The hit comedy Ted Lasso is (almost) back. Apple TV has announced that season four will being airing later this year. The highly-anticipated summer release sees the return of star Jason Sudeikis as Ted, Brendan Hunt as Coach Beard, Hannah Waddingham as Rebecca, Brett Goldstein as Roy Kent, and more familiar faces.

In this season, Ted Lasso is set on a new mission, as coach of a women’s team. Production is still ongoing right now, but Apple is confident enough to confirm the summer 2026 release date anyway.

Following intense criticism for attending a VIP White House screening of the ‘Melania’ documentary just hours after the killing of Alex Pretti, Bloomberg reports that Tim Cook sent an internal memo to Apple employees, where he tried to address the situation. Read it below.

Apple picked up nine nominations across drama, comedy, and children’s categories, with Pluribus leading the pack as its most-nominated series. See the nominees below.

Volvo is doubling down on its commitment to CarPlay, according to Anders Bell, the company’s chief engineering and technology officer. In an interview with The Drive this week, Bell promised that Volvo will “absolutely” continue to offer CarPlay and Android Auto in its cars, including EVs.

Apple released the third iOS 26.3 beta this week for iPhone users. The update focuses a lot on interoperability between iPhone and Android devices, as well as support for third-party smartwatches. Here are all of the new iOS 26.3 features so far.

For the past 10 years or so, I have been a happy Bartender customer, singing its praises to anyone who’d hear. Alas, macOS Tahoe 26 seems to have broken it beyond repair. Now, I’ll just wait for Apple to inevitably Sherlock its core feature, which I can’t believe hasn’t happened yet.

Apple’s AirTag successor is finally here, arriving five years after the original model. Here’s every feature that’s new and improved with AirTag 2.

Shrinking season 3 kicks off tonight on Apple TV with a special hour-long premiere. But Apple has more good news for Shrinking fans: the comedy has just been renewed for season 4.

Today, Apple is rolling out Apple Watch hypertension alerts to users in select countries across Asia, Oceania, South America, and the Middle East. Here are the details.

Today, the Tech Transparency Project released a report concluding that “nudify” apps are widely available and easily found on the App Store and Google’s Play Store. Here are the details.

Apple has been hit with a new lawsuit by Reincubate, the company behind the Camo and Camo Studio apps that let you use your iPhone as a webcam for your Mac.

Reincubate accuses Apple of copying its technology when it launched Continuity Camera in 2022. Continuity Camera is Apple’s own similar first-party solution for using your iPhone as a webcam with your Mac.

Apple tends to be fairly consistent with its iPhone pricing, but a variety of reports have indicated that may change with the iPhone 18 line. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo just shared his expectations, however, and it’s surprisingly good news.

Sonos has had a rough past couple of years. But the company just unveiled its first new hardware product since 2024: the Amp Multi. Here are the details.

Apple has released its latest wave of beta updates, with public beta 3 debuting for macOS Tahoe 26.3, iPadOS 26.3, and more. Here’s what to expect.

After introducing the plan internationally in September, Google is bringing its AI Plus subscription to 35 new countries, including the US. 

Apple has just released iOS 26.3 beta 3 for public beta testers. Here’s what’s new in the latest beta.

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Last year, Belkin announced that it would end support for most of its Wemo smart home products in January 2026. That deadline is now approaching, with customers set to lose access to most Wemo smart home accessory functionality on January 31. The exception, however, is if you use Wemo accessories with HomeKit.

WhatsApp announced a pair of anti-spyware security improvements today, including a new ‘Strict Account Settings’ mode and behind-the-scenes changes to protect user data.

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is now ready to go, and alongside the new AirTag 2 up for purchase at $29 Prime shipped, we have some sweet AirPods deals. Amazon has now brought back the $199 AirPods Pro 3 all-time low from the holidays last year and it is also offering solid price drop on AirPods 4 with ANC down at $119 shipped too. From there, the official Apple Watch band deals roll on, with new all-time lows on the blue Alpine Loop, the green Trail Loop, and the latest Ocean Band in the new Anchor Blue color too. All of that and more awaits below. 

Apple TV is the exclusive US streaming home for Formula 1 races starting this year. And ahead of the first Grand Prix in March, the Apple TV app now offers a variety of programming to help fans get ready for the season.

TikTok is still broken for many people in the United States. In a new update today, the now-US-backed company says \ a power outage at one of its data centers “caused a cascading systems failure” that it’s still working to resolve.

Apple just released iOS 26.2.1 this week, but iOS 26.3 is expected to launch soon too. When it does, it will introduce three new ways to customize the iPhone thanks to new settings and wallpaper options.

We’re expecting the iPhone Fold to be eye-wateringly expensive, with predicted pricing as high as $2,500. However, it won’t be the most expensive smartphone on the market thanks to Samsung launching its new trifold phone at a price which gives little change from $3k …