macOS 27 and the Quiet Work of Getting Liquid Glass Right
A year of user frustration, a hardware mismatch hiding in plain sight, and a design team course-correcting the right way.
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Apple
Apple Releases iOS 26.5.1 to Fix Wired Charging Bug on iPhone Air and iPhone 17
Apple releases iOS 26.5.1 with a fix for a wired charging bug that could prevent iPhone Air and iPhone 17 users from charging a nearly drained battery. Here's what you need to know.
Wearables
Oura Ring 5 and a Platform Overhaul: Everything Announced Today
Oura Ring 5 is 40% smaller than its predecessor, but the bigger story is the platform: Health Radar, GLP-1 Insights, live workout tracking, and in-app physician access.
Apple
Everything New in Apple's 26.6 Beta Cycle
Everything new in Apple's 26.6 beta cycle across iOS, iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. Updated with each beta.
Wearables
Google Killed Fitbit. What Replaced It Tells You Everything About Where Google Wants to Go.
Google's Fitbit rebrand isn't a name change -- it's a data strategy. The Google Health app now reads Apple Health on iOS, betting that platform-agnostic health data aggregation beats ecosystem lock-in.
Wearables
RingConn Built V4 for the User They Want. Their Existing Community Is Letting Them Know.
RingConn V4 shipped to everyone last week. The redesign is real and the intentions are good. The community that bought the ring is telling them exactly what they got wrong.
Apple
Apple Releases iOS 26.5 with Encrypted RCS Messaging, Suggested Places in Maps, and More
iOS 26.5 quietly lays the groundwork for advertising inside Apple Maps. Plus encrypted RCS, Suggested Places, and everything else new in the update.
WWDC 2026 Is Apple’s Last Chance to Get AI Right
Everything Apple promised Siri would be in 2024 is supposedly arriving Monday. Two years of delays and a $250 million lawsuit later, Siri gets one more shot at relevance.
The DOJ Case Against Apple Is Two Years In. Here Is Why It Still Matters.
Apple's DOJ antitrust case is two years in, buried in discovery disputes, and generating almost no coverage. That is the wrong time to stop paying attention.
What Apple Actually Needs to Prove at WWDC 2026
Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote on June 8 is Tim Cook's last as CEO and the company's most consequential AI moment yet. Here is what is coming and what Apple still needs to prove.
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Apple Releases iOS 26.5.1 to Fix Wired Charging Bug on iPhone Air and iPhone 17
Apple releases iOS 26.5.1 with a fix for a wired charging bug that could prevent iPhone Air and iPhone 17 users from charging a nearly drained battery. Here's what you need to know.
Featured
Oura Ring 5 and a Platform Overhaul: Everything Announced Today
Oura Ring 5 is 40% smaller than its predecessor, but the bigger story is the platform: Health Radar, GLP-1 Insights, live workout tracking, and in-app physician access.
Featured
Everything New in Apple's 26.6 Beta Cycle
Everything new in Apple's 26.6 beta cycle across iOS, iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. Updated with each beta.
Featured
Google Killed Fitbit. What Replaced It Tells You Everything About Where Google Wants to Go.
Google's Fitbit rebrand isn't a name change -- it's a data strategy. The Google Health app now reads Apple Health on iOS, betting that platform-agnostic health data aggregation beats ecosystem lock-in.
Featured
RingConn Built V4 for the User They Want. Their Existing Community Is Letting Them Know.
RingConn V4 shipped to everyone last week. The redesign is real and the intentions are good. The community that bought the ring is telling them exactly what they got wrong.
Featured
Apple Releases iOS 26.5 with Encrypted RCS Messaging, Suggested Places in Maps, and More
iOS 26.5 quietly lays the groundwork for advertising inside Apple Maps. Plus encrypted RCS, Suggested Places, and everything else new in the update.
The Category That Outlived Everyone Who Built It
Google's Fitbit Air is being called WHOOP like, but screen-less wrist tracking dates to 2011. The category outlived its pioneers, and that history deserves more than a footnote.
Apple Finally Closes the Education Store's Open Door
Apple now requires UNiDAYS verification for U.S. Education Store purchases, closing a long running gap that let anyone access academic discounts without proof of eligibility.