Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites.
° From The Verge: Apple’s AI Playlist Playground is bad at music.
° From Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in a Q&A session: There’ll be no major design changes to the Apple Watch lineup this year.
° From The MacObserver: Steve Wozniak warns users no longer own their devices as subscriptions grow and tech companies control features, data, and access today.
° From Macworld: Many of Apple’s biggest hits were widely criticized when they were new.
° From 9to5Mac: Apple age verification went live in the UK in iOS 26.4 after a previous accidental release in the developer beta. While it was straightforward for me, some on the Apple Support forums and Reddit are reporting major problems with the process.
° From AppleInsider: Win or lose, notifications are being sent out to all participants of the 2026 Swift Student Challenge ahead of WWDC.
° From MacVoices Live!: Regarding Canva’s new Magic Layers AI tool, the panel of Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Marty Jencius, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Jim Rea, Web Bixby, Eric Bolden, and Jeff Gamet recognize the benefits of expanding creative access to non-designers and speeding workflows, but express concern around misuse, including watermark removal.
