Apple's rumored second MacBook Pro release in 2026 is getting closer to reality, with production of the M6 chips and OLED display set to start within months.The display of the current-gen M5 MacBook ProThe rumor mill firmly believes that Apple will be bringing out a second MacBook Pro update in 2026, with an OLED screen accompanying the M6 chip. Work is being carried out to produce both of the core components, ahead of each item's summer mass production.The OLED screen, arguably the main reason for the update, will be produced by long-time supply chain partner Samsung Display, reports The Elec. According to the publication, it will be first mass production of an eighth-generation OLED line in the world, known as…

Yesterday saw a couple of claimed leaks about the iPhone Fold, one of them unremarkable, the other somewhat more surprising. The first of them is almost certainly true, coming from a leaker with a good track record and in line with existing expectations. The second is a bit more of a wild card, but it does make sense to me … more…

Apple's first MacBook Pro models with OLED displays will launch in the fourth quarter of 2026, according to Korea's The Elec. Samsung Display will reportedly begin mass production of eighth-generation OLED displays for the device in May. Samsung is planing to ship two million of these displays to Apple by the end of the year. The panel will be sent to Foxconn from the third quarter of 2026 for assembly into the final machines. Some components for the device are said to still in development, since Apple has been changing the design of some parts to reduce manufacturing costs. China's BOE is also hoping to supply Apple with OLED displays for the ‌MacBook Pro‌, but only unit with Samsung displays…

Apple Intelligence researchers are proposing a new approach to text-to-speech that would make Siri quicker to respond. That might, though, also make conversations flow more naturally.Using the new proposals, Siri could respond to users more quicklyApple may have lost the odd AI researcher, but it continues to publish significant papers on the topic. Previously it has published about limiting AI from taking actions a user didn't approve, and examining how to prevent hallucinations.Now in a study called "Principled Coarse-Grained Acceptance for Speculative Decoding in Speech," researchers from Apple and Tel Aviv University, have focused on text-to-speech applications. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Macworld February is not often a very exciting month for Apple releases—the bigger spring releases generally come in March. But this year we have a couple of key products and updates worth anticipating in the shortest month of the year. We could get the first M5 Pro and Max products, and an iOS/iPadOS/macOS beta that finally includes the all-new Siri. That makes for a more exciting February than we usually get from Apple. New hardware releases On the hardware front, several tipsters are now telling us that the MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips is expected to ship during the macOS 26.3 timeframe, which we expect to enter wide release as soon as next week. The M5…

Both the founders of WhatsApp and current owner Meta state that the app uses end-to-end encryption, meaning that nobody outside the chat can access the content. A lawsuit claims that this isn’t true and that anyone inside Meta can get full access to all of the messages sent or received by any WhatsApp user. Johns Hopkins University professor and cryptographer Matthew Green has weighed in with a blog post analyzing the claims and likely reality … more…