Apple’s own security acknowledgement lines name “OpenAI Codex Security – Amy Burnett” on at least 13 separate WebKit CVEs across two documents posted August 17, 2026. The same two documents also credit “Milad Nasr, Nicholas Carlini with Claude (Anthropic)”, “Artem Dinaburg (Trail of Bits) via Anthropic”, “Using GLM (Z.AI)” and “Aaron Grattafiori (NVIDIA AI Red…
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iOS 26.6.1: Apple's 29 CVE Fixes, and the Telephony Entry That Stood Out
iOS 26.6.1 and iPadOS 26.6.1, released August 17, 2026, carried 29 documented CVE entries, according to Apple’s own support article at support.apple.com/en-us/148282. The document states plainly that it lists no actively exploited issue: there is no “may have been exploited” language anywhere in it. Apple's iPhone lineup. The Telephony fix in this release concerns cellular…
Apple's Security Update Pace: 25 Releases Since May, By Its Own Index
Apple has shipped 25 separate security releases since May 11, 2026, according to its own security releases index, spanning ten distinct dates across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Safari, tvOS, watchOS, visionOS and even a Beats firmware update. The most recent entry, posted the day before Apple’s September 9 product event, carries no CVE numbers at all.…
Which devices qualify as a home hub in Apple's Home app
Apple’s Home app gains an AI feature in iOS 27 that only works if a household already owns a specific piece of hardware Apple calls a home hub. Apple names exactly three devices that qualify: HomePod (2nd generation), HomePod mini, and Apple TV 4K. Apple's September event introduced iOS 27's software changes without any new…
Apple Vision Pro's Hardware Has Not Changed Since Its M5 Update Last October
Apple Vision Pro’s hardware has not changed since October 2025, when Apple added the M5 chip and a new Dual Knit Band. Eleven months later, that is still the version Apple sells today. Apple has announced no successor, no new chip and no price change since. The iOS 27 interface on iPhone. Vision Pro runs…
iPadOS 27's Two iPad-Only Upgrades: Faster File Transfers and Screenshot Visual Intelligence
Most of what iPadOS 27 changes, Apple also ships in iOS 27 or macOS 27 Golden Gate. Two items on Apple’s own iPadOS page are not shared: file transfers to external drives that Apple measured as up to five times faster, and a Visual Intelligence flow built specifically into iPad’s screenshot experience. iPadOS 27 arrives…
iPad Gets Apple Cash Bill Splitting, but Only Two Model Lines Qualify
Apple’s Wallet update lets a Camera scan of a restaurant receipt split the bill, tax and tip included, through Apple Cash. On iPad, Apple names exactly two eligible lines: iPad mini with the A17 Pro chip, and iPad with an M-series chip from M1 onward. The feature works only in the United States. Apple names…
Mac Studio M5 Max vs. M5 Ultra: What the Extra $3,000 Buys
Mac Studio starts at $2,499 with M5 Max or $5,499 with M5 Ultra, a $3,000 gap between the two configurations Apple sells under one name. Apple has published full specs for both, and the difference is mostly cores, memory and bandwidth rather than any feature exclusive to one chip, arriving the same year Apple introduced…
Every Mac Apple Sells Right Now, and the Four Chip Generations Behind Them
Apple is currently selling six Mac models built on four different chip generations at once. Its newest chip, M6, ships in the cheapest desktop Apple sells, while the most expensive Mac Studio configuration runs a chip Apple announced on the very same day, but from an older generation. Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5…
MacBook Neo at $599: Apple's Cheapest Laptop Ever, Spec by Spec
MacBook Neo starts at $599, and Apple’s own framing for it is direct: “Apple’s most affordable laptop ever.” It has been on sale since March 11, 2026, six months ago, with a 13-inch display, a fanless design and up to 16 hours of battery life. MacBook Neo is the cheapest laptop Apple has sold. Image:…
Mac Mini and Mac Studio Go on General Sale Tuesday, September 22
Mac mini and Mac Studio go on general sale Tuesday, September 22, 2026, ten days from today. Apple announced both machines in August, weeks before the September 9 iPhone event, and has already published full pricing, chip options and ports for every configuration. Mac Studio with M5 Max from $2,499 and M5 Ultra from $5,499.…
Apple Is Building Mac Mini in the US, and Just Signed a $30 Billion Chip Deal
Apple says it is now producing Mac mini in the United States, and separately committed more than $30 billion to Broadcom to make custom chips domestically, its largest American Manufacturing Program agreement to date. Both facts come from Apple’s own newsroom releases, and both sit behind the Mac mini that goes on general sale September…
Apple Silicon's Unified Memory Ceiling Now Runs From 32GB to 512GB
Apple’s current Mac chips top out at a 32GB unified memory maximum on M6, the smallest chip Apple sells, and a 512GB maximum on M5 Ultra, the largest, a 16-fold spread between the two ends of Apple’s own lineup. Every figure below comes from Apple’s own chip and machine pages published in 2026. Mac mini…
M5 Ultra: How Apple Fuses Two Dies Into 'Its Most Powerful Chip Ever'
M5 Ultra is the chip Apple calls, in its own words, “Apple’s most powerful chip ever.” Announced August 25, 2026, it ships only in Mac Studio, where it starts at $5,499. What sets M5 Ultra apart from every other chip in Apple’s current lineup is not just its size, but how Apple builds it: by…
M5 Pro and M5 Max: What Apple Means by 'Fusion Architecture'
Apple introduced M5 Pro and M5 Max in March 2026 with a new term for how the chips are built: Fusion Architecture. Apple’s own words call the pair “a monumental leap forward for Apple silicon,” and Fusion Architecture is the name Apple has given to the design approach behind that leap. M5-generation silicon, the family…
M6 Chip Explained: Apple's First 2-Nanometer Mac Chip
M6 is Apple’s newest Mac chip and, by Apple’s own description, its first built on a 2-nanometer process. Apple introduced it on August 25, 2026, and it ships in the base Mac mini, on sale September 22 at $899. Mac mini with M6, the first Mac built on Apple's 2-nanometer process. Image: Apple That makes…
Apple Card's Daily Cash, Family Sharing and Savings Account Are Not Part of the Chase Move
Apple Card’s three headline terms, up to 3 percent unlimited Daily Cash back, Apple Card Family, and access to a high-yield Savings account, are restated by Apple in the same release that announces Chase becoming its new issuer. Apple lists all three as continuing features, not as items under review during the transition. Apple Card…
Apple Pay Is in 89 Markets With 11,000 Bank Partners, by Apple's Own Count
Apple Pay is available in 89 markets with more than 11,000 banks and network partners, according to Apple’s own services report. The same report credits Apple Pay with eliminating well over $1 billion in fraud and generating more than $100 billion in incremental merchant sales, figures Apple has published about a service most people only…
Apple Card Is Moving to Chase. Here Is What Apple Confirmed, and What Is Only Reported
Apple confirmed in January that Chase will become the new issuer of Apple Card, moving the card away from Goldman Sachs over what Apple calls approximately 24 months. That is the whole of what Apple itself has said. A widely cited figure, that the deal moves over $20 billion in card balances, comes from reporting…
Apple Upgrade Excludes iPhone 16 and Apple Watch SE. Here Is the Full Eligibility List
Apple Upgrade’s launch list names which iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac and iPad models actually qualify for a lease, and which do not. iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus and Apple Watch SE are explicitly excluded. That eligibility list, not the monthly price, is the part of Apple’s July 28 announcement that decides whether a shopper can…
iCloud+ Family Sharing Covers Up to Five Other People, at Every Tier
Every iCloud+ tier, from the $0.99 50GB plan up to the $59.99 12TB plan, includes family sharing for up to five other members, according to Apple’s own support page. That is the only family-sharing headcount Apple publishes across its current storage and subscription pricing. iCloud+ family sharing works the same way regardless of which iPhone…
Turn Off iCloud Backup and Apple Keeps It for Exactly 180 Days
Apple states that if iCloud Backup is turned off for a device, any backups already stored in iCloud are kept for 180 days before being deleted. That single sentence, from Apple’s own support documentation, is the only expiration window Apple publishes for a consumer’s iCloud backups. Apple's backup guidance is written for iOS 26 today,…
iCloud+ Pricing in Full: Five Tiers From $0.99 to $59.99, and What Each Adds Beyond Storage
Apple prices iCloud+ storage at five tiers, from 50GB at $0.99 a month up to 12TB at $59.99 a month in the United States, according to Apple’s own support page. Every tier, cheapest to most expensive, bundles the same set of extra features on top of the storage itself. iCloud+ is set up from the…
Apple Says Its New Mac Mini Is Twice as Fast at Gaming With Ray Tracing
Apple says its new Mac mini, built around the M6 chip, delivers up to twice the gaming performance with ray tracing compared with the previous M4 chip. Apple published the claim in an August 2026 newsroom release, and the Mac mini itself goes on general sale Tuesday, September 22, 2026. Apple's iPhone 18 Pro. Apple's…