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Apple today announced that ads are officially coming to Apple Maps later this summer. In addition to that, however, the company also teased a new feature that Apple Maps should’ve added years ago: Suggested Places.

In its its new Apple Business platform and ads in Apple Maps, here’s what Apple said:

Beginning this summer in the U.S. and Canada, businesses will have a new way to be discovered by using Apple Business to create ads on Maps.

Ads on Maps will appear when users

A new post on Apple’s WebKit blog outlines the new features, bug fixes, and deprecations (or rather, just one) included in Safari 26.4’s WebKit. Here are the details.

In a published earlier today, , Apple Evangelist on the Web Developer Experience team for Safari and WebKit, broke down what’s new on WebKit with Safari 26.4.

According to her:

Beyond the headliners, the heart of this release is focused on what web developers ask for most.

has partnered with Ticketmaster and Bandsintown to surface upcoming concerts based on your listening, with quick links to buy tickets. Here are the details.

As my colleague Zac covered in his roundup of what’s new with iOS 26.4 , today’s update introduces a few notable changes for , including a feature that helps users “discover nearby shows from artists in your library […].”

That is in part thanks to a new partnership between and Bandsintown, which shared the following in a press release:

The latest WhatsApp beta for iOS includes references to a revamped voice player interface, with Liquid Glass elements. Here are the details.

Last October , WABetaInfo noted that WhatsApp had kicked off what appeared to be a limited rollout of its new interface, adopting Apple’s Liquid Glass visual revamp.

As it turns out, the revamp was actually very limited, as most users still have access to the pre-Liquid Glass interface.

But that doesn’t mean WhatsApp isn’t working to further tweak the app and make

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iOS 26.4 launched today as the latest iPhone update, and it includes eight brand new emoji for users. Here are all the new emoji in iOS 26.4.

Apple’s run of updates continues today, with the rollout of new firmware for the recently launched Studio Display and Pro Display XDR. Here’s how to update.

Over the past few hours, Apple has rolled out:

• iOS 26.4 , iPadOS 26.4 , macOS 26.4 , watchOS 26.4 , tvOS 26.4 , and visionOS 26.4 ;
• Beta builds of these same operating systems;
• Updates to older system versions , including: iOS 18

OpenAI released its second iPhone app in September with the launch of Sora. Unlike ChatGPT, however, Sora has failed to gain traction. As a result, OpenAI is discontinuing the app.

As OpenAI’s second-ever iPhone app, Sora launched to .

The AI video app included creation tools as well as a social media feed for generated content.

Video creation basically had no limits, which made creating videos from text prompts easier than ever.

OpenAI was quick to tighten up restrictions around using intellectual property without permission,