During the WWDC26 keynote, Apple announced its third generation of Apple Foundation Models (AFM), comprising five models, some of which are local, some of which are cloud-based, and one of which live… [+7521 chars]

During the WWDC26 keynote, Apple announced its third generation of Apple Foundation Models (AFM). Here’s a breakdown of how each one works.

9to5Mac

Apple’s third-generation Foundation Models explained - 9to5Mac

Google News

Capcom Has "No Plans" To Bring Resident Evil Code: Veronica X To Switch Online - Nintendo Life

Apple was rumored to be working on an AI health service, but it was scrapped well before the iOS 27 beta came out. It could resurface in the future, but for now, there are a handful of health and fit… [+2542 chars]

Apple was rumored to be working on an AI health service, but it was scrapped well before the iOS 27 beta came out. It could resurface in the future,...

MacRumors

iOS 27: All the New Health and Fitness Features - MacRumors

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Amazon’s Echo Hub got a major update with a redesigned, customizable home screen, Alexa Plus video summaries, and Ring AI video search.

The Verge

Amazon’s Echo Hub gets a customizable new look and Ring’s AI features - The Verge

Pokémon Gos history of being used to collect data is well documented, with the AR scans people generate while playing the game being used to build AI-powered map models. Though players had to opt int… [+3766 chars]

The company says it no longer receives data from the monster-catching app after Niantic was acquired by Scopely

Kotaku

Pokémon Go Data Wasn’t Shared With Drone Company, Niantic Spatial Says - Kotaku

The Photos app is one of a handful of apps that Apple paid extra attention to in iOS 27. It has multiple improvements to performance, and several quality-of-life upgrades. There are also new AI photo… [+5170 chars]

The Photos app is one of a handful of apps that Apple paid extra attention to in iOS 27. It has multiple improvements to performance, and several...

What's New in the iOS 27 Photos App - MacRumors

Apples first foldable iPhone is coming this fall, and rumors say it will be called iPhone Ultra. Here are six features to expect from Apples new high-end iPhone Ultra.
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Apple’s first foldable iPhone is coming this fall, and rumors say it will be called iPhone Ultra. Here are six new features to expect.

iPhone Ultra is coming: Six new features in Apple’s top-tier model - 9to5Mac

One of the first things people noticed when the long-delayed Trump Mobile T1 phone started arriving in reviewers' hands was that it looked a lot like an existing HTC phone. Now, iFixit the folks who … [+1638 chars]

It turns out the Trump Mobile T1 really is just an HTC U24 Pro, but with a few minor tweaks.

Yahoo Entertainment

Trump phone teardown confirms it's nearly identical to an existing HTC phone - Yahoo Tech

Five years after killing its Wear OS app, Telegram is reviving support for Android smartwatches with its latest update.
Earlier this week, Telegram quietly dropped a new Apple Watch app and, now, We… [+1724 chars]

Five years after killing its Wear OS app, Telegram is reviving support for Android smartwatches with its latest update. Earlier...

9to5google.com

Telegram brings back its Wear OS app after five years with chats, voice messages, more - 9to5Google

Update 6/11/26 @ 8:25 p.m. PT / 11:25 p.m. PT: Matthew Ball has responded, clarifying "that ads should be used to offer more affordable alternatives alongside today's ad-free experiences, in the hope… [+4224 chars]

Xbox's chief strategist is considering ads that might help "keep our products affordable" and "fund outstanding work from our development teams."

Windows Central

Microsoft's Xbox CSO believes in-game ads may help "keep our products affordable" - Windows Central

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With Halo: Campaign Evolved less than two months away, our friends over at Digital Foundry have been getting access to Xbox Series X and PC builds… [+2142 chars]

Based on early pre-release footage, of course

Pure Xbox

Halo: Campaign Evolved Comparison Shows Difference Between Xbox Series X And Ally X - Pure Xbox

Who in the world is Elias Thorne? He’s a regular fixture in stories told by chatbots, as first spotted by software engineer Daniel May, but no one knows why… until now. According to a new preprint re… [+3057 chars]

Gizmodo.com

Why Do Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Someone Named ‘Elias Thorne’? - Gizmodo

Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse (aka Nightmare-Eclipse and MSNightmare) has released a new Windows BitLocker bypass dubbed GreatXML, a day after they published an exploit for Microsoft Defender.… [+1524 chars]

GreatXML can bypass BitLocker on Windows systems where Defender Offline Scan was used, exposing encrypted drive data.

Internet

New GreatXML Exploit Bypasses Windows BitLocker via Recovery Partition XML Files - The Hacker News

DJI has filed two patent lawsuits against Arashi Vision Inc., which does business as Insta360, regarding its new Luna gimbal camera. One lawsuit alleges two violations of design patents while the oth… [+3336 chars]

DJI Has filed two patent lawsuits against Arashi Vision Inc., which does business as Insta360, regarding its new Luna gimbal camera.

PetaPixel

DJI Is Suing Insta360 for Violating Multiple Osmo Pocket Patents - PetaPixel

Mashable

Reddit rolls out video comments - Mashable

Alphabet’s driverless car service seizes the World Cup stage to try to humanize its technology

The Wall Street Journal

Exclusive | Waymo Readies First National Ads as Rivals and Critics Proliferate - WSJ

Ever since it was announced, Star Fox has been drawing plenty of attention thanks to its unusually realistic visuals – a style not often associated with Nintendo titles. The impressive presentation h… [+1620 chars]

Ever since it was announced, Star Fox has been drawing plenty of attention thanks to its unusually realistic visuals – a style not often associated with Nintendo titles. The impressive presentation has already left many fans eager to see more of the game ahea…

Nintendoeverything.com

Star Fox designer "choked up" by graphics in new Nintendo Switch 2 remake - Nintendo Everything

The orchestra built up to a crescendo. Behind them, a montage of every The Legend of Zelda game flowed like a tapestry. As the vocalists belted out that adventurous theme song we all know, the stage … [+3775 chars]

Nintendo fans still fondly recall a 2011 tech demo that teased an ultimate Zelda game that never happened.

Polygon

15 years later, the Ocarina of Time remake can fulfill a Zelda fantasy Nintendo killed - Polygon.com

As the rise of AI-generated music on streaming services continues, concerns are growing regarding how AI companies use copyrighted material to train their models, as well as how potential manipulatio… [+2610 chars]

Deezer introduced a tool that scans playlists from Spotify, Apple Music, and other platforms to identify AI music.

TechCrunch

Deezer’s new tool can identify AI music from Spotify, Apple Music, and others - TechCrunch

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If you watched this week's Nintendo Direct right from the very start, you will have seen a whopping two-minute-fifty-five-second trailer for next month's first-party offering, Rhythm… [+2533 chars]

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