Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear

Apple’s leaked camera-equipped AirPods might avoid the privacy pitfalls of other AI wearables by preventing users from recording photos and videos.

Apple leaked a video of its camera-equipped AirPods in macOS Tahoe
Apple leaked a video of its camera-equipped AirPods in macOS Tahoe

Apple appears to have leaked its own camera-equipped AirPods. A demo video sat inside the macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate, and MacRumors found it there on Monday. Juli Clover reported that the earbuds look nearly ready to launch. The clip runs 13 se…

Apple’s new macOS update reportedly contains a video of AirPods with a camera

A video in a MacOS Tahoe release candidate version shows a user wearing AirPods, looking at a book, and talking to Siri.

Oops! My cat is an iPad kid
Oops! My cat is an iPad kid

Pets, like children, come with the responsibility to keep them happy, healthy, and mentally stimulated – obligations I readily committed to before getting my cat, Trevor. I work from home, so he’s never lonely, and play with him using a mountain of toys at every opportunity outside of my working hours. But younger cats can […]

Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods appear in leaked video
Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods appear in leaked video

We may have our first glimpse of Apple’s rumored camera-equipped AirPods, thanks to a video that MacRumors found in the macOS Tahoe 26.7 Release Candidate. The short video clip features a man – who is wearing the new AirPods – holding up a book with the cover displayed, so that Visual Intelligence can see the […]

An AI agent built a working exploit for this macOS flaw in four hours
An AI agent built a working exploit for this macOS flaw in four hours

A security company built working exploits for two pre-authentication root bugs in macOS. It took four hours. The firm, Calif, used an AI agent. It now withholds technical details of one of those bugs, CVE-2026-65400, until most Macs carry the patch. Th…

‘Unprecedented’ number of Apple users received recent spyware alert, say investigators

Cybersecurity experts who investigate spyware attacks say the number of people who received a recent threat notification from Apple is unusually high.

Sonos finally added Live Activities controls for your iPhone lockscreen
Sonos finally added Live Activities controls for your iPhone lockscreen

Sonos released an update to its mobile app that finally introduces support for iOS’ Live Activities, giving iPhone users quick access to playback controls on their lockscreen. The added functionality is a “much requested, anticipated, and needed feature,” according to a post Sonos shared to Reddit today that was spotted by 9to5Mac. While some features […]

Apple ordered to stop scaring iPhone and iPad users away from third-party apps
Apple ordered to stop scaring iPhone and iPad users away from third-party apps

Apple’s changing its rules for data collection consent prompts after Germany’s Federal Cartel Office accused Apple of giving the prompts a design that favored its own apps. Apple’s App Tracking Transparency prompts reportedly cost social media apps nearly $10 billion when they launched with iOS 14.5, making cross-app tracking of users largely opt in. But […]

Apple bows to Germany and rewrites its tracking-consent rules, ending a self-preferencing probe
Apple bows to Germany and rewrites its tracking-consent rules, ending a self-preferencing probe

The Bundeskartellamt found Apple held rival apps to a stricter consent standard than its own. The agreed fix, neutral prompts and no double hurdle, applies across almost all of the EU. Apple has agreed to overhaul the way its iPhones ask people for per…