The third of Apple’s three anticipated developments this week has arrived. Apple’s recently announced are now available for pre-order.

On March 16th, Apple announced AirPods Max 2 in a surprise move. You can read about everything different between Apple’s previous AirPods Max and the new version here .

The new headphones look just like AirPods Max with USB-C, which introduced new color options and the same charging port as iPhone 15 and later. The original AirPods Max featured Apple’s

Apple released visionOS 26.4 this week, bringing new emoji and an upgraded video podcast experience to Apple Vision Pro. The new software update also boosts Spatial Audio performance with an impressive engineering trick.

When it comes to Apple Vision Pro, it sometimes feels like Apple is just showing off its technology prowess.

That’s especially true with this subtle change in visionOS 26.4, that promises faster Spatial Audio initialization by remembering physical aspects of familiar rooms.

Admittedly, I’m not sure I’ve

Opera is rolling out an update to its Opera One browser today with several productivity-focused improvements, including a more streamlined way to access Google Gemini without having to keep switching tabs. Here are the details.

Late last year, Opera its partnership with Google, bringing the latest Gemini models to its browser AI features.

Since then, the company has been exploring ways to make this interaction more focused and streamlined, with better productivity in mind.

For this reason, starting today, users will no longer need to switch tabs

Apple yesterday released iOS 26.4 , with the company highlighting 13 new features and enhancements . The software update added functionality to Apple Music, made accessibility improvements, and introduced a number of other worthwhile enhancements.

There was one change the company didn’t mention, and that was the introduction of age verification for UK users. This was accidentally launched in a previous beta but is now official …

The UK’s Online Safety Act requires tech giants to verify that users are adults before giving unrestricted access to all

The massive 2026 is now officially underway with loads of the best deals of the year on Apple gear as well as thousands of price drops across just about every product category. From discounts on the brand new and , we also the return of at the list price joined by price drops on M5 MacBook Pro models, iPad from $299, and much more. We will be updating this post throughout the day and for the next week as we make our way through the 2026

A VPN company has put together AI chatbot privacy ratings based on the data collection practices of the ten most popular AI chatbots in the App Store .

The iPhone chatbots are ranked worst to best, and there are no prizes for guessing which of the competing apps collects the most personal data …

Since Apple requires developers to list the personal data they collect, was able to use this information to compile its ranking – shown below. It supplemented this by taking a closer look at some of the privacy policies also.

We reviewed the

Apple execs reportedly once expected the iPhone to be replaced by smart glasses by 2029, with Eddy Cue later updating this prediction to 2035.

However, one high-profile former ardent supporter of this idea has now changed his mind completely, and now believes that we will still be using smartphones 20 years from now …

Neal Stephenson first coined the term “metaverse” in his novel , and later worked as chief futurist at Magic Leap. Snowcrash described virtual reality goggles, and essentially described the

Apple has picked up 15 nominations across nine Apple TV series for the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards, set for May 10 in London. Here’s the full list.

In a press release earlier today, Apple highlighted the 15 nominations it racked up for this year’s BAFTA TV Awards, following four wins in 2025, four wins in 2024, another four wins in 2023, and two wins in 2022.

As described by

Poland is reportedly moving forward with a proposal to tax certain digital services revenue at up to 3%, potentially affecting companies like Apple. Here are the details.

Last year, Poland’s Ministry of Digital Affairs proposed a new law that would tax the revenue generated from certain digital services in the country.

As , the move was harshly criticized by U.S. ambassador to Poland Tom Rose, who referred to it in a post on X as “a self destructive tax that will only hurt Poland and its relations