Since iOS 5 in 2011, the iPhone and iPad have included Notification Center, a central place to find alerts from various apps in chronological order.

Starting with iOS 27, Apple is making a major change to how users open Notification Center on iPhone and iPad.

iOS 27 is currently in beta, and the behavior has changed slightly between the first two releases. However, the third developer beta and first public beta show this change will ship this fall.

While macOS is generally very stable, there are times when an app will crash and your Mac will offer to send a diagnostic report to Apple.

A new form of Mac malware has been discovered, which creates fake versions of this form, requesting your Mac password as part of the data collection. If you comply, it will get access to a huge range of personal data, including your password managers and cryptocurrency wallets …

The new Siri and other Apple Intelligence features are currently only supported in the iOS 27 beta in English in a small number of countries, but Apple has promised that they will “quickly expand” to additional countries and languages.

China posed a particular challenge for the company as the law there only permits partnering with a Chinese AI company. A report today says that Apple has now reached agreement on this, and will be using two different models …

Unicode’s emoji tsar Jennifer Daniel has given us a sneak peek at nine emoji set for release next year – though not all of them are entirely new.

She says the committee responsible for the selection of emoji is doing some tidying up to help avoid misunderstandings …

The first episodes of Lucky , Apple TV’s new limited series starring Anya Taylor-Joy ( The Menu ), are now streaming. Watch the trailer below.

The iOS 27 public beta is here , and the headlining changes are Siri AI and the array of new Apple Intelligence features. However, the update also includes plenty of non-AI features.

Here are a few of my favorite iOS 27 features (other than Siri and AI).

Opera says its iOS browser saw monthly active users grow 93% in the UK and 50% in the US during Q2 2026 compared with the same period last year. Here are the details.

According to Bloomberg , OpenAI’s anticipated entry into the hardware market is slated to begin with a portable, screenless smart speaker. Here are the details.

OpenAI has issued a new statement in reaction to Apple’s lawsuit accusing the company of trade secret theft. Here are the details.

Reuters reports that Apple has defeated a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing it of failing to stop child sexual abuse material from being stored and shared through iCloud. Here are the details.