Apple Maps is one of several apps with new features in iOS 26.5, the latest update for the iPhone. Here’s what’s new for Maps users. #1: “Suggested Places” feature in the search screen One of my favorite new features in iOS 26.5 is the addition of “Suggested Places” in Apple Maps. “Suggested Places” adds two recommended places to the Maps search screen each time you tap the search bar to search. These recommendations are based on two main factors: What are the trends nearby Your recent search history Suggested places tend to refresh often: in my experience, almost every time…
Author: Amelia Scott
Mawaddah F/Shutterstock In a minor privacy victory for Android users, Google today announced that Chrome’s Android app will now have the ability to share your approximate location with websites, instead of giving them access to your precise location. The feature gives you a little more flexibility, without giving up your privacy to random websites. For example, if you’re just looking for information about the weather or something else in your area, there’s no need to share your exact GPS coordinates. And of course, you’ll always be able to share precise…
Apple will unveil more Apple Intelligence features than ever before at WWDC, but they will continue to remain out of reach of the user. Those who don’t want AI can simply ignore or disable it.We’re only a few weeks away from WWDC 2026, so the internal leaks have begun in earnest. While I’m sure Apple Intelligence and AI will play a major role at the event, I also expect Apple to respect its user base.Unless something drastic has changed at Apple, and no, I’m not talking about a CEO transition, I doubt Apple’s stance on AI has changed. Since its…
Apple introduces a revamped version of Siri in iOS 27, evolving the personal assistant into a more capable chatbot and AI agent capable of competing with ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. With the transition of Siri, Apple will make several Siri-related design changes in iOS 27, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Siri will largely live on Dynamic Island in iOS 27, but there will also be a dedicated Siri app for the first time. When Siri is activated with the wake word Siri or via the iPhone side button, a pill-shaped animation will be displayed in Dynamic Island. When…
Epic games Months after reported leaks, Epic Games has finally confirmed that several Monitoring the characters arrive Fortnite like skins. Mercy, Tracer, Genji, and a robot-less D.va will all be featured in the battle royale game on May 14. Leaker ShiinaBR noted that the skins will be available in a pack with Monitoring emotes, four pickaxes, a glider, and other cosmetic items. While Epic has yet to reveal all the details of the collaboration, it appears there is more to it than just cosmetics. According to another leaker, FireMonkey, Fortnite…
There’s gold in mid-market IT spending, and Anthropic – backed by heavyweights in private equity and banking and leveraging its Claude partner network – is coming for it. Anthropic and a group of investors are launching a standalone AI-native enterprise services company aimed at mid-sized businesses to build custom Claude-based systems for core business operations, with the new company set to join its Claude partner network. “Companies, from community banks to mid-sized manufacturers and regional health systems, stand to benefit from AI, but lack the internal resources to build and run border deployments,” Anthropic said in a press release. To…
A report outlined some of the changes coming in iOS 27, some new, some revamped, unsurprisingly. Among them are items affected by Apple Intelligence upgrades and a customizable Camera app.It appears that Apple’s recent hiring of professional photo app Halide co-founder Sebastiaan de With will yield near-immediate results in iOS 27. Tuesday’s latest rumor is a continuation of a series of reveals of otherwise obvious feature updates coming soon.According to the latest update of BloombergApple’s iOS update will hit Camera, Weather, Safari, Image Playground, and the system tab bar.Even the keyboard would get a new animation when sliding up.For those…
Apple’s interest in extending its Formula 1 streaming deal for Apple TV beyond the US may have stalled, after Sky Sports signed early renewals to retain rights to broadcast the sport in its biggest European markets. Sky and F1 jointly announced on May 6 that Sky would remain F1’s exclusive live streaming partner in the UK and Ireland until the 2034 season, and in Italy until 2032. The five-year extension comes on top of a UK-Ireland deal that was already in place until 2029, so it won’t impact Apple’s immediate plans, but it certainly pushes those markets further more out…
I set up the Claude-Figma connector a while ago and it improved my design workflow enough that I started paying attention to what was available. Canva was the obvious next solution to try, partly because I’d been coming back to it lately for faster, lower-stakes graphics work — things Figma seems overkill for, like presentations. So I plugged it in and what I got out of it was definitely more useful than I expected. Yes, Canva already has its own AI tools, and it’s really impressive, even in the free tiers, which is part of why I started using Canva…
Carly Triballeau via Getty Images Sega has canceled its mysterious “Super Game” project five years after announcing it, according to its fiscal 2026 financial results. The company made the decision following poor performance of its free-to-play and “games as a service” titles like Sonic Rumble Party. Sega also cited financial difficulties with angry Birds Rovio developer. It’s never been clear exactly what Super Game is, with Sega previously describing it in hilariously vague terms. In 2023, the company said it involved “the concept of a game that sits head and…