One day late, macOS Tahoe 26.4 finally gets its third developer beta

Following behind the rest of the developer beta releases, macOS Tahoe 26.4 has caught up with the distribution of its third build for testing.

Malcolm Owen 3 months ago 1

Xcode with vibecoding AI agents to help build apps is now available

Apple has released Xcode 26.3 with support for autonomous coding agents, that can directly analyze projects, modify files, and assist developers inside the official development environment.

Andrew Orr 3 months ago 5

App Store age verification tools upgraded to comply with emerging laws

Apple's App Store age verification system has been updated to ensure compliance can be maintained in places like Louisiana, Utah, Australia, Brazil, and Singapore.

Marko Zivkovic 3 months ago 0

Apple's latest Ferret AI model is a step towards Siri seeing and controlling iPhone apps

Apple is still working on ways to help Siri see apps on a display, as a new paper explains how it is working on a version of Ferret that will work locally on an iPhone.

Malcolm Owen 3 months ago 1

New in iOS 26.4 beta 1: Videos in Podcasts, Playlist Playground, RCS, more

The first developer beta of iOS 26.4 is here, offering a new video experience for Apple Podcasts, support for testing end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging, and much more.

Marko Zivkovic 3 months ago 3

Browser interoperability drive made Safari work more like the others

Safari now works a lot like other major browsers when it comes to displaying web content on an iPhone or Mac, after a year-long joint effort to make the online experience similar across the industry.

Malcolm Owen 4 months ago 5

Game development diary: Planning, admin, and account flipping

With the main parts of my game "Character Limit" in place, efforts turn to planning the last bits of development and testing, with administration becoming a more important element as release approaches.

Malcolm Owen 4 months ago 1

Xcode 26.3 hands on: AI agent coding is astoundingly fast, smart, and too convenient

The improved AI agent access in Xcode has made vibe coding astoundingly simple for beginners, to a level where some apps can be made without manually writing any code at all. Here's what we found.

Malcolm Owen 4 months ago 14

Detroit's Apple Developer Academy costly to taxpayers, not a runaway success

The Apple Developer Academy in Detroit apparently isn't an outright success for some, with a report painting it as an expensive project that doesn't quite live up to the job-search hype. The truth is a bit more complex.

Mike Wuerthele and Malcolm Owen 5 months ago 0

Malcolm's best tech in 2025: iPhone Air, Powerbeats Pro 2, and a cheap UPS

While 2025 has been a busy year, Malcolm Owen's top picks of the best items range from the future-centric iPhone Air design to the modern Beats Powerbeats Pro 2, to the plain simplicity of owning a UPS.

Malcolm Owen 5 months ago 2

Game development diary: Sound, music, and schedule speed bumps

After wrestling with Welsh for my iPhone game "Character Limit," there were two changes of pace in the last month. Both in terms of the work being carried out and when the game will actually ship.

Malcolm Owen 5 months ago 1

New in iOS 26.3: Android transfer settings, third-party notification forwarding

The first developer beta of iOS 26.3 is here, and with it, settings that make transferring to Android easier and notification forwarding for third-party wearables.

Marko Zivkovic 5 months ago 0

tvOS 26.2 receives second release candidate build only a day after the first

Apple has issued a second release candidate update for tvOS 26.2, following the first release candidate deployed on Wednesday.

Marko Zivkovic 6 months ago 4

Game development diary: Planning failures and the fyre festival of game expos

Development on iPhone game "Character Limit" continues apace, but I learned two lessons that stole valuable time: trade shows are dying, and feature creep is the main enemy fighting completion of a project.

Malcolm Owen 6 months ago 1

New in iOS 26.2 beta 3: AirDrop codes, EU Siri changes, visual tweaks

The third developer beta of iOS 26.2 is here with changes to AirDrop and updates to the Measure app. Here's what's new.

Marko Zivkovic 6 months ago 11

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