9to5 Mac

• Apple now explicitly bans employees from using confidential information in prediction markets
  November 3, 2026 by Marcus Mendes
  Apple has updated its insider trading policy to explicitly prohibit employees from using confidential information to bet on prediction markets. Here are the details. more…
• 9to5Mac Daily: November 3, 2026 – Apple reports Q4 earnings
  November 3, 2026 by Seth Kurkowski
  Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Backblaze: Backup you can rely on. Save 20% with code 9to5daily. more…
• Don’t miss this scary-good deal: make your wireless bill less frightening this Halloween
  November 3, 2026 by Sponsored Post
  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 Tello Mobile equivalent is likely […]
• Xcode 27.3 adds GitHub Copilot to its built-in coding assistant
  November 3, 2026 by Marcus Mendes
  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…
• iOS 27.3 brings the iPhone Duo’s revamped StandBy to other iPhones
  November 3, 2026 by Marcus Mendes
  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…

Macworld

• Apple Watch Activity badges: Veteran’s Day challenge on November 11
  November 3, 2026
  Macworld Achievement badges are a funny thing. You know they’re just a simple little bit of visual flair, they don’t even do anything, and yet for some reason you just have to collect them. Gamification can be a great motivator, and the achievement badges for the activity tracking on the Apple Watch have inspired many […]
• Apple finally brings vertical tabs to Safari in surprise 27.3 feature drop
  November 3, 2026
  Macworld While we expected the OS 27.3 betas to bring our first look at the new Apple Watch Audio Intelligence and the redesigned Health app, Apple has delivered a couple of features in today’s betas that we didn’t expect. Available now in the developer beta and coming soon to public beta testers, Apple has announced […]
• iOS 27.3 beta is out now with a new Health app, Siri AI expansion, and more
  November 3, 2026
  Macworld Apple has begun beta testing for iOS and iPadOS 27.3, along with the 27.3 versions of all its other operating systems. This release should bring early Apple Intelligence features to China, as well as the Audio Intelligence features of Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, the redesigned Health app, and new Siri AI […]
• Latest macOS beta: What’s new and should you install it?
  November 3, 2026
  Macworld Apple released macOS 27 Golden Gate on September 14, 2026, but development hasn’t stopped. The latest update, macOS 27.2, became publicly available on October 26, completing its beta cycle. The newest beta is macOS 27.3. The developer beta became available on November 3, 2026. The public beta will likely become available once beta 2 is ready. […]
• The rugged Apple Watch Ultra 4 is down to $700 in this rare deal
  November 3, 2026
  Macworld Apple Watch Ultra 4 View Deal (function () { document.querySelector("#sticky-promo-block a").addEventListener("click", function(e) { const debug = document.location.host.search(/lndo.site|go-vip.net/) !== -1; const text = this.closest("#sticky-promo-block").querySelector("p.promo-title").textContent; const data = { event: "stickyConversionUnitClick", eventCategory: "Sticky Conversion", eventAction: "Click", eventLabel: text }; if(debug)console.log("Sticky Conversion CLick – pushing to dataLayer: ", data); dataLayer.push(data); return true; }); })(); Whether you’re out […]

Technology

• Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I.
  November 3, 2026 by Dana Goldstein and Natasha Singer
  Google is making it easier to restrict its A.I. tools for students. But schools that block A.I. entirely will lose student access to Google’s search engine.
• Voting Problems Cause a Surge in Misleading Fraud Claims Online
  November 3, 2026 by Stuart A. Thompson
  Mentions of “cheat,” “steal,” “rig” and similar terms spiked on X this morning as voting began.
• OpenAI and Anthropic Set Up ‘War Rooms’ to Fight Disinfo About Midterm Elections
  November 3, 2026 by Steven Lee Myers
  OpenAI, Anthropic and other tech companies have vowed to protect Tuesday’s elections from efforts to undermine democracy.
• Binance Says Hackers Plotted $6.3 Billion Crypto Heist for Months
  November 3, 2026 by Emmy Martin
  A report from the cryptocurrency exchange described a monthslong campaign involving fake job interviews that exploited an engineer’s work computer and an internal A.I. tool.
• Are Freezers Being Hacked? Europe and the U.S. Military Investigate.
  November 3, 2026 by Ali Watkins
  A wave of disruptions at grocery stores, which some officials blame on cyberattacks, highlights the vulnerability of supply chains. Shops across Europe were affected again on Monday.

Personal Tech

• Put Your A.I. Agents to Work with These 5 Killer Tasks
  October 31, 2026 by Brian X. Chen
  When you start using Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s dots for these tasks — like applying for jobs and booking hard-to-get restaurant tables — you may never go back.
• Hit the Road This Season With These Useful New Map Features
  October 29, 2026 by J. D. Biersdorfer
  The recent updates to Google Maps and Apple’s Maps use artificial (and human) intelligence for better navigation, planning and travel guides.
• Apple’s Foldable iPhone Duo Arrives in Stores: Smartphone Review
  October 23, 2026 by Brian X. Chen and Camille Cohen
  The first-generation Apple foldable may feel awkward, but it’s an intriguing step toward merging phones and tablets into one.
• UK to Headphone Dodgers on Trains: Shush
  October 21, 2026 by Megan Specia
  Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a campaign against listening to music or videos without headphones on public transportation. We asked London commuters to weigh in.
• Exhausted Parents Are Turning to A.I. Apps Despite the Risks
  October 15, 2026 by Alisha Haridasani Gupta and Katie Van Syckle
  Even as alarm grows over the risks, families are embracing bots and agents to tackle the spiraling administrative tasks of modern child rearing.