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Apple has introduced 36-month financing for cellular iPad purchases through AT&T and Verizon, adding to the 12-month option previously available via Apple Card. The new financing, first reported by 9to5Mac, replaces Apple Card Monthly Installments as the sole route to spreading out a cellular ‌iPad‌ purchase. That plan paid off the balance interest-free over 12 months; the new carrier options extend across Apple's full cellular ‌iPad‌ lineup, including the ‌iPad‌, iPad mini, iPad Air, and iPad Pro. Both carriers restrict eligibility to subscribers activating a new line of service, rather than those adding a cellular ‌iPad‌ to an existing plan. The principal distinction between the two options is term length. Extending repayment from 12 months to 36 months substantially reduces the monthly cost, although the total amount financed remains unchanged. The addition follows Apple's ‌iPad‌ price increases from late June, which affected the entire lineup. The extended financing term offers a way to offset the impact of those higher prices at checkout. The 11-inch ‌iPad Pro‌'s cellular configuration now starts at $1,399, up from $1,199 prior to the price increase, which amounts to $116.58 per month under the 12-month ‌Apple Card‌ plan. Financed through AT&T or Verizon instead, the same purchase costs approximately $38 per month over 36 months.Related Roundups: iPad, iPad Air , iPad Pro, iPad miniBuyer's Guide: iPad (Don't Buy), iPad Air (Buy Now), iPad Pro (Neutral), iPad Mini (Don't Buy)Related Forum: iPad This article, "Apple Adds 36-Month Carrier Financing for Cellular iPads" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

The European Commission yesterday adopted new exemptions to its Batteries Regulation that free the Apple Watch and AirPods from having to offer user-removable and replaceable batteries. The EU's Batteries Regulation generally requires consumer products sold in the region to let users swap out their own batteries, a push meant to keep devices in use longer and make it easier to recover materials for recycling. The Commission has now expanded its list of exempt product types to six additional categories, folding in wearables like smartwatches and fitness trackers. The reasoning largely mirrors why devices like electric toothbrushes were already exempt: Opening a compact, sealed enclosure and failing to reseal it properly could let water in and create a safety risk. Products can also qualify for exemption if their construction makes battery removal inherently dangerous, or if there is no realistic way to build in user access given current manufacturing methods. The new categories effectively cover the Apple Watch and AirPods, both of which rely on the kind of small, sealed designs the Commission is now carving out, along with Meta's smart glasses. The change follows months of pressure from U.S. officials over rules that had reportedly complicated ‌Meta‌'s plans to bring its newest display-equipped smart glasses to Europe. The iPhone was already exempt from the removability rule under the original regulation, thanks to its battery cycle life and water resistance rating. Apple offers battery service through Apple Stores, authorized providers, and its Self Service Repair program, which lets owners handle certain repairs, including batteries, at home. Not every device gets the same pass: Nintendo has now said it will sell a version of the Switch 2 in the EU with a user-replaceable battery to meet the incoming rules. The delegated act still has to clear scrutiny from the European Parliament and the Council of the EU. It takes effect 20 days after publication in the Official Journal of the EU if neither body objects, ahead of the regulation's wider rollout in 2027.Related Roundups: AirPods 4, Apple Watch 11Tags: European Commission, European UnionBuyer's Guide: AirPods (Caution), Apple Watch (Caution)Related Forum: AirPods This article, "EU Drops Battery Removal Requirement for Apple Watch and AirPods" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Amazon is taking $150 off multiple models of the M5 MacBook Air, focused mainly on 13-inch models this time around. These are some of the lowest prices we've seen on the notebooks in the wake of Apple's price hikes last month. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. In terms of 13-inch models, Amazon has the 16GB/1TB 13-inch MacBook Air for $1,449.00, down from $1,599.00. This one is available in one color on Amazon, and it's accompanied by a similar discount on the 24GB/1TB model. $150 OFF13-inch M5 MacBook Air (16GB/1TB) for $1,449.00 $150 OFF13-inch M5 MacBook Air (24GB/1TB) for $1,649.00 We aren't currently tracking any discounts on the 15-inch M5 MacBook Air models this week. If you're on the hunt for more discounts, be sure to visit our Apple Deals roundup where we recap the best Apple-related bargains of the past week. Deals Newsletter Interested in hearing more about the best deals you can find in 2026? Sign up for our Deals Newsletter and we'll keep you updated so you don't miss the biggest deals of the season! Related Roundup: Apple Deals This article, "Amazon Offers $150 Discount on M5 MacBook Air Models" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Apple Intelligence has been approved by Chinese regulators, opening the door for the AI system to reach iPhones in the country for the first time. Reuters reports that China's Cyberspace Administration registered Apple's on-device generative AI service this week, putting it on a list of newly cleared providers that also includes homegrown systems from Chinese phone makers. An unnamed source told the outlet that Apple's AI features in the country will draw on models from both Baidu and Alibaba. In February 2025, Alibaba was reported to be building the primary system and Baidu contributing on a smaller scale. Alibaba confirmed its part of the arrangement directly, telling Reuters that its Qwen model will power ‌Apple Intelligence‌ functions across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS for Chinese users, including both text and image generation. No launch date has been given, though approval typically precedes a rollout by only a few months, putting a China debut roughly in line with Apple's usual fall software release cycle. Apple actually briefly switched the features on early for some Chinese users back in March, months ahead of getting the green light, and a feedback form aimed at Chinese users appeared on Apple's site late last year as the company inched closer to approval. iPhone shipments in China climbed 24.4 percent year-over-year in the second quarter, making Apple the fastest-growing smartphone brand in a market that otherwise kept shrinking. A working version of ‌Apple Intelligence‌ could help sustain that momentum, though Apple is still catching up to domestic rivals that built AI features into their phones well before it did.Tags: Apple Intelligence, China This article, "Apple Intelligence Finally Cleared to Launch in China" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

LEGO today said the iMac G3 project submitted for consideration on its "Ideas" site has been moved to Parking Lot status, which means it hasn't been ruled out and could still possibly be turned into an official LEGO set. On its "Ideas" website, LEGO lets fans submit mockups and suggestions for future LEGO sets. Any project that gets at least 10,000 votes goes to the LEGO Review Board and has a chance to become a LEGO set. Back in August 2025, LEGO fan terauma submitted a recreation of Apple's 1998 ‌iMac‌ G3 in Bondi Blue. The LEGO creation captures the distinctive look of the ‌iMac‌ G3, featuring an all-in-one computer design, "hockey puck" mouse, matching keyboard, and accompanying cables. The design uses translucent blue LEGO pieces in a shade close to Bondi Blue, and the interior has details like a cathode ray tube and a circuit board. The design successfully reached 10,000 supporters to make it to the LEGO Ideas team, and LEGO has been considering turning it into a set. Parking Lot status means LEGO needs more time to review the project, and in this case, LEGO could be communicating with Apple for permission. Many Ideas set proposals get early rejections, so it's somewhat promising that LEGO is taking the time to further consider making an ‌iMac‌ G3 LEGO set. The Downton Abbey and The Old Man and the Sea LEGO sets were in the Parking Lot before making it to production. The third 2025 Ideas review round that the ‌iMac‌ G3 set was in had 75 total qualifying ideas. Three were chosen to become sets, four (including the ‌iMac‌ G3) were given Parking Lot status for further consideration, and the rest were rejected. Projects can remain in the Parking Lot for up to three review periods before a final decision is made. LEGO will share updates in the future on whether the ‌iMac‌ G3 project will move forward or will be rejected. A LEGO Apple Store proposal went through the same process, but it was rejected outright.Related Roundup: iMacTag: LEGOBuyer's Guide: iMac (Don't Buy)Related Forum: iMac This article, "LEGO Considering Bondi Blue iMac G3 Set" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Fresh off her acclaimed Eurovision campaign and with a brand new album on the way, Delta Goodrem has announced she’ll hit the road across Australia in 2027. The ARIA Award-winning singer-songwriter will take her PURE World Tour to eight cities next April, celebrating her forthcoming studio album PURE while revisiting the songs that have made her one of Australia’s most beloved pop artists. Delta Goodrem – Eclipse The announcement follows a whirlwind few months for Goodrem, who represented Australia at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, reaching the Grand Final with her soaring anthem ‘Eclipse’ before returning home for a sold-out intimate performance at Sydney’s Liberty Hall, where she surprised fans by unveiling the Australian tour. “Every tour has its own heartbeat, and I can already feel how special this one is going to be,” Goodrem said. “Eclipse was the beginning of this new chapter, and it’s only the start of what’s to come. “It’s going to be epic – bringing together the songs people have grown up with and the brand-new music from PURE that tells the next part of the story,” she continued. “I can’t wait to fill these incredible rooms with love, sing-alongs, and the power of music bringing us together at exactly the right moment. I can’t wait to bring it to life on stages across Australia. Gravity is optional.” Australia will be the first stop on the PURE World Tour, with international dates to be announced later. The tour arrives ahead of Goodrem’s forthcoming album PURE, previewed by recent singles ‘Eclipse’ and ‘Hologram’, and marks the beginning of a busy new era following her recent signing with Universal Music via Better Now Records/Electrola. Later this year, Goodrem is also set to appear on the upcoming season of the UK’s Strictly Come Dancing. Since bursting onto the scene with her blockbuster 2003 debut Innocent Eyes, Goodrem has sold more than nine million albums worldwide, earned five Australian No. 1 albums and nine No. 1 singles, while collaborating with the likes of Celine Dion, Olivia Newton-John, Tony Bennett and Andrea Bocelli. You can peep all the details of her forthcoming Australian tour down below. Delta Goodrem – 2027 PURE World Tour Australian Dates Thursday 8 April – Newcastle – Newcastle Entertainment Centre Saturday 10 April – Sydney – TikTok Entertainment Centre Sunday 11 April – Wollongong – WIN Entertainment Centre Tuesday 13 April – Brisbane – Convention & Exhibition Centre Friday 16 April – Melbourne – Margaret Court Arena Monday 19 April – Adelaide – Adelaide Entertainment Centre Thursday 22 April – Perth – Riverside Theatre Monday 26 April – Hobart – MyState Bank Arena Fan Club Presale on sale: Thursday 16 July 2026 @ 10am local https://deltagoodrem.lnk.to/_Pure TEG Live presale on sale: Friday 17 July 2026 @ 10am local General public on sale: Monday 20 July 2026 @ 10am local – https://teglive.com.au/ Further Reading NSW Health Apologises To Delta Goodrem Over Image Use On Instagram Post Delta Goodrem Just Made The Eurovision Grand Final Australia Is Sending Delta Goodrem To Compete In Eurovision 2026 The post Fresh Off Eurovision, Delta Goodrem Is Hitting The Road Around Australia appeared first on Music Feeds. View the full article

Queens Of The Stone Age are heading back to Australia – and they’re not coming empty-handed. The Josh Homme-led rock giants have announced a six-date Australian arena and outdoor tour for December 2026, arriving alongside the surprise release of ‘Easy Street’, the band’s first new music since 2023’s In Times New Roman…. Queens of the Stone Age – Easy Street Joining QOTSA on the run are alternative rock legends Primus and one of Australia’s most uncompromising live acts, Tropical Fuck Storm, making for one of the strongest touring lineups of the year. The Australian leg will kick off in Adelaide before visiting Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle and Brisbane, marking the band’s first local shows since their acclaimed 2024 visit. Meanwhile, Easy Street offers fans a taste of the band’s next creative chapter. The laid-back, psychedelic slow-burn was first road-tested during last year’s intimate Catacombs performances and finally arrives in studio form today. Featuring guest vocals from Nikki Lane, the track leans into loose, organic musicianship, with Josh Homme deliberately embracing imperfections throughout the recording. “It’s kind of a funny song,” Homme explains. “It’s like hitting your funny bone, where it’s funny because it hurts and it hurts because it’s funny. You’re serious, but it’s funny. “We made it the way you’d make a demo. No click track, mistakes left in. It speeds up, it slows down, the claps aren’t great, but they’re not bad, and a bad clap adds this human thing you can’t fake.” For Homme, that’s exactly the point: “It’s not just about silliness. It’s about understanding the imperfection of your life. The song, like your life, is in the mistakes. Its imperfections are unbeatable.” The accompanying music video sees a bruised and bloodied Homme attempting to evade an increasingly bizarre collection of pursuers – including his own bandmates dressed as a Juggalo, a shopping centre Santa, a leather enthusiast and a cowboy leading an improbably tiny horse – before delivering an ending that celebrates society’s outsiders rather than mocking them. Queens Of The Stone Age are currently touring Europe with System Of A Down, before heading to North America later this year alongside Foo Fighters. Stream Easy Street up above, or suss their full list of 2026 Aussie tour dates down below. Queens Of The Stone Age Australian Tour 2026 With special guests Primus & Tropical Fuck Storm Tuesday 8 December – The Drive, Adelaide Friday 11 December – MyState Bank Arena, Hobart Sunday 13 December – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Tuesday 15 December – Afterpay Arena, Sydney Wednesday 16 December – Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle Friday 18 December – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane Live Nation Presale: Friday 17 July, 11am – Monday 20 July, 10am Artist Presale: Thursday 16 July, 11am – Monday 20 July, 10am GP Onsale: Monday 20 July, 11am via livenation.com.au Further Reading You Can Now Watch Queens of the Stone Age’s Epic ‘Catacombs’ Concert Film For Free, Right Now Queens of the Stone Age Setlist for Catacombs Tour Adds A New Song Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme Opens Up About Cancer Diagnosis The post Queens Of The Stone Age Announce Australian Tour, Drop First New Song In Three Years appeared first on Music Feeds. View the full article

OpenAI's first AI hardware product is a mobile smart speaker without a display, reports Bloomberg. The device is at the heart of a new legal dispute with Apple, with Apple accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets that have contributed to the development of the product. OpenAI's speaker-like product is designed to "serve as a humanlike AI companion that lives in the home," according to Bloomberg. It will be able to control smart home accessories, answer questions, play media, respond to messages, and more, with the device powered by ChatGPT. It is meant to learn more about the user over time, becoming more personalized and proactive, using GPT-Live to communicate with users. The device will have a personality, and will be able to "connect on a humanlike level with users." It has mechanical elements that can move on their own, to create a sense that the device is alive. There's also a camera so it can understand a user's surroundings. The AI product includes a rechargeable battery and it can be carried from room to room. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former Apple designer Jony Ive have teased the device several times, suggesting it will have "incredible contextual awareness" about a user's life, and describing it as a new type of computer built for AI. The two have suggested prototypes are "jaw-droppingly good" and "exciting." In a lawsuit filed against OpenAI for theft of trade secrets, Apple claims OpenAI used its confidential information developing the AI device, including gaining access to a proprietary metal finishing technique. "OpenAI's nascent hardware business now rests on the shakiest of foundations, rotten to its core by its illegal reliance on misappropriated trade secrets," reads Apple's filing. People familiar with the project told Bloomberg that the device is different from anything Apple has on the market today, and it is "unlikely" it violates Apple trade secrets. Though Apple has the HomePod and HomePod mini speakers, OpenAI does not see Apple's speakers as comparable to its hardware product. Apple is also working on a home hub device that sounds similar to what OpenAI is developing. Apple's smart home hub is rumored to have a 7-inch square display, a speaker, a camera for video chats and facial recognition, and Siri AI integration. Initial rumors suggested OpenAI's hardware device could come out as soon as 2026, but it's now not expected to launch until 2027. OpenAI could unveil the AI product this year ahead of its 2027 release, but the Apple lawsuit could change the timing. Apple has asked the court for an injunction, and if granted, OpenAI could be prohibited from releasing hardware.Tag: OpenAI This article, "OpenAI's First AI Device Will Be a Portable Smart Speaker" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

OpenAI says it is "not aware" of any evidence that Apple's allegations of trade secret theft have merit in a statement provided to Bloomberg. While we take these allegations seriously, we're not aware of any evidence that this complaint has merit. We believe in fair competition and allowing people the freedom to work wherever they choose, and we're focused on building innovative technology that empowers people everywhere. Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday, accusing the company of intellectual property theft. Apple said OpenAI employees Tang Tan and Chang Liu schemed to steal confidential Apple information to further hardware development at OpenAI. Tan is OpenAI's Chief Hardware Officer and a 24-year Apple veteran who led product design, while Liu is on the hardware team at OpenAI after working as a senior system electrical engineer at Apple. Tan and Liu allegedly asked Apple employees interviewing at OpenAI to come prepared with details on unreleased devices, components, manufacturing processes, and vendor relationships. Liu is also accused of keeping an Apple-issued laptop and exploiting an authentication bug to view confidential documents while working at OpenAI. From the lawsuit: This is the tip of the iceberg. Apple lacks visibility into what's been happening behind closed doors at OpenAI, where such misconduct is normalized and exemplified by leadership. This much is clear, however: at every level, from members of its Technical Staff to its Chief Hardware Officer, and in coordination with business partners, OpenAI has been stealing Apple's trade secrets and confidential information. As a natural result, OpenAI's nascent hardware business now rests on the shakiest of foundations, rotten to its core by its illegal reliance on misappropriated trade secrets. When Apple first filed the suit, OpenAI gave a dismissive response. "We have no interest in other companies' trade secrets," said OpenAI spokesperson Drew Pusateri. "We remain focused on building innovative technology that empowers people everywhere." OpenAI's new statement about employee mobility hints at how it will frame the case publicly. In the lawsuit, Apple said more than 400 Apple employees have migrated to OpenAI, so OpenAI can point to its hiring of former Apple employees as motivation for Apple's lawsuit. Apple is aiming for a jury trial, and is hoping to uncover more evidence through discovery. Apple has requested an injunction requiring OpenAI to cease using any Apple information during the development of OpenAI's AI hardware device. Apple is also seeking damages and suing Tan and Liu for breach of contract for violating their employment agreements.Tags: Apple Lawsuits, OpenAI This article, "OpenAI: No Evidence Apple's Trade Secret Complaint Has Merit" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Amazon has introduced a big discount on the Nintendo Switch 2: Choose Your Game Bundle, now available for $449.99 when you add the product to your cart, down from $499.00. As the name implies, this bundle allows you to choose from three games, all of which retail between $69.99 and $79.99, making this deal even better. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. Games available to choose from in this bundle include Donkey Kong Bananza, Mario Kart World, and Pokémon Pokopia. You'll pick one of these games as a digital game download on your new Switch 2 system. Note: You won't see the deal price until checkout. $49 OFFNintendo Switch 2 Bundle for $449.99 Considering the impending price hike coming to the Switch 2 in the fall, Amazon's deal today could be the last big markdown on the console before that price increase happens. Nintendo has announced that the Switch 2 console with no game will increase from $450 to $500, so we can expect the console game bundles to increase at that point as well. If you're on the hunt for more discounts, be sure to visit our Apple Deals roundup where we recap the best Apple-related bargains of the past week. Deals Newsletter Interested in hearing more about the best deals you can find in 2026? Sign up for our Deals Newsletter and we'll keep you updated so you don't miss the biggest deals of the season! Related Roundup: Apple Deals This article, "Amazon Hosts Rare Nintendo Switch 2 Deal, Get $49 Off Game Bundle" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Apple today released new AirPods beta firmware available for public testers. The firmware has a build number of 9A5314b, and it is available for the AirPods Pro 2, AirPods Pro 3, AirPods 4, and AirPods Max 2. The public beta firmware is identical to the third developer beta Apple released last week. In iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate, Apple is adding a new AirPods interface, a slider for Adaptive mode, and support for custom EQ, so the firmware lets public beta testers use those features. AirPods are also compatible with the new Siri AI. When the AirPods are connected to an iPhone, iPad, or Mac running iOS 26, iPadOS 26, or macOS 26 or later, there is a beta firmware option that can be accessed in the AirPods settings interface. Toggling on beta updates allows users to install the beta firmware. Firmware updates can be downloaded by connecting the AirPods to an Apple device and connecting them to power. It can take a few hours for new firmware to be installed because there is no straightforward software update option like there is for other Apple devices.Related Roundups: AirPods 4, iOS 27, iPadOS 27Buyer's Guide: AirPods (Caution)Related Forum: AirPods This article, "Apple Releases New iOS 27 AirPods Firmware For Public Beta Testers" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

macOS 27 Golden Gate is available to public beta testers as of this week, which means you can try out Siri AI and the other changes coming in the update before it launches this fall. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. We don't recommend betas for devices that serve a critical function, and it's always best to test on a secondary device. macOS Golden Gate is a stable beta compared to past releases, but it's still in development and there can be some bugs to contend with. Before installing the update, make sure to create a Time Machine backup so you can go back to macOS Tahoe if you need to. Liquid Glass Apple added a Liquid Glass slider in macOS 27, and you can adjust the transparency level. You can select a clearer version of Liquid Glass that lets some of the background show through, or a more opaque version for improved legibility. Since it's a slider, you can also pick something in between. Apple also tweaked the overall opacity of Liquid Glass, and it better diffuses complex content behind navigation bars and buttons. Darkened edges and brighter specular highlights add more depth and separation for different UI elements. Toolbars, Sidebars, and Windows Uniform toolbars in apps make text headings and groups of controls more legible, and Apple has cut back on the number of icons that are used in menu interfaces. Windows have the same corner radius for more consistency, and you'll notice that app corners are not as dramatically rounded. Changes to window shadows and the Liquid Glass updates make it a lot easier to tell which window is active when you have several apps open. Sidebars no longer float and are edge-to-edge, which is a less distracting design. Sidebar icons once again use color, too. Siri AI ‌Siri‌ AI is the biggest change in ‌macOS Golden Gate‌. ‌Siri‌ is smarter, more capable, and functions like a chatbot. On the Mac, you can ask ‌Siri‌ anything using the Spotlight interface that comes up with Command + Space. Spotlight is now a unified "Search or Ask" bar where you can search for files, apps, and other content, or ask ‌Siri‌ to complete tasks or answer queries. You can also interact with ‌Siri‌ using the dedicated ‌Siri‌ app, which is where you can view past conversations and start new conversations. ‌Siri‌ conversations sync across all of your devices, and the ‌Siri‌ app is cross-platform. ‌Siri‌ can see what's on your screen and access your personal information like emails, messages, and photos to answer questions. ‌Siri‌ can also search the web and complete tasks in apps for you. It's a huge change from the prior version of ‌Siri‌, and ‌Siri‌ can handle far more than it could before. We have more on some of the tasks you can complete with ‌Siri‌ in our Siri AI guide. Visual Intelligence Apple brought the iPhone's Visual Intelligence feature to the Mac in macOS 27. You can ask ‌Siri‌ questions about what's on your screen with ‌Visual Intelligence‌, choosing the entire screen or just a portion. ‌Visual Intelligence‌ on the Mac works when you press Command + Shift + Space or Command + Shift + 6 to capture one area of the display. If you press Command + Shift + 5 (also used for recording your display and capturing screenshots), you can click on the ‌Visual Intelligence‌ icon to get an adjustable selection square for selecting an area of the screen. ‌Siri‌ can search for images, summarize, translate, identify objects, add information from the screen to apps like Calendar or Reminders, answer questions about what you're looking at, and more. ‌Visual Intelligence‌ on Mac has all of the same features as Visual Intelligence on iPhone, and it includes the new ‌Visual Intelligence‌ features like telling you nutritional information for food or splitting out a bill. Write with Siri There is a system-wide Write with ‌Siri‌ feature that goes beyond the Apple Intelligence Writing Tools available in ‌macOS Tahoe‌. ‌Siri‌ can compose entire emails or messages for you, give you feedback on your writing, change out words, and complete other editing tasks. To use Write with ‌Siri‌ on Mac, right-click in an app and choose the Ask ‌Siri‌ option. If you select text before the right-click, you can ask ‌Siri‌ for editing help. If you have a blank document, you can ask ‌Siri‌ to generate something for you. When drafting emails or messages, ‌Siri‌ can analyze your past communications and generate something in your own writing style. Apple also expanded spell correction in ‌macOS Golden Gate‌, and your Mac will now also give you grammar suggestions and fixes. iPhone Mirroring You can resize the iPhone Mirroring window in ‌macOS Golden Gate‌, dragging at the corner to make a window larger or smaller. Depending on the app, you may be limited to a portrait iPhone aspect ratio, but other apps support iPad or landscape layouts. Shortcuts It's easier for anyone to create a Shortcut in just a few minutes in ‌macOS Golden Gate‌. The Shortcuts app on Mac opens to an interface that lets you describe what you want a shortcut to do using natural language. AI creates the shortcut for you, and you can refine it with further natural language commands or manually edit it. You can activate your shortcuts through the app or with ‌Siri‌ commands. Safari Extensions Safari has a customizable extension feature in ‌macOS Golden Gate‌, and you can use the Describe Extension option to type in what you want an extension to do. The extension is created using AI and is available to use right away. To use it, click on the settings icon on the right side of the URL bar and choose the Describe Extension option. Some Apple examples: Display a reading time estimate as a badge on the extension Close duplicate tabs pointing to the same URL when I click the extension Highlight this word Create a 3-minute focus timer for the page Set the minimum font size to 14pt Every time I open a new tab, draw me a flower Highlight and show the dimensions of webpage elements when I click them Enter design mode for a website so that I can edit the contents Save this recipe Safari Tab Grouping and Notifications Safari also has an intelligent tab grouping feature. Tabs in related categories are automatically grouped together in the tab view. You can also set Safari to monitor a webpage for updates, with Hourly, Daily, Weekly, and Monthly checks available. When you set this feature up, you'll get a notification when the content on the webpage changes. Performance Improvements In addition to introducing ‌Siri‌ and new ‌Apple Intelligence‌ features, ‌macOS Golden Gate‌ cleans up underlying code. Apple made multiple refinements to speed up performance. Animations and interactions are faster and smoother, and you'll notice a difference when scrolling Safari and other apps, opening Mission Control and Spaces, and using other Mac interface elements. AirDrop transfers complete more quickly, browsing through files on attached network devices is faster, and window positioning is more stable when using external displays. Messages also sync faster and more reliably across devices. Apple rebuilt its search foundation for Spotlight, Photos, Mail, and Messages, and indexing is quicker. When you search for something recent, it's more likely to come up right away than before, and in Mail, there's a ranking system that surfaces the emails you're most likely looking for. Mail search indexing is more reliable than before, and Spotlight search suggestions are more relevant. How to Install Sign up on Apple's beta testing website, then open up the System Settings app. From there, click on General > Software Update and under the Beta Updates section, click on the "i" to choose macOS 27 Golden Gate Public Beta. After that, you can install ‌macOS Golden Gate‌ like any other software update. System Requirements ‌macOS Golden Gate‌ runs on Macs with an M1 chip or later, plus the A18 Pro MacBook Neo. Intel Macs do not support ‌macOS Golden Gate‌ and won't get the new features. Every Mac that runs ‌macOS Golden Gate‌ supports ‌Apple Intelligence‌ and ‌Siri‌ AI, but some on-device ‌Siri‌ processing features for selecting a natural voice and getting upgraded dictation require an M3 or later. ‌Siri‌ AI is not available in the European Union or China right now, and won't be available when the update launches this fall either.Related Roundup: macOS Golden Gate This article, "macOS Golden Gate Public Beta: 10 Features to Try First" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Apple today announced that Madden NFL 27 Arcade Edition is coming to Apple Arcade on August 6, a new entry in the franchise built specifically for the service with a season-based structure and current NFL rosters. The game is a full Madden title with no ads or in-app purchases, and it includes both Franchise and Quick Play modes, with player ratings drawn from real NFL performances. A weekly story engine drives Franchise mode, casting players as GM and tasking them with guiding a team through shifting storylines, keeping fans onside, and building toward a title. Controller support is available across the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. Retro Bowl College+ also launches August 6, putting players in charge of one of 250 college programs in this spinoff of the original pixel-art Retro Bowl. On September 3, NFL Retro Bowl '27 adds a new Gauntlet Mode, where players start with limited resources and try to string together 15 wins in a row for the top spot on the leaderboard, picking between easier matchups or riskier ones that pay out real NFL players and perks. Progress carries over between runs even after a loss, building toward a final matchup against a rival team. A handful of existing Arcade sports titles are also set to receive updates. NBA 2K26 Arcade Edition now includes Tyrese Maxey as a new Paragon player and has added the 2016-2024 era to its Association mode. PGA TOUR Pro Golf gained a new course, Bear's Best Atlanta, and starting July 16, NFL Retro Bowl '26 is rolling out Historic Super Bowl challenges built around some of the league's most memorable title games. Apple also pointed to a handful of Arcade games that can now be sampled on the App Store without a subscription, including PowerWash Simulator, Mini Motorways, Cooking Mama: Cuisine!, and Play-Doh World. ‌Apple Arcade‌ is a subscription service that provides access to hundreds of games across the iPhone, ‌iPad‌, Mac, ‌Apple TV‌, and Apple Vision Pro. All of the games are free of ads and in-app purchases. In the U.S., ‌Apple Arcade‌ costs $6.99 per month, and it is also bundled with other Apple services in all Apple One plans. ‌Apple Arcade‌ can be accessed through the ‌App Store‌ and the Apple Games app.Tag: Apple Arcade This article, "Madden NFL 27 Arcade Edition Coming to Apple Arcade" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Amazon today has the AirPods 4 available for $99.00, down from $129.00. This is a second-best price on the AirPods 4, which is the base model without Active Noise Cancellation, and it's accompanied by a deal on the AirPods 4 with ANC. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. Amazon provides a July 19 estimated delivery date for free shipping, with faster delivery options for Prime members. This model hasn't hit its all-time low price since last holiday season, so Amazon's price today remains one of the best we've seen all year on the AirPods 4 base model. $30 OFFAirPods 4 for $99.00 Additionally, you can get the AirPods 4 with ANC on sale for $148.99 right now on Amazon, down from $179.00. Similar to the base model, we haven't tracked a record low price on the AirPods 4 with ANC in months, making today's deal a solid second-best option for anyone shopping for AirPods this summer. $30 OFFAirPods 4 (ANC) for $148.99 Head to our full Deals Roundup to get caught up with all of the latest deals and discounts that we've been tracking over the past week. Deals Newsletter Interested in hearing more about the best deals you can find in 2026? Sign up for our Deals Newsletter and we'll keep you updated so you don't miss the biggest deals of the season! Related Roundup: Apple Deals This article, "Amazon Takes $30 Off AirPods 4 Models This Week" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

We spent the week at AI Engineer World’s Fair in San Francisco, on stage and on the floor. Here’s what we heard, and where we think it lands for anyone building with agents. The SDLC is being rebuilt in public This week at AIE felt like a synthesis of what’s been playing out in developer tools for the last few years, for anyone who’s been watching. The software development lifecycle is reshaping itself into an AI-native SDLC, and the industry is naming the new jobs and developer concerns that come with this rapid transformation. The proof was in the track list: Evals, Context Engineering, Harness Engineering, Memory, Sandbox & Platform Engineering, Inference, plus a whole thread on “software factories.” Two years ago most of these phrases were far from being thought of as categories. Now each one is a discipline with its own sessions, its own vocabulary, and its own crop of companies on the expo floor built to solve that single problem. So what were most talks about? A little bit less of “can agents and AI do this,” and more of “given this way of building, what decisions and trade offs do we need to think about?” Evals, loops, harnesses, context, memory, isolation, cost. None of this is brand-new, but it’s all getting a whole new level of mindshare, as developers work out the new shape of creating software with AI. Even the model labs spent much of their stage time on how you build with the model: the integration API, the harnesses, the ergonomics, rather than the model itself. The job we care most about: securing where agents run Of all those emerging disciplines, sandboxing is the one that hit critical mass this year. There was a full track dedicated to sandbox and platform engineering, and the sessions inside it were still working out what a sandbox should even be: full VM, lightweight runtime, Kubernetes, something purpose-built. Talks focused on concerns such as running agentic sandboxes at scale and comparing isolation technologies head to head. This is the job Docker showed up to talk about, across three sessions. Give agents more freedom by giving them less surface Our EVP of engineering, Tushar Jain, gave the mainstage talk: “Unlock Agent Autonomy: The Runtime for AI-Native Systems.” The actors have changed – agents read and write whole codebases, spawn subagents, install dependencies, and call APIs across laptops, CI, cloud, and org boundaries, often unsupervised. Teams leaning into this shift are moving fast, but most organizations still won’t let agents run autonomously, not because the model isn’t capable, but because trust isn’t there yet. This thinking draws on a concept security researcher Simon Willison has written about, the “lethal trifecta”: any useful agent tends to end up with access to private data, exposure to untrusted content, and the ability to act in the outside world, all three, by design. No prompt or policy doc gets rid of that. The durable fix lives one layer down, at the runtime, which is where we spent the last decade: isolation, network policy, trusted images, credentials. Agents are just the next workload. An agent doesn’t have to be malicious to be dangerous Rowan Christmas, a staff product manager at Docker, made the risk concrete. In “YOLO Mode, Safely: microVM Sandboxes for Any Agent,” he ran a coding agent on his own laptop with nothing but read access, and no sandbox or unusual permissions. Within a few minutes it had pieced together a surprising amount about his online banking activity from what it could passively see. A destructive command like rm -rf is the obvious fear, but the mundane can bring risk: read access, plus untrusted content, plus the ability to act, is already enough to do damage. An agent doesn’t have to be malicious to expose you. It just has to be able to see. The alternative Rowan showed puts each session in its own Docker sandbox based on a microVM, with a boundary you define across filesystem, network, and tools. It can run Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or whatever you’re driving. Once an agent can install packages, run Docker, and reach the network, which describes most genuinely useful agents, a hardware boundary buys you something you can’t easily bolt on later. And where much of the scale conversation is cloud-first, built for fleets of agents running server-side, Docker’s approach starts first on the laptop the developer already uses, because that’s where most people actually run agents today. (We go deeper on the reasoning in “Why microVMs” and our comparison of sandboxing approaches, including what the isolation costs you, because it isn’t free.) Nobody’s reviewing what your agents just installed The third talk covered the tool layer. Jim Clark, a principal software engineer on our MCP team, spoke about “Who Approved That MCP Server? Governing the Tool Layer,” and opened with a line that got knowing laughs: “shadow MCP”. Developers install MCP servers faster than security can review them, and an unvetted server is a direct line to your data. That worry was all over the event, not just our session. Jim’s demo put every server behind one org-managed catalog, vetted, signed, default-deny on anything unapproved, with the policy enforced live on stage. Where this leaves us So how does it come together? An agent is only as trustworthy as the boundaries around it, and those boundaries live in three places: what it builds on, where it runs, and what it can reach. Miss any one of them and the other two won’t cover for you. A hardened image dependency is no help if the agent can still read your whole filesystem unsandboxed, and a locked-down sandbox is no help if the agent can call an unvetted MCP server straight out of it. That was the case Docker made all week: harden what agents build on, isolate where they run, control what they can reach, and govern all three from one place. We think this is the part that has to be solved first, because it’s where AI-native developers will start building the apps of the future. Further reading: Docker Sandboxes run standalone (brew install docker/tap/sbx) Docker AI Governance ties sandbox and MCP policy into one console. MCP Catalog, Toolkit, and Gateway are in Docker Desktop today Docker Hardened Images are a drop-in change to your FROM line View the full article

Facilities in Apple's supply chain have finished renovations ahead of "iPhone 20" production, according to a Weibo leaker who says Apple's 20th-anniversary iPhone will move to an all-glass design. In a new post on Weibo, the leaker known as "Fixed Focus Digital" said the "preferred approach" for the iPhone 20 is a return to glass, with manufacturing quality expected to land somewhere around that of the first-generation iPhone Air. The leaker said the relevant manufacturing facility has "already been renovated" and is now waiting for machining to begin, but didn't name the supplier involved. Lens Technology produces iPhone cover glass and previously took over metal-frame and glass-back assembly plants from fellow supplier Catcher Technology. Apple's iPhone production typically doesn't reach full-scale manufacturing until a matter of weeks before launch; for the iPhone 17, trial production began in June with full-volume output targeted for August, about a month ahead of the device's September release. The information likely refers to an early step in retooling a production line, which is the kind of groundwork Bloomberg said Apple is already "ramping up" as it develops the 20th-anniversary redesign. The claim adds fresh supply chain detail to a redesign that has been rumored for well over a year. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that Apple is aiming for a "mostly glass, curved iPhone without any cutouts in the display" to mark the iPhone's 20th anniversary, with curved glass wrapping around all sides of the device and a launch expected in September 2027. In May, Fixed Focus Digital pushed back on an earlier report from fellow leaker Instant Digital claiming Apple was exploring liquid metal or an improved titanium alloy to replace aluminum on future Pro models, arguing that aluminum remains the only practical choice for now given the heat generated by on-device AI processing. At the time, Fixed Focus Digital said any material change was unlikely before 2027, in line with the iPhone 18 Pro's expected retention of the same aluminum unibody design introduced on the iPhone 17 Pro. Earlier this month, the leaker reiterated that aluminum mid-frames are "going to be used in straight-edge phones for a long time to come," a distinction that leaves room for a different approach on the curved-edge iPhone 20. The 20th anniversary iPhone models are expected to launch in the fall of 2027, following the iPhone 18, iPhone 18e, and ‌iPhone Air‌ 2 in the spring.Tags: 20th-Anniversary iPhone, Fixed Focus Digital This article, "Factories Now Ready for iPhone 20's Glass Redesign, Leaker Claims" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Apple is allegedly using a 60Hz 8.4-inch display panel in the upcoming OLED iPad mini, which is expected to be released later this year. The information comes courtesy of a hit-and-miss tipster running the account "yeux1122" on the Korean Naver blog. The leaker claims to have been told by a source in Apple's supply chain that the unreleased iPad mini is equipped with a low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) backplane hybrid OLED panel clocked at 60Hz. Apple's ‌iPad Pro‌ models feature two-stack low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) OLED panels‌, which makes the display capable of dynamically adjusting its refresh rate between 10Hz and 120Hz (aka ProMotion). In contrast, LTPS OLED panels are usually paired with fixed refresh rates – such as 60Hz, 90Hz, or 120Hz – and are typically dimmer than LTPO panels. If the leak is true, it's likely to disappoint iPad mini fans. Previous reports have not been clear on whether the iPad mini 8 will feature a higher refresh rate than the 60Hz LCD display used in the existing iPad mini 7. Given that the base iPhone 17 uses a 120Hz ProMotion panel, some would have believed it was reasonable to expect the same on the first OLED iPad mini. That said, the iPhone 17e goes to show that Apple is still in the 60Hz OLED business, so it might not consider the iPad mini to be a big enough market to justify the more advanced panel technology. There's still hope of course that the rumor is off the mark. The leaker also said that the smaller form factor iPad is currently in mass production at Samsung Display's A2 Generation 5.5 OLED production line, which is located at its Asan campus in South Korea. Samsung has used the A2 line to manufacture LTPO panels as well as comparatively inferior LTPS panels, so if that piece of information is true, it doesn't mean the new iPad mini will definitely use the latter panel. OLED iPad Mini: Release Date, Pricing, and What to Expect Late last month, a report from Korean outlet ETNews claimed that mass production of the iPad mini 8 was underway at a Samsung factory. There are no rumors suggesting exactly when the next ‌iPad mini‌ will be released, but a late 2026 launch is widely expected. Aside from refresh rates, OLED offers several advantages over the LCD technology used in the iPad mini 7, such as higher contrast, deeper blacks, and improved power efficiency.Related Roundup: iPad miniTags: Naver, OLEDBuyer's Guide: iPad Mini (Don't Buy)Related Forum: iPad This article, "Upcoming OLED iPad Mini Allegedly Uses 60Hz 8.4-Inch Display Panel" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Apple grew iPhone shipments in China by 24.4 percent year over year in the second quarter of 2026, making it the fastest-growing smartphone brand in a market that shrank overall, according to preliminary figures released today by research firm IDC. Total shipments in China fell 4.3 percent to roughly 66 million units, amounting to a fifth consecutive quarter of decline. Apple and Huawei were the only major vendors to grow, with Huawei up 19.4 percent. Apple's share of the Chinese market rose from 13.9 percent to 18.1 percent year over year, which was second only to Huawei's 22.6 percent. Meanwhile, Xiaomi suffered the steepest fall among the big brands, with shipments down 21.7 percent. IDC attributes the market divergence largely to the way vendors reacted to rising memory and component costs amid the AI infrastructure buildout. Most Android vendors raised prices from late March, but Apple and Huawei held theirs steady, instead introducing targeted promotions. On top of this, Huawei kept widening its lineup to cover more of the market, while Apple's early warnings of upcoming price increases in the second half of the year encouraged some buyers to purchase iPhone 17 series models sooner than they might have otherwise. "That gave hesitant buyers a reason to go ahead and purchase," said IDC analyst Arthur Guo. The growth came despite a weak June market, as smartphone sales during China's "618" shopping festival fell nearly 15 percent compared to the same period in 2025. IDC says it expects conditions to deteriorate over the next couple of years. As vendors run down cheaper component inventory, the firm forecasts China's year-over-year decline could widen to around 20 percent in the second half of 2026, right around when Apple is expected to launch its new iPhone 18 Pro models and first foldable iPhone. Storage prices are unlikely to ease meaningfully before 2027, and a broader recovery is not expected until 2028 or 2029, reckons IDC. On the bright side, the research firm believes customers are postponing upgrades rather than walking away from smartphones, so the delayed demand should return in time. On that basis, a recovery could arrive around 2028–2029 as a fresh replacement cycle comes due.Related Roundup: iPhone 17Tags: China, IDCBuyer's Guide: iPhone 17 (Neutral)Related Forum: iPhone This article, "iPhone 17 Pricing Helped Apple Buck China's Q2 Smartphone Decline" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

WhatsApp is developing a first-party cloud storage option for chat backups on iPhone, providing users with an alternative to iCloud for the first time, according to app tinkerer WABetaInfo. Code found in the WhatsApp beta for iOS (version 26.28.10.16), available through TestFlight, suggests that users will eventually be able to pick their preferred backup destination directly from the app's chat backup settings. iCloud however will remain the default. The feature harks back to one that WABetaInfo spotted in development for Android back in April, which is set to give users on Google's platform a way to store backups off Google Drive. Under the plan, WhatsApp will reportedly include 2GB of free storage on its own servers, and there will be a 50GB tier priced at around $0.99 per month, similar to Apple's entry-level iCloud+ plan. There is also said to be a 1TB option in the works, although the tiers and pricing could always change before the backup feature goes live. Image: WABetaInfo Notably, backups kept on WhatsApp's servers will be protected by end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default, with no way to switch encryption off. That's firmer protection than what is offered by iCloud backups, whose users must turn on encryption manually by enabling Advanced Data Protection (ADP). WhatsApp will reportedly recommend securing backups with a passkey, but a password or 64-digit key will also work. WABetaInfo says the feature is still in development and not yet working for beta testers, and WhatsApp hasn't yet stated when it plans to officially launch the backup alternative.Tag: WhatsApp This article, "WhatsApp Beta Reveals iCloud Backup Alternative for iPhone" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Google has announced the rollout of Chrome's latest AI features to Mac and PC users in the U.K., indicated by a new "Ask Gemini" button with a sparkle icon in the upper right side of the browser. Gemini in Chrome can work across multiple tabs, which is supposed to make it useful for comparing and summarizing information from several websites at once. It also integrates with Google services such as Calendar, YouTube, Gmail, and Maps, allowing users to perform tasks like jumping to a specific moment in a YouTube video, scheduling a meeting, or drafting an email without leaving the current webpage. The rollout includes Nano Banana, a new AI tool that can be used to generate images from text prompts right from the browser's sidebar. Google says the new AI features will also be coming to iOS in the U.K. next month. If you're not interested in any of this stuff, you can simply right-click on the Ask Gemini button at the upper right corner of Chrome and select Unpin to remove it from the browser. Gemini's Chrome integration was initially limited to AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, but Google expanded access to all desktop users in the US in September 2025, followed by rollouts to over 50 countries.Tags: Chrome, Google, United Kingdom This article, "Google Chrome's Gemini AI Features Roll Out to UK Users" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Fresh off the biggest chapter of their career to date, Dear Seattle are packing up the van and heading back to where Australian touring really lives. The Sydney faves have announced an extensive regional Australian headline tour for August and September, bringing special guests Seahaven (USA) along for the ride. Dear Seattle – ‘Evergreen’ The run follows a landmark year for Dear Seattle, whose latest album TOY (Domestic La La) debuted at No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart – the band’s first ever Top 10 record – before returning earlier this year as an expanded edition featuring two bonus tracks. Rather than sticking to the capital cities, the tour will see the Northern Beaches outfit hit venues across Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and the ACT, with stops including Bunbury, Scarborough, Belgrave, Geelong, Tomakin, Wollongong, the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Newcastle and Canberra. Over the past decade, Dear Seattle have carved out a rep as one of Australia’s most consistently exciting punk-rock bands, blending soaring hooks, heartfelt songwriting and cathartic live shows. Along the way they’ve earned fans with releases including Don’t Let Go, a memorable triple j Like A Version of Missy Higgins’ ‘The Special Two’, and now their highest-charting album to date. Joining them for the run are Californian alternative rock outfit Seahaven, who arrive armed with nearly two decades of emotionally charged, melodic guitar music and their recently released self-titled 2026 album. Tickets for the tour are on sale now via Destroy All Lines and you can peep all the details down below. Dear Seattle Regional Australian Tour 2026 With special guests Seahaven (US) Friday 28 August: Prince Of Wales, Bunbury WA 18+ Saturday 29 August: Indian Ocean Hotel, Scarborough WA 18+ Sunday 30 August: Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide SA Lic AA Thursday 3 September: Sooki Lounge, Belgrave VIC 18+ Friday 4 September: Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong VIC 18+ Saturday 5 September: Smokey Dans, Tomakin NSW 18+ Sunday 6 September: Uni Bar, Wollongong NSW 18+ Thursday 10 September: Mo’s Desert Clubhouse, Gold Coast QLD 18+ Friday 11 September: Pulse, Sunshine Coast QLD 18+ Saturday 12 September: King St Bandroom, Newcastle NSW 18+ Sunday 13 September: UC Hub, Canberra 18+ Tickets on sale now via Destroy All Lines Further Reading triple j’s 100 Best Unearthed Discoveries: The Complete List Dear Seattle Share New Single ‘Sungazer’ triple j’s Hottest 100 of Like A Version: 100-1 The post Dear Seattle Are Taking Their Biggest Album Yet On A Regional Australian Tour appeared first on Music Feeds. View the full article

triple j has unveiled the lineup for One Night Stand 2026 – but there’s one small catch: we still don’t know where it’s happening. The broadcaster has confirmed that Ninajirachi, DMA’S, Genesis Owusu, MAY-A and Beddy Rays will all descend on one lucky regional Australian town on Saturday, 5 September, with the host location set to be revealed tomorrow, Wednesday, 15 July, during triple j Breakfast with Abby & Tyrone. Leading this year’s bill is electronic powerhouse Ninajirachi, who arrives fresh from a huge 12 months that included the release of her acclaimed debut album I Love My Computer, a breakout Coachella performance and a sold-out Australian headline tour. Joining her are indie favourites DMA’S, who’ll be bringing songs from their forthcoming fifth album to regional audiences for the very first time, while Genesis Owusu is set to unleash tracks from his latest record REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE. Alt-pop star MAY-A and surf-rock favourites Beddy Rays round out the announced lineup, while one more artist is still to be added via the annual triple j Unearthed Competition, giving an emerging act the chance to share the stage with some of Australia’s biggest names. After receiving hundreds of submissions from regional communities across the country, triple j will finally reveal which town has won hosting rights when Breakfast goes to air from 8am AEST on Wednesday. Since launching in 2004, One Night Stand has become one of triple j’s most beloved traditions, bringing major Australian artists to regional communities that often miss out on large-scale touring festivals. Tickets will once again cost just $15 plus booking fee, with general sale beginning at 9am AEST on Wednesday, 15 July, shortly after the host town is announced. Stay tuned! triple j One Night Stand 2026 Lineup Ninajirachi DMA’S Genesis Owusu MAY-A Beddy Rays triple j Unearthed comp winner Further Reading Meet Trophy Wyfe: The Newcastle Teens Crowned triple j Unearthed High Winners For 2026 Joey Valence & Brae Cover Amyl And The Sniffers For Like A Version triple j Reveals New Brekky & Drive Hosts In Major Line-Up Change The post triple j Reveals One Night Stand 2026 Lineup Ahead Of Host Town Announcement appeared first on Music Feeds. View the full article

Bryan Adams is heading back to Australia. Less than two years after playing one of his biggest Australian tours to date, the Canadian rock icon has announced he’ll return next February and March as part of his ongoing Roll With The Punches world tour, joined by special guest Natalie Imbruglia. Bryan Adams – ‘Roll With The Punches’ The five-date arena run will see Adams perform in Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne, bringing a career-spanning set packed with classics alongside material from his forthcoming 16th studio album, Roll With The Punches. Having already played more than 140 shows worldwide in 2025, Adams will continue touring across North America and Europe before bringing the massive production back Down Under next summer. Across a career spanning more than four decades, Adams has amassed an enviable catalogue of rock staples, including ‘Summer Of ’69’, ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It For You’, ‘Heaven’, ‘Run To You’, ‘Cuts Like A Knife’, ’18 Til I Die’, ‘Please Forgive Me’ and ‘Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman’ – songs that have helped make him one of the world’s most enduring live performers. Joining Adams on all Australian dates is Australian pop icon Natalie Imbruglia, who’ll hit the road ahead of the release of her new album Algorithm, due out in September. Best known for timeless hits including ‘Torn’, Imbruglia remains one of Australia’s most successful international artists, with eight ARIA Awards, two BRIT Awards and three GRAMMY nominations to her name. Her landmark 1997 debut Left Of The Middle sold more than seven million copies worldwide, while Torn remains the most-played song on Australian radio since 1990. Tickets go on sale to the general public from 12pm local time on Monday, 20 July, with Frontier Touring members able to access a presale from 12pm local time on Friday, 17 July. Peep all the details down below. Bryan Adams – Roll With The Punches Australian Tour 2027 With special guest Natalie Imbruglia Tuesday, 23 February – RAC Arena, Perth WA Friday, 26 February – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney NSW Monday, 1 March – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane QLD Thursday, 4 March – Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide SA Friday, 5 March – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne VIC FRONTIER MEMBER PRESALE ​via frontiertouring.com/bryanadams ​Runs 48 hours from: Friday 17 July (12pm local time) ​or until presale allocation exhausted Tickets go on sale Monday 20 July (12pm local) via frontiertouring.com/bryanadams Further Reading Bryan Adams Roll With the Punches Tour Setlist Love Letter To A Record: Casey Barnes On Bryan Adam’s ‘So Far So Good’ triple j’s Hottest 100 Of Australian Songs: The Complete List The post Bryan Adams Is Returning To Australia In 2027 With Natalie Imbruglia appeared first on Music Feeds. View the full article

Apple released the iOS 27 public beta today, and if you've been curious about the new software, now's the time to try it out. ‌iOS 27‌ brings Siri AI, performance improvements, and lots of new Apple Intelligence features. With the public betas, you don't need to wait until September to see what's new. ‌iOS 27‌ is one of Apple's most stable betas compared to prior years. We never recommend installing a beta on a main device, especially if you rely on important health apps, but if you have a secondary device or can live with a few bugs, the software is worth checking out. Performance Improvements Apple sped up a long list of features in ‌iOS 27‌, and it's immediately noticeable when you download the software. Everything feels snappier than it did in iOS 26. Animations are quicker, apps launch faster, and AirDrop transfers complete faster. You'll see improvements when taking photos, opening the keyboard, using the App Library, and swapping Home Screen pages. Your iMessages between devices sync more accurately, messages won't fail to send and will be automatically retried, and your iPhone can transition more smoothly between Wi-Fi and cellular. The majority of new features in ‌iOS 27‌ require ‌Apple Intelligence‌ and an iPhone 15 Pro or later, but the under-the-hood improvements are available on all iPhones, and even older iPhones will feel faster. Siri AI ‌Siri‌ got a total overhaul in ‌iOS 27‌, and it's now "‌Siri‌ AI." It's more like ChatGPT or Claude than the prior version of ‌Siri‌, with support for back-and-forth conversations. ‌Siri‌ AI can do a lot of what other AI chatbots can do, but unlike other AI options, ‌Siri‌ has private access to your messages, emails, photos, apps, and other personal data so it can complete a wider range of tasks. ‌Siri‌ can also search the web, so it can answer all kinds of queries. You can activate ‌Siri‌ with a wake word, swipe down from the middle of your screen to type a question to ‌Siri‌, chat with ‌Siri‌ in the ‌Siri‌ app, or press the side button to activate ‌Siri‌. Some examples of what ‌Siri‌ is now able to do: Create home automations with a command like lock all the doors at midnight. Find specific emails, messages, photos, images, links, files, and other documents people have sent to you. You can ask based on person, time, location, and more. Delete files, emails, photos, or messages. Add all items from a recipe on a website to a shopping list. Recommend activities, places, and restaurants you might like based on what it knows about you. Look at something on your screen like a website and answer questions about it. Answer general knowledge questions. Add information about people to the Contacts app when asked, like birthdays or additional phone numbers. Find passwords for websites and apps that are stored in the Passwords app. For more on some of the commands you can use with ‌Siri‌, we have a dedicated Siri AI guide. Visual Intelligence Visual Intelligence is accessible through the Camera app with a new ‌Siri‌ mode that you can choose as an alternative to photo and video modes. It works the same as it did before, but it's easier to get to. There are new ‌Visual Intelligence‌ features, and ‌Siri‌ can do things like tell you the nutritional value of something you're about to eat, or calculate what everyone owes from an image of a receipt. We have more examples in our iOS 27 Visual Intelligence guide. Write with Siri ‌Siri‌ can generate text from scratch in ‌iOS 27‌, and there's a system-wide Write with ‌Siri‌ feature you can get to from the keyboard. ‌Siri‌ can help you write, give you feedback on what you've written, change the tone or wording of your writing, and even write in your style by analyzing your emails and messages. Your iPhone also automatically suggests grammar fixes in addition to spelling fixes. Photos Clean Up The Clean Up tool that removes unwanted objects from images in the Photos app is much improved in ‌iOS 27‌, and it does a better job cleanly removing what you don't want and filling in what's missing more convincingly. There are also new image tools for extending the borders of a photo using AI, and changing the perspective or composition of an image. Our full iOS 27 Photos guide goes through all of the new features. Passwords If you use the Passwords app, there's a new feature that uses Safari to automatically change weak and compromised passwords for you. It requires a device that supports ‌Apple Intelligence‌. Safari You can create custom extensions with natural language commands in Safari, which is useful for when you want to do something specific but there isn't a good extension available. Some sample suggestions, from Apple: Create a citation for the current webpage and copy it to my clipboard Create a 3-minute focus timer for the page Set the minimum font size to 14pt Turn the page into pirate speak Style websites like 90s websites with bold colors and type Every time I open a new tab, draw me a different flower Highlight and show the dimensions of webpage elements when I tap on them Enter the design mode for a website so that I can edit the contents Safari can also automatically organize your tabs into categories and watch a webpage and let you know if there are changes. For more, read our iOS 27 Safari guide. Home App Use HomeKit Secure Video cameras? They now support 2K and 4K recording. There's also a new AI feature that gives you text descriptions for what's happening in your home, and there's an option to search through videos using natural language to find something you're looking for. The AI features will require a 2TB iCloud+ plan at launch, but the 4K streaming doesn't. For more on what's new in the Home app, check out our iOS 27 Home guide. AirPods EQ If you've ever wanted to adjust the sound of your AirPods, you can do so with new AirPods customization options that let you tweak mids, highs, and lows. Custom EQ is available for AirPods 4, AirPods Pro 2, AirPods Pro 3, and AirPods Max 2. Shortcuts If you find the Shortcuts app intimidating, it's easier to use in ‌iOS 27‌. You can tell the Shortcuts app what you want to be able to accomplish with a shortcut, and it'll make it using AI. You can then refine it with further natural language requests, or manually edit. How to Install the Beta You can sign up for the ‌iOS 27‌ beta (and any other betas) using Apple's public beta website. Once you're signed up, you can go to Settings > General > Software Update and then choose the ‌iOS 27‌ Public Beta to install the update. Make sure to create a backup before you install the beta just in case you want to downgrade back to ‌iOS 26‌ later. How to Downgrade From iOS 27 Beta to iOS 26 Beta Reminders ‌iOS 27‌ is still very much a beta, and this is not the final version of the software we'll see in September. Apple is still refining ‌Siri‌ AI and ‌Apple Intelligence‌ features, as well as addressing bugs and tweaking features. iOS 27 Discussion and App Info The iOS MacRumors forums are a good place to discuss ‌iOS 27‌ features and take a look at what people are saying about the software's stability. There's a list of working and non-working apps on the forums if you want to see what you might miss out on, and a helpful discussion on how people are using ‌Siri‌ AI. We also have a full iOS 27 roundup with more detail on what's new in the update.Related Roundups: iOS 27, iPadOS 27 This article, "iOS 27 Public Beta Is Here: 10 New Features Worth Testing" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Apple is adding a new warning about malicious iMessages in iOS 26.6, according to X user @limpless_skelly, who shared a mockup of the notification. The pop-up will warn users that a message could be trying to harm their iPhone or compromise their privacy. Apple asks users to share the message so it can guard against future attacks, and there are "Not Now," "Share With Apple," and "Don't Report" options to tap. Not Now likely causes the pop-up to surface again at a later time. New in iOS 26.6 Beta 5: Apple is adding a new "Malicious Message Detected" feature. If iOS detects a potentially malicious message, you'll be warned and can choose to share it with Apple to help investigate the attack and improve future protections. pic.twitter.com/NAVzs528So — (@limpless_skelly) July 13, 2026 The actual alert hasn't been seen yet, but code in iOS 26.6 beta 5 confirms that it is indeed in the beta. It's not yet clear what messages will cause it to appear, but it could be a response to sophisticated exploits and phishing attempts in the Messages app. Apple added a "BlastDoor" sandbox security system to Messages in iOS 14, but in 2021, there was a zero-click iMessage exploit that was able to circumvent it and install spyware on the target device. Apple has since added Lockdown Mode and iMessage Contact Key Verification for extra security, along with spam message filtering. Unfortunately, the alert looks similar to some of the fake scam pop-ups that show up in Safari, which could confuse iPhone users. Apple has released five betas of iOS 26.6 so far, and it's nearing a public launch. We're expecting the update to come out sometime around the end of July.Related Roundups: iOS 26, iPadOS 26Related Forum: iOS 26 This article, "iOS 26.6 Will Warn You About Malicious iMessages" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article