comments about Apple having not done anything good recently … as we also look forward to everything Apple is set to announce this year. Apple gets in hot water about ‘Enhanced Visual Search’, and the iOS 18.3 beta cycle continues, if a little bare.

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This week Apple TV+ is celebrating two big moments: the return of Severance plus Silo’s season 2 finale . But now some not-so-positive news has emerged: comedy Dick Turpin has been unexpectedly canceled.

is a comedy series that first debuted on Apple TV+ in early 2024.

Its first season was generally well received by critics, and while audience response seemed muted, Apple for a second season.

But recently, The Sun reported that season 2 had been abruptly canceled well into production

This year Apple is planning to launch three new Home products as part of a renewed smart home push . Here’s when to expect one such product, the HomePod mini 2, to debut.

HomePod mini first came on the scene in late 2020, over four years ago. It brought many of the features of the full-size HomePod in a smaller, more affordable $99 package.

Since then, besides ongoing software updates, HomePod mini’s only change has been the addition of new