iOS 26 is a huge improvement – but there’s one big problem

One of the bigger leaks from Bloomberg is that what we’ve all been anticipating as iOS 19 will instead be branded as iOS 26 (aka 2026).

In other words, Apple is switching from sequential naming to year-based naming. I think that’s a great idea – but not the silly car-maker business of using next year, for a very practical reason …

Some commenters weren’t overly enthusiastic about the change:

“Apple’s ensh*tification to 9


macOS 26 rumored to drop support for these Macs

Yesterday, Bloomberg broke the news that this year’s software update for the Mac will be macOS 26 rather than macOS 16. The update is expected to bring a sweeping redesign to the Mac, and now we have the first rumors on which models will be able to update to macOS 26.

The report comes from , and cites anonymous “people familiar with the matter.” According to the report, current pre-release versions of macOS 26 are compatible with these Macs:

  • MacBook Pro 20

Federal court blocks Trump tariffs; worst-case iPhone cost would exceed $4k

The ongoing saga of potential tariffs on iPhones continues. After Trump threatened Apple with an additional 25% tariff on iPhones, the worst-case scenario could see the cost of the most expensive model in the line-up exceed $4,000.

However, a federal court has ruled that the president doesn’t actually have the legal authority to impose tariffs at all, let alone the most extreme ones he has threatened, and has vacated the executive orders issued so far …

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Pocket is going away, but here are 5 read-it-later alternatives

Mozilla has that it will shut down Pocket, its popular read-it-later app, on July 8, 2025. This means that unless the Digg acquisition offer turns into something, its users will have until then to find an alternative read-it-later app.

If that’s you, here are five potential replacements, although I know none of them will ever be able to fill that Pocket-shaped hole in your heart.

has been around almost as long as Pocket, with its


Apple’s new OS naming could make ‘iPhone 17’ sound even weirder

Just when it seemed like the internet had finally moved on from obsessing over Apple’s iPhone naming conventions… here we go again .

To be fair, I don’t actually hate today’s that Apple will rename its operating systems to reflect the release year. Or rather, the following year. Cars do it. Samsung does it… OK, that’s pretty much it. But it’s not that strange.

Once we get past the initial awkwardness of jumping straight to iOS 26, skipping

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New Apple TV 4K is coming: Four features expected later this year

Apple TV+ is having a big year , but the Apple TV 4K streaming box still awaits its first revision since 2022—and that update is coming . Here are four features to expect when the new Apple TV 4K arrives later this year.

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Opera unveils Neon: a subscription-based AI browser that can build websites

In early April, Opera showcased AI Browser Operator, a first look at its vision for agentic browsing in the AI era. Now, the company is detailing what that actually looks like: rather than being just a feature, Operator is part of an entirely new browser called .

Opera says Neon doesn’t just help you browse, but actively performs tasks on your behalf. That includes researching, designing, and even building things like websites, code snippets, reports, and games.

The company explains that these tasks are


Trump advisor on 25% tax threat: ‘Apple will bear those tariffs, not consumers’

After President Trump threatened to slap Apple with a 25% tariff on iPhones made outside the U.S., one of his top economic advisors is now downplaying the potential fallout of the proposed tax.

Speaking on CNBC ’s on Tuesday, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said the White House doesn’t actually want to hurt Apple, despite the rhetoric:

“Everybody is trying to make it seem like it’s a catastrophe if there’s a tiny little tariff on them right now, to try


Control Center keeps getting better, here are the newest iOS features

Apple introduced a major Control Center overhaul in iOS 18. But its work on the iPhone feature was far from done. Here are all the ways Control Center has gotten better with recent iOS updates.

Last fall, iOS 18 brought a powerful new feature: the ability to fully customize your Control Center setup.

This change came packed with a ton of new controls to choose from. But ever since then, Apple has continued to debut new controls.

Starting in iOS 18.1 and continuing through iOS 1

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Apple will announce iOS 26 at WWDC, not iOS 19: report

Apple is planning a huge shakeup to its naming scheme for software updates. reports that this year’s iOS update won’t be called iOS 19 after all. Instead, Apple is planning to call it “iOS 26” as part of a new year-based naming strategy.

Here’s exactly what that means for all of Apple’s platforms …

What this means is that at WWDC next month Apple will announce the following new software versions:

  • iOS 26 (instead of iOS 19)
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