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Apple launched the Apple Upgrade program on 28 July 2026 and retired the iPhone Upgrade Program on the same day. Mac leases start at $24.99 a month, iPhone leases at $17.99, and the financing comes from Klarna rather than Apple itself. It runs in the United States only and covers iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac and iPad. Launch coverage gave you the monthly rates. What it did not give you is the number that actually decides whether leasing is smart, which is what the device costs if you keep it. We ran that calculation on every eligible Mac using Apple’s own buyout formula, and the result is more favourable than the […]

On July 23, 2026, OpenAI opened ChatGPT Health to every logged-in user in the United States aged 18 or over, on the Free, Go, Plus and Pro plans. It lets ChatGPT read your Apple Health data and your actual medical records, then answer questions about them in plain language. Six months earlier the same feature sat behind a waitlist, which is why most of the advice online about getting access is now out of date. There is a catch for anyone reading this on a Mac, and a bigger one for anyone thinking of using it in an emergency. Below we cover exactly who can switch it on, how to […]

Apple just reset its entire AI strategy at WWDC 2026. In a keynote on June 8, the company rebranded Siri as Siri AI, built it on a new generation of Apple Foundation Models developed with Google Gemini, shipped iOS 27 and macOS 27 “Golden Gate,” and, in the move that matters most for you, opened a new Extensions framework that lets you set Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Grok as the default AI across the system. It was also Tim Cook’s final keynote as CEO before John Ternus takes over on September 1, capping it as the biggest AI shift in Apple’s history. If the rebuilt assistant ever stops responding, see […]

The smart glasses race just got real. Google and Samsung unveiled their Android XR glasses at Google I/O 2026 on May 19, with a confirmed Fall 2026 ship date, partnerships with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, and Gemini AI built into every interaction. Apple’s answer, code-named N50, is still roughly a year away, with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman pegging a 2027 launch and production starting at the end of 2026. That roughly 9 to 12 month gap is the entire story. If you want AI glasses on your face this year, Android XR is the only ticket, and yes, it works with iPhone. If you live deep inside the Apple ecosystem […]

Apple has paused work on the next Vision Pro, started testing four different glasses designs, and now plans to unveil its first AI smart glasses in late 2026 or early 2027, with shipping expected in spring or summer 2027, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. That makes the Apple AI Glasses the company’s biggest hardware bet since the Apple Watch, and one of the most-watched product rumors going into WWDC 2026 on June 8. This is your full breakdown of everything known about Apple AI Glasses as of May 2026, including the release window, design styles, hardware, AI features, expected price, and how they will stack up against the Meta Ray-Ban […]

The MacBook vs Googlebook vs Chromebook question changed twice in 2026, and both changes went against what this comparison first said. Apple raised the price of every Mac on 25 June 2026 because of the AI memory shortage. The MacBook Air M5 now starts at $1,299 instead of $1,099, and the MacBook Neo costs $699 instead of $599. Google’s Googlebook is still not on sale; its official site says only “Coming fall 2026” and still lists no price. The second change matters more than the money. Apple and Google confirmed that the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be built on Google’s Gemini. The old “Apple AI versus Google […]

WWDC 2026 runs June 8 to 12, with the keynote on Monday, June 8 at 10am Pacific Time streamed on Apple.com, the Apple TV app, and the Apple YouTube channel. Apple sent media invites on May 18, 2026 confirming the full schedule, and on May 23 quietly registered a new genai.apple.com subdomain that almost nobody outside MacRumors has spotted. This year’s keynote is the most consequential AI moment Apple has ever had. On January 12, 2026, Apple and Google jointly announced that the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be built on a custom 1.2-trillion-parameter Google Gemini model. Apple is reportedly paying around $1 billion per year for it. […]

Apple’s 2026 iPad lineup splits cleanly into four models, but only three of them can actually run Apple Intelligence, and the gap between the cheapest iPad for AI and the iPad Pro M5 is now $600. The base iPad 11 ($449) still ships with the A16 chip and 6GB of RAM, which means no on-device generative AI features at all. Above it sit the iPad mini ($599), the iPad Air M4 ($749), and the iPad Pro M5 ($1,199), each unlocking a different level of AI performance. This guide breaks down every iPad you can buy in July 2026, what kind of AI on iPad each one can realistically handle, and […]

Update — July 12, 2026: ChatGPT Atlas is shutting down; see the best ChatGPT Atlas alternatives for Mac. Update — May 2, 2026: Read our new Grok 4.3 review. ChatGPT crossed 900 million weekly active users in early 2026, but most of them are paying $20 a month for a single model when the same cash could buy access to GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.7, Gemini 3.1 Pro, and Grok 4.3 (released April 30, 2026) in one app. If you are on Mac, you have more options than the default ChatGPT desktop app gives you, and most of them are cheaper, faster, or both. Apple is opening up too: at WWDC […]

Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studio leaks point to 80 GPU cores, 256GB memory, and a WWDC 2026 reveal. Full breakdown of specs, price, date, and local AI power.