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9to5Mac Daily: November 3, 2026 – Apple reports Q4 earnings
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Don’t miss this scary-good deal: make your wireless bill less frightening this Halloween
Halloween is full of tricks, but your phone bill doesn’t have to be one of them. While mobile carriers might advertise plans starting from low monthly fees, the reality for most people is that they are paying $60 to $100 per month or more. Comparing your current plan to the Te...
Xcode 27.3 adds GitHub Copilot to its built-in coding assistant
Apple released Xcode 27.3 beta 1 today with multiple new features, chief among them an expansion of its built-in coding assistant to support GitHub Copilot. Here are the details. more…
Enterprise Brain – Memory that learns from work
Hacker News discussion (6 points, submitted by irodov_rg). Discussion thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50357767
iOS 27.3 brings the iPhone Duo’s revamped StandBy to other iPhones
Apple released iOS 27.3 beta 1 today, with a surprisingly extensive set of new features and improvements across the system. One of them is the expansion of the iPhone Duo’s redesigned StandBy experience to other iPhone models. Here are the details. more…
Apple Watch Challenge set for Veterans Day
The next Apple Watch fitness challenge is set for Veterans Day on Wednesday, November 11th, 2026. Apple Watch Challenges increase awareness about fitness features and healthy habits while observing holidays and other notable occasions. more…
iOS 27.3 expands Siri AI to these new languages
iOS 27.3 is available now in beta, and it’s a big release for Siri AI improvements. Joining new app actions, Siri Recaps, and developer features, iOS 27.3 also expands Siri AI to several additional languages. more…
iOS 27.3 brings Apple Intelligence features to China
iOS 27.3 beta 1 is here, and it includes the first Apple Intelligence features in China. Siri AI isn’t available yet, but a lot of other capabilities are. Here’s what to expect. more…
Developers can now create advanced ‘app skills’ for Siri AI
Apple today announced a major new Siri AI initiative for third-party developers, allowing any app to create Siri AI integrations for the first time. The first versions of Siri AI were limited to a much smaller set of supported schemas. The new ‘app skills’ also let apps teach...
iOS 27.3 expands Siri AI with many new capabilities across Apple apps
iOS 27.3 has just entered beta testing and includes major new features for Siri AI across iPhone, iPad and Mac. The company has unlocked many new capabilities across major Apple apps, like Music, Messages, Safari, Reminders and more. We are still digging into the beta, but her...
Panthera: Ampere's CPU Performance Model
Hacker News discussion (9 points, submitted by mshockwave). Discussion thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50356722
iOS 27.3 introduces new iPhone Duo feature for one-handed use
iOS 27.3 beta 1 launched today with a variety of new features, including a big upgrade for one-handed iPhone Duo use thanks to Reachability. more…