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iOS 27 breaks 15 years of muscle memory on iPhone and iPad

Since iOS 5 in 2011, the iPhone and iPad have included Notification Center, a central place to find alerts from various apps in chronological order.

Starting with iOS 27, Apple is making a major change to how users open Notification Center on iPhone and iPad. iOS 27 is currently in beta, and the behavior has changed slightly between the first two releases.

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Deals: AirTag 2, M4 iPad Air $350 off, Magic Keyboard from $80, Satechi Mac mini and iPhone gear, more

Alongside the ongoing all-time low on the 4-pack of Apple’s AirTag 2, today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is starting off with the few remaining M4 iPad Air models still carrying pre-price hike deals – land one now at up to $350 off – and the most affordable M5 iPad Pro models at up to $300 off before price hikes takes hold at Amazon. Joining the rare Amazon all-time low on Apple’s Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and numpad, we are also tracking a rare deal on the most affordable current-gen Magic Keyboard at $80 today, as well as a host of notable Satechi accessories back Prime Day pricing: its 2026 Space Black metal 25W 3-in-1 Qi2 MagSafe Stand, the Hub & Stand and USB4 NVMe SSD Enclosure for Mac mini, as well as its Apple Magic Keyboard alternative down at $40. Get a closer look below.

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Apple Hide My Email bug seemingly allows 100% of real email addresses to be discovered

Apple Hide My Email (screenshot shown) bug seemingly allows 100% of real email addresses to be discovered

A privacy flaw in Apple’s Hide My Email feature means that your real email address can be discovered. A security researcher said that tests found 100% of generated addresses allowed an attacker to reveal the real email associated with the Apple account.

Tyler Murphy said that he discovered and reported the issue to Apple more than a year ago, but it still hasn’t been fixed, and he has now made the decision to go public …

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An accessibility paywall on Meta Glasses could be good news for Apple Glasses

The 'ridiculous paywall' on Meta Glasses could be good news for Apple Glasses | Meta Glasses shown

Ray-Ban Meta Glasses and the latest cheaper non-designer option are sold on the basis of the built-in AI features, but the company has just announced a “ridiculous” limit on the free usage you can make of an accessibility feature.

Effectively, Meta has retroactively applied a paywall to a hardware product it already sold to customers …

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Would a sleeker Apple Watch design justify losing band compatibility? [Poll]

Would a sleeker Apple Watch design justify losing band compatibility? | Close-up of the current attachment system

The first report of a major new Apple Watch design dates back to 2023, so you probably shouldn’t hold your breath on the basis of the latest claim. The original Bloomberg report said that an Apple Watch X would arrive in 2024 or 2025, so …

Leaker Instant Digital doesn’t appear to have any new information about an upcoming redesign, but rather refers back to that original report and says it is finally arriving this year. But they do echo the claim that it will break compatibility with existing bands …

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Claude Fable 5 cleared to return as US lifts Anthropic’s export control restriction [U]

Update July 1, 8:00 a.m: Anthropic has published a newsroom post with information on today’s return of Fable 5 and Mythos 5. See details below.

Anthropic has confirmed it will begin restoring access to Claude Fable 5 this Wednesday, July 1, nearly three weeks after US export controls forced the company to take the model offline. Here are the details.

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OpenAI’s personal finance features for ChatGPT expands to more customers

June 30, 2026: Personal finance is now available to ChatGPT Plus customers in the U.S., expanding the feature from OpenAI’s $100/month plan to the $20/month version. Original story from last month is below.


OpenAI is catching up with some competitors and offering new personal finance features inside ChatGPT. The new personal finance experience is rolling out starting today for some subscribers.

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