If you were spooked by yesterday’s news that thousands of ASUS wireless routers have been compromised by a botnet, and are thinking about buying a new router, here are some models to not add to your cart per a recent FBI advisory.

According to a recent by the agency, hackers are exploiting at least 13 older routers, mostly sold by Linksys under the Cisco brand, to power botnets and hide malicious activity.

These are “end-of-life” models, meaning they no longer receive software updates

I love Mark Gurman’s scoop that Apple plans to introduce iOS 26, not iOS 19, alongside version 26 of macOS, visionOS, watchOS, and tvOS. It’s a different flavor of the same solution I thought about a few months ago but thought might be too much of a reach to share.

The problem is obvious: version numbers are not.

Case in point:

• iOS 18
• iPadOS 18
• tvOS 18
• watchOS… not kidding. I’d need to look this up

This week brought a surprising report saying Apple plans to rebrand all its software platforms with year-based naming. So, iOS 26 will launch this fall (think car models) rather than iOS 19. Could iPhone hardware be the next subject of change? Apple’s leaked roadmap may offer a clue.

Earlier this month, reporting from Wayne Ma and Ming-Chi Kuo offered an expansive preview of Apple’s roadmap for upcoming iPhone models.

That roadmap contained several surprises, one of which

The Apple Research team has published a pretty interesting that investigated whether AI models can estimate heart rate from stethoscope recordings, even though they weren’t specifically trained with that purpose in mind. The short answer is: yes. And this is great news. Here’s why.

In a nutshell, the team took six popular foundation models trained on audio or speech, and tested how well their internal audio representations could be used to estimate heart rate from heart sound recordings, or phonocardiograms.

Following the announcement , Google is more widely rolling out Gemini Live camera and screen sharing to the iPhone and iPad app.

Once available, you’re greeted with a “Share your camera or screen with Gemini Live” prompt: “Talk through ideas, learn about your environment, or get help with what’s on your screen.”

Upon launching Gemini Live from the waveform badged with a sparkle icon in the bottom-right corner, you’ll notice two new buttons in the bottom row. Additionally, the

File this one under “tiny, but significant”: if you default your iPhone camera to 3:4, Instagram will finally let you post exactly what you shot.

Instagram’s head, Adam Mosseri today on Threads that the app will now support photos in the native 3:4 format, used by most smartphone cameras, including iPhones:

“Instagram now supports 3:4 aspect ratio photos – the format that almost every phone camera defaults to. From now on, if you upload a 3:4 image

This is Rumor Replay , a weekly column at 9to5Mac offering a quick rundown of the most recent Apple product rumors, with analysis and commentary. Today: surprise Apple Glasses launch timing, iOS 26, HomePad’s arrival, and more. Here are this week’s Apple rumors.

In the streaming age, reducing churn is a huge priority for every streamer. Disney has largely done this by pushing subscribers to bundles, but now it has another tactic launching: Disney+ Perks.

Disney+ Perks is a new loyalty program aimed at keeping users happily subscribed for the long haul.

From the :

• Included for subscribers : Perks just for you. It’s our way of saying thanks!
• Real rewards are waiting : Unlock exclusive discounts, chances to win, and more.
• Perks can drop anytime : Keep