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Say hi to “Siri AI”—Apple announces new, more “conversational” voice assistant

Kyle Orland • June 8, 2026 Today at its pre-filmed Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Apple was finally prepared to fully introduce the long-delayed “Apple Intelligence” update for its Siri voice assistant. The new “Siri AI”—now being promised for OS updates rolling out “this fall”—will come alongside a new Google-powered update to Apple’s on-device Foundation Models,

The fastest humans in the galaxy just got a spiffy patch to prove it

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Robert Pearlman • June 8, 2026 NASA’s Artemis II crew are the fastest people alive, and now they have the patch to prove it. Mission Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen (the latter with the Canadian Space Agency) spent 10 days in early April flying by the

Meta alleges NSO violated spyware injunction with new WhatsApp attacks

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Jon Brodkin • June 8, 2026 Meta today accused spyware maker NSO Group of violating a court order that barred it from targeting users of WhatsApp. “WhatsApp caught and disrupted spear phishing attempts linked to NSO, a spyware firm blacklisted by the US government,” WhatsApp owner Meta said in an announcement. Meta said it is

iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 don’t drop support for any iPhones—and just a few iPads

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Andrew Cunningham • June 8, 2026 If you’re using older iPhone or iPad hardware and you’re hoping to keep running Apple’s latest operating systems, this year’s releases bring mostly good news. The iOS 27 update will run on all iPhones that can run iOS 26, all the way back to the iPhone 11 and second-generation

macOS 27 requires Apple Silicon, as Apple draws down the Intel Mac era

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Andrew Cunningham • June 8, 2026 As Apple announced last year, this year’s macOS release will end support for Intel Macs. The macOS 27 Golden Gate release will require a Mac with an Apple Silicon chip inside, including the original M1 that launched in the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini back in late

Tests suggest Russian satellites can jam GPS on a continental scale

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Jeremy Hsu • June 8, 2026 Russian satellites have been identified as the cause of mysterious, seconds-long bursts of GPS interference across Europe—a rare example of human-made GPS interference coming from space. But uncertainty still hangs over whether such interference is intentional and if it could be more powerfully weaponized as GPS jamming with continental

FCC lifts looming deadline for Amazon Leo satellite broadband constellation

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Stephen Clark • June 9, 2026 The Federal Communications Commission has waived a requirement for Amazon to launch half of its satellite broadband constellation by the end of July, a key regulatory reprieve that buys the tech giant time to get more of its spacecraft into orbit. Amazon won regulatory approval for the Amazon Leo

Apple’s new parental controls are for keeping Apple out of trouble

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Lauren Feiner • June 8, 2026 When Apple put child safety front and center at WWDC on Monday, its stated goal was helping parents fine-tune their kids’ online experiences and avoid excessive screen time. But amid a global debate over internet regulation, its latest updates also looked like a defensive move in a brewing fight

Where was tvOS 27 at WWDC?

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John.Higgins • June 8, 2026 For a new tvOS, we really need a new Apple TV. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Every year, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference gives us a first look at what’s coming next to the company’s many operating systems. But missing from today’s keynote, apart from a single graphic

Apple is using AI to fix Safari’s extension problem

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Emma Roth • June 8, 2026 Apple is trying to solve one of Safari’s biggest weaknesses with AI. Safari has long lacked the robust library of extensions that its rivals have, mainly due to the stringent development requirements from Apple. But now, Apple is inviting users to essentially vibe-code their own extensions. In a demo