Your next iPhone upgrade is going to hurt your wallet, and AI is to blame

Apple’s incoming CEO faces a nightmare decision: absorb a 400% memory cost spike driven by AI demand, or pass it on to you.

Can we please talk about the iPhone Air’s controversial Light Gold color?

Some iPhone Air owners are complaining about the subtlety of Apple’s new Light Gold color — and I can understand their frustration.
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Paragon is not collaborating with Italian authorities probing spyware attacks, report says

Despite promising to help determine what happened with the hacks targeting journalists and activists in Italy, Israeli American spyware maker Paragon has reportedly not responded to authorities’ requests for information.

How the white iPhone 4 may have accidentally paved the way for Apple’s next big iPhone shakeup

The delayed white iPhone 4 might’ve prompted Apple’s current iPhone launch schedule — a tradition that’s on the cusp of major change.
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New iOS 26.4 emojis ranked by popularity — from Distorted Face to Hairy Creature

We asked you for your favorite of the eight new iOS 26.4 emojis, and there’s a runaway winner.

I found an app that finally broke my toxic affair with doomscrolling

I didn’t quit doomscrolling, I just found something that occasionally pulls me out of it before it swallows another hour.

The iPhone’s return to curved screens could be a clever trick, not sloping glass

Leaker Ice Universe hints that Apple’s 20th anniversary iPhone could feature a “Liquid Glass Display,” a new display language that makes bezels nearly disappear using optical illusions, not just curves.

X introduces XChat messaging app for iPhone users

X has launched XChat on iOS, a standalone messaging app aimed at expanding its ecosystem and competing with established chat platforms through privacy-focused features and social integration.

SpeakOn’s dictation device is a good idea marred by platform limitations

This $129 device uses MagSafe to stick on the back of an iPhone to power transcription across apps

The apps that help me stay on top of my reading goals in 2026

Reading more is one of those goals that sounds simple but falls apart fast. Here are the four apps keeping my reading habit alive in 2026.