My first 24 hours with Siri AI on the Mac
My first 24 hours with Siri AI on the Mac

I turned off Siri on the Mac years ago and never looked back. Similarly, I found Apple Intelligence so fruitless I never engage with it. But the new Siri AI coming to macOS 27 Golden Gate has at least got me slightly rethinking things. I’m still early in testing Siri AI, as I’ve only had […]

Apple has finally put the planned obsolescence rumors to bed

Every iOS update used to come with the same fear: my old iPhone is about to get slower. iOS 27 finally breaks that pattern, and it’s a big deal.

Apple made Liquid Glass adjustable, which says plenty about Liquid Glass

Apple’s big glassy software future now comes with a way to make it less glassy. In iOS 27, users can adjust the translucency of the Liquid Glass effect, while macOS Golden Gate adds its own Liquid Glass controls under System Settings. Liquid Glass is s…

Apple’s new AI photo editing tools mostly work, for better and worse
Apple’s new AI photo editing tools mostly work, for better and worse

The most popular camera in the world just got its first set of serious AI photo editing features, and I don’t think any of us are ready. As far as AI photo editing goes, the new features in iOS 27 are pretty tame compared to what you can do on, say, Google’s Pixel phones. But […]

Siri is good now??
Siri is good now??

You’d be forgiven for thinking this day would never come. Siri has spent a decade and half somewhere between “sort of useful at a few things” and “utterly disastrous, why did I even try, can it honestly not even set a timer.” But the wildest thing just happened: Apple put out a new version of […]

I tried to blur a face in iOS 27. My iPhone gave a new one instead.

Apple improved the Clean Up tool in iOS 27, but it broke the hide faces feature in the process, and what it does now is both funny and a little alarming.

iOS 27 hands-on: the iPhone update I have been waiting for

After spending time with the iOS 27 beta, I think Apple finally fixed almost everything people complained about with iOS 26. Here are my first impressions of the iPhone update worth getting excited about.

Apple comes out clear on Siri AI acting as your romantic partner. It’s a No

Apple says Siri AI is designed to help users get things done, not become an AI girlfriend, boyfriend, therapist, or engagement machine.

Siri won’t be your AI girlfriend
Siri won’t be your AI girlfriend

Our early testing has already shown that Siri AI knows when to shut up, and that’s very much by design. In an interview with Mostly Human spotted by MacRumors, Craig Federighi said Apple’s new Siri won’t act all sycophantic like chatbots made by OpenAI, Google, and others. “As you may know, if you use many […]

watchOS 27: Everything we know about the new features landing on your Apple Watch

Apple’s watchOS 27 brings Siri AI, smarter widgets, improved workout tools, and several smaller quality-of-life upgrades. Here’s everything new coming to the Apple Watch.