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How to Put an iPhone in Recovery Mode on Every Model

Asma Hussain — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:00:37 +0000

iPhone Recovery Mode is a built-in troubleshooting state that lets a Mac or Windows PC reinstall iOS on an iPhone that cannot start normally. It is the fix to reach for when an iPhone is stuck on the Apple logo,...

Notion Opens a TestFlight Beta for Its Native iOS Editor

Imran Hussain — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:43:07 +0000

Notion has started rolling out a native editor for its iOS app in beta. The test build is live on TestFlight, and Notion wants to know whether the editor feels faster and more reliable in day-to-day use. Ji Pei, an...

Apple’s Home Accessories Go Beyond LG with a Schneider Electric Thermostat and Sensor in iOS 27.2

Imran Hussain — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:35:52 +0000

Apple’s home accessory lineup reaches beyond LG. Code in iOS 27.2 lists a Schneider Home Smart Thermostat and a Schneider Electric Temperature/Humidity Sensor next to LG’s smart lock, thermostat and sensor. The find comes from pdfu, who posted the Schneider...

Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra Takes On the MacBook Pro With 128GB of Memory

Imran Hussain — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:31:08 +0000

Microsoft has opened pre-orders for the Surface Laptop Ultra, a 15-inch laptop built around the Nvidia RTX Spark Superchip with up to 128GB of unified memory. It starts at $2,599.99 and is aimed squarely at the 16-inch MacBook Pro. Microsoft...

OpenAI Brings GPT-6 and Intelligent UI to Every ChatGPT Tier

Imran Hussain — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:57:11 +0000

OpenAI is bringing GPT-6 to everyone who uses ChatGPT, along with a new feature called Intelligent UI that lets the chatbot answer with interactive screens instead of plain text. Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users get it today, and Free...

Claude Haiku 5.5 Launches with Prices 75 Percent Lower Than Claude Haiku 4.5

Imran Hussain — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:28:57 +0000

Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5 today, calling it the cheapest, fastest, and most capable small model it has shipped. It costs about 75 percent less to run than Claude Haiku 4.5 on average, and it scores 72.4 percent on the...

Best Anker Deals on Amazon Right Now: Power Banks, MagSafe Chargers and Cables up to 49% Off

Imran Hussain — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:03:04 +0000

Anker’s Prime Big Deal Days discounts are still running on most of the lineup, with up to 49 percent off power banks, MagSafe chargers, wall chargers and cables. This page picks 27 of the best, grouped by what they do,...

Grok Bot Is Getting Claude Opus 5.5 as a Backend Model

Imran Hussain — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:17:24 +0000

Grok Bot is getting Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5 as one of the models behind it. Elon Musk says SpaceX will route Grok Bot work to the best backend model for each task, and Claude Opus 5.5 is the first model...

Google Launches Nano Banana 2.1 with Lower Prices and Better Image Quality

Imran Hussain — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:07:58 +0000

Google released Nano Banana 2.1, an update to its Nano Banana 2 image model that cuts the price per image and improves text rendering and multi-turn character consistency. It runs on Gemini 3.6 Flash and keeps the Flash-tier speed of...

Meta’s Muse AI Agent Is Now Available on iPad

Imran Hussain — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:54:43 +0000

Meta has brought its Muse AI agent to iPad. The same update adds a batch of new connectors aimed at small business owners who want help with marketing, client pitches and product pages. Muse from Meta is a free download...

Apple Reportedly Needs Samsung to Finish a Bezel-Free iPhone Display

Imran Hussain — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:57:12 +0000

Apple is reportedly waiting on Samsung to finish an OLED display that would make a future iPhone look almost entirely bezel-free from the front. The panel bends down the sides of the phone at close to a 90-degree angle, so...

Apple’s LG Smart Deadbolt Lock and Smart Thermostat Appear in First Photos

Imran Hussain — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:40:17 +0000

The first images of the home accessories Apple co-developed with LG have surfaced. They show a smart lock with a rotating keypad, a round smart thermostat and a small temperature sensor, all carrying the LG name. The details come from...

iPhone Overtakes Samsung at European Carriers as the Low End Collapses

Imran Hussain — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:01:28 +0000

Apple is now the biggest smartphone brand in Europe’s operator channel. It finished the second quarter of 2026 with a 37% share, up from 33% a year earlier, while Samsung dropped from 39% to 34%. Counterpoint Research published the figures...

Apple Owes Masimo $184 Million in Interest on Top of the $634 Million Apple Watch Verdict

Imran Hussain — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:50:42 +0000

Apple has to pay Masimo another $184 million in interest on top of the $634 million jury verdict over Apple Watch heart-rate monitoring features. A federal judge ruled on the interest question on Monday, October 5. Judge Selna issued the...

Crossy Road Rush Arrives on Apple Arcade on November 5

Imran Hussain — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:44:04 +0000

Hipster Whale’s Crossy Road Rush arrives on Apple Arcade on November 5, 2026. The new Crossy Road spinoff is a platforming island runner, and it will play on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision. The game’s App Store...

iFixit Gives Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 a 4 Out of 10 for Repairability

Imran Hussain — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:37:19 +0000

iFixit has torn down the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 and gave both a repairability score of 4 out of 10. The Apple Watch Series 12 gained a point over the last base model Apple Watch...

Apple’s Smart Home Lineup Will Reportedly Include an LG-Built Doorbell, Lock and Thermostat

Imran Hussain — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:31:01 +0000

Apple’s smart home launch is bringing more than a hub, a HomePod mini and a TV box. A doorbell, a smart deadbolt lock, a thermostat and three cameras are on the way as well, and they will carry the LG...

Another Touchscreen MacBook Pro Hint Shows up in macOS Golden Gate 27.2 Beta 3

Imran Hussain — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:59:40 +0000

Apple has added a long-press animation to Dock icons in macOS Golden Gate 27.2 beta 3. It is a small visual change, but it lands in the same beta that already carries touch gesture code for the rumored touchscreen MacBook...

Google AI Edge Foresight Turns Shorthand into Full Meeting Notes on Mac, Offline

Imran Hussain — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:53:48 +0000

Google has released Google AI Edge Foresight, an experimental Mac app that listens to your meetings and turns a few scribbled bullet points into full notes. The transcript, the audio and your files stay on the Mac, and the app...

Apple Releases tvOS 27.2 Public Beta 2 and HomePod Software 27.2 Public Beta 2

Imran Hussain — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:45:44 +0000

Apple has released the second public betas of tvOS 27.2 and HomePod Software 27.2 to testers. They are the same builds developers received as beta 3 on October 5, so there is nothing new to download if you already run...