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The new Siri will be available on any device that supports Apple Intelligence. For phones specifically, that’s iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, any version of iPhone 16 or 17, and iPhone Air.
  • Analysis
  • AI

AI-powered Siri is on the way – but is it worth using?

Siri AI might not win any awards for personality, but its focus on privacy and cross-app utility may make it a promising practical tool.

  • Tim Biggs

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Apple announced its Health app will soon be able to tell users if they’re in perimenopause.

Apple, get the hell out of my uterus

Please, we don’t need the tech bros’ surveillance of our most intimate bodily functions.

  • Samantha Selinger-Morris

Could your phone predict when you’re in perimenopause and menopause?

Apple announced a new raft of features this week, including an update to its Health app to address the life stage. So what does it do?

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Apple chief executive Tim Cook at the annual World Wide Developers Conference.

Apple credits Australia’s teen social media ban for its new controls

Apple chief executive Tim Cook told Anthony Albanese the iPhone maker’s new child-safety tools were “in part inspired” by the world-first social media ban.

  • David Swan
It’s a pivotal moment for Apple, which has to demonstrate to investors and consumers that its AI technology is back on track.

Siri will be able to read your text messages as Apple ramps up AI push

Upcoming revamp gives Siri Google-like abilities to search the web and read data from your messages, but with Apple’s privacy-first approach.

  • Tim Biggs
Pink opened the Tonys with a spectacular number.

John Lithgow makes history, Death of a Salesman wins big and Pink flies high at the Tonys

Hosted by the pop star Pink, this year’s Tonys was a spectacular affair – but there was no luck for Rose Byrne.

  • Kathryn Lurie
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Best TV shows this year (so far): Celia Pacquola in Dog Park; Madeleine Sami and Kate Box in Deadloch; Kylie Minogue in her Netflix documentary; Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms; and Noah Wyle in The Pitt.

The best TV shows of the year (so far)

While big hitters such as The Pitt delivered, there have also been a few genuinely delightful surprises.

  • Meg Watson, Louise Rugendyke, Craig Mathieson, Debi Enker, Kylie Northover and Karl Quinn
Passkeys are more like keys than passwords. You keep them on your device or secure cloud service, and you never have to send them to a website.

What are passkeys? The end of the password era explained

Passkeys are designed to be the end of “remembering” login credentials. And it may be time to accept them.

  • Tim Biggs
This image released by Apple TV+ shows Jason Sudeikis in a scene from "Ted Lasso."

Ted Lasso returns to the field with a twist in season 4

Many doubted whether the Emmy Award-winning comedy series would return after the third season, but a new trailer proves it’s back and kicking.

  • Nell Geraets
Mark Zuckerberg arrives at court in Los Angeles this year at a landmark trial over social media addiction.

Tech giants ship more than $14 billion offshore amid AI debate

New filings show the extent to which Google, Meta and Amazon send revenue overseas, as new media laws loom.

  • David Swan and Jessica Yun