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Apple to Announce 2026 Swift Student Challenge Winners on March 26
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (176+ words) As part of its WWDC 2026 announcement, Apple said that it plans to announce this year's Swift Student Challenge Winners on Thursday, March 26. Apple's Swift Student Challenge tasks students with creating an original coding project using Swift Playgrounds or Xcode. This…...
Apple Announces WWDC 2026 Will Take Place June 8 to 12
9+ hour, 47+ min ago (306+ words) Apple today said that its 37th annual Worldwide Developers Conference is set to begin on Monday, June 8 and end on Friday, June 12. Like WWDC 2025, WWDC 2026 will be a primarily online event open to all developers, with no associated cost. WWDC always…...
OpenAI 'Superapp' to Merge ChatGPT, Codex, and Atlas Browser
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (265+ words) OpenAI has a Mac "superapp" in development that unifies its ChatGPT app, Codex coding platform, and Atlas browser, reports The Wall Street Journal ($). The idea behind the all-in-one app is to simplify the user experience, following the launch of several…...
Apple Quietly Blocks Updates for Popular 'Vibe Coding' Apps [Updated]
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (475+ words) Apple has quietly blocked AI "vibe coding" apps, such as Replit and Vibecode, from releasing App Store updates unless they make changes, The Information reports. "Vibe coding" tools allow users with little to no programming experience to build apps or…...
New Report Leaks Another iOS 27 Change
3+ week, 1+ day ago (143+ words) Alongside iOS 27 and other software updates, Apple plans to unveil a modernized "Core AI" framework at WWDC 2026, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. "Core AI" will succeed Apple's existing "Core ML" on-device machine learning framework. "The switch from 'ML' to 'AI…...
Blender iPad App Development Halted as Android Tablets Get Priority
3+ week, 3+ day ago (210+ words) Blender's work on a native iPad version of its open source 3D creation suite has been shelved, according to the development team. Back in July, Blender revealed that it was developing for iPad, with an iPad Pro version of its desktop…...
Swift Student Challenge Submissions Now Open Ahead of WWDC 2026
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (168+ words) Apple today announced that submissions for the 2026 Swift Student Challenge are now open through Saturday, February 28. The annual Swift Student Challenge gives eligible student developers around the world the opportunity to showcase their coding capabilities by using the Swift Playground…...
Xcode 26.3 Lets AI Agents From Anthropic and OpenAI Build Apps Autonomously
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (481+ words) With Xcode 26.3, Apple is adding support for agentic coding, allowing developers to use tools like Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex right in Xcode for app creation. Agentic coding will allow Xcode to complete more complex app development tasks autonomously....
Apple Loses Safari Lead Designer to The Browser Company
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (241+ words) Apple has lost another senior figure from its Safari team as a lead designer departs for The Browser Company, extending a pattern of high-profile exits from Apple's browser team amid intensifying competition around AI-driven browsing. Marco Triverio was a lead…...
Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.5 With Improved Coding and Agent Capabilities
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (276+ words) Anthropic today announced the launch of Claude Opus 4.5, which it says is the "best model in the world for coding, agents, and computer use." It's improved over prior models for everyday tasks like deep research, and it is a "step…...