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MacworldApples Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is coming soon, and thats when we will learn all about macOS 16, the next version of the Mac operating system (and iOS 19 the new iPhone OS). This version could include some big changes for the Mac, in addition to more Apple Intelligence features.Apple hasnt made any formal announcements about macOS 16 so far, but rumors are starting to leak. This article keeps track of the reports so you can get an idea of what to look forward to when macOS 16 is revealed in June and arrives on Mac later in the year.macOS 16: Release dateApple official release of macOS 16 will be in the fall, as is usually the case. It is likely to coincide with the release of iOS 19, although Apple has previously scheduled the update to macOS after iOS, sometimes as short as a week, sometimes as long as a month.Here is the recent shipping history for macOS.macOS 15 Sequoia: September 16, 2024macOS 14 Sonoma: September 26, 2023macOS 13 Ventura: October 24, 2022macOS 12 Monterey: October 25, 2021macOS 11 Big Sur: November 12, 2020macOS 10.15 Catalina: October 7, 2019macOS 10.14 Mojave: September 24, 2018macOS 16: Developer and Public BetasHowever, you wont have to wait until the full release to try the new software out. Apple will run a developer beta as well as a public beta, so if you want to try out the new features before they are released to the general public you will be able to do so. Apple announces the new version of macOS at WWDC in June. A macOS Beta is released to developers at that time, with a public beta released about a month later, usually after the developer beta moves to a second stage (beta 2).The first developer beta is usually shipped at the beginning of WWDC. Last year the WWDC keynote took place on June 10, this year we think it will start on June 9. The public beta usually comes a month later (in 2024 the pubic beta arrived on July 15). Between WWDC and the official release in the fall, Apple will release beta updates to developers and the public. Anyone using the beta is encouraged to file bug reports using the included Apples Feedback Assistant app so that the company can address them. Learn more about participating in Apples beta software program so you can test the new software as soon as the beta arrives. macOS 16: New nameUnlike its other operating systems, Apple attaches a name to macOS. The current name is macOS Sequoia, which is version 15 of the software. Since OS X 10.9 in 2013, Apple has used names that are associated with California.Rumors of the new name will swirl before the official release. Some reportedly trademarked names that have circulated in recent years include California, Condor, Diablo, Farallon, Grizzly, Mammoth, Miramar, Pacific, Redwood, Redtail, Rincon, Skyline, and Shasta. These names have been registered by a company that is believed to be a shell for Apple. Internally at the company, macOS 16 is referred to as Cheer.Will Apple continue with the California-based names? Count on it.AppleHere is a list of the recent macOS names based on places in California:OS X Mavericks (version 10.9)OS X Yosemite (version 10.10)OS X El Capitan (version 10.11)macOS Sierra (version 10.12)macOS High Sierra (version 10.13)macOS Mojave (version 10.14)macOS Catalina (version 10.15)macOS Big Sur (version 11)macOS Monterey (version 12)macOS Ventura (version 13)macOS Sonoma (version 14)macOS Sequoia (version 15)macOS 16: CompatibilityBecause macOS 16 may feature major interface changes, Apple may decide to make this the first version of macOS that does not run on Intel-based Macs. The signs of this started appearing a couple of years ago. Apple wants to move any users of these Macs over to M-Series Macs and could use this version of macOS as a cutoff point. Its unknown if the UI changes depend on hardware found only on M-series Macs.With that in mind, you can check the specifications of your Mac, then take a look at what we expect macOS 16 to be compatible with:MacBook Air (M1 or later)MacBook Pro (M1 or later)iMac (M1 or later)Mac mini (M1 or later)Mac Studio (M1 Max or later)Mac Pro (M2 Ultra or later)This could be the year Apple decides to make future versions of macOS for M-series Macs only.FoundrymacOS 16: New featuresHere are some of the new features expected in macOS 16. This list will be updated as more features are reported.Major UI changeAccording to a report by Bloombergs Mark Gurman, macOS 16 (along with iOS 19 and iPadOS 19) will have a redesigned user interface that is based loosely on visionOS, Apples operating system for its Vision Pro headset. Apple wants to make its operating systems more consistent across platforms, and visionOS will be the inspiration for it.Details on how Apple will implement this new design arent available yet, but Apple wont simply just port over the visionOS UI to the Mac and be done with it. It will combine the best of both worlds and possibly allow Mac users to do more.Because of the visionOSs touch implementation, its easy to conclude that Apple is working on a touchscreen Mac. Hardware rumors are more prevalent than software ones, and touchscreen capability has not been mentioned about future MacBooks or Apple displays.Are round icons coming to macOS?AppleApple Intelligence and SiriApple Intelligence made its debut with macOS 15 Sequoia and Apple is on a continuous development path with these features. However, reports on what these new Apple Intelligence features will have not appeared.Tied to Apple Intelligence, a major update to Siri was expected to be released prior to WWDC25, but those efforts require more time. Apple usually introduces Siri updates first on iOS, so this delay means that Siri updates in macOS have been pushed back even further.Home app upgradesA lot of what is planned for the iOS 19 update will make its way into macOS 16. While specifics about the Home app have not been reported, several reports of new smart home hardware have been made, so it would follow that Apple will update the Home app. However, the Home app is more often used on the iPad and iPhone, so Apple could release the Mac version of the Home app at a later date.

MacworldThe accumulated failures and humiliations that have dogged Siri in recent years have finally proved too much for Apples senior management, who have decided to oust John Giannandrea from his role as Siri boss.The news was broken Thursday by the Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, citing the usual anonymous people familiar with the situation. Gurmans sources say Apple CEO Tim Cook has lost faith with Giannandreas ability to execute on product development and is replacing him as Siri lead with Mike Rockwell, currently vice-president of the Vision Products Group. Gurman adds that Apple responded to his initial article by announcing the move internally, but it hasnt yet made any public statement.It appears from the report that Giannandrea is not being fired, and will remain with the company in a more limited role covering other aspects of Apples AI work. His future prospects at Apple, however, might be less than stellar after this setback. Giannandrea, who at time of writing remains on the Apple Leadership page as Senior Vice President, Machine Learning and AI Strategy, was brought in from Google in 2018 with a remit to get Apples AI efforts up to scratch.Mike Rockwell is an interesting and in many ways less obvious choice as his replacement. He oversaw the successful completion of the Vision Pro project, which gives him considerable kudos within the companyas Steve Jobs once said, real artists shipbut it can hardly be said to have set the world alight and remains a niche product with (as expected) few sales. As Gurman notes, he had little experience in AI and machine learning before starting work on Vision Pro, whereas Giannandrea spent eight years running Googles Machine Intelligence, Research and Search department before arriving at Apple Park.But something had to change. Siri has been an unreliable voice assistant for many years and shows little sign of improvement, with the much-touted and AI-powered new Siri endlessly delayed and currently not expected until 2026 at the earliest. A truly modernised version might not be here until 2027. (Another Siri exec, Robby Walker, reportedly called these delays ugly and embarrassing, and hes not wrong.) Giannandrea has been given plenty of time to sort this out, and now that time has run out.

Were now in the century sci-fi writers made their fortunes writing about and hardware manufacturers seem keen to explore new products and processes that make some of those predictions a reality. Just asMinority Reportcomes pretty close to predicting visionOS and Spatial Computing, so too will a whisper ofRingworldbe reflected in the hard but soft metal substance Apple might use in future devices, principally thefolding iPhone.Liquid Metal has been around in the Apple-verse for a long time. Its a zirconium- and titanium-based alloy stronger than steel and more flexible than aluminium; the company has licensed it since around 2010 for use as the SIM card removal tool that looks like it wants to be a paper clip and once found in the box with iPhones. While it doesnt shareallthe same qualities as Larry Nivens Unobtanium used to make the Ringworld space station, it does at least deliver resilience and flexibility and its the latter that matters according to Apple analyst,Ming-Chi Kuo.He says Apple will use liquid metal to make the foldable hinge in the so-far-unannounced or confirmed folding iPhone it hopes to introduce next year.Pour me anotherKuo explains that Apple wants to use the substance to build a folding device that is flatter and more durable than existing devices of its type, as well as having a hardly discernible crease. Bloombergs Mark Gurman has previously told us that Apple really wants to build a fold mechanism that isnt visible when unfolded anddoes not deterioratein use. To achieve this, key iPhone fold components including hinges will be crafted from liquid metal. The analyst predicts Android device makers will soon follow suit, which is good news for exclusive liquid metal supplier, Dongguan EonTec, the analyst said. Apples 21st-century take on a folding device is likely to be thin, like the iPhone 16e, and almost certainly built to the high-end design aesthetic Apple maintains across its product range. It will also have a high-end price to match, which implies this will be the device to slam ostentatiously on the table during board meetings.Et tu, Siri?While the hardware seems to be coming into view, its clear that one essential component isnt yet in place, and thats Siri. Only two weeks ago, Kuo told us Apple wants to position the device as a true AI-driven iPhone, with the power of artificial intelligence artfully combined with the large display. The snag? Siri isnt ready yet, which has made forbig staffing changes within Apples Siri team. Reflecting the strategic importance of AI to Apple, CEO Tim Cook has put Apples best product designers in to sort Siri out, moving former Siri boss John Giannandrea aside to make way for genius engineer Mike Rockwell, who led Vision Pro development. (Giannandrea hasnt left the company, incidentally, but seems to have been given a more limited sphere of responsibility and is no longer reporting directly to Cook, who has lost confidence in his ability to execute on product development.)Apples Game Of Thrones is interesting, but what it truly represents is the importance the company attaches to Siri on iPhones and not just iPhones. Apple has a number of additional products in the pipeline, including a home control device, some of which have allegedly also been delayed due to contextual Siris no-show. In that light, the fact that a folding iPhone is expected to become a poster child for AI on a mobile device depends on what the new Siri team can build.No pressure, then.Whatelse do we know about the folding iPhone? In development intermittentlysince at least 2014, Apples hardware engineers now seem to feel the tech and the time is right for the device. Kuo tells us to expect a 7.8-in. display when unfolded and a 5.5-inch display at rest. Youll have rear and front camera, eSIM,Apples C2 5G modem,and Touch ID as a side button. The device should be as slim as 9mm when closed but isnt expected to appear until next years main iPhone refresh cycle in late 2026. Final specifications will be set in stone later this year. Apple will likely follow this up by developing and optimizing the manufacturing process in preparation for mass production next year.But a lot depends on getting those Siri improvements in place. You can follow me on social media! Join me onBlueSky, LinkedIn, andMastodon.

Nearly 30 years after it was created, and after 15 years of political wrangling about it, it's beginning to look a law that protects internet companies from legal action over third-party content is on its way out.Image credit: WikiMediaCreated in 1996, Section 230 is an amendment to the Communications Act of 1934 and is part of the larger Telecommunications Act of 1996. In part, and crucially, it says that "no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider."This meant that a platform, like GeoCities of yesteryear, wasn't legally liable for anything its users created, even if the content was illegal as long as there was a good-faith moderation effort. Essentially, it prevented "interactive computer services" from being defined as publishers. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

The thinner casing of the expected iPhone Fold means a smaller battery, but a new leak backs up claims that Apple plans to mitigate this by improving power efficiency.Render of a possible iPhone FoldIt's previously been reported that Apple and Samsung are having difficulties making thinner batteries. More recently, leaker "Mobile Phone Chip Expert" has claimed that Apple is concentrating on extending battery life by improving power efficiency in the iPhone fold's display.Now leaker yeux1122 has backed up this report, saying (in translation) that Apple will "achieve the goal of slimming the battery by improving the Display Driver Integrated Circuit (DDI)," in particular. Rumor Score: Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

The competition to redevelop Torontos 70-acre former Downsview Airport Lands (known as YZD) has named CCxA, Field Operations, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Sasaki, and SLA to its shortlist. The project forms the 'cornerstone' of a new 370-acre mixed-use development, one of North Americas largest.It is aimed at creating a new landscaped pedestrian corridor out of the airport's former runway and will be animated by year-round cultural programming and other public uses. A winner is expected to be announced by mid-summer this year. The entire redevelopment will reportedly cost $22 billion.

There was no short supply of horror games during the Future Games Show Spring Showcase, including The Brotherhoods Animal Use Protocol. The latest trailer highlighted Penn and Trip silently slinking to avoid detection from some hulking monstrosity. Though eventually getting by with the Gravity Gun-esque device, its not long before theyre frantically fleeing from the creature.As for how the duo ended up in this predicament, the story revolves around lab animals seeking to escape the mysterious Anchorage Station. Thanks to their enhanced intelligence, Penn and Trip can access logs and solve puzzles between their continuous banter. Unfortunately, the beast stalking them earlier is only one of the many terrors roaming the lab.Animal Use Protocol is still a long way off, launching in mid to late 2026 for PC. Nevertheless, considering the teams horror pedigree with Stasis and Stasis: Bone Totem, it should be worth the wait. Stay tuned for more details and gameplay in the meantime.

Zaire Lanier, writer at Compulsion Games, revealed some details about the protagonist of upcoming action adventure game South of Midnight. Speaking during Future Games Show Spring Showcase Live from GDC (transcription via GamesRadar), Lanier spoke about how the story of Hazel, the protagonist of South of Midnight, will not use the chosen one trope.According to Lanier, Hazels state of mind is in this weird liminal space between [being] a kid and becoming an adult. Lanier also says that Hazel is a normal kid focused on finding her mother, and that she is not a superhero.Lanier said that the revolving the games story about Hazel being a weaver worked better than having a chosen one narrative because the studio liked the idea that anyone can be a Weaver, its something that the land will choose for you, when youre in a time of deep need. So Hazel, when shes chasing after her moms trailer in the hurricane, the land chooses her.Its kind of at random, she blinks and you can see the strands in the sky, Lanier explained. Weavers are able to see the fabric of the universe we call it the grand tapestry and theyre able to manipulate those strands to do various types of spells. Their mission is that they heal stigma in the land where bad things have happened.[Weavers] are able to see into your traumas. They dont fix your traumas for you, only you can do that, but they listen to your story, they see your story, they get to see those memories, and I think sometimes thats what you need.South of Midnight is coming to PC and Xbox Series X/S on April 8. The title is seemingly on track for this release date, since the studio announced earlier today that it has gone gold. This essentially means that the primary development on South of Midnight has been completed, and that a copy of its build has been sent to platform owners for all the certification that is typically required for a game launch on consoles.While the majority of the development work on South of Midnight might be done, the studio is likely still working on the game behind the scenes. This work will then be released in the form of day one and post-launch updates that likely fix any major bugs that made it through the QA process.PC players looking forward to play South of Midnight can check out the hardware requirements revealed back in January. The titles hardware requirements are relatively reasonable, with the recommended settings needing either an Intel i5-7600K or an AMD Ryzen 5 1600X CPU, either an Nvidia GeForce GTX 2060, an Intel Arc A580, or an AMD Radeon RX 6600 GPU, and 16 GB of RAM.Players interested in getting their hands on South of Midnight before its release date can pre-order the Premium Edition of the game, which comes with 5 days of early access, along with the games soundtrack, a digital art book, and a digital comic book.