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Apple tested whether AI could improve App Store search results
5+ hour, 57+ min ago (423+ words) Apple researchers ran an A/B test to measure how AI-generated relevance labels would affect App Store search rankings and app downloads. Here's what they found. In a new study titled Scaling Search Relevance: Augmenting App Store Ranking with LLM-Generated…...
Parallels shares status update on MacBook Neo compatibility
5+ hour, 59+ min ago (296+ words) Does Parallels virtualization software work with MacBook Neo? The short answer for now is that the company isn't sure yet. The official line as of March 5 is that support has not actually been confirmed yet: Parallels Desktop allows users to…...
Vibe coding platform Bitrig gets a Mac app for building iPhone apps
8+ hour, 32+ min ago (258+ words) Built by a group of ex-Apple employees who co-created SwiftUI, Bitrig now lets you build iPhone apps right from your Mac through prompts. Here are the details. Last October, Bitrig launched on the App Store, letting users build SwiftUI apps…...
iOS 26’s Messages app got a big upgrade for an essential feature
10+ hour, 37+ min ago (211+ words) iOS 26 adds a lot to the Messages app, like new group chat features, spam prevention tools, and more. Joining those improvements, Messages also got a big AI upgrade in iOS 26 for an essential feature: search. For many iPhone users, Messages…...
iOS 26.4: Here are all the new features for your iPhone
13+ hour ago (655+ words) iOS 26.4 is currently in beta testing with developers and public beta users. The update adds a range of new features to iPhone, including upgrades to Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, Messages, and more. Here are all of the new iPhone features…...
iOS 26 gave Apple’s Calendar app a convenient new advantage
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (299+ words) iOS 26 is a big update for many system apps, such as Wallet, Messages, and Music. One popular app'Apple Calendar'is mostly light on changes, but it did gain one unique new advantage: event creation via screenshots. It doesn't take long using…...
Apple geoblocking downloads of ByteDance-owned apps in the US
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (346+ words) According to Wired, Apple is blocking US users from downloading or updating several ByteDance-owned apps, even when they have a valid Chinese App Store account. Here are the details. Despite being widely known for TikTok (and its Chinese version, Douyin),…...
Halide makers just made Kino the ultimate iPhone 17 Pro video app
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (275+ words) Kino, the pro video capture app for iOS, just received an update that makes it the ultimate filmmaking app for iPhone 17 Pro. The team at Lux Optics, the company behind both Halide and Kino, explains how today's version 1.4 update lets…...
OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT with GPT-5.4 Thinking, offering six key improvements
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (198+ words) Earlier this week, OpenAI released GPT-5.3 Instant, promising to make ChatGPT less cringe and more natural when using its most popular model. Now OpenAI is back with GPT-5.4 Thinking and Pro, which is an overall upgrade to its most capable…...
macOS 26.3.1 is now available for Mac, here’s what’s new
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (176+ words) Apple has just released a new Mac software update: macOS 26.3.1. Here's what's new in the latest software version. Today alongside iOS 26.3.1's release, Apple has also launched a new software update for Mac. macOS Tahoe 26.3.1 arrives on the same day…...