Apple is in a tough spot. While the company is painfully behind the competition when it comes to getting a solid handle on AI development, it seems to be speeding up the timeline to release its first AI-powered smart glasses. That’s… quite a gamble.
You already know the story. After releasing the Apple Watch and adjusting its course to turn it into what it is, Apple went on to make a series of bad bets that didn’t pay off.
It swung and missed with the first
Apple has released the first teaser for , a historical drama starring and co-created by Jason Momoa ( , ). This nine-episode series follows the story of Ka‘iana, a Native Hawaiian warrior fighting to unify the islands before the arrival of Western colonizers in the late 1700s.
The show, which was inspired by true events, premieres on Friday, August 1, with the first two episodes, followed by new episodes every Friday through September 19.
Told from an indigenous perspective,
In a new feature story on its today, Apple showcases how iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches are being used by doctors and nurses at one of Georgia’s largest health systems. And while the piece suffers from a chronic case of PR-speak, the project is pretty interesting nonetheless.
In what Apple calls a first-of-its-kind deployment, Emory Healthcare has fully embraced the Apple ecosystem to transform how care is delivered at its 100-bed Hillandale Hospital.
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Apple is expediting its plans to compete with Meta’s popular Ray-Ban smart glasses. Bloomberg today that Apple is now aiming to release smart glasses “at the end of next year.” Simultaneously, the company has dropped its plans to release an Apple Watch with a built-in camera.
The report says that Apple will “start producing large quantities of prototypes at the end of this year.” The glasses will reportedly have built-in cameras, microphones, and speakers so they can “analyze the external
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Pour one out for an App Store classic. Mozilla has just announced it’s phasing out its read-it-later service, Pocket, as part of a broader effort to double down on its focus on Firefox. Here’s how it’s going to work.
In its , Mozilla says it needs to “be intentional about where we invest our time and resources.” And right now, that means Firefox.
Pocket, which has been around for over a decade, will officially shut down on July
On the heels of Microsoft Build and Google I/O , Anthropic has just announced Claude 4 Sonnet and Claude 4 Opus, which are immediately available on Claude’s website, as well as in the API. Here’s what’s new.
According to , Claude Sonnet 4 (its mid-tier model, between Raiku and Opus) significantly improves at coding, reasoning, and instruction following compared to its predecessor, Claude Sonnet 3.7.
As for Claude Opus 4, Anthropic says it matches or outperforms
WWDC invites have gone out, and Chance will be there in person. The pair discuss the narrative of indifference that hangs over WWDC at the moment, as the tech industry is currently dominated by daily onslaught of AI news. And while the rumors about the AirPods roadmap are a little bleak, Apple is rumored to be shipping a truly all-screen bezel-less iPhone in a couple of years time — an exciting prospect indeed.
, Benjamin has spilt tea on his Magic Keyboard, which leads into a bigger topic of
Apple just dropped the first trailer for the return of , its drama series based on Edith Wharton’s of the same name.
Set to Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe,” it reveals a new character played by a Gossip Girl alum.
Season 2 picks up right where Season 1 left off, and it marks the return of the main cast and the addition of Leighton Meester, whose character hasn’t been officially confirmed (but fans of the show will surely be able to guess).
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Right after yesterday’s bombshell announcement that OpenAI had acquired Jony Ive’s AI startup to form a new company called io, the entire tech world immediately began asking, “OK, but what is it? ”
Now, supply chain analyst and frequent Apple leaker Ming-Chi shared what he was able to gather about the mysterious io device.
According to , mass production of the device is slated to begin in 2027, and assembly and shipping will occur outside China, hoping to reduce geopolitical risks.