Apple’s AirTags are indispensable for tracking down a missing purse or wayward suitcase, but the large lozenge shape isn’t ideal for all Find My scenarios. Third-party accessory makers have stepped in ...

Adam Engst 20 February 2026 4 comments LittleBITS: Rebooting Our VidBITS Column We’re reviving VidBITS with a new format—informal video conversations where developers demo their apps while Adam Engst ...

Paul Brainerd, whose PageMaker revolutionized desktop publishing in the 1980s, has died at age 78. His software gave millions the power to create professionally printed pages, and he also left a ...

Everyone expected Apple’s announcement of Apple Intelligence, but the details on security, privacy, and safety still came as a (welcome) surprise to a security community already accustomed to Apple’s ...

If you become a TidBITS member, you’ll become a key supporter of the journalism we create every day—read why this is important in our annual roundups in the TidBITS Memberships series. You’ll also ...

We’re reviving VidBITS with a new format—informal video conversations where developers demo their apps while Adam Engst asks the questions TidBITS readers would want answered. Here’s what to expect.

Think you can accurately recall colors? Dialed, a simple browser game, reveals just how unreliable human color memory really is. It offers easy and hard modes, as well as multiplayer competition.

As promised, Apple has released the first versions of all its 2026 operating systems, including a few new Apple Intelligence features. Many of you are thinking about upgrading. But would it be better ...

I suspect many TidBITS readers are of the generation that still uses the iPhone as a phone. Heck, many of us remember rotary phones that needed actual dialing, and some may even have had party lines, ...

Your favours nor your hate. — Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, Scene III, 59-62. [And now for something completely different… Back in 1995, we published a three-part article by Luciano Floridi in which he ...

Californians will soon be able to add their driver’s licenses and state IDs to Apple Wallet, providing a seamless and secure way to present driver’s licenses or state IDs using just an iPhone or Apple ...

Reporting on its Q3 2025 financial results, Apple announced profits of $23.4 billion ($1.57 per diluted share, representing a 12% year-over-year increase) on revenues of $94.0 billion. The company’s ...