AI Can Identify Threats. It Can’t Own Security Decisions
AI can identify threats and speed security analysis, but risk scoring alone cannot determine what software should be allowed to run. Effective prevention requires explainable, policy-driven controls. The post appeared first on TechNewsWorld.

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Mophie announces three new premium 25W MagSafe chargers for iPhone: hands-on
Mophie’s been a mainstay in the charging tech industry, and today, they have an all new lineup of premium 25W MagSafe charging products for Apple users – available from Mophie.com and Apple Retail. While most 25W MagSafe chargers deploy some kind of active cooling tech, Mophie has a new approach meant to keep your devices cool without the additional noise – dubbed StealthCharge.

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Apple faces yet another EU antitrust investigation, this time for preferencing iCloud
Apple’s antitrust battles with the European Union are many and varied, and it may now be facing yet another one. Italy’s competition regulator has today opened an investigation into whether Apple illegally preferences iCloud over third-party cloud services – and says it will be sending a report to the EU Commission …

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We’re getting tired of these unreleased Apple headphone teasers
Macworld Two more soccer players have been photographed with a “mysterious” pair of unreleased Apple headphones, in what must now count as the least subtle campaign in the history of guerrilla marketing. On two separate occasions earlier this month, and spanning a total of five photos and one video, Barcelona and Spain star Lamine Yamal appeared on social media either wearing or holding an unidentified pair of Beats over-ears. The posts were not tagged as ads, nor did the player make any reference to the product in the captions. But it seemed obvious that the inclusion of the headphones was a deliberate piece of marketing ahead of an imminent launch. Just casually carrying two pairs of the same headphones on the outside of your bag, as you do.Lamine Yamal The over-ears were shown in two different colorways (corresponding to the Cloud Pink and Sandstone of the Beats Solo 4 and Beats Studio Pro respectively) with the Beats logo visible, and clearly had a different design to any existing Beats headphones. Industry speculation, along with documents filed with the FCC in May, hint that this may be an updated version of the Beats Studio Pro. Yamal’s efforts garnered plenty of publicity, but Apple, which owns the Beats brand, is not leaving anything to chance. Two other players involved in the ongoing World Cup have made their own Instagram posts showcasing what appear to be the same pair of headphones. Over the weekend, U.S. left-back Antonee Robinson posted seven photos in celebration of his team’s victory over Paraguay, and one of these showed him wearing the same mysterious headphones–this time in a mixed blue-and-white finish. And this in turn followed a post two days earlier which included a photo of that same pair of headphones (this time with the colors reversed and his number “5” printed on them) without any explanation. Product placement doesn’t get much more blatant than this. This, apparently, was “final prep” for the World Cup.Antonee Robinson The South Korean player Kang-in Lee, meanwhile, appeared in two photos wearing the headphones in yellow and white. These latest posts imply that the product may allow customers to mix and match ear cups and headbands in different colors. I’ve cropped out the bag he’s holding, but that may have been product placement too.Lee Kang-in Surely the headphones will launch soon. Because this flood of stealth marketing is becoming unbearable–and frankly, a distraction from the football.

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Reports of iPhone Ultra launch delays are ‘false,’ says leaker
Alongside question marks on whether the first folding iPhone will be branded as the iPhone Fold, iPhone Ultra, or something else, there’s also been uncertainty about the launch timings. (I’m going to refer to it as the iPhone Ultra purely to avoid clumsy phrasing.) There have been multiple reports suggesting that the launch could be significantly delayed, but a new comment from a leaker with a decent track record says otherwise …

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Strident leaker insists iPhone Fold is not delayed at all
The back and forth of conflicting claims about the iPhone Fold continues, as now a vocal leaker has repeatedly scorned reports of the device being delayed until 2027.iPhone Fold leakers continue to argue over whether it has been delayedJust to be clear, the previous most recent rumor about the iPhone Fold was that Apple will announce it as expected in September 2026, but it will not actually ship until early 2027. But now leaker Fixed Focus Digital on Chinese social media site Weibo says no, no, and four times no.It's an unusual post for the leaker in that it just quotes four headlines, without attribution, and says they're wrong. In translation, two of these apparent headlines are identical, but then so is the leaker's response. "Fake," he says next to those. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Three ways the OS 27 betas give away Apple’s folding phone secret
Macworld Apple just released the first developer beta of iOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and all the other OS 27 updates. These updates are loaded with all the features Apple announced during its WWDC keynote, but sometimes it’s the things you find that weren’t announced that prove the most interesting. For some time now, we’ve heard rumors that Apple will, at long last, release a folding iPhone this fall. The apparent name will be iPhone Ultra, and it will feature a book-style fold design with an unusual aspect ratio similar to a passport. Now, the new OS 27 betas feature three very strong clues that this folding iPhone is definitely on the way. Folding in the code The strongest evidence of the folding iPhone is also the least visible. Hidden in the iOS 27 code are references to two new status variables: foldState and angleDegrees. These sorts of status values are typically given to apps to tell them how to operate: a status value would tell an app if you’re holding your phone in landscape orientation, for example, so it can change its layout if it supports landscape mode. Obviously, there’s no need for these two particular state values on anything but a folding device. We’ve also seen code that suggests that there’s a device on the way that features both Touch ID and Dynamic Island. There’s no such device on the market today, but it would neatly fit the iPhone Ultra rumors. Resizeable iPhone mirroring When using the macOS iPhone Mirroring feature (introduced in iOS 18 and macOS 15 Sequoia), you could only select one of three sizes: smaller, actual size, or larger. The actual shape of the mirrored iPhone could never change. Now, iPhone Mirroring gives you a freely resizable window. With most third-party apps, this simply grows or shrinks the iPhone-shaped window smoothly. But within many of Apple’s own apps, the application itself resizes and refactors itself to allow a wider layout. This isn’t the Weather app on macOS, it’s the iPhone app with iPhone Mirroring!Foundry This is known as “app adaptability” in Apple developer circles; building an app with relative layout controls instead of a fixed layout, so it smoothly adapts to different screen (or window) sizes. The fact that the iPhone Mirroring app supports this, and that Apple’s iPhone apps feature adaptive layouts, almost certainly signals that an iPhone with a wildly different aspect ratio is definitely on the way. Lots of new landscape apps Apple dropped the landscape orientation home screen and most app views back in iOS 14. Since then, a few iPhone apps have added back landscape support over the years, including Maps, Files, Notes, and Mail. With iOS 27, Apple has added back a flood of apps supporting landscape view: Find My, Fitness, Health, Home, Music, Podcasts, Reminders, Shortcuts, Watch, Weather, Voice Memos, and even Apple TV Remote. Apple has made the Dynamic Island and Live Activities work in landscape view, too. Even the Apple Watch app has a landscape view now.Foundry Some of these apps have only partial landscape support–the Now Playing screen in Podcasts and Music work with your phone held sideways, but the main category navigation does not. Also, there’s no landscape home screen view. I suspect later beta releases of iOS 27 will expand this landscape app support. In Podcasts and Music, landscape support is limited to the Now Playing screen.Foundry Some of this is the natural consequence of Apple building its apps for reactive layouts, but it’s all in service of an iPhone that will obviously have a more horizontal orientation by default.

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Apple took Gemini out of Google, but can it take Google out of Gemini?
Macworld You humans don’t handle nuance very well. Before you complain about that being racist, remember that the Macalope is part human, so he can say that. He’s not saying that when he gets together with his antelope cousins, it’s like a friar’s club roast of humans. He’s not saying that. Now, you’re probably asking yourself if, after weeks of discussing AI, the Macalope is finally going to talk about something, ANYTHING, else? Well, let the Macalope just tell you that, uh, no, he is not; this one’s also about AI. He’s very sorry about that. So very sorry. But the problem with the term “AI” is that it’s too broad. There are a number of different kinds of AI. There’s the programming kind that can finish a line of code or tell you how to accomplish something or just do it for you. There’s the horrible kind that can put a birthday cake in front of a generated image of a dead-eyed friend for a party invitation that asks, “What even is reality anymore?” There’s the scientific kind that can comb through massive amounts of data and analyze it. There’s even the disgusting kind that can take peoples clothes off without their consent. Obviously some of these are laudable and some are decidedly not. Some seem like it would be worth assiduously dedicating resources to. Many do not. It’s complicated and that complication is being ham-fistedly exploited in order to make AI, all AI, seem like a necessity, one that just happens to make a whole bunch of people even richer than they already are. At least Apple’s implementation of AI will be easy to understand. During the WWDC26 keynote, Apple announced its third generation of Apple Foundation Models (AFM), comprising five models, some of which are local, some of which are cloud-based, and one of which lives in Google’s servers running on Nvidia chips. 9to5Mac, June 11, 2026 Uhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. Come onnnnnnn. Well, let’s see if we can at least unpack some of this because the Macalope himself has been guilty of fudging the details, although largely before they weren’t yet available. Apple has now made it clear that the updated Apple Intelligence isn’t just a skinned version of Google’s AI. As Macworld’s Jason Cross says: It seems like Apple started with Gemini’s foundation models, optimized and rebuilt them for Apple Silicon and the model sizes it needs, and retrained them with its own data, weights, and guardrails. That might seem like semantics but, again, nuance is pretty important here. Those last three dials on the ol’ AI machine are pretty important and can change your results drastically. The first two models are AFM 3 Core, which provides more Siri smarts, and AFM 3 Core Advanced, which brings more expressive voices and better dictation but requires a more powerful device. These both run on-device to keep you warm on those cold winter days. Then we have AFM 3 Cloud, which provides the general server-side smarts, ADM 3 Cloud for image generation and editing, and AFM 3 Cloud Pro. These three run in the cloud to one day rid us of those cold winter days completely through the magic of human-induced climate change. Too dark or just dark enough to make you remember the difference? That’s an exercise the Macalope will leave to the reader. If you’d like to receive regular news and updates to your inbox, sign up for our newsletters, including The Macalope and Apple Breakfast, David Price’s weekly, bite-sized roundup of all the latest Apple news and rumors. Foundry The final one, AFM 3 Cloud Pro, is the only one running on Google’s servers, which run on chips made by a noted leather fetishist instead of Apple Silicon. It’s not, however, Google code other than having been derived from Google code, and it’s the bit that will do all that cool party planning stuff for you. So… yeahhh. We’re going to be throwing so many parties, y’all. From this entire combination you can see why it was hard to suss out the elephant from each of these parts before WWDC26. Apple started with Google code but made it its own. It put what it could on-device, but is running a lot in the cloud, some of it even on Google’s own infrastructure. There might be a joke to be made here about people in glass caves not throwing stones, but that parable is kind of complicated and, honestly, the Macalope’s trying to wrap up. Just like the parable of The Cave, AI is also complicated, both technically and in terms of what it provides. The term combines technical tools that are extremely useful to some, having applications that legitimately benefit humanity, with visual slop and filth and LLM feedback that is often computational malpractice based on misappropriated source material, all run on servers that can damage the environment that no one wants in their neighborhood. The cherry on top? The people in charge of it are pretty much the worst. The horny one wishes we could have a more nuanced conversation about AI but when we keep calling it all the same thing, it just isn’t possible.

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Apple @ Work Podcast: Leebry aims to unify your SaaS tools for AI use
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Where are the missing iOS 27 features? Don’t worry, they’re still coming
Macworld At WWDC this year, we got a swarm of new improvements in iOS 27. Almost everything announced was previously leaked, largely by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Two features that we were really looking forward to were leaked prior to the event, but were not part of Apple’s presentation or the iOS 27 betas: a customizable Camera app and AI extensions to use your preferred AI chatbot with Siri. Don’t worry, Mark Gurman says, those features are still in testing and will be coming. Apple just hasn’t announced them yet. Customizable Camera app We were supposed to get two big changes to the Camera app in iOS 27: A new Siri mode that brings Visual Intelligence inside the app, and a customizable interface where you would drag controls and settings from a drawer of features onto the camera mode of your choice. The first was announced, the second is nowhere to be seen. Bloomberg Gurman says the feature is still in active testing in Apple’s internal builds, and it’s not clear why it wasn’t announced and isn’t in the iOS 27 beta. I have two theories. One is that it’s simply not going to be ready for the first iOS 27 release. After getting embarrassed by a slew of iOS 18 features that didn’t arrive on time, Apple changed its strategy to announce only those features that are sure to arrive at launch in September. Features that weren’t ready are announced ahead of iOS updates that roll out later in the year, giving Apple flexibility to test and delay features if necessary. So, if a customizable Camera interface won’t be ready until iOS 27.2 or whatever, Apple wouldn’t have used the WWDC keynote to announce it. However, the more likely reason is that Apple is saving it for the introduction of the iPhone 18 Pro this fall. That phone is supposed to introduce the biggest improvement in camera hardware in some time, with a variable aperture lens on the wide camera and improvements to telephoto, in addition to better camera sensors. Apple is probably just going to show off the new “pro-focused” customizable interface at that time. Whether the interface will be exclusive to the iPhone 18 Pro or not, we simply don’t know yet. Siri AI extensions For all the many Siri improvements in iOS 27, one anticipated rumored feature seemingly didn’t make the cut: AI extensions. Apple was said to be building a system in which AI app developers could hook their apps into Siri, allowing users to use their LLMs with Siri requests. Users who install the Claude or Gemini or ChatGPT apps could hop into Settings and select those as their AI of choice. Apple was (and apparently still is) building a whole system to support this, including special entitlements that AI app developers could apply for and frameworks within Siri to support it. So where is it? The first iOS 27 beta has an “Extension” section the Siri section of the Settings app, while allow you to choose ChatGPT per the company’s current arrangement. It’s easy to see how that section could be populated by other AI agents eventually. It’s possible that Apple simply didn’t want to pull any attention away from the new Siri and its own AI work, but I think it’s more likely that the system just needs a little more time. During the WWDC keynote, Apple said, “Siri AI will not initially be available in the EU on iOS and iPadOS. We’re working hard to find a path forward that preserves our users’ privacy and security.” I think this is what the missing Siri AI extensions are all about. Apple’s solution to the antitrust protections demanded by the EU’s Digital Markets Act is to make it easy for anyone to choose another leading AI provider, but it’s taking a lot of time to ensure the system is set up so that OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and others can’t just gobble up all the personal data stored on your iPhone. If I had to guess, I would suspect the Siri AI extensions will be announced later this year after the iOS 27 launch, and ship to customers in iOS 27.3 or iOS 27.4 in the spring.

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A near-mint refurbished MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM is only $395 today
Macworld TL;DR: Get a 16GB MacBook Pro refurb in near-mint condition on sale for $395. Sale ends June 28. Buying a laptop in 2026 means walking into the worst market in years. A global RAM shortage driven by AI data centers gobbling up supply has sent prices soaring and pushed the cost of new machines right along with them. That makes a refurbished Mac with generous RAM like this near-mint MacBook Pro an excellent option, particularly now that it’s on sale for $394.97 (reg. $1,799). This Mac comes with 16GB RAM, enough memory to run photo editing, dozens of browser tabs, and development tools at the same time without slowdown. With memory prices elevated across the board, buying that capacity in a new laptop costs a premium right now, so a refurbished unit that already includes it carries most of the savings. The rest of the specs are well matched for everyday and creative work. A quad-core Intel Core i5 Turbo Boosts to 3.8GHz, the 512GB SSD handles fast app launches and ample file storage, and the 13.3-inch Retina display reaches 500 nits with True Tone color accuracy. Four Thunderbolt 3 ports support charging, external displays, and transfers up to 40Gb/s, while Touch ID and up to 10 hours of battery life cover security and a full workday. Until June 28 at 11:59 p.m. PT, you can get a near-mint refurbished MacBook Pro on sale for $394.97. Apple MacBook Pro (2020) 13″ i5 2GHz Touchbar 16GB RAM 512GB SSD Silver (Refurbished)See Deal StackSocial prices subject to change.

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Apple’s next privacy change is happening behind the scenes
Apple is unifying the email domains used by Sign in with Apple and iCloud+ Hide My Email, though existing aliases will continue to work as before. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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How to run Minecraft: Bedrock Edition on a Mac
Playing Minecraft is better with Bedrock, but it's not directly available for macOS. Here's how to get around the limitation and improve your building experience.You can play Minecraft Bedrock on macOS, but it requires a workaround. Minecraft is one of the longest-running online games that is still actively being played by a lot of people. Originally playable since 2009 and officially released in 2011, it has stood the test of time.However, while it has been improved over the years, Mac gamers have missed out on one important update: Bedrock Edition. It's a version that is available on many other platforms, but never made its way to macOS. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Apple TV releases massive Widow’s Bay-themed playlist on Apple Music
The “Patricia’s Sunset Cocktails” playlist from episode 4 of Widow’s Bay’s first season is now available on Apple Music. Get it below.

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Sign in with Apple and Hide My Email are getting a new shared email domain
Apple announced today that it will soon use a single shared domain for private email addresses generated by Sign in with Apple and iCloud+ Hide My Email. Here are the details.

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iOS 27 fixes three of the most annoying Messages bugs
iOS 27 focuses heavily on bug fixes and performance improvements across apps like Safari, Mail, Calendar, and more. In the Messages app, iOS 27 fixes what I think are three of the most frustrating bugs …

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Still seeing ‘Indexing in Progress’ on iOS 27? Here’s how to check the actual status
For some iOS 27 beta 1 users, the indexing process is taking much longer than expected. Thankfully, there’s a way to check the actual percentage from a Mac. Here’s how.

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9to5Mac Daily: June 15, 2026 – More iOS 27 features and changes 
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iOS 27 isn’t done yet: Additional features might arrive in September
From a customizable Camera app to third-party AI in Siri, Apple may have three more surprises lined up for September. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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WhatsApp Web extends voice and video calls test to group chats
Users who rely on WhatsApp’s web version will soon be able to make voice and video calls in group chats. Here are the details.

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Chase Sapphire Preferred just got even better for Apple users: Free Apple TV + 3x points on streaming and travel
As of today, June 15, 2026, Chase has refreshed the Chase Sapphire Preferred card with a complimentary one-year Apple TV subscription… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.

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Apple among companies ordered to pay nearly $60 million in Brazil over loot boxes
A Brazilian court has ordered Apple and several other companies to pay nearly $60 million over loot boxes in games accessible to minors. Here are the details.

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How Apple is making even aging iPhones run faster and last longer
Apple is breathing new life into older iPhones with iOS 27. Through under-the-hood optimizations — like major tweaks to the CPU scheduler… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.

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This hidden iOS feature is my daily go-to when using AirPods Pro 3
I use AirPods Pro 3 all day, every day while I work, and there’s one hidden iOS tool that I’ve found pairs perfectly with the product: it’s a little-known feature called Background Sounds.

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Preview on iOS 27 inherits fun Liquid Glass easter egg from iPadOS 26
When Apple introduced the Liquid Glass redesign last year, it also added a fun interactive easter egg to the Preview app on iPadOS. Now, it is bringing the same playful element to iOS 27.

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Apple reveals why macOS might block your Terminal prompt
In macOS 26.4, Apple introduced new popup warnings when you try to paste a command into the Terminal. Now, a new support document explains why these and other Mac Terminal popups appear.

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Apple rolls out RC builds for upcoming macOS Sonoma and macOS Sequoia updates
In addition to releasing macOS Tahoe 26.6 developer beta 2 today, Apple also seeded Release Candidates for two older versions of macOS. Here are the details.

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Apple TV teases ‘Widow’s Bay’ season finale, coming Tuesday night
Apple TV has dropped an intriguing teaser for the Season 1 finale of "Widow’s Bay," one of the year’s most delightful breakout hits… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.

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Apple explains why Siri’s major iOS 27 overhaul took so long
iOS 27’s new Siri AI is a huge upgrade from the old Siri, but it also took longer than expected to arrive. Here’s why the new Siri took so long, per Mike Rockwell.

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iOS 27 basically turns your iPhone and AirPods into an Apple Watch at the gym
GymKit has been one of Apple Watch’s smartest fitness features since it launched in 2017. Tap your watch to compatible gym equipment, and Apple Watch shares your heart rate while the machine sends back metrics like distance, incline, pace, and calories. With iOS 27, Apple is expanding that idea beyond Apple Watch. I tested the new GymKit on iPhone and AirPods Pro 3 ($179, reg. $249) experience with a GymKit-compatible treadmill. It basically gives you the Apple Watch GymKit workout tracking experience, just without the watch. This could be useful in a lot of scenarios.

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