Apple took a new approach to its wallpapers with iOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate, using variations of the same artwork across all platforms for the first time. In previous years, most platforms came with their own distinct wallpaper. This year, they all share a design called “Celosia,” featuring broad, layered curves and soft…
Apple adds native support for ultrawide display in macOS 27 Golden Gate, bringing higher resolutions and persistent display layouts to users of widescreen monitors. The update allows ultrawide displays to operate at resolutions up to 5K at 120Hz. Apple also says that display layouts are now preserved between connections, so the layout is automatically restored…
Archive Tom Kelley/Getty Images It’s always interesting to view technological development not only in terms of prospective future developments, but also as a gigantic continuum of devices that have come before us. For example, members of Generation The electronic devices you grow up with leave an indelible…
macOS 27 Golden Gate brings a major improvement to iPhone mirroring, allowing users to resize the window beyond the iPhone’s fixed aspect ratio for the first time. Until now, iPhone Mirroring was limited to the iPhone’s native image format in a small window. Users could adjust the overall size of the window somewhat, but its…
Apple’s first iOS 27 developer beta, released Monday, includes a new feature in the Find My app that lets you temporarily hide your location from certain people. A new “Hide Location” option appears in the user’s Find My Map in the People section, under “My Location.” Tapping it temporarily hides your location for 12 hours…
Denisfilm/Getty Images Throughout the history of rocketry and spaceflight, rocket engines have always used two distinct types of fuel, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Liquid fuel rockets store fuel and oxidizer separately and are brought together in a combustion chamber where combustion occurs. Solid fuel…
Apple held its WWDC 2026 State of the Platform Union yesterday, detailing a wide range of updates to its developer tools and platforms, headlined by a major expansion of the Foundation Models framework. The main announcement was free access to Apple Foundation models running on Private Cloud Compute for developers with fewer than two million…
Apple in iOS 27 made a small but significant change to how the Now Playing widget works on your iPhone’s lock screen: you can now swipe it to get rid of it. Previously, there was no way to close the Now Playing interface on the lock screen. But in the first iOS 27 developer build…
Sitthiphong/Getty Images Part of the overall appeal of wearing a smartwatch, aside from the quick access to essential apps from your Android or iPhone, is the various health tracking capabilities. Smartwatches, at least on paper, can provide information on a variety of health metrics, including your calorie…
Samuel Boivin/Shutterstock Earlier this year, Apple said the next iteration of Siri would run on Google’s Gemini, and at WWDC26 Apple explained what it would look like – and sound like. According to Apple, the next version of Siri AI will feature a whole new…