SmartGym, Apple’s 2023 Apple Watch App of the Year, is rolling out a new update today that delivers some of its longest-requested features. Here’s what’s new.

Starting today, SmartGym users will be able to sync their progress with Strava, which means that any workout recorded in will also automatically appear on Strava.

According to the app’s developer, Matt Abras, “Strava syncing has been a really popular request,” and delivering it required multiple behind-the

Both WhatsApp and Telegram have been blocked in Russia as the government tries to force people to use its unencrypted WeChat clone, Max. All messages sent and received in Max can be read by the government.

The government also blocked access to Facebook and Instagram , and designated parent company Meta as “an extremist organization” …

Russia has been making it increasingly difficult to use Telegram over the past few weeks, and has now effectively blocked access altogether.

The reports that the country has now done the same to WhatsApp, along with

When Apple launched the Apple Creator Studio (ACS) subscription, the company that you could use the AI features to produce 50 Keynote presentations per month “as a minimum.” However, developer and security researcher Steve Troughton-Smith had a very different experience when it came to AI usage limits.

He reported that far from being able to produce 50 presentations, a single Keynote slideshow used half of his monthly ACS limit, so the limit would be just two …

started by saying how impressed he was by

FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson is asking Tim Cook to review Apple News’ curation policies after claims that the service suppresses conservative publications. Here are the details.

A few days ago, conservative watchdog group Media Research Center (MRC) published the results of a study that alleged that Apple had “refrained from using any right-leaning outlets in the top 20 articles” of Apple News’ “morning editions between Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2026.”

The study claimed that while Apple News

that Apple now owns “the IP and all rights” to , and that future plans might include more than just four seasons. Here are the details.

According to the , Apple paid “just under $70 million” to acquire the IP and all the rights to , effectively bringing the series in-house under Apple Studios.

Previously, the show was produced by Fifth Season, with Apple acting as the distributor. Now, Apple Studios will produce the series in-house, with Fifth Season staying on as

With Apple’s 50th anniversary fast approaching, the Computer History Museum is planning a series of programs and a temporary exhibit to celebrate the company’s history. Here are the details.

The Computer History Museum (CHM) announced today , a special celebration of Apple’s 50th anniversary, marking the company’s founding on April 1, 1976.

Here’s the CHM:

On April 1, 1976, Apple Computer was founded with a radical idea: that

iOS 26 brings visual intelligence to screenshots, enabling several new features . But there’s one I only recently discovered that solves the common problem of plain text URLs you can’t easily tap to open.

Alongside today’s system updates , Apple has released Safari 26.3, with a mix of under-the-hood improvements and at least one major usability upgrade for Vision Pro users. Here are the details.

With Safari 26.3, Vision Pro users on visionOS 26.3 will see Safari automatically dim their surroundings when a video enters fullscreen, a change Apple says helps “put the focus on the content.”

In addition, Safari 26.3 introduces support for Zstandard (Zstd

According to Counterpoint Research, Apple’s introduction of a book-type foldable iPhone will help accelerate broader adoption of this form factor. Here are the details.

If the latest rumors are correct, Apple is expected to present a book-type (rather than a clamshell-type) foldable iPhone towards the end of the year.

The device is expected to feature a 5.5-inch outer display and a 7.8-inch inner display, with an aspect ratio similar to Apple’s largest iPads,