Top Stories: iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate Public Betas, Apple Back to School Promo, and More

Following done connected its committedness of a July release, Apple delivered the archetypal nationalist betas of iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, and much this week, opening up investigating to a broader audience.


This week besides saw Apple's yearly Back to School promotion spell unrecorded successful a fig of countries, ongoing fallout from Apple's suit against OpenAI alleging theft of commercialized secrets, rumors astir Apple's iPad lineup, and more, truthful work connected beneath for each of the details!

Top Stories

iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 Now Available to Public Beta Testers

Apple this week released the archetypal nationalist betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, and more, allowing anyone with a compatible instrumentality to download and trial the caller software. The nationalist betas travel aft astir a period of developer beta investigating arsenic Apple heads toward an authoritative motorboat successful the fall.


If you're looking to trial retired the caller nationalist betas, cheque retired our install guides for iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate, and past instrumentality a look astatine our guides highlighting the best features to trial retired connected iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate.

Apple's 2026 Back to School Offer Goes Live successful the US: Up to $150 Gift Card With Mac oregon iPad

Roughly a period aboriginal than successful caller years, Apple's yearly Back to School promotion is present unrecorded successful the United States and many different countries.


The nonstop promotion varies from state to state with immoderate offers including bonus Apple acquisition cards and others including a escaped accessory with the acquisition of a caller Mac oregon iPad.

In the U.S., acquisition customers tin person a bonus $150 acquisition paper with the acquisition of a caller MacBook Pro oregon a $100 acquisition paper with the acquisition of a caller MacBook Air, iPad Pro, oregon iPad Air. The MacBook Neo, each desktop Macs, the iPad mini, and the entry-level iPad are not included successful the promotion.

Apple Sues OpenAI for Stealing Trade Secrets to Build AI Hardware

Apple past week filed a blockbuster suit accusing OpenAI of stealing Apple commercialized secrets successful its efforts to enlistee Apple employees and physique its ain AI-driven hardware.


Apple accused OpenAI enactment of creating a civilization of hardware theft, and said OpenAI's hardware concern is "rotten to its core" due to the fact that of its reliance connected accusation stolen from Apple.

OpenAI quickly responded to the lawsuit to authorities that it has "no involvement successful different companies' commercialized secrets," aboriginal stating that it is "not alert of immoderate grounds that this ailment has merit."

New iPad Mini With Four Upgrades Reportedly Launching by October

Refresh timing for Apple's iPad lineup appears to beryllium coming into focus, with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reporting that Apple is aiming to present a revamped iPad mini with an OLED show and further upgrades by October of this year.


The remainder of the lineup, including updated entry-level iPad, mid-level iPad Air, and high-end iPad Pro models, should travel successful the archetypal fractional of 2027. Gurman says Apple is besides moving connected two caller Apple Pencil models to regenerate the existing lower-end Apple Pencil with USB-C larboard and higher-end Apple Pencil Pro.

Apple's 2026 Smart Home Lineup: New Apple TV, HomePod, and Home Hub

Now that Siri AI is acceptable to motorboat successful iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple tin yet introduce caller astute location products built to enactment with the smarter mentation of Siri.


Apple has aggregate caller location devices successful development, respective of which are rumored to motorboat earlier the extremity of the year. truthful check retired our overview covering a caller mentation of the Apple TV 4K, a astute location hub, a caller HomePod, and a caller HomePod mini.

Here's Why Apple is Reportedly Skipping M6 Pro and M6 Max Chips

Last month, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that Apple is seeking to accelerate its M7 household of chips. It's a determination that volition spot the institution forgo releasing Pro, Max, and Ultra variants of its upcoming M6 family, leaving lone a basal M6 spot that volition beryllium rapidly followed by an upgraded M7.


Gurman this week provided a spot much colour connected the situation, describing however significant advancements to AI-related capabilities person agelong been connected Apple's roadmap for the M7 family and that the institution wants to bring those to marketplace arsenic rapidly arsenic it can.

The M7 Ultra spot successful peculiar is said to beryllium a beast for AI tasks, and could beryllium utilized by Apple internally to powerfulness Apple Intelligence servers. The spot could enactment up to 1.5TB of unified memory.

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