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Apple's coverage at devtake.dev tracks iPhone, Mac, Vision, silicon, and the slow reshape of the company around AI.

33 articles First covered Apr 15, 2026, latest Jun 13, 2026
Leaked case renders of Apple's foldable iPhone Ultra, showing the rear dual-camera cutout and slim profile.
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Apple's foldable iPhone was stalling on its hinge. New leaked cases say it's back on for September.

Leaked case renders and design mockups put the foldable iPhone Ultra back on a September track, with a near-creaseless screen, dual rear cameras, and a possible white-only finish.

Apple Intelligence branding from Apple's WWDC 2026 announcement
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Apple rebuilt Siri on Google's Gemini and is paying $1 billion a year for it

At WWDC 2026 Apple shipped Siri AI, rebuilt on a custom Google Gemini model running on its own servers. Here are the catches behind the demo.

Apple logo over a graphic of India, illustrating the country's antitrust case against the App Store.
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$38 billion in fines was on the table. Apple just agreed to show India its revenue.

Apple agreed to hand the Competition Commission of India its local financials by June 25, removing its last shield against a fine reported at up to $38 billion.

Render of the redesigned iOS 27 Siri app with a Search or Ask field
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iOS 27's first leaked renders: a rebuilt Siri chatbot, days before WWDC

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman published the first iOS 27 renders 11 days before WWDC, showing a rebuilt Siri, a pro Camera mode, and new Photos AI. Apple hasn't confirmed any of it.

The Oura Ring 5 shown in multiple metal finishes against a neutral background
Hardware·

Oura shrank the Ring 5 by 40% and raised the price $50 to $399

Oura's Ring 5 is 40% smaller than the Ring 4, adds live workout tracking and an AI Advisor, and costs $50 more. Here's what's new and whether it's worth it.

Apple's security branding, illustrating the iPhone theft-protection layer the new anti-snatch feature would extend.
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Apple is testing an anti-snatch feature that locks the iPhone the second it's grabbed

Code seen by 9to5Mac points to an iPhone feature that auto-locks when the accelerometer detects a snatch, then clamps down like Stolen Device Protection.

A Roku streaming stick glyph next to the AirPlay 2 logo on an iOS screen, illustrating the streaming-protocol layer the iOS 27 change would open.
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Apple is opening AirPlay's slot in iOS 27. Google Cast can become the default on EU iPhones.

Mark Gurman's Sunday Power On says iOS 27 will let users pick Google Cast or another protocol over AirPlay for system-level streaming, to satisfy the EU DMA.

Apple Security Research site banner card.
Security·

Apple shipped formal proofs for its post-quantum crypto. 2.5 billion devices now run verified code.

Apple's SEAR team published formal verification proofs for corecrypto's ML-KEM and ML-DSA implementations. 50,000 proof steps cover 2.5 billion active devices.

A concept render of a foldable iPhone open on a desk, showing the interior display and hinge mechanism.
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Apple solved the iPhone Fold crease. The hinge is what's stalling production.

Trial production of Apple's foldable iPhone hit a wall on hinge durability. The crease problem is over; the rattle isn't.

Apple Newsroom illustration for end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging beta.
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iOS 26.5 brings encrypted texting between iPhone and Android. Group chats and metadata still leak.

Apple and Google began rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS on May 11. The MLS-based encryption rides on GSMA Universal Profile 3.0, but EFF says the rollout leaves real gaps.

Transmission lines stretched across mountain terrain at dusk
Policy·

NV Energy is cutting off 49,000 Lake Tahoe homes by May 2027. The power is going to AI data centers.

Liberty Utilities serves 49,000 Tahoe customers. NV Energy supplies 75% of that power and is reclaiming it for Northern Nevada data center expansion.

Google Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro shown hands-on, the device family GrapheneOS supports and the one whose attestation chip the controversy is about
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Apple and Google are bringing hardware attestation to the web. GrapheneOS says it's a monopoly play.

Google's reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification will require a certified iOS or Android device to pass some captchas, even on desktop. GrapheneOS calls the pattern anti-competitive.

MacRumors editorial image showing the iCloud logo, used to illustrate the UK class-action lawsuit over iCloud lock-in
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Apple lost its bid to narrow a £3B UK iCloud class action. The tribunal kept the free-tier users in.

Which? is suing on behalf of 40 million UK consumers since 2018. The tribunal denied Apple 2-1 on excluding non-paying users, opening a 'forgone consumer surplus' theory.

Apple AirPods Pro shown in their charging case, the current generation design that the camera-equipped model will build on
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Apple delayed its camera AirPods because Siri wasn't ready. Gurman says they're back in late testing.

Bloomberg reports Apple's infrared-camera AirPods have reached advanced testing. The earbuds feed visual context to Siri but can't take photos or video.

An iPhone displaying AI-related features
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Apple is turning iOS 27 into an AI model marketplace. ChatGPT loses its exclusive slot.

Bloomberg reports Apple will let users choose Gemini, Claude, or ChatGPT across Siri, Writing Tools, and Image Playground via a new Extensions framework this fall.

Apple Intelligence promotional image showing Siri's expected new capabilities
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Apple will pay $250M for the Siri features it promised at WWDC 2024 and never shipped

Apple agreed to a $250M class-action settlement over the personalized Siri features it advertised with the iPhone 16. iPhone 15 Pro and 16 owners get $25–$95 per device.

Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, the campus where Apple Silicon decisions are made
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Intel jumped 13% on a Bloomberg report that Apple is talking to its old chip supplier again

Bloomberg says Apple is in early-stage talks with Intel and Samsung Foundry to build base M-series chips in the US starting 2027. Intel closed at a record $543B market cap.

John Ternus, Apple's incoming CEO, photographed at Apple Park.
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Apple dropped its 7-year 'net cash neutral' policy. Ternus is freeing up the balance sheet for AI.

Mark Gurman's May 3 Power On reads Apple's quiet capital-allocation shift as cover for John Ternus to spend more on AI infrastructure and acquisitions, less on buybacks.

Apple Mac mini desktop computer on a clean background, showing the M4-era chassis.
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Apple killed the $599 Mac mini. The cheapest one is now $799 with 512GB.

Apple quietly pulled the 256GB Mac mini from its store on May 1. Tim Cook had warned the day before that demand was outpacing supply for months.

Apple logo from the Apple Newsroom press release for Q2 2026 second-quarter results
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Apple booked $111.2B in Q2 with Ternus on the call. Cook warned about RAMageddon.

Apple posted record Q2 revenue of $111.2B (up 17%). John Ternus joined his first earnings call as named CEO. Cook warned AI memory costs will hit Apple's June quarter.

Concept render of a near-bezel-less iPhone with a curved display in a vivid purple finish.
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Apple's 20th-anniversary iPhone gets a custom 'micro-curved' OLED. Here's what Samsung is actually building.

MacRumors reports the 2027 iPhone will use a Samsung COE pol-less OLED with a crater-shaped diffusion layer. The panel curves on all four edges.

Render of Anker's Thus chip alongside a pair of Soundcore earbuds.
Hardware·

Anker built its own AI chip. It runs neural nets inside flash memory cells.

Anker's Thus chip embeds compute inside NOR flash, claims 150x more on-device AI for noise cancellation, and ships in Soundcore earbuds on May 21. Here's why it matters.

Google Cloud Next 2026 keynote branding from the Google Cloud blog.
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Google's Cloud chief just confirmed the deal: Gemini will power the new Siri this year

At Cloud Next 2026, Thomas Kurian named Apple as a customer and Gemini as the engine behind 'a more personalized Siri coming later this year.' Apple has stayed silent.

Mozilla Firefox 150 security announcement cover graphic
Open Source·

Mozilla fixed 271 Firefox bugs that Claude Mythos found. Its own tests caught 22.

Firefox 150 shipped Monday with 271 security fixes from Anthropic's Project Glasswing. Mozilla CTO Bobby Holley says Mythos matches elite human researchers.

Framework Laptop 13 Pro product hero image showing the new aluminum chassis
Hardware·

Framework's Laptop 13 Pro is a ground-up redesign: aluminum, 20-hour battery, $1,199 DIY

Framework opened pre-orders for the Laptop 13 Pro on April 21. Panther Lake or Ryzen AI 300, LPCAMM2, a 74Wh battery, and Framework's first touch display.

Tim Cook and John Ternus on stage at Apple Park.
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Tim Cook is stepping down. John Ternus is Apple's next CEO, effective September 1.

Apple confirmed John Ternus will become CEO on September 1, 2026. Tim Cook moves to executive chairman after 15 years running the company.

European Commission illustration for new EU rules on durable, energy-efficient, repairable smartphones and tablets
Policy·

The EU's 'replaceable phone batteries by 2027' headline is misleading. Here's the rule.

Article 11 of EU Batteries Regulation 2023/1542 kicks in February 18, 2027. Most flagship phones will dodge user-replaceable batteries through the Ecodesign exemption instead.

Illustration for Anthropic's Project Glasswing, a cybersecurity program powered by Claude Mythos Preview
AI·

NSA is running Anthropic's Mythos. The Pentagon says Anthropic is a supply-chain risk.

Axios reports the NSA is using Anthropic's unreleased Mythos model even though the Defense Department has blacklisted Anthropic. One government, two positions.

Leaked iPhone 18 Pro prototype image showing a smaller Dynamic Island and repositioned camera
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The iPhone 18 Pro's Dynamic Island is shrinking 35%. One Face ID sensor goes under the display.

Leaked prototype images and screen protectors point to a smaller Dynamic Island on the iPhone 18 Pro. Only the flood illuminator moves beneath the OLED, not all of Face ID.

Concept rendering of Apple smart glasses
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Apple's smart glasses are up to four frame styles in testing, Gurman reports

Mark Gurman's Sunday newsletter says Apple is testing at least four acetate frame styles for its N50 smart glasses, plus three colors and a vertical camera array.

Reported foldable iPhone shown in a product mockup
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Foldable iPhone: final renders leak as Nikkei warns of 2027 delay

Jon Prosser posted what he calls the final foldable iPhone design. Hours later, Nikkei reported Apple's hitting hinge and display snags that could push launch into 2027.

Siri icon on an iPhone display showing Apple's AI assistant interface
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Apple is sending 200 Siri engineers to an AI coding bootcamp. That tells you everything.

A report from The Information reveals Apple is retraining Siri staff on AI tools like Claude Code. With WWDC two months away, Apple's AI gap has never been more visible.

iPhone satellite connection screen showing Messages, Find My, Roadside Assistance, and Emergency SOS
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Amazon is buying Globalstar for $11.57B, and Apple just re-signed the satellite deal

Amazon's Leo constellation just swallowed the satellite provider behind iPhone Emergency SOS. Apple signed a new deal on the same day keeping every satellite feature running.