WWDC wallpaper released as free download alongside Apple Music playlist and more

Apple’s next major announcement is only a week away with WWDC 2026 set for Monday, June 8. Now Apple’s Greg “Joz” Joswiak has shared a new promo for the big keynote address with an upbeat message.

Apple also has an official wallpaper for WWDC that you can download for free. And there’s an official Apple Music playlist to go along with the fun.

First, here’s the fun new promotional teaser from Joz that kicks off the one-week countdown until

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Deals: AirPods Pro 3 holiday pricing, AirPods Max 2, M5 MacBook Air $270 off, more

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by holiday deal pricing now live again on AirPods Pro 3 via Amazon alongside all 25% off AirPods 4. We also have Apple’s most affordable current-gen M5 MacBook Pro sitting at the $1,499 Amazon all-time low ( $300 off launch price) and these 15-inch M5 MacBook Air models at up to $270 off . Head below for a closer look.

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watchOS 27: Three new Apple Watch features being announced next week

Apple will unveil watchOS 27 and its Apple Watch improvements next week at WWDC , here are three new features rumored to be announced.

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OpenAI enhances ChatGPT app with this hidden feature

OpenAI recently added a new feature to the ChatGPT app: a hidden gesture that lets you instantly set the effort level of a prompt. ChatGPT also introduced a new way to easily navigate longer conversations. Meanwhile, the default model used by ChatGPT has changed since arriving last month.

First up is a new gesture for assigning the intelligence level of a prompt before pressing send.

Long-pressing the send arrow icon on a message in the ChatGPT app on mobile will invoke the intelligence level picker.

This is basically a way to

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Latest Apple Glasses leak has me way more excited for the product

Over the weekend, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that Apple Glasses likely won’t launch until late 2027. But the report also mentions Apple’s planned strategy for its glasses, and it has me way more excited for the product.

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Controller for HomeKit app adds AI feature: ‘Just say it’

The Controller for HomeKit app has just been updated with a new AI feature which the developer is promoting with the phrase “just say it”.

The idea is that you use natural language to describe what you want to happen and the AI will automatically create the required HomeKit scene, workflow, and/or automation …

The website says that all you need to do is describe what happened and the app will do everything else.

Just say it. Describe what should happen. Controller builds the rest.

Three examples are provided

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Here’s everything new Apple TV has coming in June

Apple TV kicks off June with several strong series already airing, like Widow’s Bay and Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed . But the new month will bring another high-profile original series, Cape Fear , plus two returning shows and possibly a long-delayed project. Here’s everything coming to Apple TV in June.

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Dummy model shows how the iPhone Ultra may look in white

White has been reported to be one of the confirmed colors for the upcoming iPhone Ultra , and a new dummy model gives us a very basic idea of how it might look.

While the automatic translation of the text accompanying the photo claims it to be a prototype of the device, I’m certain that it’s simply a dummy model created by a third party …

Leaker Ice Universe posted the low-res photo.

A white-colored prototype of the rumored iPhone Fold / iPhone Ultra

The device has the appearance

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MacBook Neo rival launched at $599; Nvidia PC chip takes on Apple Silicon

It was clear that the launch of the MacBook Neo at just $599 took most Windows PC makers by surprise. However, Dell appears to have had a strong suspicion of what was coming as the company has just launched its own direct competitor, (sort of) starting at the same price.

Apple also has a new rival when it comes to Apple Silicon. Nvidia has just announced its first ever PC chip which also aims to provide a similar leap forward in performance …

When Apple announced the MacBook Neo,

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Here’s how Apple (kind of) shot an MLS game entirely with iPhones

We learned last month that Apple TV would be airing the first major live sporting event shot entirely on iPhone – specifically, a set of fifteen iPhone 17 Pro Max models.

A new piece has given us a behind-the-scenes look at the setup for this, with MLS, saying that it offered a number of benefits over conventional cameras – though there is a rather sizeable asterisk …

Apple first announced its plans shortly before the game.

This Saturday, May 23, Apple TV will present a special live

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