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Google cuts the price of its AI Plus plan and doubles the storage

Engadget icon 50 days, 12 hours, 47 minutes ago by Ian Carlos Campbell

Google cuts the price of its AI Plus plan and doubles the storage

The AI subscription now starts at $5 per month.

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Enginefall's June open playtest is your ticket to ride, and this online survival shooter is a literal take on high-stakes train raiding

PCGamesN icon 50 days, 12 hours, 49 minutes ago by PCGamesN

Enginefall's June open playtest is your ticket to ride, and this online survival shooter is a literal take on high-stakes train raiding

Squad up, smash in, and stick it to the man - Enginefall is a roaring run on the railroads where carriages are your battleground.

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Apple is dropping support for some pretty modern Watch models

Engadget icon 50 days, 12 hours, 51 minutes ago by Anna Washenko

Apple is dropping support for some pretty modern Watch models

Three smartwatch models from 2022 and 2023 won't run watchOS 27.

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Apple's Most Powerful On-Device AI Now Requires iPhone 17 Pro or iPhone Air

MacRumors icon 50 days, 13 hours, 1 minute ago by Hartley Charlton

Apple's most advanced on-device AI model in iOS 27 requires a minimum of 12GB of unified memory, meaning the standard iPhone 17 is excluded. The next generation of Apple Intelligence introduces a new on-device model more powerful than anything Apple has shipped before. While most ‌iOS 27‌ AI features run on the same hardware supported today, including iPhone 15 Pro, the most capable model carries stricter requirements. To run Apple's most powerful on-device model, users will need one of the foll...

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Apple Announces tvOS 27 With These New Features

MacRumors icon 50 days, 13 hours, 2 minutes ago by Joe Rossignol

Apple Announces tvOS 27 With These New Features

Apple barely touched on tvOS 27 during its WWDC 2026 keynote today, but the update exists, and it adds some new features to the Apple TV. In a slide that was shown very briefly during the keynote, Apple revealed some of tvOS 27's new features and enhancements: A redesigned Podcasts app Smoother app launches and animations Faster AirPlay connectivity with other Apple devices Smart downloads A new Larger Text accessibility option in the Settings app, which increases the size of text across the tvO...

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Siri AI Gains Customizable Voice Expressiveness and Pace

MacRumors icon 50 days, 13 hours, 14 minutes ago by Hartley Charlton

Siri AI Gains Customizable Voice Expressiveness and Pace

Apple today announced that Siri AI will offer a "brand new voice experience," giving users the ability to customize how the voice assistant sounds. On devices that support Apple's most advanced on-device model, ‌Siri‌ AI will deliver more expressive voices alongside a significant improvement to systemwide dictation accuracy. Users will be able to adjust both the expressiveness and pace of ‌Siri‌'s voice to their preference via a new UI with sliders. As of developer beta 1, American is the sole v...

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iOS 27 Wallet App Gets 'Create a Pass' Feature

MacRumors icon 50 days, 13 hours, 15 minutes ago by Juli Clover

iOS 27 Wallet App Gets 'Create a Pass' Feature

The Wallet app in iOS 27 has a new "Create a Pass" option that's designed to let you add passes for tickets, memberships, and more using Visual Intelligence. If you have a ticket for an event and there's not a digital version available in the Wallet app already, you can create one using the physical pass. By default, the Wallet app uses ‌Visual Intelligence‌ to scan a pass and add it, but there's also a "Create Pass Manually" option. Pass templates include Standard, Membership, and Event. Each t...

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Apple Intelligence Gains Smarter Writing Tools in iOS 27

MacRumors icon 50 days, 13 hours, 26 minutes ago by Hartley Charlton

Apple Intelligence Gains Smarter Writing Tools in iOS 27

Apple today announced a series of Apple Intelligence improvements coming to Mail, Messages, Files, and system-wide text input as part of iOS 27 and its other major platform updates. The updates include automatic proofreading, which surfaces spelling and grammar suggestions as users type across the system. Apple is also introducing intelligent file and folder naming suggestions based on content. Two enhancements come specifically to Mail and Messages. Apple's composition assistant will now adapt ...

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iOS 27 Camera App Gets Siri Mode, Updated UI

MacRumors icon 50 days, 13 hours, 31 minutes ago by Juli Clover

iOS 27 Camera App Gets Siri Mode, Updated UI

The iOS 27 Camera app has a new "Siri" mode that is available in addition to the video, photo, and other camera modes. You can get to ‌Siri‌ mode by swiping over to it at the bottom of the Camera app in the ‌iOS 27‌ developer beta. ‌Siri‌ mode integrates Visual Intelligence, so you can take a photo of something and ask ‌Siri‌ about it. ‌Siri‌ can answer questions about whatever you're taking a photo of, identifying plants, animals, landmarks, and more. Visual Intelligence is expanding to new cat...

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Famous game director Fumito Ueda says his studio does not use AI for 'game development'

PC Gamer icon 50 days, 13 hours, 36 minutes ago by Tyler Wilde

Famous game director Fumito Ueda says his studio does not use AI for 'game development'

The studio behind the upcoming Gen Atlas uses AI for project management tasks, but that's it, says the game's director.

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15 minutes is all you need in this roguelike action RPG to feel like a maxed-out Diablo god laying waste to an entire screen of monsters

PC Gamer icon 50 days, 13 hours, 40 minutes ago by Tyler Colp

15 minutes is all you need in this roguelike action RPG to feel like a maxed-out Diablo god laying waste to an entire screen of monsters

Clyde Games' dark fantasy action game Cursemark is for all the busy action RPG freaks out there.

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A Star Trek horror game is just wild enough to work, but not the one Bloober Team is making

PC Gamer icon 50 days, 13 hours, 42 minutes ago by Fraser Brown

A Star Trek horror game is just wild enough to work, but not the one Bloober Team is making

A Star Trek horror game is just wild enough to work, but not the one Bloober Team is making

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Apple Brings AI Tab Organization and AI-Generated Extensions to Safari

MacRumors icon 50 days, 13 hours, 44 minutes ago by Hartley Charlton

Apple Brings AI Tab Organization and AI-Generated Extensions to Safari

Apple today unveiled a raft of Safari upgrades powered by Apple Intelligence, including automatic tab organization, AI-generated custom extensions, and new privacy-first browsing tools. The centerpiece feature is automatic tab organization, which uses ‌Apple Intelligence‌ to group a user's open tabs into relevant topics without any manual intervention. If someone is planning a weekend trip, for example, Safari can pull all of their travel-related tabs into a single topic. As browsing continues, ...

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All Summer Game Fest 2026 release dates for every new video game announced

Polygon icon 50 days, 13 hours, 47 minutes ago by Ford James

All Summer Game Fest 2026 release dates for every new video game announced

All the release dates and release windows announced during Summer Game Fest 2026's many showcases.

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iOS 27 can run on phones as old as the iPhone 11

Engadget icon 50 days, 13 hours, 47 minutes ago by Ian Carlos Campbell

iOS 27 can run on phones as old as the iPhone 11

Apple's focus on efficiency and performance improvements is good news for older iPhones.

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Apple Passwords Can Now Automatically Fix Weak and Compromised Passwords With Agentic AI

MacRumors icon 50 days, 13 hours, 57 minutes ago by Hartley Charlton

Apple Passwords Can Now Automatically Fix Weak and Compromised Passwords With Agentic AI

Apple today announced that the Passwords app can now automatically update weak and compromised passwords using Apple Intelligence and Safari to take action on a user's behalf. The feature builds on Passwords' existing ability to flag weak or compromised credentials. While the app has long been able to alert users to security issues, acting on those alerts required manually visiting each site and changing passwords individually. The new capability removes that friction by automating the process e...

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iOS 27 Calendar and Reminders Apps Get New AI Features and Natural Language Support

MacRumors icon 50 days, 14 hours, 2 minutes ago by Juli Clover

iOS 27 Calendar and Reminders Apps Get New AI Features and Natural Language Support

The Calendar and Reminders apps in iOS 27 let you create events and reminders using natural language commands, making it easier to manage your schedule and task list. You can tap the "+" button in the Calendar app and then type in something like "Movies with Sarah at 8pm on Thursday" to schedule an event. You don't need to go to the specific day to create an event, and you can instead just tap when the date and time suggestions appear as you type. You can also use timing like "every week" to set...

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Mina the Hollower's secret ending requirements are absolutely brutal

Polygon icon 50 days, 14 hours, 2 minutes ago by Josh Broadwell

Mina the Hollower's secret ending requirements are absolutely brutal

Mina the Hollower's secret ending requirements make you avoid most side quests and keep from breaking anything on the island

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Apple Says New Siri is Compatible With These iPhones, iPads, and Macs

MacRumors icon 50 days, 14 hours, 9 minutes ago by Joe Rossignol

Apple Says New Siri is Compatible With These iPhones, iPads, and Macs

The more intelligent and personalized version of Siri that Apple introduced today — "Siri AI" — is limited to devices with Apple Intelligence support. "Siri AI" is available on the devices listed below. iPhone iPhone 15 Pro iPhone 15 Pro Max iPhone 16e iPhone 16 iPhone 16 Plus iPhone 16 Pro iPhone 16 Pro Max iPhone 17e iPhone 17 iPhone Air iPhone 17 Pro iPhone 17 Pro Max iPad iPad mini (A17 Pro) iPad Air (M1 chip and newer) iPad Pro (M1 chip and newer) Mac "Siri AI" is compatible with any Mac wi...

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Apple Intelligence Introduces Contextual Call and Messages Features

MacRumors icon 50 days, 14 hours, 13 minutes ago by Hartley Charlton

Apple Intelligence Introduces Contextual Call and Messages Features

Apple today announced a set of new communication-focused Apple Intelligence features, including contextual suggestions in Messages and a Call Context tool that surfaces relevant information from Mail when a user phones a business. The new Messages features offer one-tap suggestions based on the content of a conversation. If a contact asks for photos, Messages can surface a suggestion to search the library, recognizing keywords, locations, and people to find the best matches. Messages can also pr...

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Reminder: macOS 27 won't work on Intel Macs

Engadget icon 50 days, 14 hours, 20 minutes ago by Anna Washenko

Reminder: macOS 27 won't work on Intel Macs

You'll need to be running Apple silicon to use the latest operating system.

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5 cozy game demos I'm downloading right now after I counted a whole 37 dropping during Summer Game Fest weekend

PC Gamer icon 50 days, 14 hours, 24 minutes ago by Lauren Morton

5 cozy game demos I'm downloading right now after I counted a whole 37 dropping during Summer Game Fest weekend

Showcase weekend was stuffed to the stitches with cozy game demos so I've tallied them up and sorted them out.

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The first iOS, iPadOS and macOS 27 developer betas are available now

Engadget icon 50 days, 14 hours, 25 minutes ago by Igor Bonifacic

The first iOS, iPadOS and macOS 27 developer betas are available now

Developer betas are available now for Apple's upcoming suit of OSes.

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Siri AI for iPhones and iPads will be delayed indefinitely in the EU

Engadget icon 50 days, 14 hours, 25 minutes ago by Jackson Chen

Siri AI for iPhones and iPads will be delayed indefinitely in the EU

European Union and Chinese citizens will have to wait even longer before getting their hands on Apple's hotly-anticipated iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 with the new Siri.

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One of the biggest VR developers in the business closes a studio: 'The VR market remains a challenging space'

PC Gamer icon 50 days, 14 hours, 26 minutes ago by Andy Chalk

One of the biggest VR developers in the business closes a studio: 'The VR market remains a challenging space'

Thief VR publisher Vertigo Games has been a VR-exclusive studio for years, but its most recent release, and its next game, are both non-VR titles.

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Apple to Add AI Video Descriptions and Smarter Notifications to Home App

MacRumors icon 50 days, 14 hours, 29 minutes ago by Hartley Charlton

Apple to Add AI Video Descriptions and Smarter Notifications to Home App

Apple today announced new Apple Intelligence features for the Home app, including AI-generated descriptions of HomeKit Secure Video camera clips and smarter grouping of accessory notifications. The Home app will use ‌Apple Intelligence‌ to analyze recorded clips from compatible cameras and generate text descriptions summarizing what happened in them. Users can search through footage to find specific events, such as a package delivery, without needing to watch each clip individually. The app will...

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Why Kingdom Hearts 4 wasn't at Summer Game Fest 2026

Polygon icon 50 days, 14 hours, 32 minutes ago by Corey Plante

Why Kingdom Hearts 4 wasn't at Summer Game Fest 2026

Kingdom Hearts 4 was absent from Summer Game Fest 2026. Here's why Final Fantasy 7 Revelation may explain the lack of updates.

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iOS 27 Adds New Parental Controls: Ask to Browse, Time Allowances, and a Redesigned Screen Time

MacRumors icon 50 days, 14 hours, 35 minutes ago by Juli Clover

iOS 27 Adds New Parental Controls: Ask to Browse, Time Allowances, and a Redesigned Screen Time

This fall, Apple will bring new child safety features to iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate. Apple says parents will have access to a simpler setup experience with recommended apps, a new Ask to Browse feature for Safari, and an overhauled Screen Time interface with Time Allowances. Parents will be able to select the apps a child can access, opting for a few essential apps, a curated set, or the apps that are appropriate for the individual child. Apps can be added over time, and kids can g...

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Apple Revamps Image Playground With Photorealistic Generation and New Editing Tools

MacRumors icon 50 days, 14 hours, 40 minutes ago by Hartley Charlton

Apple Revamps Image Playground With Photorealistic Generation and New Editing Tools

Apple has announced a major overhaul of Image Playground, introducing a new generative model capable of photorealistic image creation alongside expanded editing and sharing capabilities. The updated app is powered by a new generative model that runs on Private Cloud Compute, enabling it to produce high-quality images in virtually any style, including photorealistic output for the first time. All generated images will automatically carry a hidden SynthID watermark to identify them as AI-generated...

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watchOS 27 gets a Siri upgrade and perimenopause features

Engadget icon 50 days, 14 hours, 52 minutes ago by Daniel Cooper

watchOS 27 gets a Siri upgrade and perimenopause features

watchOS snuck in some new health features amid that deluge of AI additions and minor improvements.

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Fumito Ueda on why Gen Atlas has shooting but isn't a shooter, cool robots, and generative AI

PC Gamer icon 50 days, 14 hours, 53 minutes ago by Wes Fenlon

Fumito Ueda on why Gen Atlas has shooting but isn't a shooter, cool robots, and generative AI

"It's not to score points, but it's there so that it matters, and you feel that you do exist in that world."

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Scooby-Doo's new design has fans unsure what Great Dane puppies look like

Polygon icon 50 days, 14 hours, 56 minutes ago by Brian VanHooker

Scooby-Doo's new design has fans unsure what Great Dane puppies look like

Netflix has unveiled the new look for Scooby Doo, played by a real-life puppy, but Scooby fans think it doesn't look like a Great Dane

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Apple Unveils Xcode and Foundation Models Framework Improvements

MacRumors icon 50 days, 14 hours, 57 minutes ago by Hartley Charlton

Apple Unveils Xcode and Foundation Models Framework Improvements

Apple today announced a new Foundation Models framework for developers alongside a set of Xcode enhancements aimed at agentic coding workflows. The Foundation Models framework gains image input support, allowing developers to pass images alongside text into on-device models. Apple also introduced custom skills and server-side model execution as part of the framework, giving developers more flexibility in how they integrate AI capabilities into their apps. Apple also announced a new Core AI frame...

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How to Get iOS 27's New Siri AI: Join the Waitlist First

MacRumors icon 50 days, 15 hours ago by Juli Clover

How to Get iOS 27's New Siri AI: Join the Waitlist First

Apple released the first betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 today, introducing a more capable version of Siri called ‌Siri‌ AI. Developers are able to download the betas and try ‌Siri‌ out, but there is a waitlist. After updating to ‌iOS 27‌, developers will need to open the Settings app, go to the Apple Intelligence section, and opt in to the waitlist to get access to ‌Siri‌. There is no word yet on how long the wait will be, but Apple used a similar waitlist when rolling out ‌Apple Intel...

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Nintendo fined by France for millions over broken Switch Joy-Con controllers

Polygon icon 50 days, 15 hours, 11 minutes ago by Patricia Hernandez

Nintendo fined by France for millions over broken Switch Joy-Con controllers

Though Nintendo has moved on to Switch 2, it is still dealing with the consequences of an old Joy-Con controller issue for the first console

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