Naomi Beckwith, the Guggenheim Museum’s deputy director and chief curator, has named her artistic team for her edition of Documenta, which will open in Kassel, Germany, in June 2027.
“I am grateful to be working with this team on Documenta 16. I admire their independence of spirit and thought, characterized by a deep respect for artists and audiences alike,” Beckwith said in a statement. “We look forward to exploring the diverse fields of contemporary artistic practices together and engaging in dialogue with the pressing questions shaping our planet’s social and cultural landscapes and their futures.”
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Beckwith will plan the exhibition of Documenta 16 with the four-person team of Carla Acevedo-Yates, Romi Crawford, Mayra A. Rodríguez Castro, and Xiaoyu Weng. They will also run point on the publication and programming for Documenta 16, which will run from June 12, 2027, to September 19, 2027.
Carla Acevedo-Yates is a curator and scholar specializing in contemporary art of the Americas with a focus on the Caribbean and Latin America diasporas. She has held curatorial roles at the Michigan State University Broad Art Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, where her recent projects included “Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora 1990s – Today” and “entre horizontes: Art and Activism Between Chicago and Puerto Rico.”
Mayra A. Rodríguez Castro is a writer and publicist who in 2018 was a fellow at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Free University of Berlin.
Romi Crawford is a professor of visual and critical studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she studies the intersection of art-making, economics, and politics. She is also the founder of the Black Arts Movement School Modality and New Art School Modality platforms.
Xiaoyu Weng led the modern and contemporary art department at the Art Gallery of Ontario and is the newly named director of the New York alternative space Art in General, a position she will hold while helping run the Tanoto Art Foundation. She previously worked at the Guggenheim Museum, where she created an online series examining anti-Asian racism, with an eye to contemporary artists’ perspectives on the swell of it during the Covid-19 pandemic.
This is the first all-female artistic team to lead Documenta since the quinquennial’s founding in 1955. Beckwith is the first Black woman to helm an edition of the show, as well as the second-ever American-born artistic director, after Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev in 2012.
Beckwith’s appointment followed a protracted selection process that followed the heavily scrutinized 2022 edition. Against the backdrop of Israel’s war in Gaza, the entire selection committee resigned before Documenta could even name a curator for the upcoming edition, forcing the art festival to restart the selection process. An entirely new selection committee was announced earlier this year.
Sven Schoeller, chairman of Documenta’s supervisory board, called Beckwith’s appointment “the start of a new future for documenta.”
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Good news, Pokémon fans. There have been several exciting announcements about upcoming Pokémon events and games—here are just a few to catch you up!
New battle modes revealed in Pokémon Legends: Z-A
Trainers will be able to jump into the Z-A Battle Club in the Pokémon Legends: Z-A game in the newly revealed Link and Ranked Battles. In the Z-A Battle Club (Link Battles), up to four players will race to defeat as many Pokémon as possible within the time limit to take the top spot.
In Ranked Battles, up to four Trainers can compete online* with players from around the world to earn points. When players earn enough points, your rank will rise. You will start off at Rank Z, and can be promoted all the way up to the ultimate Rank A.
You can earn in-game rewards when a battle ends or when your rank increases, with additional rewards granted based on your final rank when the season ends after a set time period. Since rewards vary by season, active participation is necessary to climb the ranks and earn rewards.
Players will also be able to enjoy private battles with their friends using local communication** or with those farther away online.
Pokémon Champions coming to 2026 Pokémon World Championships
In 2026, Pokémon Trainers from around the world will battle it out when the Pokémon Video Game Championships makes the shift to Pokémon Champions at the 2026 Pokémon World Championships in San Franscisco.
Pokémon Champions is a new game coming to Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices in 2026. In this upcoming addition to the Pokémon game series, you take on other Trainers in single and double battles using familiar mechanics like Pokémon types, Abilities, and moves, enabling the rich and varied battle strategies you may already know and love from previous Pokémon games.
Mega Dragonite joins the battle
When Pokémon Champions launches in 2026, certain Trainer’s Pokémon will be able to undergo Mega Evolution, including the newly discovered Mega Dragonite introduced in Pokémon Legends: Z-A.
*Nintendo Account and Internet access required for online features. For more info, go to support.nintendo.com.
**Additional games and systems required for multiplayer mode. Sold separately.
A combination of ultrasound and MRI helps diagnose the causes of pain severity in rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy, researchers have reported.
The two modalities complement each other for this indication, wrote a team led by Safiye Sanem Dereli Bulut, MD, of Umraniye Research and Training Hospital in Turkey. The group’s findings were published on August 18 in Skeletal Radiology.
“Bursitis and calcification morphology are key determinants of pain severity in rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy,” the group noted. “Ultrasound provides real-time inflammation assessment, while magnetic resonance ımaging enhances structural evaluation.”
The investigators sought to assess any links between imaging findings and clinical symptoms in rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy using MRI and ultrasound, and focusing on calcification morphology, bursitis, and pain severity. They conducted a study that included 60 patients with the condition and used the two imaging modalities to evaluate calcification size, shape, localization, acoustic shadowing, and associated bursitis. They tracked patients’ pain severity via the Constant-Murley Score (a tool that assesses shoulder function by evaluating pain, activities of daily living, range of motion, and strength; scores range from 0 to 100, and higher scores suggest better shoulder function).
Bulut and colleagues reported the following:
Calcification morphology and bursitis carried significant associations with pain severity.
Fragmented and multifocal calcifications correlated with higher pain scores, while arc-shaped calcifications showed milder symptoms.
Bursitis presence correlated strongly with increased pain.
Ultrasound demonstrated high interobserver agreement and was superior in detecting inflammation, while MRI proved better at characterizing deep structural changes.
“[Our] findings support a combined imaging approach for accurate diagnosis and treatment planning [of rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy],” the authors concluded.
SAN ANTONIO — August 18, 2025 — New research led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has confirmed decades-old theoretical models about magnetic reconnection, the process that releases stored magnetic energy to drive solar flares, coronal mass ejections and other space weather phenomena. The data was captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP), which is the only spacecraft to have flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere.
Magnetic reconnection occurs when magnetic field lines in plasma sever and reconnect in a new configuration, releasing large amounts of stored energy. On the Sun, this energy release often results in solar activity that can affect technology on Earth, a phenomenon known as space weather. Modeling solar magnetic reconnection accurately may help predict coronal mass ejections, solar flares and other space weather events that can impact satellites, communication systems and even power grids on Earth.
“Reconnection operates at different spatial and temporal scales, in space plasmas ranging from the Sun to Earth’s magnetosphere to laboratory settings to cosmic scales,” said Dr. Ritesh Patel, a research scientist in SwRI’s Solar System Science and Exploration Division in Boulder, Colorado, and lead author of a new paper published in Nature Astronomy. “Since the late 1990s, we have been able to identify reconnection in the solar corona through imaging and spectroscopy. In-situ detection was possible in Earth’s magnetosphere with the launch of missions like NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission. Similar studies in the solar corona, however, only became possible when NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launched in 2018.”
PSP’s record-breaking proximity to the Sun has enabled new opportunities for study. A Sept. 6, 2022, approach revealed a huge eruption, providing an opportunity to image and sample the plasma and magnetic field properties in detail for the first time. Using a combination of imaging and in-situ diagnostic techniques as well as complementary observations from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter, the SwRI-led team confirmed that PSP had flown through a reconnection region in the solar atmosphere for the very first time.
“We’ve been developing the theory of magnetic reconnection for almost 70 years, so we had a basic idea of how different parameters would behave,” Patel said. “The measurements and observations received from the encounter have validated numerical simulation models that have existed for decades within some degree of uncertainty. The data will serve as strong constraints for future models and provide a path to understand PSP’s solar measurements from other timeframes and events.”
NASA’s MMS mission, led by SwRI, provided researchers with an idea of how reconnection occurs in the near-Earth environment on a smaller scale. The 2022 PSP observations now provide researchers with the missing piece connecting Earth scale to solar scale reconnection. SwRI will next work to identify whether reconnection mechanisms accompanied with turbulence or fluctuations and waves of the magnetic fields are present in the solar regions PSP identified as having active reconnection.
“Ongoing work provides discoveries at different scales, which allows us to see how energy is transferred and how particles are accelerated,” Patel said. “Understanding these processes at the Sun can help better predict solar activity and improve our understanding of the near-Earth environment.”
The Parker Solar Probe was developed as part of NASA’s Living with a Star program to explore aspects of the Sun-Earth system that directly affect life and society. The Living with a Star program is managed by the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory designed, built and currently operates the spacecraft and manages the mission for NASA.
To read the Nature Astronomy paper online, visit: www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02623-6 or DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02623-6 .
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Influenza remains a persistent world health threat, with yearly outbreaks and the ever-present danger of animal-to-human spread, such as bird flu A(H5N1)—creating significant challenges for public health care systems. The standard treatment often used is neuraminidase blockers like oseltamivir (Tamiflu; Roche), but there have been cases of this not effectively working in severe infections.1 This points out the urgent need for new treatments that fight the virus in new ways and offer a higher barrier to resistance.
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Discovery of a Novel Combination
A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) introduced a new approach to antiviral discovery. Scientists made a system using bacteria to identify compounds that inhibit the influenza A M2 proton channel, which is vital for viral replication.2 In the past, aminodamantane drugs such as amantadine and rimantadine targeted this channel. But changes in the virus, like S31N, interrupt their efficacy. Using their bacteria setup, investigators discovered 2 drugs—arainosine and theobromine—that work well together and fight influenza strains well in both cell and animal models.2
Preclinical data showed that the combination protected cultured cells from infection and greatly cut down viral loads and illness severity in mice. Notably, this treatment remained effective on types of the virus that did not improve with the old M2 inhibitors and showed superior results to oseltamivir. This shows that blocking the M2 channel, which people once thought was dated, may reemerge as a way to treat the illness if it’s used with the right molecular partners.
Translational Potential
An institutional summary from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem emphasized the translational significance of this discovery. The report said that one of the compounds, theobromine, commonly found in chocolate, shows how well-known molecules can be used in new ways to fight viruses. The press release also stated that these 2 drugs did better than oseltamivir in preclinical tests of bird and swine flu, and development efforts are already underway with a new university-affiliated company, ViroBlock.3 Although clinical testing has not begun, the plan to pursue human trials shows a strong push forward in this field.
Implications for Pharmacists
For pharmacists, these findings represent current and future opportunities. The usual standards for treating patients with suspected or confirmed severe influenza remain the same: if a patient has suspected or confirmed severe influenza, they should receive oseltamivir promptly, and clinicians may consider combination therapy in consultation with infectious disease specialists when resistance is suspected.1 Pharmacists may remind patients that experimental combinations like theobromine–arainosine are not yet approved to use and that taking OTC products on their own is not a safe or effective way to treat influenza.
Moving forward, pharmacists should monitor the progress of this drug combination as it advances. A treatment that blocks M2 channels and fights off resistance could expand the antiviral toolkit for fighting viruses and potentially cut down on sole reliance on neuraminidase blockers. Pharmacists will play a key role in educating patients, monitoring drug-drug interactions, and clarifying the distinct mechanism of action should this therapy reach the market.
Conclusion
Although still in early stages, the discovery of an M2 channel–blocking drug combination offers a promising path forward in the fight against resistant influenza strains. By leveraging bacterial screening methods, researchers have identified a therapy that may overcome long-standing resistance issues while outperforming existing antivirals in preclinical studies.²,³ Until human trials confirm safety and efficacy, pharmacists must continue to emphasize evidence-based current treatments and remain informed on the potential arrival of a new class of influenza therapeutics.
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CDC. Interim Guidance on the Use of Antiviral Medications for Treatment of Human Infections with Novel Influenza A Viruses Associated with Severe Human Disease. Avian Influenza (Bird Flu). Published July 8, 2025. https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/hcp/clinicians-evaluating-patients/interim-guidance-treatment-humans.html
Lahiri H, Israeli E, Krugliak M, et al. A bacteria-based search for drugs against avian and swine flu yields a potent and resistance-resilient channel blocker. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2025;122(31). doi:10.1073/pnas.2502240122
Huji.ac.il. Published 2025. https://en.huji.ac.il/news/new-drug-combo-outperforms-tamiflu-fighting-flu
Are you an outdoor adventurer looking to turn your boring campsite into a well-lit glamping ground? The Jackery Explorer 1000 V2 is marked down to $449, almost $350 off its list price, a supercharged price reduction for a product that’s otherwise a little spendy.
Jackery portable power stations have found their way onto multiple WIRED lists, including our roundup of the best power banks, as well as our favorite portable power stations, thanks to their consistent, relatively quiet operation. They’re a great pick for adventurer who don’t want to go too far from their devices, and they can hide in a closet to act as a backup power source during an outage or other emergency. They come loaded with a variety of connections, in this case three AC outlets, two USB-C and one USB-A, plus a DC 12V car outlet just in case.
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The Jackery Explorer 1000 V2 that’s discounted doesn’t have quite the same feature set as the Plus version that WIRED writer Simon Hill reviewed. Most notably, the Plus version is expandable with additional battery packs, while the discounted V2 is stuck at 1000Wh. The Plus also has a slightly higher output power, 3,000W compared to the V2’s 2,200W, so make sure to take that into account if you intend on really putting this battery through its paces.
There are some advantages over the more expensive model, however. Apart from a lower price for the same capacity, the Explorer 1000 V2 is lighter and more portable than its Plus counterpart, making it easier to chuck into your truck for a weekend away. It also charges slightly faster from a wall or car, but probably not by enough to make a huge difference in your life. Both models support Jackery’s app, which lets you track capacity and charging, as well as manage battery and energy settings while in use.
While I don’t have capacity tests for the 1,000Wh version, the larger 2,000Wh Plus model was able to power a portable air conditioner for almost seven hours, so you should be looking at about half that for this smaller model. It’s also compatible with Jackery’s solar panels if you want to keep it topped up while on a trip.
While you can buy the base unit on its own for $449, there are also discounts on bundles with the battery, like a $749 bundle that includes a pair of 100W solar panels, or a $499 bundle with a convenient carrying case. Both are solid deals, and while there are regular discounts on Jackery devices, this one may not last long.
We’re past the the halfway point of August, which means that we’re very likely less than a month away from Apple’s annual iPhone event. In addition to announcing its newest iPhone 17 lineup, the company will also give us an official date for downloading iOS 26. While we wait to find out, you can download and install the newly released public beta 2 (or iOS 26 developer beta 6 for developers). I’ve been playing around with it for the past couple of weeks, and have found that taking screenshots is way better in the new operating system — Google and ChatGPT search options are now in the screenshots editor, for instance. You can see a more complete view of the new features in our preview of the iOS 26 public beta release, which shows off the fresh home and lock screen redesign. Called Liquid Glass, the new translucent look will extend across all of Apple’s upcoming operating systems. The overhaul is one of several big changes coming to iOS, macOS, iPadOS and the rest of Apple’s software suite, all of which were showcased during the company’s WWDC keynote on June 9.
After overpromising on AI plans last year, Apple kept its iOS roadmap focused more on basic quality of life improvements this year. There are multiple useful additions coming to the Phone and Messages apps on your iPhone, for instance: Apple execs outlined the ability to weed out spam texts or other unknown senders and an option to hold your spot on a phone call when you’ve been waiting for a representative to pick up. Plus, a treasured feature that we took for granted is coming back (hint: it’s in the Photos app).
Siri, meanwhile, is in a holding pattern. Apple has previously specified that its smarter voice assistant — first promised at WWDC 2024 — is delayed until some point “in the coming year,” so you shouldn’t expect any major changes in the current betas. But there are reports that Apple is aiming to give Siri a bigger brain transplant by basing it on third-party artificial intelligence models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Anthropic’s Claude, which could make 2026 a pivotal year. The company is also reportedly working on a ‘stripped-down’ AI chatbot to rival ChatGPT.
With each beta, it seems like additional new improvements are popping up, like this new AirPods gesture we’re all curious about, and this FaceTime feature that’ll freeze your video if it detects nudity. With the release of the iOS 26 developer beta 5, we saw more added features, like a new bouncy animation on the passcode screen and in the Control Center, MacRumors reports. Some or all of those changes will likely soon migrate into the separate public beta (see below). Most newer iPhone models are eligible to download iOS 26 (both the betas and final version). Want to see the full list of new features coming this fall? Read on.
What is iOS 26?
The current iPhone operating system is iOS 18, and Apple is still actively updating it — version 18.6.1 was just recently released to restore Apple Watch blood oxygen monitoring functionality for certain users in the US, and another minor iOS 18 update is expected before the newest OS is launched, according to a leaker who shared the info with MacRumors. But don’t expect to see iOS 19. Instead, Apple is skipping the numbering ahead to iOS 26 later this year. The company has decided to line up its iOS version numbers with a year-based system, similar to car model years. So while iOS and its sibling operating systems will be released in late 2025, they’re all designated “26” to reflect the year ahead.
It’s official, we’re moving to iOS 26. (Apple)
What is Liquid Glass design?
Let’s be honest. Out of everything announced at WWDC this year, the new Liquid Glass design was the star of the show. The iPhone’s home and lock screens have looked pretty much the same year after year — the last exciting thing (in my opinion) was the option to add your own aesthetic to your home screen by customizing your apps and widgets. So seeing the home and lock screens’ new facelift is refreshing.
So what exactly is Liquid Glass? Apple calls it a “new translucent material” since, well, the apps and widgets are clear. However, the screen can still adapt to dark and light modes, depending on surroundings. You’ll also notice buttons with a new floating design in several apps, like Phone and Maps. They’re designed to be less distracting than the current buttons, but are still easy to see. While the design overhaul has proven to be controversial since its announcement, some — including Engadget’s own Devindra Hardawar — like the new direction, even if it’s somewhat reminiscent of Microsoft’s translucent Windows Vista Aero designs from nearly twenty years ago.
That said, as of the release of the iOS 26 beta 2, Apple has already incorporated some user feedback into the design, dialing back the transparency in at least some places. And while it will continue to evolve, Apple users won’t be able to escape it: Liquid Glass was designed to make all of Apple’s OSes more cohesive. Here’s a look at how the translucent aesthetic will look with the new macOS Tahoe 26 on your desktop.
What are the new and notable features of iOS 26?
iOS 26 has a laundry list of new features. Among the most worthwhile:
Phone app redesign: You’ll finally be able to scroll through contacts, recent calls and voicemail messages all on one screen. It also comes with a new feature called Hold Assist that’ll notify you when an agent comes to the phone so you can avoid the elevator music and continue on with other tasks.
Live Translation in Phone, FaceTime and Messages: iOS 26 is bringing the ability to have a conversation via phone call or text message with someone who speaks another language. Live Translation will translate your conversation in real time, which results in some stop-and-go interactions in the examples Apple shared during its presentation.
Polls in group chats: Tired of sorting through what seems like hundreds of messages in your group chat? You and your friends will soon be able to create polls in group messages for deciding things like which brunch spot you’re eating at or whose car you’re taking on a road trip.
Filtering unknown senders in Messages: If you haven’t received spam texts about unpaid tolls or other citations, you’re lucky. For those of us who have, those annoying messages will soon be filtered away in a separate folder.
Visual Intelligence: Similar to a reverse Google image search, this new feature will allow you to search for anything that’s on your iPhone screen. For instance, if you spot a pair of shoes someone is wearing in an Instagram photo, you can screenshot it and use Visual Intelligence to find those shoes (or similar ones) online.
Photos tabs are back: For anyone who’s still frustrated with the Photos changes made last year, you’ll be happy to know that your tabs are coming back. Library and Collections will have their own separate spaces so you don’t have to scroll to infinity to find what you’re looking for.
FaceTime “Communication Safety” feature: A newer addition to iOS 26 appears to be the FaceTime “Communication Safety” feature that pauses communications if and when nudity is detected. The feature appears to be a child safety feature that uses on-device detection, thus obviating any cloud-based privacy issues.
New lock screen options: The iPhone lock screen gets more customizable in iOS 26, with a cooler clock, 3D wallpaper effects, more widgets and better focus mode options.
Apple’s Hold Assist will be nifty for those pesky services that put you on hold for 10 or more minutes. (Apple)
New changes coming to iPadOS 26
Your iPad isn’t getting left behind when it comes to big updates. Here’s what’s coming this fall.
Multitasking and real windowing: When you download the newest update, you’ll be able to have multiple apps running on your screen at the same time. Once you open an app, it’ll appear on your screen as normal but you’ll be able to resize and move it across your screen to make room for other apps. This feature is optional so you can turn it off if you don’t like it.
Visual update: Along with the other new OSes, iPadOS 26 is coming with the Liquid Glass aesthetic. This new look will appear on the lock and home screens, as well as the drop-down menus.
New menu bar: When you swipe down on your screen, the new menu bar will appear with options like File, Edit, Windows and more. There’s also a search option if you’re looking for something specific.
Check out our first impressions of iPadOS 26.
What about AirPods?
AirPods are also getting updated with iOS 26. Here are some of the more notable functions.
Enhanced audio recording: Apple calls this “studio-quality” audio recording, and with it, you’ll notice more clarity while in noisy environments.
Camera remote control: Using this, you can take a photo or start and stop video recording with just one press on your AirPods. When taking photos, you’ll get a three-second countdown before your iPhone or iPad snaps the picture.
Live translation feature: While not officially announced or confirmed, it appears that the long-rumored live translation for AirPods could be coming with iOS 26. The evidence comes from a system asset spotted in the in iOS 26 beta showing a gesture that’s triggered by pressing both earbud stems at the same time. The photo also shows words in several different languages.
Which iPhones will be able to upgrade to iOS 26?
A few iPhone models that run the current version of iOS — iPhone XR, XS and XS Max — won’t be compatible with the latest upgrade. But any iPhones released in 2019 or later will be eligible for the iOS 26 update.
iPhone SE (second generation or later)
Not listed here are the presumed new iPhone 17 models (or maybe iPhone 26?) that are all but certain to be announced and released in September.
How to install iOS 26 beta
The iOS 26 public beta is now available to download via the Apple Beta Software Program. If you’re not already a member, you’ll need to sign up to try out all the latest features. Just visit beta.apple.com and sign up with your phone number or email address. It’s free.
Once you’re in, you can install it by going to Settings > General > Software Update and selecting iOS 26 public beta.
A word of caution: Don’t sign up with your main iPhone unless you’re OK with any risks that occur with using an OS that isn’t finalized.
When will the final version of iOS 26 be released?
iOS 26 will be released to the public this fall. It usually comes in September, within a week of the Apple iPhone event. Last year, it rolled out to iPhone users on September 16 — exactly one week after the iPhone 16 lineup was announced.
If you’re more interested in the Apple Intelligence features coming, here’s everything Apple revealed for iOS, macOS and more during WWDC. Also, check out how iOS 26 screenshots could be an intriguing preview of Apple’s delayed Siri rework.
Update, August 18: Added details about a potential iOS 18.6 update.
Update, August 15: Added to link to what to expect at the Apple iPhone event and details about what’s available in the iOS 26 screenshots editor.
Update, August 13: Added new AirPods detail spotted in the iOS 26 beta.
Update, August 11: Noted that iOS 26 developer beta has hit beta 6.
Update, August 8: Added new features coming with iPadOS 26 and AirPods.
Update, August 6: Noted the release of iOS 26 beta 5 and the new bouncy feature on passcode screen and Control Center.
Update, August 4: Noted that Apple is reportedly working on a ChatGPT rival.
Update, August 1: Added quote from Tim Cook about iOS 26.
Update, July 31: Noted that iOS 18.6 is now available.
Update, July 24: Noted the iOS 26 public beta is now available.
Update, July 3: Noted new FaceTime feature found in the developer beta.
Update, June 30: Noted ongoing iOS 18 releases, and reports that Apple is considering additional external LLMs for Siri.
Update, June 25: Noted changes added in iOS 26 beta 2.
