AirPods as Apple’s first AI wearable product makes so much sense

Apple reportedly has several different AI wearable products in the works, with a new AirPods Pro 3 model with IR cameras expected to be the first. Here’s why AirPods as Apple’s first AI wearable makes a lot of sense.

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David Pogue shares first look at upcoming ‘Apple: The First 50 Years’ book

Veteran journalist David Pogue has posted a short video offering a quick preview of celebrating Apple’s first 50 years. Here are the details.

With just a couple of weeks to go until the release of , Pogue shared a short video previewing what readers can expect from the 600-page book, which revisits Apple’s history with a mix of new and familiar stories.

It’s a big day in the Pogue household!!

– David Pogue

Despite its release being currently planned for March 10


iOS 26.4 beta 2: Here’s what’s new

One week after the release of the first beta , iOS 26.4 beta 2 is now available . The update continues to refine new features and changes for iPhone users. There are updates to RCS encryption, the Games app, and more.

iSO 26.4 beta 2 is currently available for developer beta testing. A public beta will likely be released later this week. The build number for the update is 23E5218e.

As we covered extensively last week, iOS 26

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WhatsApp is finally working on scheduled messages

Meta is at last bringing scheduled messages to WhatsApp, delivering on one of the app’s most-requested features. Here’s how it is going to work.

As , new references found in a recent TestFlight beta of WhatsApp suggest that Meta is laying the groundwork to bring scheduled messages to the app.

According to the report, the feature is “currently in development and not yet available for beta testing.” However, they shared a screenshot of the Group Info interface that features a “Scheduled Messages” menu

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Apple releases videos from its 2025 AI Reasoning and Planning Workshop

The newly published videos from Apple’s two-day event focus on three key areas related to AI: Reasoning and Planning, Applications to Agents, and Model Development. Here are the details.

Last July. Apple hosted an event called the Workshop on Reasoning and Planning, featuring presentations and discussions from Apple engineers and researchers from UCLA, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, among others.

The event featured nearly 30 studies, which were presented and discussed over the course of two days, all of which can be found


MagSafe Monday: TopMade Wallet review – Find My and massive storage

Find My is quietly one of the best things Apple has done in the last decade. It started with tracking your iPhone, expanded to the Mac and iPad, and eventually covered physical items with AirTags. Now that third-party accessories are adopting the standard, it is becoming a true platform that I think is highly underrated. The integrates this technology directly with Find My. It removes the need for a separate AirTag bump while keeping your wallet trackable within the native Apple ecosystem.

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iOS 26.4 makes two app updates that bring back iOS 18 designs

iOS 26.4 beta 2 arrived today for developers, with two app changes that reverse iOS 26 search designs to be more like iOS 18.

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iOS 26.4 beta 2 adds support for testing encrypted RCS between iPhone and Android

iOS 26.4 beta 2 is now rolling out for developers , and it expands support for testing encrypted RCS messaging on iPhone.

When iOS 26.4 beta 1 was released last week, it added early support for testing RCS encryption, but just for iPhone-to-iPhone messaging. In iOS 26.4 beta 2, however, support is expanding to include messaging between iPhone and Android devices.

Support for testing RCS encryption is rolling out gradually to iPhone users running iOS 26.4 beta


Apple releases beta 2 for tvOS 26.4, visionOS 26.4, more

New betas are now available for developers. Apple has just released beta 2 updates for tvOS 26.4, visionOS 26.4, and more.

Apple kicked off a new beta software cycle recently, and today beta 2 has arrived.

tvOS 26.4, visionOS 26.4, watchOS 26.4, and HomePod 26.4 have all just received beta 2 updates.

Currently only developers can install beta 2, but the public betas should follow in the next day or so

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Apple releases macOS 26.4 beta 2, here’s what’s new

Just a week after releasing macOS 26.4 beta 1, Apple is now rolling out beta 2 for developers. Here’s what to expect.

While macOS 26.4 beta 1 didn’t bring the rumored first results of Apple’s partnership with Google for a Gemini-powered Siri, it does look like macOS 26.4 will be more feature-heavy than macOS 26.3, which mostly brought bug fixes and performance improvements.

First, macOS 26.4 beta 1

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