Opinion

WWDC 2026: How Apple can take a great leap in AI

Let users pick the model, keep the experience and the data on Apple’s terms — and take advantage of the hardware.

By Jonny Evans

May 7, 20266 mins

AppleSiriVoice Assistants

AI companies keep forgetting to put the ‘smart’ into smart apps

Big AI players are insisting that enterprises share with them every bit of sensitive data. But they have yet to show they’re especially good at handling the data they already have.

By Evan Schuman

Nov 10, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Mobile Apps

The power of low-tech in a high-tech world

You should always keep up with the newest technology. But never forget how to use older technologies when they help you more.

By Mike Elgan

Nov 7, 2025 8 mins

Industry Markets Technology Industry

Apple, Private Cloud Compute, and trusted AI

Here's how Apple can win at AI.

By Jonny Evans

Nov 5, 2025 5 mins

Apple Data and Information Security Generative AI

What are ‘Background Security Improvements’ on Apple devices?

The new feature is designed to make sure Apple devices are always protected by the latest security patches.

By Jonny Evans

Nov 4, 2025 4 mins

Apple Smartphones iPhone

AI web browsers are cool, helpful, and utterly untrustworthy

Maybe it's time we rethink just how much we're depending on AI these days, before it blows up in our faces. Just saying!

By Steven Vaughan-Nichols

Nov 4, 2025 5 mins

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The AWS outage post-mortem is more revealing in what it doesn’t say

The company listed all of the systems that went haywire, but never really identified what happened differently that day to cause problems. Worse yet, putting out technology brushfires this way leaves the forest in danger of burning again.

By Evan Schuman

Nov 3, 2025 9 mins

Amazon Web Services IaaS Technology Industry

Tim Cook on Apple Intelligence: ‘We’re making good progress….’

The Apple CEO said during Thursday's financial results call that the company expects to release its take on the technology in 2026.

By Jonny Evans

Oct 31, 2025 4 mins

Apple Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

Breaking the humanoid robot delusion

Robot makers want us all to believe we’re on the brink of an autonomous humanoid robot revolution. But that’s just not true. Call it 'faith-based innovation.'

By Mike Elgan

Oct 31, 2025 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Emerging Technology Robotics

Jamf goes private in $2.2B deal as Apple hits the enterprise

What will the company do under new ownership?

By Jonny Evans

Oct 30, 2025 5 mins

Apple Mobile Device Management Mobile Management

Does the M5-based iPad Pro change the tablet/laptop equation?

The combination of powerful new hardware and the revamped iPadOS 26 makes the iPad Pro closer than ever to a real laptop replacement. But at what cost?

By Ryan Faas

Oct 29, 2025 7 mins

Apple Tablet Accessories iPad

The unbearable brightness of Apple’s services

The company is reportedly prepared to announce that its services business brought in $100 billion in the past year.

By Jonny Evans

Oct 28, 2025 5 mins

Apple Operating Systems iOS

Will Trump bring the hammer down on Microsoft?

Microsoft is one of the few tech firms that haven't bent to President Donald J. Trump's whims. Could it cost the company?

By Preston Gralla

Oct 28, 2025 6 mins

Government Laws and Regulations Markets

Who’s right — the AI zoomers or doomers?

Both sides are wrong in the debate over artificial intelligence. The truth is, AI is the mixed bag of the century.

By Mike Elgan

Oct 27, 2025 7 mins

Generative AI Markets Technology Industry

Has OpenAI shown us a future for Safari?

Contextually aware, AI-assisted browsers might well know you better than you know yourself.

By Jonny Evans

Oct 23, 2025 6 mins

Apple Browsers Safari

Windows 10 is dead — time to get a new Mac?

If I were a Windows user, I'd think about making a switch.

By Jonny Evans

Oct 21, 2025 5 mins

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It’s the end of the Windows 10 world as we know it…

…And I feel fine — because I use Linux desktop. But now that support has ended for the aging but still popular version of Windows, it’s time to make some tough decisions.

By Steven Vaughan-Nichols

Oct 20, 2025 6 mins

Microsoft Windows 10 Windows 11

Apple’s Big Bang AI moment is approaching

Apple + AI agents + Apple Silicon = Endpoint AI.

By Jonny Evans

Oct 17, 2025 5 mins

Apple Generative AI Mac

How to make workers happier with less pay

It turns out that remote work is even more desirable than previously thought, according to new research — and employees will even take a pay cut to avoid the office.

By Mike Elgan

Oct 17, 2025 7 mins

Hybrid and Remote Work Markets Technology Industry

Apple’s Vision Pro: the Newton of the XR age

Apple's ahead-of-its-time XR headset will inform industry development for the next decade.

By Jonny Evans

Oct 16, 2025 5 mins

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Satya Nadella is running scared. That’s a good thing.

The Microsoft CEO is handing over sales and marketing duties to another exec so Nadella himself can smartly focus on AI and the company’s future.

By Preston Gralla

Oct 15, 2025 5 mins

Markets Microsoft Technology Industry

Asimov’s three laws — updated for the genAI age

Deloitte is the latest firm to discover that blindly trusting generative AI is a suicide mission.

By Evan Schuman

Oct 13, 2025 6 mins

Generative AI IT Leadership Robotics

Is it time for companies to embrace Arm-based PCs?

For companies looking to move past Intel-inside Windows PCs, Arm-based computers might be a good option. Here's what to consider when deciding which direction to go.

By Ryan Faas

Oct 13, 2025 7 mins

ARM Computers and Peripherals Windows

AI cameras race for a real-time edge

Innovative companies are clobbering the competition by placing AI processing close to image capture. Will photography ever be the same?

By Mike Elgan

Oct 10, 2025 5 mins

Generative AI Graphics and Photo Editing iPhone

Major Discord hack exposes the real risks of digital ID

Tens of thousands of Discord users may have seen their ID data hacked. This doesn't bode well for the UK's Digital ID push.

By Jonny Evans

Oct 9, 2025 6 mins

Apple Government Laws and Regulations

One question to ask yourself about Google’s Pixel 10 Pro Fold

Google's third folding Pixel is a lean, mean productivity supermachine — but only one specific question can tell you if it's the right phone for you.

By JR Raphael

Oct 9, 2025 12 mins

Android Android Phones Smartphones

Are genAI-fueled layoffs ever legit? Oracle may have found a way

Most layoffs related to generative AI are either the result of overhiring efforts or overzealous cuts that will be reversed in three months. But Oracle might have figured a real rationale for cuts

By Evan Schuman

Oct 7, 2025 5 mins

Generative AI Oracle Technology Industry

All eyes on JNUC as Apple’s IT crowd heads to Denver

The annual Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC) takes place this week and Apple admins are flying in.

By Jonny Evans

Oct 6, 2025 5 mins

Apple Enterprise IT Management

7 reasons to clean install (not upgrade) Windows 11

Above and beyond the benefits of a fresh do-over, clean installing Windows 11 improves security, exposes new features, and more.

By Ed Tittel

Oct 6, 2025 11 mins

Operating Systems Windows Windows 11

An unwelcome megatrend: AI that replaces family, friends — and pets

Technology that’s inherently isolating won’t leave us alone. And it’s going to get worse.

By Mike Elgan

Oct 3, 2025 7 mins

Generative AI Machine Learning Technology Industry

Switching places: Intel fades as Apple rises

Twenty years ago, Intel was in the cat-bird seat in the computer chip industry. Now, it’s taking US government funds and looking around for money to climb back into market prominence.

By Ryan Faas

Oct 3, 2025 5 mins

Apple CPUs and Processors Technology Industry

Does Google want to kill the web?

The closer you look, the more this seems like a reasonable question.

By Steven Vaughan-Nichols

Sep 30, 2025 7 mins

Generative AI Google Laws and Regulations

Apple is nowhere near the limits of Apple Silicon

High computational performance with low energy consumption: seven words that define both Apple’s ecosystem and the needs of modern business.

By Jonny Evans

Sep 30, 2025 5 mins

Apple CPUs and Processors Mac

Apple aims for certainty, not hallucinations, in AI

Apple has an internal AI chatbot it is using to test new Apple Intelligence services. It's named after the Latin word for "truth."

By Jonny Evans

Sep 29, 2025 5 mins

Apple Generative AI Smartphones

When it comes to IT purchasing, price is not the same as cost

Enterprise IT decision-makers really need to look beyond tradition and sticker price.

By Jonny Evans

Sep 26, 2025 5 mins

Apple Mac iOS

It’s time to push back against the AI internet

Everyone should be clamoring for tools and features that block AI content. And for content companies, blocking AI slop is your new Job One.

By Mike Elgan

Sep 26, 2025 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Internet

Why cloud repatriation is back on the CIO agenda

CIOs aren’t ditching the cloud — they’re moving some workloads back home to cut costs, meet rules and keep performance in check.

By Antony Panteli

Sep 23, 2025 1 min

Cloud Computing Private Cloud

Apple to deploy MCP support for powerful AI experiences

The company reportedly has a plan to make all your app data smart again.

By Jonny Evans

Sep 23, 2025 5 mins

Apple Generative AI Mac

The Microsoft-OpenAI divorce is coming. Who’s getting the best deal?

Microsoft invested billions in OpenAI before the latter's popular ChatGPT tool became a household name. With the companies' paths now diverging, it seems clear who'll come out ahead in the end.

By Preston Gralla

Sep 23, 2025 6 mins

Generative AI Microsoft Technology Industry

The world of Apple, ambient AI, and privacy

Apple wants to build products that connect you to others, rather than wrapping you in a tech bubble.

By Jonny Evans

Sep 22, 2025 5 mins

Apple Generative AI Privacy

macOS Tahoe is out of touch with Apple’s Touch Bar

A software SNAFU in macOS Tahoe has MacBook Pro owners tangling with their Touch Bar

By Jonny Evans

Sep 19, 2025 5 mins

Apple Mac MacOS

The future of smart glasses comes into focus

New Meta AI glasses promise a holiday-season splash and a glimpse of a cyborg future.

By Mike Elgan

Sep 19, 2025 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Augmented Reality

Tool sprawl is dangerous, warns Apple MDM vendor Kandji

Don't let managing all your enterprise tech take up all your valuable time

By Jonny Evans

Sep 18, 2025 5 mins

Apple IT Management Mobile

Apple’s Mac charms the enterprise with AI inside

Apple saw the highest annual growth of all PC makers in the second quarter, according to analysts at Canalys.

By Jonny Evans

Sep 17, 2025 5 mins

Apple Mac Windows

What is Apple’s Memory Integrity Enforcement, and why does it matter?

Apple says it “completely redefines the landscape of memory safety for Apple products.”

By Jonny Evans

Sep 16, 2025 5 mins

Mobile Security Smartphones iPhone

iPadOS 26 ushers in a new age of productivity

iPadOS 26 is a hugely important upgrade for Apple's popular tablet

By Jonny Evans

Sep 15, 2025 5 mins

Apple Computers and Peripherals Operating Systems

For September, Patch Tuesday means fixes for Windows, Office and SQL Server

This month’s collection of fixes from Microsoft includes 86 patches — but at least there were no zero-day bugs.

By Greg Lambert

Sep 12, 2025 10 mins

Microsoft Microsoft Office Windows

Is AI changing our language?

Yes, it is. So, what are the implications of these changes?

By Mike Elgan

Sep 12, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Technology Industry

AI bubble watch: OpenAI to burn through $115B by 2029

It’s hard to see how the company that gave us ChatGPT — or any other AI software company, for that matter — can turn a profit with the level of spending we’re seeing.

By Steven Vaughan-Nichols

Sep 11, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Technology Industry