Apple details on-device Apple Intelligence training system using user data

Last month, Apple delayed the rollout of its more personal and powerful Siri features. As it looks to right the ship for future Apple Intelligence updates, highlights a shift that Apple is making in how it trains its artificial intelligence models.

The report highlights a blog post from , explaining how Apple generally uses synthetic data to train its AI models. There are limitations to this strategy, however, including the fact that it’s hard for synthetic data to “understand trends” in features like summarization or writing tools that operate


Opera says Apple’s DMA changes are not enough to truly open up iOS

When the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) came into effect last year, Apple was forced to implement many changes to iOS – including letting developers create web browsers with their own engine. A year later, none of the major web browsers have released an EU-specific version.

In an exclusive interview with 9to5Mac , Opera Product Manager Jona Bolin detailed why the changes made by Apple are still not enough to increase competition.

The DMA has established a series of requirements for big techs, also referred

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Trump touts how he ‘helped’ Tim Cook with US tariff pivots

President Trump met today with the El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, and as part of the press coverage he answered questions related to US tariffs, of speaking to Apple CEO Tim Cook and helping him out recently.

Despite ongoing volatility around US tariff policy, for now at least, Apple seems to have largely dodged a bullet with the recently announced exclusions for smartphones, laptops, computer processors, and more.

Though it was previously unknown why such exclusions went into effect, it seems Trump’s relationship with Tim Cook was a


MagSafe Monday: AMEGAT’s MagFusion feels like a modern-day iSight disguised as a charger

Off-topic to begin the article, but Apple’s iSight camera was peak design. I wish it still existed. I think Apple could sell a lot of them today if it were extremely high quality. With that being said, when I unboxed , I immediately thought of the iSight.

MagSafe Monday : Every Monday, Bradley Chambers looks at the latest and greatest in the MagSafe and wireless charging industry to help you get the most out of your Apple devices that support wireless charging.

As I said, it looks

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A tweet asked for a simple finance app: Two hours later, it existed

Every day, it seems like hundreds of finance-related apps hit the App Store. Some focus on budgeting, others on credit card points, investing, or even trying to do it all. While scrolling through X, I came across from someone who said they just wanted a finance app that tracked three things: what they spent today, this week, and this month. The idea was so simple, yet so valuable. A few hours later, I saw that developer had actually built it. In just two

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Apple releases beta 2 for watchOS 11.5, visionOS 2.5, and more

Apple has new betas ready for developers: beta 2 for watchOS 11.5, visionOS 2.5, tvOS 18.5, and more is now available for download.

Normally, when Apple tests beta software it follows a fairly predictable release pattern: developers get software one day, then public beta users follow a day later. These two groups then tend to get new updates on the same day when a wide launch draws near.

So far though, Apple hasn’t released public betas for any of


macOS 15.5 beta 2 now available for developers

Apple kicked off a new beta cycle back in early April with macOS Sequoia 15.5 developer beta 1. Though there’s still no public beta in sight, the company just released beta 2 for developers.

macOS Sequoia 15.5 is the next noteworthy update coming to the Mac.

It just started beta testing, but so far the new software offers little reason to get excited.

Although macOS 15.4 shipped publicly with a couple key iOS and iPadOS features missing—namely, Priority Notifications and


Apple rebrands Search Ads business as ‘Apple Ads’

Apple today announced that it has officially rebranded Search Ads as ‘Apple Ads’, reflecting the expanding scope of Apple’s advertising business.

When Apple first launched ads in the App Store, they were only shown as promoted search results, hence the name ‘Search Ads’. But the company now offers advertising placements in many more places beyond just the Search tab, so the old name had become a bit anachronistic.

As it stands today, developers can pay to promote their app in the App Store’s Today


Apple releases iOS 18.5 beta 2

Apple has released the second iPadOS and iOS 18.5 developer beta. The first beta was a big nothing burger for iPhone and iPad users. Hopefully iOS 18.5 beta 2 brings more interesting changes.

iOS 18.5 isn’t expected to include any major new features. That’s because iOS 19 development is well underway internally, and Apple has shipped nearly all of its promised features for the iOS 18 cycle.

However, last year’s iOS 17.5 software


Tim Cook needs Vision Pro to succeed, and that couldn’t be better news

Apple’s Vision Pro launched last year as a cutting-edge technological feat, yet it’s been plagued by issues like its high price and being too heavy for some. But the Vision Pro has one very big advantage in its favor that could make all the difference in the world: Tim Cook’s AR glasses goal.

Over the weekend, several big updates for Apple’s Vision-related future products.

Two new Vision Pro-like devices are reportedly in the works. One will be lighter and

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