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This tweet highlights a WWDC session video for its natural presentation and provides technical guidance for developers on adapting toolbars for iPhone Duo's new vertical layout using SwiftUI and UIKit.

Apple is planning to reveal its first smart glasses at WWDC next June, expected to launch by end of 2027, with a strong focus on privacy features to differentiate from Meta's smart glasses, including on-device processing and no facial recognition.

Apple announced new child safety features in iOS 27 at WWDC, responding to years of pressure from activists and lawsuits over CSAM and nudify apps.

A curated set of 17 design and motion principles distilled from Apple's WWDC videos, packaged as a reusable skill for design engineers to review and improve UI animations and interfaces.

iOS 27 introduces practical AI features like bill splitting via Apple Cash, automatic password upgrades after breaches, and one-tap suggestions in Messages, reflecting Apple's strategy of weaving AI into existing apps rather than just a Siri overhaul.

A retrospective look at the 20-year history of Intel-based Macs, covering Apple's initial switch from PowerPC to Intel and the eventual transition to Apple Silicon, with insights into the challenges and milestones.

Apple's upcoming iOS 27 update promises significant performance improvements for older iPhones, including faster app launches, AirDrop transfers, and photo library loading, thanks to CPU scheduler optimizations and other platform enhancements.

Apple built an Extensions framework for third-party AI in Siri but deliberately omitted it from WWDC 2026, likely due to EU regulatory disputes, potential legal action from OpenAI, and messaging strategy around its own rebuilt Siri.

A tweet highlights an excellent WWDC video by Angelos Kath on building local agentic AI with MLX, noting rapid progress in open-weight models and hardware capabilities.

This WIRED podcast episode covers SpaceX's public offering, Apple's Siri AI updates at WWDC, Meta's removal of face-recognition, and an investigation into MSG's surveillance system.

Apple's software chief Craig Federighi and marketing chief Greg Joswiak state that Siri is designed as a utility, not a companion, and will reject romantic advances, emphasizing privacy and user control.

Apple announces RAW 9 for Core Image, a significant update that uses a tiled CoreML model combining demosaic and denoise on the Apple Neural Engine for dramatically improved RAW image quality across Apple platforms.

Apple's macOS 27 Golden Gate removes the controversial, distracting menu item icons introduced in macOS 26 Tahoe, and updates the Human Interface Guidelines to recommend using icons sparingly. The change is celebrated as a sign of improved software design direction at Apple.

At WWDC26, Apple announced multiple open-source SDKs and free trial capabilities for developers, including the open-sourcing of the Foundation Models framework, Game Porting Toolkit 4, Xcode 27 intelligent agent, free computing power from Private Cloud Compute, Core AI framework, and the new generation App Intents framework.

Yagil Bubrovnik presented at WWDC, demoing LM Studio's upcoming clustering feature on stage, crediting the MLX team for their work.

An opinion piece discussing Apple's restrained approach to AI health coaching with Siri, contrasting with Google and other wearables makers, while noting incremental AI health features in watchOS 27.

The article speculates on the stock market's delayed reaction to Apple and Microsoft both committing to local AI, noting Microsoft's reliance on Nvidia's roadmap and Apple's potential to disrupt the market.

An opinion piece criticizing Apple's AI improvements for Siri, contrasting impressive WWDC demos with the reality of ongoing reliability issues.

Apple announced that the App Store will support subscription bundles combining offers from different companies, similar to streaming bundles, along with new 'Suites' subscriptions. The changes were announced at WWDC and will roll out later this year.

The author reflects on Apple's upcoming AI-powered Siri revamp announced at WWDC 2026, expressing both skepticism about AI and excitement for Siri's new 'personal context' features that could proactively assist with daily tasks.