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Founded1976

Key PeopleTim Cook

HeadquartersCupertino, USA

ProductsSiri, MLX

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iOS 26.4 beta brings AI-powered Playlist Playground to Apple Music with text prompt generation

Apple released iOS 26.4 beta for developers, introducing Playlist Playground—a new AI feature that lets Apple Music subscribers generate playlists using text prompts. The update also includes a refreshed interface for albums and playlists, concert notifications, video episodes on Apple Podcasts, and testing for encrypted RCS messages, though the anticipated Gemini-powered Siri remains absent.

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iOS 26.4 beta brings AI-powered Playlist Playground to Apple Music with text prompt generation

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Apple's iOS 27 targets battery life boost through major code cleanup and performance overhaul

Apple is preparing iOS 27 with extensive code cleanup aimed at improving battery life and system performance. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports the company will remove legacy code, rewrite features, and implement interface tweaks to address the performance degradation seen in iOS 26. This marks Apple's first major performance-focused update since iOS 12 in 2018.

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Apple's iOS 27 targets battery life boost through major code cleanup and performance overhaul

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AI Demand Triggers Memory Shortage That Could Push Phone Prices Up 8% and Delay Consoles

A severe memory shortage driven by AI data center construction is reshaping consumer electronics. RAM prices have tripled to sextupled in months, forcing smartphone makers to raise prices by up to 8%, console manufacturers to delay launches until 2028-2029, and hardware vendors to shrink price quote windows. Cloud providers plan over $600 billion in capital expenditures, intensifying the supply crisis.

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AI Demand Triggers Memory Shortage That Could Push Phone Prices Up 8% and Delay Consoles

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Next AirPods Pro could gain tiny cameras for spatial awareness and advanced AI features

Apple may equip its next AirPods Pro with infrared cameras that enable spatial awareness and enhanced AI capabilities, according to leaker Kosutami. The sensors would function like those in Apple Vision Pro, helping the earbuds understand surroundings without capturing photos or video. Surprisingly, the upgrade may come at no additional cost, suggesting Apple views environmental sensing as a core feature rather than a premium add-on.

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Next AirPods Pro could gain tiny cameras for spatial awareness and advanced AI features

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Apple's iOS 26.4 Beta Set to Launch With Smarter Siri and Long-Awaited AI Features

Apple is preparing to release the first developer beta of iOS 26.4 during the week of February 23, bringing long-delayed Siri upgrades first announced at WWDC 2024. The update promises personal context awareness, on-screen intelligence, and cross-app controls, alongside new emoji additions and performance improvements.

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Apple's iOS 26.4 Beta Set to Launch With Smarter Siri and Long-Awaited AI Features

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Apple's Siri AI upgrade hits another snag, pushing key features to late 2026 or beyond

Apple's long-awaited Siri overhaul faces yet another setback as internal testing reveals the revamped virtual assistant struggles with speed and accuracy. Originally announced in 2024, the AI-powered upgrade—built on Google Gemini integration—was slated for March 2026 but will now roll out piecemeal across future iOS updates, potentially delaying some features until September or later.

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Apple's Siri AI upgrade hits another snag, pushing key features to late 2026 or beyond

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Apple Opens CarPlay to Third-Party AI Chatbots Including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude

Apple is preparing to allow voice-controlled AI chatbots from companies like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to integrate into CarPlay within the coming months. This marks a strategic shift for the company, which has only allowed Siri as the voice assistant option in its vehicle infotainment interface. While users will gain hands-free access to alternative AI assistants, Siri will remain the default option accessible via the Siri button and wake word.

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Apple Opens CarPlay to Third-Party AI Chatbots Including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude

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Apple signals serious push into AI devices as Tim Cook teases new product categories

Tim Cook told employees that Apple sees major opportunities in AI-enabled product categories, with reports suggesting the company is developing a wearable AI pin. The move comes as Apple struggles to match rivals in the AI market, despite a $2 billion acquisition of silent speech technology company Q.ai.

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Apple signals serious push into AI devices as Tim Cook teases new product categories

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Apple scales back AI health coach project as Eddy Cue pushes for faster innovation

Apple has wound down Project Mulberry, its ambitious AI-powered health coach initiative, following a leadership shift that placed services chief Eddy Cue over the health division. Instead of launching a comprehensive Health+ service, Apple will release individual features over time within its Health app as it rethinks its approach to competing with Oura, Whoop, and OpenAI's ChatGPT Health.

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Apple scales back AI health coach project as Eddy Cue pushes for faster innovation

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Alphabet sidesteps investor questions on Google Apple AI deal worth $1 billion annually

Alphabet declined to answer investor questions about its AI partnership with Apple during Wednesday's Q4 earnings call, leaving the financial implications of the $1 billion deal unclear. While Google pays Apple $20 billion annually for search default status, the AI collaboration's monetization path remains uncertain as the company experiments with ads in AI Mode.

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Alphabet sidesteps investor questions on Google Apple AI deal worth $1 billion annually

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Big Tech AI Race Pushes Capital Expenditures to $650 Billion as Investor Pressure Mounts

Amazon leads with $200 billion, followed by Google's $185 billion in planned spending for 2026. The four hyperscalers are investing more than Israel's GDP in AI infrastructure, but plummeting stock prices reveal deep investor concerns about returns. Free cash flow is taking a hit as tech company spending accelerates beyond cloud infrastructure services revenue.

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Big Tech AI Race Pushes Capital Expenditures to $650 Billion as Investor Pressure Mounts

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Apple brings agentic coding to Xcode 26.3 with Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex integration

Apple has released Xcode 26.3, integrating Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex directly into its development environment. Using Model Context Protocol, these AI-powered coding agents can autonomously build projects, run tests, and fix errors while accessing Apple's developer documentation. The update marks a shift from basic AI assistance to full agentic coding capabilities for iOS, Mac, and other Apple platform developers.

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Apple brings agentic coding to Xcode 26.3 with Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex integration

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Apple researchers unlock faster, more natural-sounding Siri through new speech technology

Apple researchers have published a breakthrough study proposing a new text-to-speech approach that could dramatically improve Siri's performance. The research introduces Acoustic Similarity Groups (ASGs) to accelerate speech token generation while maintaining quality, potentially addressing long-standing complaints about the voice assistant's sluggish response time.

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Apple researchers unlock faster, more natural-sounding Siri through new speech technology

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Apple loses senior Siri executive and AI researchers to Google DeepMind and Meta

Apple has lost at least four AI researchers and a top Siri executive to competitors including Google DeepMind and Meta in recent weeks. The departures underscore ongoing turbulence within Apple's AI division as the company struggles to retain talent amid its decision to outsource key technology to Google.

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Apple loses senior Siri executive and AI researchers to Google DeepMind and Meta

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Apple and Google's Siri Gemini partnership sparks debate over where AI assistant will actually run

Apple and Google announced a multiyear partnership to power Siri with Gemini AI technology, but conflicting statements from CEOs Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai have created confusion about where the assistant will run and what it means for user privacy. With 2.5 billion active Apple devices at stake, analysts are demanding clarity on server infrastructure, data access, and the technical details both companies have been reluctant to share.

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Apple and Google's Siri Gemini partnership sparks debate over where AI assistant will actually run

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