Google is killing the open web
Google is managing to achieve what Microsoft couldn’t: killing the open web. The efforts of tech giants to gain control of and enclose the commons for extractive purposes have been clear to anyone who has been following the history of the Inte...
Apple preps native Claude integration on Xcode
Towards the end of this year’s WWDC keynote, Craig Federighi said that Apple had “expanded” their vision for Swift Assist, and would bring native integration with ChatGPT, alongside support for other LLMs via API, directly to Xcode. Now, 9to5Mac ...
Firefox 142 Brings New Tab Topics, AI-Powered Extensions + More
Mozilla has released Firefox 142, adding a crop of features it hopes will improve both the user experience and user experience — and yes, AI is involved. Firefox 141 delivered some AI features to the browser’s Tab Groups feature, although it was no...
Firefox 142 Adds New Tab Topics, Local AI in Extensions + More
Mozilla has released Firefox 142, rolling out several features aimed at improving both user experience and developer functionality — and yes, AI is involved too. Last month, Firefox 141 added AI to the browser’s existing Tab Groups feature, althoug...
9to5Mac Daily: August 18, 2025 – Apple Watch rumors, more
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by ...
iMessage gets a new Drafts folder in iOS 26
The iPhone Messages app on iOS 26 gets a bunch of new filtering features, primarily targeted around dealing with spam and junk texts. But it also gets some filters that are generally useful too. For the first time, iMessage has a dedicated Drafts folde...
