Standalone Siri app to offer auto-deleting chat history, launch with beta label: report

Next month at WWDC 2026, Apple is expected to finally live up to its AI Siri promises, and more. The company has long been working on a new standalone Siri app to boost how users interact with Siri and Apple Intelligence – and it should be debuting …

Report: Apple to upgrade Genmoji in iOS 27 with new automatic suggestions

According to the Power On newsletter from Mark Gurman, Apple is planning an interesting new Genmoji feature in iOS 27 to bolster its usage: suggested Genmoji’s based on your photo library and keyboard history. more…

Trump calls Taiwan arms deal a “negotiating chip” after three days with Xi in Beijing

  Donald Trump flew home from Beijing on Friday having told China’s Xi Jinping that a $14 billion arms package for Taiwan is “a very good negotiating chip,” a remark that reframes American security commitments to a democratic ally as a bargaining to…

ArXiv will ban researchers for a year if they submit papers they did not bother to read

  ArXiv, the open-access repository that has served as the primary distribution channel for preprint research in computer science, mathematics, and physics for more than three decades, will ban authors for one year if they submit papers containing o…

Cerebras just had the biggest US tech IPO since Snowflake. SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic are next.

Cerebras Systems closed its first day on the Nasdaq at $311.07, up 68% from its $185 IPO price, giving the wafer-scale chip company a market capitalisation of approximately $95 billion. The offering raised $5.55 billion, making it the largest US tec…

iOS 26.5: All the Bugs and Problems Reported by iPhone Users After the Update

iOS 26.5 is likely one of the last meaningful point updates before Apple turns attention to iOS 27 at WWDC 2026. On paper, it looks like a routine late-cycle release: encrypted RCS messaging, new Pride Luminance wallpapers, Maps changes, bug fixes, …

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Asus crammed an RTX 5080 into a 3-litre box. It costs $4,400 and the performance gain is 2.3%.

Asus has launched the 2026 ROG NUC 16 in China, pairing Intel’s Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processor with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 laptop GPU inside a 3-litre chassis that weighs 3.12 kilograms. The black version starts at CNY 29,999 (approximately $…

Destinus is raising €200M ahead of an IPO. The cruise missile maker wants a €5B valuation.

Destinus, the Netherlands-headquartered defence startup that manufactures cruise missiles and autonomous drones, is in talks to raise approximately €200 million ahead of a planned initial public offering, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people …

Samsung and its union meet Monday in a last attempt to prevent an 18-day chip factory strike

Samsung Electronics and its largest labour union will resume negotiations on Monday in what South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-Seok has described as “virtually the last chance” to prevent an 18-day strike at the world’s biggest memory chipmaker. If…

Malta just became the first country to give every citizen free ChatGPT Plus. There’s one condition.

OpenAI has signed a deal with the government of Malta to provide all Maltese citizens and residents with free access to ChatGPT Plus for one year. There is one condition: they must first complete an AI literacy course developed by the University of …

The man who put a Roomba in every home wants to replace your dog with a plush robot

Colin Angle, the robotics engineer who co-founded iRobot and spent 25 years turning the Roomba into the world’s most widely adopted home robot, has unveiled the prototype for his next act: a four-legged, plush-covered AI companion designed to follow…

A student with a laptop and a radio stopped four high-speed trains. The crypto keys hadn’t been changed in 19 years.

At 23:23 on 5 April, a 23-year-old university student in Taichung transmitted a falsified General Alarm signal into the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation’s internal radio system. Four trains travelling at up to 300 km/h received the highest-priorit…

Amazon Offers Up to $109 Off New M4 iPad Air Models This Weekend

Amazon this weekend has brought back a major sale on the M4 iPad Air, with a trio of all-time low prices on the tablet. This includes both 11-inch and 13-inch models of the brand new 2026 M4 iPad Air. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with …

These are the best new MacBook deals right now: May 2026 Buyer’s Guide

In the era of Apple Silicon, MacBooks are more affordable than ever. Nowadays, you can buy a MacBook Air with 512GB of storage and 16GB of memory for $1099 directly from Apple, when such a configuration would’ve cost $1599 just a few years ago. And …

Apple Cuts iPhone 17 Prices in China Ahead of 618 Shopping Festival

Apple is cutting prices on the iPhone 17 lineup in China ahead of the country's annual 618 shopping festival, as competition in the premium smartphone market intensifies between Apple and Huawei, according to a report from the Global Times.Continue …

Indie App Spotlight: ‘Cats Lock’ is a fun Mac app that solves cat keyboard spam

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact. If you’re a beloved cat owner, you might often have …

ChatGPT Can Now Connect to Your Bank Account for Budgeting and Financial Advice

OpenAI has started rolling out a new personal finance feature inside ChatGPT that lets users connect bank accounts, credit cards, loans, and investments directly to the chatbot for budgeting advice and financial planning. The new experience works…

Apple, Epic Agree to Legal Schedule for App Store Commission Proceedings

Apple and Epic Games have agreed on a legal schedule that will govern proceedings over what commissions Apple may be permitted to charge developers for external App Store purchases.Continue ReadingSpotlight Deal:Apple's 16-Inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro Dr…

Apple Watch Series 12: Here’s what we know so far

As is the case every year, this September – Apple will be unveiling its next-generation Apple Watch model. Apple Watch Series 12 will likely carry on the same design language as the Apple Watch Series 11, but with a few changes. Let’s dive in. m…

Figma Is Suddenly Worried About Anthropic’s US Problems, Here’s Why

The growing conflict between Anthropic and the US government is starting to create problems far beyond the AI company itself. What began as a dispute over military use of AI models is now turning into a business risk for software firms that rely on …