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Apple's Car Keys feature appears to be coming to future vehicles made by Indian maker Mahindra, based on code changes discovered by MacRumors in Apple's Wallet app backend. Car Keys allows an iPhone or Apple Watch with NFC capabilities to unlock a vehicle through the Wallet app. A digital version of a car key is stored in Wallet, and unlocking can be done simply by holding an Apple Watch or ‌iPhone‌ near a compatible vehicle's NFC reader. Mahindra already supports Samsung Wallet's Digital Car Key feature for Galaxy devices, but it does not yet offer native Apple Car Key support, so this would need to be implemented by the automobile manufacturer first on future models. What can be done with Car Keys may vary by car manufacturer, but at a minimum, Car Keys can be used to unlock your car, lock your car, and start your car, which are the features available with a physical key. Apple introduced Car Keys in 2022, and car manufacturers like BMW, Rivian, Kia, and Hyundai have all implemented support for Car Keys. Apple maintains a full list of vehicles that support Car Keys on its CarPlay model availability webpage.Tag: iPhone Car Keys This article, "Apple Car Key Support Coming to Future Mahindra Vehicles" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Apple is expected to launch its first foldable iPhone later this year. Rumors suggest the "iPhone Ultra" will come in two color options, and a leaker shared an image today that allegedly shows one of them. Posted on Weibo by the Chinese leaker known as Ice Universe, the image purportedly offers a first glimpse of Apple's foldable in white. The device is believed to have entered early mass production, but the model shown is likely a dummy. Regardless, fellow leaker Instant Digital has said white is so far the only "confirmed" finish that the device will be available in. It is not yet clear what the alternative color will be, but Macworld recently cited a supply chain source claiming that it will be an indigo option similar to the iPhone 17 Pro's Deep Blue finish. The same source said the device will offer fewer choices than the iPhone 18 Pro models, with no bold or vibrant colors. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple plans to "stay away from fun colors" and stick to more traditional space gray/black and silver/white finishes. Such an approach would be similar to the iPhone X, which launched in just two colors – Silver and Space Gray – when it debuted in November 2017. A limited color selection may simply reflect the foldable iPhone's expected low production volumes. Industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has warned that manufacturing challenges could constrain supply through at least the end of 2026, and adding more colors would increase complexity and costs for an already difficult-to-produce device. With launch supply expected to be tight and a price above $2,000, as reported by Gurman, Apple likely has little incentive to expand the initial color lineup, while buyers at this price point are also less likely to base their purchasing decision on color options. The iPhone Ultra is expected to launch alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max this coming September.Tags: Foldable iPhone, Ice Universe, iPhone Ultra This article, "First 'Confirmed' iPhone Ultra Color Allegedly Revealed in Leaked Image" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Nvidia is entering the consumer PC chip business for the first time and has thrown down the gauntlet to Apple, describing its new RTX Spark processor as "the most efficient PC chip ever built." Nvidia says its RTX Spark Superchip is purpose-built to run AI agents that can work proactively across apps and run in the background as a personal "teammate." With the chip, Nvidia says users can "render ultra-large 90GB 3D scenes with OptiX and DLSS, edit 12K 4:2:2 video with the NVIDIA Blackwell decoder, run 120-billion-parameter large language models with 1 million tokens context, and play AAA games at 1440p resolution and over 100 frames per second with ray tracing, DLSS and Reflex." The chip was announced by Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang at the Computex conference in Taipei on Monday. It's a big play for a company traditionally focused on graphics cards to move into the kind of integrated silicon that runs an entire laptop. It also puts the RTX Spark on a collision course with Apple's M5, widely regarded as the laptop chip to beat for running AI tasks on-device. Like Apple's chips, the RTX Spark is Arm-based, pairing an Nvidia Blackwell RTX graphics processor with a Grace CPU. It's effectively the same GB10 chip that's found in the DGX Spark, the tiny "personal AI supercomputer" that Nvidia released last year. Microsoft's new 15-inch Surface Laptop Ultra will be among the first machines to ship with the integrated silicon. The machine features a mini-LED touchscreen, the largest haptic touchpad Microsoft has fitted to a Surface, and a selection of ports covering HDMI, USB-C, USB-A, SD cards, and headphones. Configured with up to 128GB of unified memory, the Ultra can run AI models with up to 120 billion parameters locally, a figure Microsoft attributes to Nvidia, based on a theoretical performance measure. Microsoft claims it's the most powerful Surface it has ever built. Nvidia says its chip will eventually appear in around 30 laptops and more than 10 desktops. Microsoft says the Surface Laptop Ultra will arrive later this year. Pricing has not been announced, but Nvidia has suggested the first wave of RTX Spark machines will target the premium end of the market.Tags: Apple Silicon, Microsoft, Nvidia This article, "Nvidia Challenges Apple Silicon With New RTX Spark PC Chip" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Apple is still working on a cheaper, lighter successor to its Vision Pro headset, but it is unlikely to launch before late 2028 or 2029, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman says that Apple needs to come up with a slimmer design for the $3,499 headset and bring down the cost before it can return to the category, which is essentially "on ice" until then. Gurman made a point of distinguishing the Vision Pro successor from the long-rumored "Vision Air," which was cancelled last year. In the meantime, Apple's smart glasses project is now the focus, and former Vision Products Group members have been reassigned to that team. Apple is now aiming to release its first smart glasses in "late 2027," according to Gurman. Apple refreshed the Vision Pro in October 2025 with an updated model featuring an M5 chip.Related Roundup: Apple Vision ProTag: Mark GurmanBuyer's Guide: Vision Pro (Neutral)Related Forum: Apple Vision Pro This article, "Cheaper, Lighter Apple Vision Pro Successor Could Arrive in Late 2028" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Most people get hit by a car and take a few days off. Knocked Loose apparently get hit by a car, post a selfie, rate the recovery beverage and continue opening for Metallica. “felt bad but got this boba after and it was really good.” In what is objectively one of the more hardcore updates to come out of the heavy music world this week, Knocked Loose guitarist Isaac Hale revealed over the weekend that he’d been hit by a car while touring Europe. Thankfully, the update appears to be more chaotic than catastrophic. Posting a photo with his arm wrapped in a support bandage, Hale kept things characteristically understated, writing: “tour update got hit by a car yesterday felt bad but got this boba after and it was really good.” Honestly? Elite caption. The incident came shortly after Knocked Loose played back-to-back shows in Zurich, Switzerland – and remarkably, doesn’t appear to have derailed the band’s absolutely stacked touring schedule. Because yes, they are still out there doing support dates with Metallica. The Louisville wrecking crew are currently deep into a monster run of summer shows that includes massive festival appearances at Primavera Sound, Rock for People and Graspop Metal Meeting, alongside stadium dates supporting literal metal institution Metallica. As if that wasn’t enough, Knocked Loose also recently announced a North American co-headline run with Denzel Curry – a crossover lineup that feels aggressively 2026 in the best possible way. The band have also started pulling back the curtain on life behind the scenes via a new YouTube documentary series, Wherever We May Roam, with the first episode capturing everything from European touring chaos to the moment they found out they’d landed the Metallica support slot. So while getting hit by a moving vehicle probably wasn’t part of the itinerary… somehow this whole update still feels extremely Knocked Loose-coded. Anyway, wishing Isaac a speedy recovery and continued access to quality boba. Further Reading AI Metalcore ‘Band’ Broken Avenue Busted Ripping Off Knocked Loose, Counterparts & More Knocked Loose Respond After TV Viewers Hate On Their Performance On Kimmel Knocked Loose Announce New Album ‘You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To’ The post Knocked Loose Are Continuing Their Metallica Tour After Isaac Hale Got Hit By A Car appeared first on Music Feeds. View the full article

After selling out her 2024 return run, GRAMMY-winning soul icon Macy Gray is officially heading back Down Under this September and October… and this time she’s going bigger than ever. Dubbed The Encore Tour, the mammoth run will see Gray return to major cities while also venturing deep into regional Australia for the first time in years, bringing her unmistakable raspy vocals and catalogue of era-defining hits to theatres, clubs and concert halls right across the country. Macy Gray – I’m Too Sexy ft. BBC Concert Orchestra | Radio 2 Piano Room And honestly? Respect to Macy for looking at Australia and saying “yeah nah let’s do Port Macquarie”. This isn’t just a quick capital-city victory lap either. Across more than two decades, over 25 million records sold and a trophy cabinet featuring a GRAMMY, multiple BRIT Awards and ten studio albums, Macy Gray has become one of modern soul and R&B’s most instantly recognisable voices. But Australia has always had a particularly strong history with Macy. Long before the US fully caught on, Australian audiences embraced her breakout album On How Life Is, while I Try became an absolute monster locally – helping cement Gray as one of those artists whose songs somehow became woven into the cultural wallpaper of the early 2000s. And based on her own comments, she definitely remembers. “Australia! The band and I have always had a ball down under and we can’t wait to see you all again!” Gray shared in a statement. “This time, I’m heading to places I’ve never been before and will get to see so much more of your beautiful country.” “We’re going to be performing all the songs you want to hear, plus a few from my new album – The Trouble with the Truth. Australia will be the first audiences to hear tracks from the new album live so get your dancing shoes ready and come along and party with us at a show near you!” Expect the setlist to pull heavily from across her catalogue, including I Try, Still, Do Something, Sexual Revolution, Sweet Baby and selections from the forthcoming album – including her latest single, a rework of I’m Too Sexy. Which means yes: there’s a very real chance someone will hear I Try live and immediately be transported back to 2001. Peep all the dates and details down below, Macy Gray – The Encore Tour (Australia) 2026 Fri 11 Sept — Hamer Hall, Melbourne VIC Sat 12 Sept — Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide SA Sun 13 Sept — Shepparton Entertainment Centre, Shepparton VIC Mon 14 Sept — Albury Entertainment Centre, Albury NSW Wed 16 Sept — Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul NSW Fri 18 Sept — Wrest Point, Hobart TAS Sat 19 Sept — The Station, Newcastle NSW Sun 20 Sept — Tacking Point Tavern, Port Macquarie NSW Thu 24 Sept — Coliseum Theatre, Rooty Hill NSW Fri 25 Sept — Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW Sat 26 Sept — Woodport Hotel, Erina NSW Sun 27 Sept — Tamworth Town Hall, Tamworth NSW Wed 30 Sept — Southern Cross Club, Canberra ACT Fri 2 Oct — Townsville Civic Theatre, Townsville QLD Sat 3 Oct — CPAC, Cairns QLD Wed 7 Oct — Pilbeam Theatre, Rockhampton QLD Thu 8 Oct — Beach Road Hotel, Byron Bay NSW Fri 9 Oct — Concert Hall QPAC, Brisbane QLD Sat 10 Oct — C.ex Club, Coffs Harbour NSW Sun 11 Oct — Shoal Bay Country Club, Shoal Bay NSW Also appearing in Margaret River WA – click here to join the waitlist for this show Venue and ticket outlet database members can secure tickets first during the exclusive pre-sales from 9.00am local times on Monday 1 June. General Public tickets for Macy Gray – The Encore Tour go on sale at 9.00am local times on Wednesday, 3 June 2026 from macygraylive.com.au. Further Reading Hockey Dad Cover A Macy Gray Classic To Kick Off ‘Like A Version’ For 2019 Promoter Apologises After Macy Gray Arrives Late And Says “Hello Sydney” At Perth Gig Macy Gray’s Love Song To Her Vibrator Gets Cute Animated Video The post Macy Gray Is Returning To Australia For Her Biggest Tour Here Yet (And She’s Going Regional) appeared first on Music Feeds. View the full article

Some tours feel nostalgic. This one feels… historic. After 16 years away, legendary Bristol collective Massive Attack are officially returning to Australia this August for three exclusive headline shows, marking their first local dates since 2010 and only their fourth visit to our shores overall. Massive Attack / Tom Waits – ‘Boots on the Ground’ For anyone who’s ever dramatically stared out a rainy car window to Teardrop, Unfinished Sympathy or Angel, this is not a drill. Presented by Frontier Touring, the long-awaited run will hit Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, bringing one of modern music’s most influential and quietly revolutionary acts back to Aussie stages. Formed in Bristol in 1988 by Robert “3D” Del Naja and Grant “Daddy G” Marshall, Massive Attack are widely credited as pioneers of trip-hop – helping define a sound that fused hip-hop rhythms, dub, soul, electronics and atmosphere into something entirely their own. Their 1991 debut Blue Lines remains one of the most influential records of its era, while albums like Protection, Mezzanine and Heligoland cemented the group as one of British music’s most singular and enduring creative forces. And while they’ve never exactly operated at blockbuster album-cycle pace, Massive Attack have remained quietly influential across decades – whether through immersive live shows, political activism, boundary-pushing visuals or occasional bursts of new music. Most recently, the group returned with Boots on the Ground featuring Tom Waits ((listen above), their first new material in six years and a reminder that Massive Attack still sound like they exist slightly outside of time. As for the live show? Massive Attack’s performances have long been known for their cinematic visuals, rotating guest vocalists and that weirdly impossible trick of making arena-sized spaces somehow feel intimate and unsettling at the same time. Safe to say: after 16 years, this one probably won’t stay available for long. Suss all the details down below. MASSIVE ATTACK LIVE 2026 – AUSTRALIAN TOUR Thursday 6 August – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, QLD Sunday 9 August – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, NSW Tuesday 11 August – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, VIC FRONTIER MEMBER PRESALE ​via frontiertouring.com/massiveattack ​Runs 24 hours from: Thursday 4 June (2pm local time) ​or until presale allocation exhausted TICKETS ON SALE: Friday 5 June (3pm local time) ​via ​ticketek.com.au Further Reading Massive Attack to Power Music Festival with 100% Renewable Energy Watch Hayley Williams’ Stunning Cover Of Massive Attack’s ‘Teardrop’ Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja May Have Been Revealed To Be Banksy The post Massive Attack Are Finally Returning To Australia For Their First Shows In 16 Years appeared first on Music Feeds. View the full article

While we are still a week away from Apple unveiling iOS 27, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has just shared the first rumor regarding iOS 28. In his Power On newsletter today, he said that iOS 28 will be "far more significant" than iOS 27, but he did not provide any specific details. "Next year's '28' releases are already shaping up to be far more significant than the '27' updates," wrote Gurman, without elaborating. iOS 28 is codenamed "Bell," while macOS 28 is "Poppy," he said. iOS 28 would be the first version available on Apple's rumored 20th-anniversary iPhone, which is expected to be released in September next year. iOS 27 will seemingly be focused on Siri and Apple Intelligence. The update will include the long-awaited personalized version of Siri, complete with on-screen awareness and better understanding of your personal context. For example, at WWDC 2024, Apple showed a user asking Siri about their mother's flight and lunch reservation based on info retrieved from the Mail and Messages apps. A dedicated Siri app will allow you to have back-and-forth conversations with Siri in text or voice modes, similar to other chatbot apps like ChatGPT. In addition, iOS 27 is expected to add a "Search or Ask" feature to the Dynamic Island. It remains to be seen exactly how iOS 28 will be more significant. The update will be unveiled at WWDC 2027 next June, so there is a long time to go.Related Roundup: iOS 27Tags: Bloomberg, iOS 28, Mark Gurman This article, "iOS 28 Will Reportedly Be 'Far More Significant' Than iOS 27" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Apple is now aiming to release its first smart glasses in "late 2027," according to the latest word from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Meta Ray-Bans He previously said that Apple planned to begin shipping the glasses by early 2027, but he said the product has faced development delays. The glasses will feature "oval-shaped cameras, unique colors, and multiple frame styles," according to Gurman. "Over time, Apple believes the glasses could evolve into a health device and eventually incorporate augmented reality technologies capable of improving how people see," he said, but this technology is likely years away. According to Gurman's sources, Apple's CEO Tim Cook views the glasses as his "top priority" before he hands the reigns to John Ternus on September 1. The glasses will compete with products in the $200 to $500 range in the U.S., he said. Like the Meta Ray-Bans, Apple's glasses will have built-in cameras that let users capture photos and videos. There would also be speakers and microphones for music, phone calls, and notifications announced by Siri, he said. The glasses could offer turn-by-turn walking directions. As for build quality, he said Apple is designing its own plastic frames, with the company allegedly testing at least four potential designs:A larger rectangular frame, similar to Ray-Ban's Wayfarers A slimmer rectangular design, similar to the glasses worn by Apple CEO Tim Cook Larger oval or circular frames Smaller oval or circular framesApple is exploring a range of color options, including black, ocean blue, and light brown, and the glasses may have vertically-oriented oval camera lenses, he said. Meta uses frames from the popular glasses brand Ray-Ban. Unlike the latest generation of Meta Ray-Bans, Gurman does not expect Apple's first smart glasses to have an in-lens augmented reality display. He does not expect Apple's glasses to gain such a feature for at least a few years.Tags: Apple Glasses, Bloomberg, Mark Gurman This article, "Apple Glasses Reportedly Launching in 'Late 2027' With These Features" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

New models of the Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini are "nearly ready to go," according to the latest word from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Both devices have been ready "for months," but Apple is holding off on launching them until the more personalized version of Siri is available, he said. "I am told the hardware for the next Apple TV set-top box and HomePod mini has been done for months and that both devices are already in active use among employees at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California," wrote Gurman. If you have been closely following Apple TV and HomePod mini rumors, this is a familiar narrative. The revamped Siri is finally expected to launch as part of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, which will be unveiled during the WWDC 2026 keynote on Monday, June 8. Following beta testing, the software updates should be widely released in September, so the new Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini models should be available to purchase by then. In other words, the devices are hopefully around 3-4 months away at the latest. The current Apple TV 4K was unveiled in October 2022, while the HomePod mini was introduced in October 2020, so there has been a long wait for the devices. Nevertheless, Gurman said "don't expect much" in terms of new features for both devices, aside from newer chips that support the more personalized version of Siri. The current Apple TV 4K has an A15 Bionic chip from the iPhone 13 series, while the HomePod mini uses the S5 chip from the Apple Watch Series 5. Earlier rumors claimed the next Apple TV would be equipped with the A17 Pro chip, which is the oldest chip that supports Apple Intelligence. The device is also expected to feature Apple's N1 chip for Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread. Gurman expects the next Apple TV to have a similar design as the current model. There is one new twist, as he was told that the Apple TV's Siri Remote may be "refreshed in some form," but he did not provide any specific details or guarantee that there will be any outward-facing design changes to the accessory. As for the HomePod mini, it is expected to use an Apple Watch's S9 chip or newer, but it is unclear if or how that chip would fully support the new Siri powered by Apple Intelligence. Other previously-rumored features for the speaker include the N1 chip, improved sound quality, a newer Ultra Wideband chip, and a red color option. Apple is also expected to update the full-sized HomePod and release an all-new smart home hub this year, with those devices also held up by Siri.Related Roundups: Apple TV, HomePod miniTags: Bloomberg, Mark Gurman, Siri, Siri RemoteBuyer's Guide: Apple TV (Don't Buy), HomePod Mini (Don't Buy)Related Forums: Apple TV and Home Theater, HomePod, HomeKit, CarPlay, Home & Auto Technology This article, "New Apple TV and HomePod Mini Are 'Nearly Ready' to Launch, New Siri Remote Also Rumored" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

If you are starting your career in DevOps, SRE, cloud engineering, platform engineering, or application support, one skill will keep showing up again and again: observability. Not just monitoring. Not just dashboards. Not just logs. Real observability. Modern systems are no longer simple. Applications run across Kubernetes clusters, cloud platforms, microservices, APIs, databases, message queues, containers, serverless components, and third-party services. A single user request may travel through multiple services before returning a response. When something breaks, restarting a server is no longer enough. Teams need to know: What happened? Where did it happen? Why did it happen? Who was affected? Which service caused it? Did the latest deployment introduce it? Are we violating our SLO? Should we roll back, scale, or investigate deeper? That is where observability becomes essential. An observability course for beginners should help you move from “I can see a dashboard” to “I can understand and debug a production system.” This guide gives you a complete beginner-friendly learning path for observability. We will cover metrics, logs, traces, Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes observability, SLOs, hands-on labs, career paths, certification training, and how DevOpsSchool’s Master in Observability Engineering Certification fits perfectly into this learning journey. What Is Observability? Observability is the ability to understand the internal state of a system by analyzing the external signals it produces. In simple words: Observability helps you understand what your system is doing and why it is behaving that way. A production system usually gives you three major signals: Metrics Logs Traces These are often called the three pillars of observability. But in real engineering teams, observability also includes: Dashboards Alerts SLOs SLIs Error budgets Incident response Root cause analysis Application performance monitoring Kubernetes monitoring Distributed tracing Telemetry pipelines Runbooks Postmortems Reliability engineering A beginner should understand this from day one: observability is not a tool. It is a practice. Tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Loki, Tempo, Jaeger, ELK, Datadog, Dynatrace, and New Relic help you implement observability. But the real skill is knowing how to use signals to troubleshoot systems and improve reliability. Observability vs Monitoring: The First Concept Beginners Must Learn Monitoring tells you when something is wrong. Observability helps you understand why something is wrong. Monitoring usually works well for known problems: CPU usage is high Disk space is low Server is down Memory usage crossed a threshold Application returned 500 errors Observability helps with unknown or complex problems: A payment request is slow only for one region A deployment increased latency for one API endpoint A Kubernetes pod is healthy but users still see failures A database query is slow only under specific traffic patterns A downstream service is creating cascading timeouts Logs show errors but the real issue started in another service Monitoring is still important. You need it. But monitoring alone is not enough for cloud-native systems. Observability gives engineers the context needed to debug modern applications. Why Observability Is Important for Beginners If you are new to DevOps or SRE, observability may feel like an advanced topic. But it is actually one of the best places to build real production understanding. Why? Because observability teaches you how systems behave after deployment. Many beginners learn Linux, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform, or cloud platforms. These are excellent skills. But eventually, every engineer faces the same question: “My application is deployed. Now how do I know if it is working properly?” Observability answers that question. It helps beginners understand: How applications behave in production How infrastructure affects performance How errors appear How latency spreads How Kubernetes workloads fail How alerts are designed How teams investigate incidents How reliability is measured How DevOps and SRE teams make decisions This is why observability is such a valuable career skill. It connects development, infrastructure, operations, cloud, Kubernetes, monitoring, and reliability into one practical discipline. Who Should Learn Observability? Observability is useful for many technical roles. DevOps Engineers DevOps engineers need observability to understand what happens after deployment. CI/CD may say a release succeeded, but observability tells you whether production is healthy. SRE Engineers SRE engineers use observability to measure reliability, define SLOs, monitor error budgets, respond to incidents, and reduce downtime. Cloud Engineers Cloud engineers use observability to monitor cloud infrastructure, managed services, Kubernetes clusters, networking, storage, and application workloads. Platform Engineers Platform engineers use observability to build shared monitoring and reliability platforms for development teams. Developers Developers use observability to understand how their code performs in production, where errors occur, and which dependencies are slow. Application Support Engineers Support engineers use logs, dashboards, traces, and alerts to investigate user issues quickly. If you work with production systems, observability is not optional anymore. The Three Pillars of Observability Let’s understand the foundation. 1. Metrics Metrics are numerical measurements collected over time. Examples: CPU usage Memory usage Request count Error count Request latency Disk usage Network traffic Queue depth Pod restart count Database query duration Metrics are excellent for dashboards, trends, alerts, and SLOs. Metrics answer questions like: Is traffic increasing? Is latency getting worse? Are errors rising? Is the service healthy? Which pod is consuming memory? Are we meeting our SLO? Prometheus is one of the most popular tools for collecting and querying metrics. Grafana is commonly used to visualize those metrics. 2. Logs Logs are event records generated by applications, servers, containers, databases, and infrastructure systems. Examples: Error messages Stack traces Authentication failures API request logs Database errors Deployment events Application warnings Logs are useful when you need details. Logs answer questions like: What error happened? What did the application say before it failed? Which user request caused the issue? Which exception occurred? Which dependency returned an error? Popular logging tools include ELK, EFK, Grafana Loki, Fluent Bit, and Fluentd. 3. Traces Traces show the journey of a request across multiple services. In microservices, one user request may pass through: Frontend API gateway Auth service User service Payment service Inventory service Database Cache Message queue Third-party API A trace shows how much time each part took and where the request failed or slowed down. Traces answer questions like: Which service caused latency? Which downstream dependency failed? Where did the request spend most of its time? Did the problem start upstream or downstream? Which database query slowed the request? Popular tracing tools include Jaeger, Zipkin, Grafana Tempo, and OpenTelemetry. Complete Observability Learning Path for Beginners A beginner should not start by installing every observability tool at once. That creates confusion. Instead, follow a layered learning path. Step 1: Learn Observability Foundations Start with concepts. Learn: Monitoring vs observability Metrics, logs, and traces Telemetry Instrumentation Time-series data Distributed systems Application performance monitoring SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets Incident response Root cause analysis This foundation matters because tools make sense only when you understand the problems they solve. A beginner mistake is learning Grafana panels without understanding what should be measured. Avoid that. First learn why observability matters. Then learn the tools. Step 2: Learn Metrics Metrics are the best starting point because they are easier to visualize and alert on. Learn: Counter Gauge Histogram Summary Labels Cardinality Aggregation Rate calculation Percentiles Time-series storage Start with basic infrastructure metrics: CPU Memory Disk Network Then move to application metrics: Request rate Error rate Duration Active users Queue length Database query time A strong beginner should understand two practical models: RED Method Useful for services: Rate Errors Duration USE Method Useful for infrastructure: Utilization Saturation Errors These models help you build useful dashboards instead of random charts. Step 3: Learn Prometheus Prometheus is one of the most important tools in modern monitoring and observability. It collects metrics, stores time-series data, supports powerful querying, and integrates beautifully with Grafana. Beginners should learn: Prometheus architecture Scrape model Targets Jobs and instances Exporters Prometheus configuration Prometheus data model Labels PromQL Recording rules Alerting rules Alertmanager Prometheus Operator Kubernetes monitoring PromQL is especially important. PromQL helps you ask questions like: What is the request rate? What is the error rate? What is p95 latency? Which pod is using the most memory? Which endpoint is slow? Which service is breaching its SLO? If you want to work in DevOps or SRE, Prometheus is one of the first observability tools you should learn seriously. Step 4: Learn Grafana Grafana turns observability data into dashboards, panels, alerts, and operational views. But Grafana training should not only teach where to click. A good Grafana learner should know how to design dashboards that help engineers make decisions. Learn: Data sources Panels Variables Transformations Dashboards Dashboard folders Dashboard permissions Dashboard provisioning Grafana Alerting Notification policies Annotations Dashboard links Prometheus integration Loki integration Tempo integration A good dashboard answers a real question: Is the service healthy? Are users affected? Did latency increase? Did the latest deployment cause errors? Which dependency is failing? Are we meeting our SLO? Which logs and traces explain this metric spike? Do not build dashboards for decoration. Build dashboards for action. Step 5: Learn Logs After metrics and dashboards, learn logs. Logs provide the details that metrics cannot. Learn: Structured logging JSON logs Log levels Log aggregation Log parsing Log filtering Correlation IDs Trace IDs Log retention Log cost control Loki or ELK Fluent Bit or Fluentd Good logs are searchable, structured, and connected to traces. Bad logs are noisy, unstructured, expensive, and difficult to use during incidents. A beginner should learn how logs support troubleshooting: A metric shows error rate increased Grafana shows which service is affected Logs show the exact error message Traces show the request path The team identifies the root cause This is how signals work together. Step 6: Learn Distributed Tracing Distributed tracing is essential for microservices. Learn: Spans Traces Trace IDs Span IDs Parent-child relationships Context propagation Sampling Trace attributes Jaeger Zipkin Grafana Tempo TraceQL basics Flame graphs Service dependency maps Tracing is extremely useful for latency debugging. For example, if checkout is slow, a trace can show whether the delay happened in payment, inventory, database, cache, or an external API. This is one of the clearest examples of observability value. Step 7: Learn OpenTelemetry OpenTelemetry is becoming the standard way to collect telemetry data. It helps teams generate, collect, process, and export: Metrics Logs Traces OpenTelemetry is vendor-neutral, which means your application does not need to be tied to only one observability vendor. Learn: OpenTelemetry architecture APIs SDKs Auto-instrumentation Manual instrumentation OpenTelemetry Collector Receivers Processors Exporters OTLP Semantic conventions Context propagation Metrics pipeline Logs pipeline Traces pipeline Kubernetes deployment OpenTelemetry is especially useful when you want to send telemetry to multiple tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, Tempo, Loki, ELK, Datadog, Dynatrace, or New Relic. For beginners, the best way to learn OpenTelemetry is through hands-on labs. Instrument one small application. Send traces to Jaeger. Send metrics to Prometheus. Visualize them in Grafana. Then add logs and correlation. That is how the concept becomes real. Step 8: Learn Kubernetes Observability Most modern DevOps and SRE teams work with Kubernetes. Kubernetes observability is a must-have skill. Learn how to monitor: Nodes Pods Containers Deployments Services Namespaces Ingress Persistent volumes Resource requests Resource limits HPA Cluster events Control plane components Application workloads Important tools include: Prometheus Operator kube-state-metrics Node exporter Grafana dashboards Loki or ELK OpenTelemetry Collector Jaeger or Tempo Alertmanager Kubernetes observability helps answer: Why is my pod restarting? Why is the service unavailable? Which namespace uses the most CPU? Are pods under-provisioned? Are resource limits too low? Is autoscaling working? Did a deployment cause the issue? For DevOps and SRE engineers, this is where observability becomes daily work. Step 9: Learn SLOs, SLIs, and Error Budgets Observability should not stop at charts. Mature teams use observability to measure reliability. This is where SRE concepts matter. SLI A service-level indicator is a measurement of service behavior. Examples: Availability Request success rate p95 latency p99 latency Data freshness Error rate SLO A service-level objective is a reliability target. Examples: 99.9% availability 95% of requests complete under 300 ms Error rate stays below 1% Error Budget An error budget defines how much unreliability is acceptable. If your SLO allows 0.1% failure, that 0.1% is your error budget. SLOs help teams make better decisions. Instead of asking, “Is CPU high?” you ask, “Are users affected?” Instead of asking, “Should we deploy?” you ask, “Do we still have enough error budget?” This is how observability becomes reliability engineering. Suggested 30-Day Observability Learning Plan Here is a practical beginner roadmap. Days 1–5: Observability Foundations Learn: Monitoring vs observability Metrics, logs, traces Telemetry Instrumentation Incident response SLO basics Goal: Understand the language of observability. Days 6–10: Prometheus Basics Learn: Prometheus architecture Scraping Exporters Targets Labels PromQL basics Alerting rules Goal: Collect and query metrics. Days 11–15: Grafana Dashboards and Alerts Learn: Grafana data sources Panels Variables Dashboards Alert rules Notification policies Dashboard design Goal: Build useful dashboards and alerts. Days 16–20: Logs Learn: Structured logging Loki or ELK Log parsing Log filtering Correlation IDs Trace IDs Goal: Investigate problems using logs. Days 21–25: Traces and OpenTelemetry Learn: Spans Traces Context propagation OpenTelemetry SDK OpenTelemetry Collector Jaeger or Tempo Goal: Trace requests across services. Days 26–30: Kubernetes, SLOs, and Capstone Learn: Kubernetes monitoring Pod and node metrics SLO dashboards Burn-rate alerts Failure simulation Postmortem writing Goal: Build a complete observability project. What Should You Learn First: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or ELK? This is a common beginner question. Here is the recommended order: Observability concepts Metrics Prometheus Grafana Logs Distributed tracing OpenTelemetry Kubernetes observability SLOs and incident response Capstone project Why this order? Because each skill builds on the previous one. Prometheus makes more sense when you understand metrics. Grafana makes more sense when Prometheus has useful data. Logs make more sense when you can connect them with metrics. Tracing makes more sense when you understand distributed systems. OpenTelemetry makes more sense when you already understand metrics, logs, and traces. Kubernetes observability makes more sense when you understand workloads, services, pods, and telemetry. This order prevents confusion. Recommended Observability Training Links with the Right Keywords Use the following keyword-rich links naturally inside your blog, landing page, or learning content. Each link points to DevOpsSchool’s Master in Observability Engineering Certification because it covers the complete observability learning path: metrics, logs, traces, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes observability, SLOs, assignments, capstones, and certification training. For Beginners Start here if you are new to observability and want a complete structured roadmap: Observability course for beginners This is the right link for learners who want to understand metrics, logs, traces, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and Kubernetes observability from the ground up. For Online Learners Use this when targeting learners searching for remote or flexible training: Observability training online This is useful for professionals who want live, guided, hands-on observability training without depending only on scattered tutorials. For Certification-Focused Learners Use this when the user wants a validated learning path: Observability certification This is a good fit for learners who want assignments, capstone projects, and certification-based validation. For DevOps Engineers Use this when writing for DevOps professionals: Observability training for DevOps engineers This is relevant because DevOps engineers need observability to connect deployments, infrastructure, Kubernetes, dashboards, alerts, and production feedback. For SRE Engineers Use this when targeting reliability-focused learners: SRE observability training This works well for SREs who need SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, incident response, burn-rate alerts, and reliability dashboards. For Hands-On Learners Use this when the audience wants labs and projects: Hands-on observability course This is a strong anchor because hands-on practice is the fastest way to learn production-style observability. For Grafana Learners Use this when discussing dashboards and alerts: Grafana observability training This is useful for learners who want to build dashboards, alerts, metrics panels, log views, and trace correlation workflows. For Prometheus Learners Use this when discussing metrics and monitoring: Prometheus training This is appropriate for learners who want Prometheus metrics, PromQL, exporters, alerting, and Grafana integration. For OpenTelemetry Learners Use this when discussing instrumentation and telemetry pipelines: OpenTelemetry training This is the right keyword for learners who want to understand OpenTelemetry SDKs, Collector pipelines, traces, metrics, logs, and vendor-neutral observability. For Kubernetes Learners Use this when the article focuses on cloud-native systems: Kubernetes observability course This is useful for engineers who need to monitor pods, nodes, containers, deployments, services, and Kubernetes workloads. For Full Career-Focused Training Use this as the main recommended program link: Master in Observability Engineering Certification This is the best anchor text when recommending DevOpsSchool’s complete program for observability engineering, DevOps, SRE, cloud, platform, and application monitoring professionals. Why DevOpsSchool’s Master in Observability Engineering Certification Is a Strong Fit A beginner can learn observability in two ways. The first way is random learning. You watch one video on Prometheus, one tutorial on Grafana, one blog on OpenTelemetry, one GitHub example for Loki, one Kubernetes dashboard guide, and one article on SLOs. You collect pieces, but you may not understand how everything fits together. The second way is structured learning. You start with foundations, then metrics, then Prometheus, then Grafana, then logs, then traces, then OpenTelemetry, then Kubernetes observability, then SLOs, then real projects. This is where DevOpsSchool’s Master in Observability Engineering Certification fits well. The program is designed as a complete observability engineering path, not a single-tool tutorial. It covers: Observability foundations Metrics, logs, and traces Prometheus PromQL Alertmanager Grafana dashboards Grafana Alerting Loki logs Tempo traces OpenTelemetry OpenTelemetry Collector ELK and EFK Jaeger and Zipkin Datadog Dynatrace New Relic Kubernetes observability SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets Assignments Capstone projects Scenario-based certification exam That breadth matters. Real companies do not use only one tool. One team may use Prometheus and Grafana. Another may use ELK. Another may use Datadog. Another may use Dynatrace. Another may be migrating to OpenTelemetry. Most cloud-native teams need Kubernetes observability. A good observability engineer must understand the patterns behind the tools. The DevOpsSchool certification is a strong fit because it teaches observability as an engineering discipline, not as disconnected software tutorials. How This Training Helps Beginners Beginners need structure. Observability has many tools and terms. Without guidance, it is easy to feel lost. A structured program helps beginners understand: What to learn first Why each tool matters How metrics, logs, and traces connect How Prometheus and Grafana work together How OpenTelemetry fits into the stack How Kubernetes changes observability How SLOs connect observability to reliability How to build real projects For beginners, the biggest benefit is confidence. You do not just learn definitions. You build working systems. How This Training Helps DevOps Engineers DevOps engineers need observability to validate production after deployment. They need to know: Did the deployment succeed technically? Did it affect users? Did error rate increase? Did latency increase? Are pods restarting? Are resources under pressure? Are alerts meaningful? Can we roll back with evidence? The DevOpsSchool course fits DevOps engineers because it includes Prometheus, Grafana, Kubernetes observability, OpenTelemetry, logs, traces, alerts, and capstones. This helps DevOps engineers move from deployment automation to production confidence. How This Training Helps SRE Engineers SRE engineers need observability for reliability. They use observability to manage: SLIs SLOs Error budgets Burn-rate alerts Incident response Root cause analysis Postmortems Reliability dashboards The DevOpsSchool program fits SRE engineers because it connects observability tools with SRE practices. SREs do not need dashboards for decoration. They need dashboards that support reliability decisions. They need alerts that indicate user impact. They need traces that identify bottlenecks. They need logs that confirm root cause. They need SLOs that guide engineering priorities. A complete observability course should teach all of that. How This Training Helps Developers Developers also benefit from observability. Modern developers are increasingly responsible for production behavior. They need to know: How their code performs Which API endpoints are slow Which database queries are expensive Which exceptions occur in production Which dependencies fail How to add custom metrics How to add trace spans How to write useful structured logs OpenTelemetry is especially valuable for developers because it helps them instrument applications properly. A developer who understands observability writes applications that are easier to debug, support, and improve. Practical Capstone Project for Beginners If you want to prove your observability skills, build this project. Project: Full Observability Stack for a Microservices Application Deploy a sample microservices application on Kubernetes. Then implement: Prometheus for metrics Grafana for dashboards Loki or ELK for logs Jaeger or Tempo for traces OpenTelemetry for instrumentation Alertmanager or Grafana Alerting for alerts SLO dashboard for reliability Failure simulation Incident report Your dashboard should show: Request rate Error rate p95 latency p99 latency CPU usage Memory usage Pod restarts Active alerts Error budget burn Related logs Trace links Then simulate failures: Break one service Add artificial latency Trigger 500 errors Restart pods Increase memory usage Slow down a database query Break an external API dependency Use your observability stack to find the root cause. This type of project is excellent for interviews because it proves practical ability. Common Beginner Mistakes in Observability Mistake 1: Learning Tools Without Concepts Do not start with dashboards before understanding metrics, logs, traces, and telemetry. Concepts first. Tools second. Mistake 2: Creating Too Many Dashboards More dashboards do not mean better observability. A good dashboard should answer a specific question. Mistake 3: Alerting on Everything Too many alerts create alert fatigue. A good alert should be actionable, urgent, owned, and connected to user impact. Mistake 4: Ignoring Logs and Traces Metrics show what changed. Logs show details. Traces show request flow. You need all three. Mistake 5: Ignoring Cardinality Bad metric labels can create performance and storage problems. Avoid labels such as user ID, request ID, and session ID in Prometheus metrics. Mistake 6: Treating Certification as the Finish Line Certification is useful, but practical skill matters more. Use certification as a milestone, not the final destination. Mistake 7: Not Practicing Incidents You should intentionally break things in a lab. That is how you learn real troubleshooting. How to Choose the Best Observability Course for Beginners Before choosing an observability course, ask these questions: Does it explain observability vs monitoring? Does it teach metrics, logs, and traces? Does it include Prometheus? Does it include Grafana? Does it include OpenTelemetry? Does it include logs with Loki or ELK? Does it include distributed tracing with Jaeger or Tempo? Does it include Kubernetes observability? Does it teach SLOs and error budgets? Does it include hands-on labs? Does it include assignments? Does it include capstone projects? Does it prepare learners for certification? Does it teach incident response and root cause analysis? If the answer is yes, the course is worth serious consideration. If the course only teaches one tool, it may still be useful, but it is not a complete observability course. A complete observability course should help you understand the full production picture. Final Recommendation If you are a beginner, observability is one of the best skills you can learn for a DevOps, SRE, cloud, platform, or backend engineering career. Start with the basics. Understand monitoring vs observability. Learn metrics, logs, and traces. Then move into Prometheus, Grafana, logging, distributed tracing, OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes observability, SLOs, alerts, and incident response. Most importantly, build projects. Do not only watch tutorials. Deploy systems, collect telemetry, create dashboards, trigger alerts, simulate failures, and troubleshoot them. That is how observability becomes real. The Master in Observability Engineering Certification by DevOpsSchool is a strong fit for this journey because it brings the complete observability stack into one structured path: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK, Jaeger, Kubernetes observability, SLOs, assignments, capstone projects, and certification validation. For beginners, it gives direction. For DevOps engineers, it gives production visibility. For SRE engineers, it gives reliability skills. For developers, it gives instrumentation confidence. And for teams, it creates engineers who can look at metrics, logs, and traces and understand what is really happening in production. That is the true goal of an observability course. Not just dashboards. Not just tools. Real production understanding. FAQs What is the best observability course for beginners? The best observability course for beginners should cover metrics, logs, traces, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes observability, SLOs, alerts, hands-on labs, and capstone projects. Is observability hard to learn? Observability can feel complex at first because it includes many tools and concepts. But if you follow a step-by-step learning path, it becomes manageable. Should I learn Prometheus or Grafana first? Learn metrics basics first, then Prometheus, then Grafana. Prometheus collects and queries metrics. Grafana visualizes them. Should beginners learn OpenTelemetry? Yes, but after understanding metrics, logs, traces, and instrumentation basics. OpenTelemetry is easier to learn when you understand the signals it collects. Is observability useful for DevOps engineers? Yes. DevOps engineers use observability to understand production health after deployments, infrastructure changes, and Kubernetes operations. Is observability useful for SRE engineers? Yes. SRE engineers use observability for SLOs, error budgets, incident response, reliability dashboards, alerts, and root cause analysis. What tools should beginners learn for observability? Beginners should learn Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Loki or ELK, Jaeger or Tempo, Alertmanager, and Kubernetes observability tools. What is the role of Grafana in observability? Grafana is used to visualize metrics, logs, traces, alerts, and SLOs through dashboards and panels. What is the role of Prometheus in observability? Prometheus collects, stores, and queries metrics. It is widely used for monitoring, alerting, Kubernetes observability, and SLO measurement. What is the role of OpenTelemetry in observability? OpenTelemetry helps generate, collect, process, and export telemetry data such as metrics, logs, and traces in a vendor-neutral way. Is certification important for observability? Certification is useful when it includes hands-on practice, assignments, projects, and practical assessment. It helps validate skills and gives structure to learning. Which certification is good for observability beginners? A broad certification like DevOpsSchool’s Master in Observability Engineering Certification is a good fit because it covers Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, logs, traces, Kubernetes observability, SLOs, assignments, and capstone projects. View the full article

Ahead of the upcoming World Cup, football superstar Lamine Yamal has arrived at training camp for the Spanish national team sporting what seems to be the unreleased over-ear headphones that appeared in a U.S. Federal Communications Commission database last week. As suspected, the new headphones are a Beats product rather than an Apple product. In a post on his Instagram account, Yamal shared several photos and a video clip showing him arriving to training camp with the new headphones in a pink color. We don't know any other details on the upcoming headphones, and it's unclear whether they are a next-generation version of the Beats Studio Pro or if they will carry a new name. They feature a distinctly different design than the Beats Studio Pro, with flatter exteriors on the ear cups and a completely different headband design that appears to include tubular telescoping arms rather than the wider and flatter arms of the Beats Studio Pro. A release date for the new Beats headphones is currently unknown, but it shouldn't be too far in the future given that they've already received FCC approval and are being seeded to key influencers like Yamal.Tag: Beats This article, "Lamine Yamal Teases Upcoming Beats Over-Ear Headphones" 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 solid deal on the AirPods Max 2. 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 June 4 estimated delivery date for free shipping, with faster delivery options for Prime members. We haven't tracked an all-time low price on the AirPods 4 in a few months, so Amazon's deal this weekend is a solid option if you've been waiting for a sale. $30 OFFAirPods 4 for $99.00 Additionally, you can get the AirPods Max 2 on sale for $509.00 right now on Amazon, down from $549.00. This one is available in Blue and Starlight, with similar June 4 delivery estimates as the AirPods 4. This is a match of the all-time low price on the AirPods Max 2. $40 OFFAirPods Max 2 for $509.00 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, "AirPods Weekend Deals Include AirPods 4 for $99 and AirPods Max 2 for $509" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has seen a surge in demand for its "No AI" search option in the wake of Google's May 19th I/O announcements. Google debuted a new "intelligent" search box reimagined with AI. It features AI suggestions as an upgrade to autocomplete, support for follow-up questions, expanded Personal Intelligence for connecting Gmail and Google Photos, and Search agents. DuckDuckGo told MacRumors that visits to its No AI search page more than tripled after Google's announcement. Traffic hit the 3x mark on May 28th, and has continued to climb. Visits have averaged around 84 percent above baseline consistently since May 19. DuckDuckGo is embracing demand for No AI search options, and it is promoting new extensions available for Chrome and Firefox that set No AI search as the default. No AI search has no AI-assisted answers, no chat interface, and it surfaces fewer AI images. DuckDuckGo can be set as the default search engine on Apple devices, but not the specific No AI page. DuckDuckGo has its own AI tools, but they are turned off for people who opt for the No AI experience. DuckDuckGo plans to add No AI search settings to its original extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera in the near future. Along with DuckDuckGo, there are other privacy-focused search engine options that minimize AI results. Paid search engine Kagi is one example, with no visible AI information unless you opt for AI tools. Kagi is $5 per month for a limited number of searches, and $10 a month for unlimited searches. Because it is a paid search engine, it does not have ads and it does not collect and sell user data.Tags: DuckDuckGo, Google This article, "DuckDuckGo's 'No AI' Search Traffic Climbs as Users Reject Google's AI Overhaul" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Back at CES in January, LG unveiled its UltraGear evo GX9 (39GX950B) display, which it claims is the world's first 39-inch ultrawide 5K2K OLED gaming monitor, offering a large curved canvas in the increasingly popular 21:9 aspect ratio with the added benefit of OLED technology for enhanced contrast with true blacks, standard refresh rates of up to 165Hz, and more. While LG began taking pre-orders for the UltraGear evo GX9 last month and a few early orders have already trickled out through various channels, LG says that the official kickoff of order shipments starts next week. LG touts the gaming prowess of the UltraGear evo GX9, but its specs mean it can deliver a premium experience across a variety of use cases, from productivity to media consumption and more. OLED technology delivers a contrast ratio of 1,850,000:1 across the ultrawide display's 5,120 x 2,160 resolution. At a large 39-inch display size with a 1500R curve, this translates to a density of 143 pixels per inch, which is solid but not enough for true retina-level quality. Still, the large, curved display means many users will often be sitting further from the display than usual to be able to take in the full scope of content on the display, and that should prove plenty sharp in most situations. The Tandem OLED panel in the UltraGear evo GX9 supports up to 335 nits of typical brightness, which is likely sufficient for most uses but does lag behind some other displays including ones in Apple products. The OLED contrast, color fidelity at up to 98.5% of the DCI-P3 spectrum, and HDR support that can push brightness to 1,500 nits at 1.5% APL and 600 nits at 10% APL should, however, all help to offer a quality viewing experience. For those who do want to game on this display, the UltraGear evo GX9 features AMD FreeSync Premium Pro and NVIDIA G-SYNC support, as well as 0.03ms response times to keep up with fast-moving content. On the connectivity side, the UltraGear evo GX9 offers a USB-C port with 90-watt power delivery to a connected computer, as well as DisplayPort 2.1 and HDMI 2.1. We'll be looking to go hands-on with the LG UltraGear evo GX9 as soon as we can, and we'll report back on how well it works for Mac users, but for now LG is taking orders on its own site priced at $1,799.99, and it's also available at Amazon for the same price with delivery quotes starting around June 8. MacRumors is an affiliate partner with LG and Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.Tags: LG, OLED This article, "LG's 39-Inch Ultrawide 5K2K OLED Display Officially Begins Shipping Next Week" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Apple's digital driver's license feature in the Wallet app is set to expand to Virginia, according to a person familiar with the matter. In select U.S. states, residents can add their driver's license or state ID to the Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch, and then use it to display proof of identity or age at select airports and businesses, and in select apps. The feature has rolled out to 14 states so far, including Arkansas earlier this week, and it is also available in Puerto Rico. The other states are Arizona, Maryland, Colorado, Georgia, Ohio, Hawaii, California, Iowa, New Mexico, Montana, North Dakota, West Virginia, and Illinois. Now, Apple is preparing for the feature to go live in Virginia, the person said. However, we do not have an exact timeframe for availability. Towards the end of 2025, Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles said it planned to support the Apple Wallet's digital ID feature in the coming months, so hopefully it goes live soon by this point. When the feature goes live, Virginia residents will be able to set it up by opening the Wallet app on the iPhone and tapping on the plus sign in the top-right corner. Next, they will tap on Driver's License and ID Cards, select Virginia from the list once it is added, and follow the on-screen steps to complete the process. Apple Wallet IDs are accepted at TSA checkpoints at hundreds of U.S. airports for domestic travel. Given that Apple Wallet IDs are not accepted by law enforcement, and lack many other use cases, carrying a physical ID is still necessary. If you live in a state that does not yet offer Apple Wallet IDs, you can create a Digital ID based on your U.S. passport, and present it at the same participating TSA checkpoints, for age and identity verification purposes during domestic travel. It is not a replacement for a physical passport, and it cannot be used for international travel. The passport feature requires iOS 26.1 or watchOS 26.1 and later.Tag: Apple Wallet This article, "iPhone Driver's License Feature Set to Expand to a 15th U.S. State" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

OpenAI is developing a smartphone intended to compete directly with the iPhone, in what appears to be a significant departure from the company's previously stated hardware strategy. Here's everything we know so far. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo published his findings in late April following supply chain checks, describing the device as an "AI agent phone" built around a continuous, context-aware interface rather than individual apps. Kuo argued that the smartphone is the only device that captures a user's full real-time state, including location, activity, communication, and context, making it uniquely suited to AI agent inference. He said fully controlling both the operating system and the hardware is the only way for OpenAI to deliver a comprehensive AI agent service, and that AI agents will fundamentally shift how people interact with a phone, moving the focus from launching individual apps to completing tasks through a seamless interface. Specifications OpenAI's phone is said to use a customized version of MediaTek's Dimensity 9600 processor, built on TSMC's N2P node in the second half of 2026. Kuo initially named both MediaTek and Qualcomm as chip partners but has since said MediaTek appears "better positioned to become the sole processor supplier." Luxshare Precision Industry is believed to be the exclusive manufacturing partner. Separately, Kuo reported that Sunny Optical has secured component orders for two OpenAI devices, including the smartphone. This is likely for the camera module. The device's headline known hardware specification today is its image signal processor, which includes an enhanced HDR pipeline intended to improve real-world sensing through the camera. It is also said to use two AI processors for handling different tasks simultaneously, such as vision and language processing, along with fast memory and storage and security features to isolate processes. What About Jony Ive's Devices? The phone represents a notable reversal in OpenAI's publicly stated strategy. The company's hardware ambitions had previously been described as centered on non-phone form factors developed with former Apple design chief Jony Ive, whose startup io Products OpenAI acquired for $6.5 billion in May 2025. Ive and CEO Sam Altman had specifically said they did not want to build a device with a screen, with Altman describing a prototype to employees as "the coolest piece of technology that the world will have ever seen." The first product from that collaboration was delayed out of 2026 and has since been identified as a smart speaker with an integrated camera, priced between $200 and $300 and expected to launch in early 2027. Other devices reportedly in development include smart glasses, a smart lamp, and potentially earbuds, though those products are further out on the roadmap and some could be cancelled. OpenAI has also been aggressively recruiting from Apple's hardware ranks, hiring over 40 former Apple employees. The hires include former Apple designers Evans Hankey, Tang Tan, and Scott Cannon, prompting Apple to offer its iPhone Product Design team retention bonuses of up to $400,000 in restricted stock units to counter the poaching. Timeline Mass production of OpenAI's smartphone was originally believed to be targeted for 2028, but Kuo has since revised that expectation to the first half of 2027. The accelerated timeline is said to reflect OpenAI's planned IPO, where a compelling hardware product could strengthen the company's investor narrative, as well as intensifying competition in the AI agent phone category. Kuo projects combined 2027 and 2028 shipments could reach around 30 million units if development stays on track. What Does It Mean for Apple? If the broader hardware lineup ships, OpenAI will be a direct competitor to Apple across several product categories. Apple is rumored to be developing smart glasses, AirPods with cameras, an AI pendant, and a smart home hub with enhanced Siri capabilities. On the day Kuo published his initial report, Altman posted on X that it "feels like a good time to seriously rethink how operating systems and user interfaces are designed."Tag: OpenAI This article, "Everything We Know About OpenAI's Planned iPhone Rival" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

A few months ago, Apple released the MacBook Neo, its most affordable MacBook ever. At the time, an ASUS executive admitted that the laptop came as a "shock" to the Windows PC industry, which is now in the process of responding. Acer today introduced a Swift Air 14 laptop, with U.S. pricing starting at $699. By comparison, the MacBook Neo starts at $599 with a 256GB SSD and 8GB of RAM, or at $499 for college students and educational staff. However, the MacBook Neo costs an equal $699 when configured with a doubled 512GB of storage and a Touch ID button. Powered by a new Intel Core Series 3 processor, the Swift Air 14 features a 14-inch display with a 120Hz refresh rate and a resolution of 1,920 × 1,200 pixels, up to a 512GB SSD, up to 16GB of RAM, an all-aluminum enclosure, and quad speakers with DTS:X Ultra audio. Like the MacBook Neo, the laptop supports Wi-Fi 6E. Acer's Swift Air 14 The laptop is equipped with two Thunderbolt 4 ports, a USB-A port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack, and Acer says a 70 Wh battery provides up to 19 hours of battery life for video playback and up to 16 hours of battery life for web browsing. Like the MacBook Neo, the Swift Air 14 is available in colorful finishes, including sage green, frost blue, blossom pink, and lilac purple. Acer said the Swift Air 14 will be available in North America starting in August. Meanwhile, Qualcomm this week announced the Snapdragon C, a new processor designed for "entry-tier laptops" priced at "$300 and up." Qualcomm said the processor delivers "responsive everyday performance" with "breakthrough power efficiency." The first laptops powered by the Snapdragon C are expected to launch later this year, with committed brands including Acer, HP, and Lenovo, according to Qualcomm. Qualcomm's Snapdragon C processor Indeed, Acer has previewed the Aspire Go 15, the first laptop powered by the Snapdragon C processor. The laptop will have an "affordable" price point, but Acer did not provide specific pricing or a release date. Key specs include a 15.6-inch display with a resolution of 1,920 × 1,080 pixels, up to a 512GB SSD, up to 8GB of RAM, a 1080p webcam, two speakers, two USB-C ports, one USB-A port, one HDMI port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Acer said the Aspire Go 15 is made from 100% recyclable materials and has some components made from recycled plastic, so it sounds like the laptop will not have an all-aluminum enclosure like the MacBook Neo and the Swift Air 14. Finally, ASUS commented on the MacBook Neo again during its annual shareholders meeting today. According to Taiwan's Economic Daily News, ASUS's chairman Jonney Shih said that the company can learn from Apple's cost-efficient strategy with the MacBook Neo and views it as an opportunity. Stay tuned, he said. On an earnings call last month, Apple's CEO Tim Cook said that customer response to the MacBook Neo had been "off the charts" since its launch. Apple was very optimistic about the MacBook Neo before announcing it, but the company still "undercalled" the level of enthusiasm that the laptop would generate, according to Cook. He said that MacBook Neo demand exceeded Apple's expectations and helped to drive a record number of first-time Mac buyers last quarter. "We could not be happier with how things are going at the moment," said Cook. As for the Windows PC industry, perhaps not so much.Related Roundup: MacBook NeoTags: Acer, Asus, Intel, Qualcomm, WindowsBuyer's Guide: MacBook Neo (Buy Now)Related Forum: MacBook Neo This article, "Windows PC Industry Reacts to Apple's Most Affordable MacBook Ever" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

The M5 MacBook Air hit new all-time low prices this week, with $199 off nearly every model of the computer on Amazon. We're also tracking an ongoing low price on the AirPods Max 2, plus great discounts from Anker and Samsung. 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. M5 MacBook Air What's the deal? Take $199 off M5 MacBook Air Where can I get it? Amazon Where can I find the original deal? Right here $199 OFF13-inch M5 MacBook Air (512GB) for $899.99 $199 OFF13-inch M5 MacBook Air (16GB/1TB) for $1,099.99 Amazon has sweetened its deal on the 512GB 13-inch M5 MacBook Air this week, dropping the price of the notebook down to $899.99, from $1,099.00. This is a new record low price on the 13-inch M5 MacBook Air, and you'll find $199 off every 13-inch model right now on Amazon. Anker What's the deal? Save on Anker charging accessories Where can I get it? Amazon Where can I find the original deal? Right here $49 OFFAnker Prime 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Station for $109.99 Anker's new Prime 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Station has been marked down to $109.99 on Amazon, down from $149.99. This is one of Anker's newest accessories, and Amazon's sale today is just $5 higher compared to the all-time low price. Samsung What's the deal? Save on Samsung's new 2026 monitors Where can I get it? Samsung Where can I find the original deal? Right here $50 OFF PLUS EXTRASSamsung 2026 Monitors Samsung's newest monitors are now available to purchase this week, including the Odyssey G8, ViewFinity S8, and Movingstyle Essential. All of these are available with a $50 launch discount, plus your choice of extras including up to $300 in Samsung credit on a future purchase, a free Music Studio speaker, or free Galaxy Buds4 Pro. AirPods Max 2 What's the deal? Take $40 off AirPods Max 2 Where can I get it? Amazon Where can I find the original deal? Right here $40 OFFAirPods Max 2 for $509.00 Amazon this week has a record low price on the AirPods Max 2, now available for $509.00, down from $549.00. This sale is available in two colors of the headphones. 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, "Best Apple Deals of the Week: M5 MacBook Air Gets $199 Discounts, Plus Save on Samsung's New Monitors" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

WWDC 2026 is coming up very quickly now and we're continuing to learn more about what to expect in iOS 27 and other updates, so make sure to check in to see the latest as we head toward Apple's big week, which kicks off with the traditional keynote on Monday, June 8. While we may not see anything on the hardware side at WWDC, Apple does have plenty of products in the pipeline, and this week gave us an opportunity to check in on where things stand with the high-end "MacBook Ultra," the long-rumored foldable iPhone, and more, so read on below for all the details! Top Stories iOS 27's Siri App and 'Search or Ask' Feature Shown in Leaked Images With less than two weeks to go until the official unveiling of iOS 27 at WWDC 2026, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has shared some new re-created screenshots showing off what the revamped Siri will look like, in both standalone app form and a pop-up "Search or Ask" version associated with the Dynamic Island. Additional re-created screenshots show how Siri and AI will be more integrated into the Camera and Photos apps. The revamped Siri will use a dark color scheme similar to that seen on WWDC 2026 promotional artwork, and iOS 27 will include other enhancements such as revamped AirPods settings, quality improvements for Genmoji and Image Playground creations, and more. MacBook Ultra: 5 Features That Could Justify the Name Reports and rumors suggest the next MacBook Pro that Apple will release might not be a ‌MacBook Pro‌ at all. It could actually be something altogether new and more exciting – a "MacBook Ultra" – positioned above the Pro as Apple's top-tier laptop, suggesting that the current M5 Pro and M5 Max models will remain on sale when it launches. In a recent recap, we listed the key features we are expecting in the MacBook Ultra, which is likely to go on sale either later this year or in early 2027. As things stand, the latter time frame is now looking more likely, owing to the global memory chip shortage. Apple Watch for Diabetes: The Latest on Apple's Plans for Non-Invasive Blood Sugar Monitoring For many years now, it has been rumored that the Apple Watch will eventually gain non-invasive blood sugar monitoring capabilities, which would enable millions of people with diabetes to track their blood glucose levels without needing to prick their skin with a needle or wear a dedicated continuous glucose monitor. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple recently shifted oversight of the project from its platform architecture chief Tim Millet to Zongjian Chen, a senior engineer overseeing advanced technologies within the company. He framed this change as positive news for the project, which has apparently been in development for more than 15 years. Apple Seeds First iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6 Betas to Developers Even though WWDC is right around the corner, Apple still has another iOS 26 update in the works to tide us over until iOS 27 is ready for prime time, and that's iOS 26.6, which saw its first beta release this week. We haven't spotted much new in this update yet other than potentially a new alert that will pop up when you've reached the maximum number of blocked contacts, but with that limit into the thousands, most users won't ever hit the cap. Ferrari Reveals $640,000 EV Co-Designed by Jony Ive Despite billions of dollars in investment, the Apple Car never came to fruition, but the just-unveiled Ferrari Luce may offer a glimpse of some things we might have seen had Apple's project panned out. The $640,000 Luce is Ferrari's first all-electric car, and former Apple design chief Jony Ive and his LoveFrom collective were heavily involved in the design of the vehicle. First Cases for Apple's Foldable iPhone Surface Online Foldable smartphones present special challenges for case manufacturers looking to offer protection for the devices while still allowing them to fold and unfold properly, so third-party companies are already hard at work designing options for Apple's upcoming foldable iPhone. Case makers routinely begin mass producing accessories ahead of a new iPhone announcement, working from dummy units or leaked CAD files to size their molds. Their designs are speculative, but they have historically proven accurate to the millimeter, since accessory makers cannot afford to be left without product on launch day. Meanwhile, we continue to hear about hiccups as Apple seeks to ramp up toward mass production on the new device, with the latest being that Apple's supply chain is seeing issues with early-stage assembly procedures affecting production yields. This comes after word that issues with hinge reliability were also cropping up. Apple is, however, reportedly still aiming for a release later this year, though supplies may be very limited to start. MacRumors Newsletter Each week, we publish an email newsletter like this highlighting the top Apple stories, making it a great way to get a bite-sized recap of the week hitting all of the major topics we've covered and tying together related stories for a big-picture view. So if you want to have top stories like the above recap delivered to your email inbox each week, subscribe to our newsletter!Tag: Top Stories This article, "Top Stories: iOS 27 Leaks, MacBook Ultra Rumors, and More" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Leaker Sonny Dickson today shared images of iPhone 18 Pro dummy models in the device's four rumored colors, offering the first real-world look at what to expect from the lineup visually. Corroborating previous rumors, the dummies show the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max in Light Blue, Black, Silver, and Dark Cherry. Dickson said "Cherry will probably be the next hit, orange did very well." Cosmic Orange was the signature color of the iPhone 17 Pro and proved popular with customers. Dark Cherry is expected to serve as the headline new color for the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ models this year. The color has been in the rumor mill since at least February 2026, when Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that Apple was testing a deep red finish for the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max. At the time, Gurman described the shade as a deep red, and separate reporting from a Chinese leaker later suggested the color was very likely to make the cut, partly because Android rivals were already prototyping the same shade. First look at iPhone 18 dummies in the new colors: Black, Silver, Dark Cherry and Light Blue. Cherry will probably be the next hit, orange did very well. pic.twitter.com/2qpZDA7oEK — Sonny Dickson (@SonnyDickson) May 29, 2026 The picture sharpened in April, when Macworld reported that the color would be called Dark Cherry and would be closer to wine than a brighter red, and considerably more muted than Cosmic Orange. The leaker known as "Instant Digital" subsequently corroborated that name, characterizing the shade as a combination of burgundy, coffee, and deep purple. "Instant Digital" has a good track record on Apple color leaks, having accurately predicted the yellow finish for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus. Macworld's reporting also identified the full four-color lineup, with internal Pantone codes said to be in use at Apple: Light Blue (Pantone 2121), described as resembling the current iPhone 17's Mist Blue; Dark Cherry (Pantone 6076); Dark Gray (Pantone 426C); and Silver (Pantone 427C), said to be similar to the current generation. The latest images are significant because they mark the first time the rumored colors have been depicted in physical, real-world form rather than renders or supply chain descriptions. That said, dummy models are typically made from plastic or low-quality metals and are not finished to the same standard as production units, meaning the tone and saturation of each color could vary from what Apple ultimately ships. With that caveat, the dummies are consistent with the earlier rumors, suggesting that this will indeed likely be the final color palette of the device. The ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max are expected to be announced in the fall alongside the first foldable iPhone.Related Roundup: iPhone 18 ProTag: Sonny Dickson This article, "First Look at iPhone 18 Pro Color Options Revealed by Dummy Models" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

The iPhone 18 Pro and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max's all-new variable aperture lens will cost Apple 50% more than the camera unit used in current models, according to supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Variable aperture has been one of the most persistent iPhone camera rumors of the past few years. Kuo first flagged the feature in late 2024, and it has since been corroborated by multiple reports and apparently entered production earlier this year. Unlike the fixed f/1.78 aperture found on every iPhone Pro from the 14 Pro through to the 17 Pro, a variable aperture will physically adjust the size of the lens opening to control how much light reaches the sensor, offering better exposure control and greater flexibility over depth of field. Kuo said that the component has an average selling price roughly 50% higher than the seven-element plastic lens Apple currently uses in the iPhone 17 Pro's main camera. Sunny Optical set to supply Apple between 40 and 50% of orders Sunny Optical has also become a new compact camera module (CCM) supplier for Apple, initially producing the camera for the MacBook Neo. ‌MacBook Neo‌ shipments have come in significantly better than expected, with Kuo doubling his 2026 forecast from 5 million to 10 million units, a notable upward revision as the entry-level Mac has materially exceeded early expectations. Looking further ahead, the 2028 iPhone's ultra wide camera module is expected to move away from flip-chip packaging in favor of an improved COB (chip-on-board) design, with Sunny Optical well positioned to become a supplier at that point. A COB ultra-wide module could be thinner or smaller, leaving more room for other components, or simply deliver better image quality from the same physical footprint. Beyond Apple, Kuo says Sunny Optical has secured component orders for two OpenAI devices, including a smartphone and a pocket or mobile device. The ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max are expected to launch in the fall alongside the first foldable iPhone. Related Roundup: iPhone 18 ProTags: 20th-Anniversary iPhone, Ming-Chi Kuo This article, "iPhone 18 Pro's Camera Upgrade Will Cost Apple 50% More" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

Anthropic today announced the launch of its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.8. Anthropic claims the model is a "more effective collaborator" with improvements in agentic coding, multidisciplinary reasoning, agentic computer use, knowledge work, and agentic financial analysis. Testers have found Opus 4.8 to be "more reliable and sharper in its judgement" when doing agentic tasks, and the model also made gains in honesty. Early testers report that Opus 4.8 is more likely to flag uncertainties about its work and less likely to make unsupported claims. This is borne out in our evaluations, which show that Opus 4.8 is around four times less likely than its predecessor to allow flaws in code it has written to pass unremarked. Alignment assessments suggest the model hits new highs on measures of prosocial traits like supporting user autonomy and acting in the user's best interest. Rates of misaligned behavior like deception are lower than Opus 4.7 and similar to the Claude Mythos Preview. Anthropic benchmarks indicate Opus 4.8 scored a 69.2% on SWE-Bench Pro, outperforming GPT–5.5 and Gemini 3.1 Pro on the test and several other benchmarks, though GPT–5.5 leads on the terminal-coding benchmark. Opus 4.8's fast mode also runs at 2.5x the speed, and it is now three times cheaper than prior models. Along with Opus 4.8, Anthropic is adding new features to its product lineup. Dynamic workflows (research preview) - Claude can complete bigger tasks in Claude Code. It is able to plan work and run hundreds of parallel subagents in a single session. It is able to complete codebase-scale migrations across hundreds of thousands of lines of code. The feature is available for Claude Code for Enterprise, Team, and Max plans. Effort control - In Claude.ai and Cowork, users can choose how much effort Claude puts into a response. With a lower setting, Claude will respond faster and use up rate limits more slowly. Opus 4.8 defaults to high effort, which Anthropic says is the best balance of quality and user experience. Messages API - The Messages API accepts system entries inside the messages array, so developers can update Claude's instructions mid-task. Claude Opus 4.8 is available everywhere today. Pricing for regular use has not changed compared to Opus 4.7. Anthropic is working on models that have the same capabilities as Opus 4.8 at a lower cost, and a new class of model that's even more intelligent than Opus. Anthropic says it has been developing safeguards for the Claude Mythos model it is testing with a small number of organizations, and it expects to be able to bring Mythos-class models to all customers "in the coming weeks."Tag: Anthropic This article, "Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.8 With Gains in Coding and Honesty" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article

If you thought Lorna Shore sounded terrifying in a theatre, just wait until they hit arenas. The modern deathcore juggernauts are officially returning to Australia this October for their biggest headline shows Down Under to date, bringing fellow US heavyweights Whitechapel and The Acacia Strain along for the ride. Lorna Shore – ‘In Darkness’ Which is to say: absolutely nobody’s neck is surviving this tour. Kicking off in Melbourne before tearing through Adelaide, Perth, Sydney and Brisbane, the run arrives off the back of a massive few years for Lorna Shore, who’ve rapidly evolved from deathcore cult favourites into one of heavy music’s most genuinely unstoppable forces. Between the viral insanity of vocalist Will Ramos’s inhuman vocal acrobatics, breakout releases like …And I Return To Nothingness and their acclaimed 2025 album I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me, the band have managed to do something pretty rare in extreme music: go genuinely mainstream while somehow becoming even more ferocious. And Aussie fans have already proven they are very, very here for it. The band’s first-ever Australian headline run in early 2025 sold out entirely, before they returned later that year to flatten crowds once again as part of Good Things Festival. Now they’re levelling up again – this time armed with venues big enough to contain the absolute sonic apocalypse they’ve become known for live. Joining them for all Australian dates are deathcore royalty Whitechapel, whose influence on the genre is basically impossible to overstate at this point. Meanwhile Massachusetts chaos merchants The Acacia Strain round out a lineup that honestly feels less like a concert bill and more like a direct threat to venue foundations nationwide. So yeah – if you enjoy blast beats, emotional devastation and feeling like you’ve just survived a medieval battle by the end of a set, this one’s probably for you. Details down yonder. Lorna Shore Australian Tour 2026 With Special Guests: Whitechapel + The Acacia Strain Friday October 16 – John Cain Arena, Melbourne, VIC Saturday October 17 – Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theate, Adelaide, SA Monday October 19 – Metro City, Perth, WA Wednesday October 21 – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW Friday October 23 – Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD Artist early bird pre-sale tickets on sale: Thursday 28 May @ 10am AEST time Spotify early bird pre-sale tickets on sale: Friday 29 May @ 10am local time Promoter early bird pre-sale tickets on sale: Monday 1 June @ 12pm AEST time To Gain Early Ticket Access Register Here -> https://daltours.cc/LornaShore Ticketing & Venue early bird pre-sale tickets on sale: Tuesday 2 June @ 10am local time General tickets on sale: Wednesday 3 June @ 11am local time via destroyalllines.com Further Reading Avenged Sevenfold Announce First Aussie Tour In 12 Years With Coheed & Cambria + Thornhill A Perfect Circle Are Finally Returning To Australia – With Puscifer In Tow Hellbound II Lineup: Parkway Drive, Thy Art Is Murder + MORE The post Lorna Shore Are Returning To Australia For Their Biggest Headline Tour Yet appeared first on Music Feeds. View the full article

Apple today provided public beta testers with the first betas of iOS 26.6, iPadOS 26.6, macOS Tahoe 26.6, watchOS 26.6, and tvOS 26.6, with the software coming two days after Apple seeded the betas to developers. After signing up to beta test the software updates on Apple's beta site, public beta testers can download the new software using the Software Update section in the Settings app on each device. iOS 26.6 has a feature that will let you know when you have blocked too many contacts, but the limit is in the thousands so most users may not ever see the messaging. No other major new features have been found in any of the software updates, with Apple likely focusing on bug fixes and security improvements. We're nearing the end of the "26" software cycle, with Apple planning to unveil iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and more in 11 days.Related Roundups: iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS TahoeRelated Forums: iOS 26, macOS Tahoe This article, "Apple Seeds First Public Betas of iOS 26.6, macOS Tahoe 26.6 and More" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums View the full article