The streaming service today shared an open letter with music labels and industry partners entitled ‘What We’re Doing to Keep Music Fair’, reaffirming its commitment to help the music business navigate the use of AI responsibly.

The company said it believes technology should amplify artists, not replace them. Apple says AI music represents significantly less than 1% of all plays on the service, but it is being proactive to keep a fair, level playing field for all creators.

Nevertheless, Apple Music says AI is an exciting opportunity

Apple shipped iOS 26.5 to all users last week , and now in the last 24 hours, the company has stopped signing iOS 26.4.2—thus preventing downgrades to a prior update.

If you updated to iOS 26.5 in the past week, there’s no longer an option available to revert to the prior software release.

Apple typically offers a window of time following each new software update when it’s possible to downgrade if you encounter issues.

However, usually

Rumors indicate Apple’s long-expected MacBook Pro redesign will be branded ‘MacBook Ultra’ instead. Here’s why this could be good news for MacBook Pro users in light of a previous redesign misstep.

MacBook Pro redesign history has examples of success and failure

Airbnb launched a major iOS and Android app redesign a year ago . The updated app surfaced new experiences to have on vacation beyond just where you choose to stay.

Now Airbnb is further transforming its app into an all-in-one destination for managing your next trip by integrating four useful new services.

The new Airbnb app is also leveraging AI with three new features, and the service is expanding the types of destinations you can book.

The new app extends Airbnb Services beyond things like photography, cooking, and wellness that

We’re less than three weeks away from WWDC and iOS 27’s unveiling, and reporting indicates Apple has three main goals for the update that could be exactly what the iPhone needs.

Ahead of Apple’s annual developer conference next month, Apple has on how the App Store serves users and developers alike with numerous protections.

Today Apple has of the steps it takes to protect users and developers from harm. It says the App Store now welcomes over 850 million weekly visitors across 175 storefronts.

As the company puts it, this effort takes continuous improvement and innovation. Per the press release:

As the digital landscape expands, malicious actors continue to evolve their methods, often using deceptive tactics

This week marked the release of ‘ ,’ by author Geoffrey Cain, a deliciously thorough book that dives deep into the years that most people overlook when retelling the Apple co-founder’s famous redemption story.

There is a scene in Kevin Smith’s ‘ ,’ where Rufus, the forgotten 13th apostle played by Chris Rock, notes:

In the Bible, Jesus goes from twelve to thirty. That’s some pretty bad storytelling.

And while Steve Jobs was no Jesus Christ by any stretch,

Act surprised! A new privacy study has found that data brokers and AI companies deliberately deceive consumers who attempt to opt out of the sale of their personal data. An audit of the opt-out processes of dozens of major data companies found that they employ a variety of underhand practices – including fake forms …

Data brokers buy personal information about individuals from a wide range of sources, including app developers and websites, as well as scraping the internet for publicly available data. They then package this information up to sell to companies