An AI-infused version of the Siri digital assistant, promised as part of the Apple Intelligence features previewed in July 2024, should be ready to launch this fall.
NYT: AI-powered Siri is on track for launch alongside iOS 19 in the fall

An AI-infused version of the Siri digital assistant, promised as part of the Apple Intelligence features previewed in July 2024, should be ready to launch this fall.
Some Apple employees question the utility of the rumored mixed-reality headset ahead of its planned reveal at the upcoming developers conference in June.
Apple on Wednesday could introduce a new smartwatch costing less than the most affordable model in the lineup, the $279 Apple Watch SE.
The New York Times reports that Roku and the recently discontinued Quibi have struck an agreement that will see the former purchasing the rights to the latter's original content library.
Less than 24 hours after it ran anti-Apple advertisements in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post newspapers in the United States, Facebook has now bought more full-page ads in an effort to have the general public support its stance on ad tracking.
Facebook today ran full-page advertisements in several major newspapers in the United States, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, criticizing Apple’s plan to restrict some data gathering with the latest iOS and iPadOS 14 software updates.
Following Sunday's report in The New York Times revealing Apple recently cracked down on screen time-monitoring apps on App Store, the company the following day published a detailed explainer on its website.
Next Monday, Apple is expected to unveil a subscription service in the News app based on its purchase of the all-you-can-eat $10 per month magazine subscription service Texture. While The Wall Street Journal has been confirmed as one of the launch partners for the service, The New York Times and The Washington Post have reportedly passed on it due to Apple's terms.
Apple is holding a major press event on March 25 under the tagline "It's showtime" to finally take the wraps off its upcoming video-streaming service. Ahead of the presser, the iPhone maker has previewed some of its original programming to select members of the press.
Major newspaper publishers have balked at Apple's proposed terms for an upcoming news subscription service but according to a new report, a bunch of publishers have already signed up for the service with a 50:50 revenue split.
As we reported yesterday, Apple is allegedly launching a premium news subscription at a media event Monday, March 25 at Steve Jobs Theater. But because greedy Apple apparently wants half of the revenue, it's facing resistance from America’s biggest newspapers.
The vast majority of iPhones and Macs are manufactured and assembled in China so when Apple in 2012 announced that its partner Flextronics would produce the Mac Pro chassis at its manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Austin, Texas, some people were expectedly skeptical.