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… The finding follows a story from Bloomberg earlier this week claiming Apple is preparing to launch a new “Apple Upgrade” financing program for leasing new devices. iPhones in “Restricted Mode” would reportedly lose access to nearly all apps, except for basics like the Phone app, Settings, and the A… …
… Meta communications manager Feryal Hemamda confirmed Forum’s launch in a statement to The Verge: “We test lots of new products publicly to see what people find interesting and useful to their experiences across our apps.”
… I expect that kind of behavior from a Meta app, not a piece of software I use for work. I don’t want to “ask Gmail” when I open my inbox, I want to type in three keywords and find the email I’m looking for. …
… Connecting the Halo to Pebblebee’s app took seconds, though it wasn’t as quick to pair with Apple’s Find My network as the company claimed it would be; Pebblebee says five button presses should start the process, but it took several more tries for me. …
… To find logs for my rowing workouts that I had stored in the old Fitbit app, I had to go into “Health,” then down to the “Fitness” section in “Focus areas”, where my logs were viewable under “Exercise days.” In the old Fitbit app, I could see the “Exercise days” block by just scrolling down on the … …
… Image: Siri AI being invoked in iOS 27. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/Siri-AI-Being-invoked-4.jpg?quality=90&strip=all Developers I’ve talked to have told me that while they’re super excited about these new capabilities, updating their apps to support them is a pr… …
… The kind of app you’ll find new uses for… forever. …
… Still, apps shaped the modern smartphone into what it is today. We spend all day, every day inside of apps — scrolling, listening, and tapping until we find what we want. But your next favorite app might just be one that you made yourself. …
… Google just did something I never thought it would again: It made an extremely cool app. It’s exactly the kind of photo editing app that’s hard to find these days: It has a lot of features but a simple, straightforward set of controls. …
… Image: Using data from the Thread Tools app and network discovery tools, Claude created this diagnosis of issues on my Thread network: “The through-line is that your Apple-based core is rock solid, and essentially every problem sits with non-Apple accessories and the older/DIY border routers.” http… …