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Italy's competition authority launched its first DMA-powered probe on June 16, examining whether Apple blocks rival cloud services from offering full iPhone backups.

Apple's second Swift release of the WWDC 2026 cycle leans on ergonomics and performance: async cleanup in defer, condensed availability syntax, and a for-in protocol that borrows noncopyable elements.

The Fifth Circuit stayed an injunction against Texas SB 2420, letting the App Store Accountability Act take effect June 4 as Apple rolled out age-assurance rules.

Justice Kagan rejected Apple's emergency stay request in under an hour on May 6, and Apple has now formally petitioned the Supreme Court to review the contempt finding and injunction scope.

Apple and Intel have struck a preliminary agreement for Intel to manufacture some Apple chips, ending a six-year split and handing Intel Foundry its most consequential customer win yet.

On May 11, 2026 Apple shipped iOS 26.5 with beta support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging across iPhone and Android, the first large-scale interoperable encrypted messaging deployment between competing mobile platforms.

Apple posted $111.2 billion in Q2 revenue and $29.6 billion in profit, beating estimates as iPhone 17 lifted sales 22 percent and Greater China rebounded 28 percent. The board added $100 billion to buybacks before Cook hands the CEO role to Ternus.

Starting April 28, 2026, App Store Connect will reject any app or update not built with the iOS 26, iPadOS 26, tvOS 26, visionOS 26, or watchOS 26 SDK, requiring developers to migrate to Xcode 26.

Apple's first AirPods Max refresh since 2020 swaps in the H2 chip and inherits AirPods Pro 3 features while keeping the unchanged industrial design, weight, and rated 20-hour battery life.

Apple's board unanimously named Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus as CEO effective September 1, 2026, with Tim Cook moving to Executive Chairman after a tenure that grew Apple's market cap from $350 billion to $4 trillion.

Apple is reportedly testing four frame styles for its first smart glasses, signaling a more consumer-friendly wearables push ahead of a possible 2027 launch.

Amazon will acquire Globalstar for about $11.57 billion and inherit the company's iPhone satellite partnership, accelerating its Starlink challenge and its rebranded Amazon Leo constellation.