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It’s coming. Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will return spot from June 8-12. Going connected past timings, CEO Tim Cook will return nan shape for nan keynote connected June 8, astir apt astatine 1 PM ET.
WWDC is simply a software-focused affair, truthful expect to spot nan upcoming "27" operating systems, now that nan caller naming normal has settled. Apple will apt screen iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, visionOS 27, watchOS 27 and macOS 27. However, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman is suggesting that WWDC will beryllium "a reasonably muted affair," – but successful each fairness, WWDC has ne'er been that explosive.
Still, location are things I want to perceive about: Rumors propose that iOS 27 will present large upgrades to Apple Intelligence and — perchance — that overdue Siri overhaul. Reports besides propose nan beingness of split-pane multitasking, if you’re aching to juggle spreadsheets, web browsing and much connected your mobile device.
– Mat Smith
The different large stories (and deals) this morning
Twitter turns 20
And now what?
Senior newsman Karissa Bell marks 2 decades connected Twitter. Twitter/X arsenic changed a lot, particularly successful nan past 5 years, arsenic AI slop, clickbait, and ragebait support nan algorithm ticking over. More recently, X’s AI adjunct was capable to ‘undress’ anyone you inquire it to. Great.
The societal web has moved acold distant from its breathtaking heyday of unrecorded tweeting, memes and much — aliases moreover a spot to make caller friends and contacts. In fact, I sewage my occupation present astatine Engadget done Twitter DMs to erstwhile Engadget editor Richard Lai. As Karissa puts it, "Twitter stopped being that spot a agelong clip ago.”
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Nothing Phone 4a Pro review
A caller midrange champ?
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The Phone 4a Pro punches good supra its $499 value tag. Nothing has successfully refined its hardware into a much premium, all-metal unibody, losing nan jarring camera bump of its predecessor successful favour of a sleek creation that houses a genuinely awesome camera. There are still a fewer signs that it’s not rather a flagship (mediocre video signaling capacity and a deficiency of wireless charging), but astatine this price, these look for illustration insignificant complaints. Nothing’s adjacent flagship telephone needs to connection something, right?
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Samsung’s caller S26 bid tin AirDrop for illustration an iPhone
A caller update has added support.
Android AirDrop sharing is expanding to much devices. Samsung announced earlier this week that its Galaxy S26 Series is getting AirDrop support via nan Quick Share feature.
Google first introduced nan Quick Share characteristic connected its Pixel 10 phones past year. The mounting allows Android users to nonstop and person photos and files from an Apple device. Y’know, for illustration AirDrop.
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