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In Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter for Bloomberg, he notes that iOS 26’s public beta is expected next week, and a possible tweak for upcoming M5-powered iPad Pros..

Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company has officially launched its hearing aid feature, along with the Apple Watch’s sleep apnea detection, in more locations, including Australia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, and others.

Mark Gurman’s newsletter runs the gamut of Apple nexts this weekend, starting with rumors of the “iPhone 17e” kicking off an annual refresh cycle for cheaper iPhones, more iterative chip-bump updates for the Mac and iPad starting this fall, and Apple’s first new Mac external monitor since 2022’s Studio Display.

At the moment, ESPN has the rights. But Apple has made a made a bid “worth at least $150 million a year to stream the races starting in 2026” and ESPN “isn’t going to try to match or beat that,” Business Insider reports.

When The Morning Show returns for its fourth season on Apple TV Plus on September 17, the UBA-NBN merger will be a done deal, and the newsroom will find itself dealing with a new slew of challenges as it tries to keep its audience informed about the truth.

Here’s the outgoing Apple COO and defacto head of design recounting the time that Steve Jobs willed a scratch-resistant display into existence after the original iPhone was announced and demonstrated with a plastic screen. Corning eventually dubbed the product “Gorilla Glass.”

Demand for PCs in the US has cooled significantly from the spike saw in the first quarter, as demonstrated in the chart below. “What we’re witnessing here might highlight US PC demand slowing down in anticipation of the import tariffs looming deadline,” says IDC in its latest quarterly report. Lenovo dominated Q2 2025 with an estimated 24.8 precent global share of “desktops, notebooks, and workstations.” Apple placed 4th after a big 21.4 percent jump in year-over-year shipments. HP ranks 2nd, Dell 3rd, and Asus comes in at 5th.

The Cupertino company is in discussions with ESPN to acquire the Formula 1 broadcasting rights in the US next year, according to The Financial Times, following the success of Apple’s F1 Movie.

Yesterday the company announced longtime COO Jeff Williams is retiring. Bloomberg has a good rundown of Williams’ responsibilities at Apple, and where they’ll go next — from supply chains to pet projects like the Apple Watch.

Ahead of season five which is set to premiere on September 24th, 2025, Apple TV Plus has announced that Slow Horses will be returning for a six-episode seventh season that will be based on Mick Herron’s Bad Actors — the eighth novel in their Slough House series.

The third iOS 26 developer beta includes a new Sleep Detection feature for AirPods that allows them to “sense when you fall asleep and automatically pause media.” 9to5Mac first rumored this feature last month, which some users saw in the second iOS 26 developer beta as well.

But, like, the good kind. The subscription service just announced the four games that will be hitting in August, and the highlight is Worms Across Worlds, the latest iteration of the turn-based strategy series. It’ll be launching alongside Play-Doh World, Let’s Go Mightycat, and Everybody Shogi.