Anthropic’s Claude Code has a new repeatable routines feature that works even when your Mac is offline.

Claude Code routines are automations that you schedule and repeat. They run on Claude Code’s web infrastructure, so your Mac doesn’t need to be online for each task.

Anthropic says the new feature arrives today as a research preview.

Developers already use Claude Code to automate the software development cycle, but until now, they’ve managed cron jobs, infrastructure, and additional tooling like MCP servers themselves.

Apple has released the second iOS 26.5 public beta. The release follows i OS 26.5 beta 2 for developers, which added an Apple Maps ads explainer.

While there’s no Gemini-powered AI features , the update does include a few changes.

The most discoverable new feature in iOS 26.5 is included in Maps. The new “Suggested Places” feature is now part of search in Apple Maps.

Apple also continues to test end-to-end encryption for RCS in

Gemini in Chrome on desktops is getting a new Skills feature that lets you quickly run frequently used prompts. Besides saving time, this capability helps educate users about what Gemini can do when given a webpage.

Skills are one-click workflows that you invoke by typing a forward slash (/) in the prompt box. This macro will run on the current page you’re viewing and any other selected tabs (use the ‘+’ button).

Google says to save Gemini prompts “that you’ll want to

Apple just released a last month, but there’s more coming soon. Apple is expected to debut one of its biggest MacBook Pro updates ever later this year. Here’s everything we know so far.

The new MacBook Pro will switch from mini-LED to OLED display technology. This will mark the first time Apple has used OLED in a Mac, having previously used it on the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. This has been reported by sources including Ming-Chi Kuo and Bloomberg .

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Pioneer was first to bring Apple CarPlay to existing cars in 2014, and now the company is pulling off another CarPlay first.

At CES 2026, Pioneer announced its new Sphera aftermarket in-dash receiver with support for a premium CarPlay feature:

Building on decades of audio innovation, Pioneer, a global leader in in-vehicle sound and aftermarket car electronics, introduces SPHERA, the world’s first aftermarket spatial audio in-dash receiver to feature Dolby Atmos® playback in Apple CarPlay. To

Vision Pro recently offered access to a series of NBA games live in Apple Immersive Video, and now the Blackmagic camera that enabled that experience has officially to the public with availability this fall.

Apple Wallet supports car keys, home keys, digital IDs, credit cards, boarding passes, order tracking, and more. Here are the new ways the Wallet app has gotten better recently, and what’s coming next.

Amazon has today announced that it’s buying satellite giant GlobalStar to allow its Amazon Leo service to offer direct connectivity to consumer devices. Apple owned 20% of the company.

The deal will see Apple buy its satellite services for iPhone and Apple Watch from Amazon Leo, with the acquisition promising to accelerate innovation and connectivity …

Apple first added satellite messaging to the iPhone 14 back in 2022. This was initially limited to contacting emergency services while outside cellular coverage areas. It was later extended to offer