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Apple TV premieres new trailer for ‘Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age,’ premiering November 26th
Today, Apple TV revealed the trailer for the expansive new chapter of the award-winning natural history series “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age,” executive produced by Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton, and produced by BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the team behind “Planet Earth.” Narrated by Golden Globe and Olivier Award winner Tom Hiddleston (“Earthsounds”), with an original score by Hans Zimmer, Anže Rozman and Kara Talve for Bleeding Fingers Music, the five-part series premieres globally on Apple TV on November 26th.
The new trailer takes viewers into the Pleistocene era, millions of years after the extinction of the dinosaurs, as it has never been seen before. It features strange cycles of hot and cold that create shifting landscapes and a wide variety of mammals with complex behaviors, many resembling animals alive today, fighting to survive. Fans get their first look at clashes between woolly rhinos and saber-toothed cats, based on scientific knowledge gained from fur, soft tissues and stomach contents preserved in permafrost and only recently discovered. Alongside the era’s most iconic animals, like woolly mammoths and Dire wolves, viewers will explore five new astonishing habitats to encounter many incredible creatures that adapted to this strange new world including: the Columbian mammoth, a warm-weather relative of the woolly mammoth with curved tusks over 16 feet wide and sparse hair (Mammuthus columbi); 14-foot-tall bears, the largest to ever exist (Arctotherium angustidens); armadillos bigger than cars (Doedicurus clavicaudatus); and tiny elephant relatives (Stegodon sumbaensis) preyed upon by enormous giant storks (Leptoptilos robustus).
Reconstructed with the latest scientific knowledge, “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” combines current science with cinematic visuals to showcase the intelligence and complex social behaviors of the Pleistocene’s iconic species. This season will explore vast tundras, deserts, expanding grasslands and melting permafrost as these creatures struggle for survival amid extreme climates, the beginning of “The Big Freeze” and eventually, “The Big Melt.”
“Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” continues the storytelling journey of Apple TV’s acclaimed, Emmy Award-nominated natural history series “Prehistoric Planet,” which transported audiences 66 million years into the past to witness the age of dinosaurs across two celebrated seasons. Blending cinematic storytelling with photorealistic visual effects, the series brings ancient worlds to life, offering a firsthand look at some of the most extraordinary creatures ever to walk the Earth. The complete first two seasons of “Prehistoric Planet” are now streaming globally on Apple TV.
The series is produced by the world-renowned team at BBC Studios Natural History Unit with support from the photorealistic visual effects of Framestore (“Gravity,” “The Golden Compass”). Theme by Hans Zimmer, with an original score by Zimmer, Rozman and Talve for Bleeding Fingers Music.
Apple TV offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all of a user’s favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 638 wins and 2,850 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning and history-making comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso,” and Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”
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Apple TV announces new political thriller ‘La Décision,’ starring Raphaël Personnaz and Diane Kruger
Today, Apple TV announced the new seven-episode French-language thriller, “La Décision,” starring César Award nominee Raphaël Personnaz (“The Richest Woman in the World,” “The French Minister”) and SAG Award winner Diane Kruger (“Inglourious Basterds,” “Saint-Exupéry”). The series is directed by “Carême’s” Martin Bourboulon (“Les Trois Mousquetaires”) and Louis Farge (“Culte,” “Eldorado”). César Award winners Sami Bouajila (“Ganglands,” “A Son”), Marina Hands de la Comédie Française (“Lady Chatterley,” “Off Season”) and Fanny Sidney (“Call My Agent!”) also join the cast.
In this riveting race against the clock, the life of the French president (Personnaz) is turned upside down when an 8-year-old girl goes missing. While the public is shocked over the disappearance of the young girl, the tragedy affects the president personally as she is his illegitimate daughter, born of a secret affair unknown to his wife and political advisor Nora (Kruger). When the kidnapping becomes a matter of state, the entire Élysée apparatus intervenes to find the little girl. But who can the president trust behind the closed doors of the palace? He has risen to the pinnacle of power on the strength of his honesty and integrity, but must he betray the very values to which he owes his election? Torn between his private life and public responsibilities, the president is now plunged into a whirlwind of false friendships, unrequited love, power struggles, political games and espionage.
Produced for Apple TV by Solab Films, award-winning White Lion Films, a Mediawan company, and M Films, “La Décision” is executive produced by César Award nominee Nicolas Tiry (“Atlantic Bar”), Noor Sadar (“Machine,” “Malditos”) and Bourboulon. Based on an original idea by Bourboulon and Tiry, the series is created by Marc Dugain and Corinne Garfin (“Coeurs Noirs”), Lamara Leprêtre Habib (“Dans l’ombre”) and Xabi Molia (“Les Sentinelles”).
The series is the latest in French programming from Apple TV, which includes the new thriller “The Hunt,” starring Benoît Magimel and Mélanie Laurent, premiering on December 3, 2025. The International Emmy Award-winning Best French-Japanese Drama series “Drops of God,” inspired by the bestselling manga from award-winning Tadashi Agi and Shu Okimoto, stars Fleur Geffrier and Tomohisa Yamashita, with season two premiering on January 21, 2026. “Carême” follows the thrilling story of the world’s first celebrity chef, Antonin Carême, starring Benjamin Voisin, who rose from humble beginnings in Paris to the height of culinary stardom in Napoleon’s Europe.
Apple TV offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all of a user’s favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 638 wins and 2,850 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning and history-making comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso,” and Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”
MacDailyNews Take: Apple TV is available on the Apple TV app in over 100 countries and regions, on over 1 billion screens, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV 4K, Apple Vision Pro, Mac, popular smart TVs from Samsung, LG, Sony, VIZIO, TCL and others, Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast with Google TV, PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles, and at tv.apple.com, for $12.99 per month with a seven-day free trial for new subscribers. For a limited time, customers who purchase and activate a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac can enjoy three months of Apple TV for free.
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Apple TV debuts trailer for new French-language thriller ‘The Hunt’ (‘Traqués’)
Today, Apple TV unveiled the chilling new trailer for “The Hunt” (“Traqués”), the upcoming French-language thriller from César Award-nominated creator and director Cédric Anger (“Next Time I’ll Aim for the Heart”) and executive producers Isabelle Degeorges, Clémentine Vaudaux, Alexis Barqueiro and Sidonie Dumas for Gaumont (“Lupin,” “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld,” “Totems”). The drama stars Cannes Best Actor and three-time César Award winner Benoît Magimel (“Pacifiction,” “De son vivant”) and two-time César Award winner Mélanie Laurent (“Inglourious Basterds,” “Wingwomen”), in addition to Damien Bonnard, Manuel Guillot, Cédric Appietto and Frédéric Maranber. “The Hunt” (“Traqués”) will make its global debut on Apple TV on December 3, 2025 with the first two episodes, followed by one episode weekly every Wednesday through December 31, 2025.
Franck (Magimel) and his longtime friends enjoy spending their weekends hunting together, but one Sunday, they come across another group of hunters who start targeting them without explanation. When one of their party is shot, Franck’s friends strike back, sending an attacker to the ground. Barely managing to escape, the four friends keep the event a secret. Franck tries to go back to his life as usual alongside his wife Krystel (Laurent), but in the next few days, he starts to feel like he and his friends are being watched, or worse, tracked by hunters who are now hell-bent on revenge.
In addition to Magimel and Laurent, “The Hunt” (“Traqués”) stars Angelyna Danabe-Mignot, Paul Beaurepaire, Yann Goven, Sarah Pachoud and Patrick De Valette. “The Hunt” (“Traqués”) is created and directed by Anger. The series is produced by the studio Gaumont, and executive produced by Dumas, Degeorges, Vaudaux and Barqueiro through Gaumont.
The series is the latest in French programming from Apple TV, which also includes the International Emmy Award-winning Best Drama “Drops of God,” a multilingual French-Japanese series starring Fleur Geffrier and Tomohisa Yamashita, with a highly anticipated second season premiering January 21, 2026; “Carême,” the thrilling story of the world’s first celebrity chef, Antonin Carême, starring Benjamin Voisin; and “Liaison,” a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future, starring Vincent Cassel and Eva Green.
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MacDailyNews Notee: Apple TV is available on the Apple TV app in over 100 countries and regions, on over 1 billion screens, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV 4K, Apple Vision Pro, Mac, popular smart TVs from Samsung, LG, Sony, VIZIO, TCL and others, Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast with Google TV, PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles, and at tv.apple.com, for $12.99 per month with a seven-day free trial for new subscribers. For a limited time, customers who purchase and activate a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac can enjoy three months of Apple TV for free.
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Apple gears up for a banner 2026: At least 15 new products on the horizon
As Apple approaches its 50th anniversary in 2026, the compan is reportedly plotting one of its most ambitious product lineups in years. According to Bloomberg News‘ Mark Gurman, whose “Power On” newsletter has a solid track record of accurate Apple scoops, the company is preparing to unleash at least 15 new devices and features throughout the year.
Gurman’s latest insights, echoed in a comprehensive roundup by MacRumors, paint a picture of a multifaceted refresh across Apple’s ecosystem — from budget-friendly smartphones and powerful laptops to innovative smart home gadgets and long-rumored form factors like foldable displays. “Apple is heading into one of its most pivotal years in recent memory,” Gurman wrote, highlighting the blend of hardware upgrades, software overhauls, and category expansions that could redefine and boost the company’s trajectory.
Early 2026 appears poised to kick off the frenzy with a wave of accessible updates, setting the stage for bolder innovations later in the year. Here’s a breakdown of the key launches to watch, drawn from Gurman’s reporting.
iPhones: Entry-Level Refresh and Foldable Debut
Apple’s smartphone lineup is set for dual evolution in 2026. Launching in the first half of the year, the iPhone 17e will serve as an affordable entry point, building on the $599 iPhone 16e from earlier this year. This model aims to maintain annual updates for budget buyers, a shift from sporadic refreshes, ensuring consistent access to core features like advanced cameras and Apple Intelligence integration.
Come fall, the iPhone 18 series will steal the spotlight. The Pro variants are expected to ditch Qualcomm modems entirely in favor of Apple’s in-house C1 chip, a milestone in vertical integration that promises better efficiency and 5G performance. Even more exciting? The long-awaited first foldable iPhone, rumored to feature a clamshell design in limited colors like white and black, could arrive alongside it. While details on screen size and durability remain scarce, this entry would position Apple against rivals like Samsung in the burgeoning foldables market, potentially priced at a premium to justify the innovation.
iPads: Power Under the Hood
Tablets won’t be left behind. In early 2026, expect a 12th-generation base iPad powered by the A18 chip, offering a performance boost for everyday tasks like streaming and light productivity. The iPad Air will follow suit with Apple’s M4 silicon, enhancing graphics and AI capabilities for creative pros.
Later in the year, the iPad mini gets a glow-up with its first OLED display, delivering deeper blacks and vibrant colors that could make it a compact powerhouse for media consumption. These updates align with Apple’s broader migration to OLED across its lineup, starting with flagships by 2028.
Macs: M5 Everywhere, M6 Redesigns on Deck
The Mac family is primed for a chip overhaul. Early 2026 brings M5-equipped models across the board: a sleeker MacBook Air for portability seekers, MacBook Pros with M5 Pro and Max variants for demanding workflows, and a compact Mac mini refresh. The Mac Studio will also see an update, catering to desktop power users.
By year’s end, Gurman teases a radical MacBook Pro redesign: thinner chassis, OLED touchscreens, and M6 Pro/Max chips. This could mark Apple’s boldest laptop leap since the M1 era, blending laptop and tablet versatility while prioritizing pro-grade displays.
Displays and Peripherals: Studio Evolution
Apple’s external display drought ends in early 2026 with new monitors, potentially succeeding the 2022 Studio Display. Details are thin, but expect high-resolution panels optimized for Mac workflows, possibly with mini-LED backlighting for superior brightness and contrast.
Smart Home and Wearables: Siri Takes Center Stage
Spring 2026 could finally herald a smart home renaissance. A revamped Siri, delayed from earlier timelines, is slated for March or April, boasting deeper personalization and Apple Intelligence smarts — like contextual understanding and cross-device actions. Paired with it: a new wall-mount and/or speaker-based display, evolving the HomePod into a central hub for music, video, and automation.
Security gets a boost with dedicated products, including a first-party camera, expanding Apple’s ecosystem beyond speakers and hubs. Fall brings new Apple Watches, though specifics are under wraps — likely with health-focused upgrades and extended battery life.
Emerging Horizons: Glasses and Beyond
Capping the year, Apple may preview smart glasses before December 2026. Suppliers are already producing prototypes in small batches, hinting at lightweight AR eyewear that could complement the iPhone. This aligns with Apple’s pivot from a budget Vision Pro to glasses as its next wearable frontier.
If Gurman’s roadmap holds, 2026 won’t just be about volume — it’s a strategic plan. With Apple Intelligence maturing, in-house modems permeating devices, and new categories like foldables and security gear, the company is betting big on its vaunted ecosystem and premium innovation.
MacDailyNews Take: For consumers, Apple’s 2026 promises to be a tantalizing buffet — whether you’re eyeing a sub-$600 iPhone, an inexpensive MacBook with long battery life for the road, a super-powerful desktop Mac, a bonafide smart home, a more-useful Siri that works for you, and/or dreaming of a foldable iPhone!
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EU’s DMA forces Apple to remove iPhone-Apple Watch Wi-Fi sync for EU users
Apple plans to disable automatic Wi-Fi network syncing between iPhone and Apple Watch for users in the European Union starting with iOS 26.2, according to a new report. This change is intended to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), which mandates that Apple provide third-party accessories with access to iPhone Wi-Fi hardware by the end of 2025.
The iOS 26.2 update, expected next month, aligns with that deadline. Instead of enabling third-party interoperability, Apple has chosen to remove the feature entirely for EU devices. The company reportedly confirmed this approach to French outlet Numerama.
Apple has previously criticized the DMA’s stringent regulations, arguing they could compromise user privacy and security.
Normally, when an iPhone connects to a new Wi-Fi network, it automatically shares the network credentials with the paired Apple Watch. This allows the watch to connect to the same network independently – for example, when the iPhone isn’t nearby – without the user needing to enter the password manually.
Apple Watch will surely still connect to Wi-Fi networks when the paired iPhone is nearby, but users may be required to manually connect to Wi-Fi by typing in the password when the iPhone is out of range. Afterwards, the Wi-Fi network’s credentials will presumably be stored on the watch.
Apple has previously warned that complying with EU interoperability requirements could give “data-hungry companies” access to sensitive information, including notification content and complete Wi-Fi network histories.
Apple filed an appeal against the interoperability rules at the EU’s General Court in Luxembourg on May 30, targeting the Commission’s March decision that requires Apple to make iOS more compatible with rival products including smartwatches, headphones, and VR headsets.
MacDailyNews Take: Meddling EU autocrats, not Apple, forced this feature loss on EU users.
The Law of Unintended Consequences is ironclad. – MacDailyNews, February 14, 2024
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Apple to use Google Gemini model for new Siri while it works to catch up with its own LLMs
Apple is set to underpin its new Siri with Google’s 1.2-trillion-parameter AI model, Bloomberg News reports Wednesday, powering a major voice-assistant overhaul.
Cupertino is leaning on Alphabet’s tech to rebuild Siri from the ground up, paving the way for a wave of new features in 2026.
Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
The Google model’s 1.2 trillion parameters — a measure of the AI software’s complexity — would dwarf the level of Apple’s current models… The hope is to use the technology as an interim solution until Apple’s own models are powerful enough.
Following an extensive evaluation period, the two companies are now finalizing an agreement that would see Apple pay roughly $1 billion annually for access to Google’s technology, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private. The new Siri is on track for next spring…
Known internally as Glenwood, the effort to fix Siri with a third-party model has been led by Vision Pro headset creator Mike Rockwell and software engineering chief Craig Federighi. The new voice assistant itself, planned for iOS 26.4, is code-named Linwood.
The model will run on Apple’s own Private Cloud Compute servers, ensuring that user data remains walled off from Google’s infrastructure. Apple has already allocated AI server hardware to help power the model.
While the partnership is substantial, it’s unlikely to be promoted publicly. Apple will treat Google as a behind-the-scenes technology supplier instead… [F]or Apple, the move marks an acknowledgment that it has fallen behind in AI — and is now willing to rely on outside technology to catch up.
Apple still doesn’t want to use Gemini as a long-term solution. Despite the company bleeding AI talent — including the head of its models team — management intends to keep developing new AI technology and hopes to eventually replace Gemini with an in-house solution, the people said.
MacDailyNews Take: As we wrote earlier this week, Apple should follow our advice from April:
With Siri now basically holding a full house of negative associations built up over years of neglect, incompetence, and empty promises, perhaps, if Apple actually manages to fix Siri this time around (a big IF; we’ve heard it all before), a rebrand might be useful. Kill off Siri and introduce something new – since it will actually finally be new – in order to allow it to take off on its own without the weighty baggage of the Siri name.
Then there’s the issue that Google’s Gemini is arguably the third-best of the top three, trailing xAI’s Grok and OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
If you’re going to with an external AI partner, why not choose the smartest one? We find xAI’s Grok to be more accurate and useful than Google’s Gemini, ChatGPT, and the rest. – MacDailyNews, July 21, 2025
The issues are: Google’s Gemini is not the best and everyone knows it, Google has a poor reputation for privacy that will tarnish Apple’s, and Google, hello, ripped off the iPhone with Android. Enough with the Google, Apple! – MacDailyNews, July 22, 2025
Apple will likely keep Siri’s Google Gemini underpinnings very secret for many reasons, including:
Google Gemini? Why not just get a Samsung Galaxy phone which already integrates Google’s Gemini AI as a core component of their AI-powered features?
Google Gemini on an iPhone offers precious little differentiation from Samsung, the chief iPhone knockoff peddler. – MacDailyNews, August 22, 2025
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Berkshire may have sold more Apple shares in Q3
Berkshire Hathaway likely trimmed its massive stakes in Apple and Bank of America during the third quarter. While Berkshire made no mention of selling either stock in its latest earnings report or 10-Q filing, the 10-Q contains hints that shares of both companies may have been offloaded.
Barron’s estimates that Berkshire may have sold about 35 million shares of Apple… It is also possible that Berkshire sold between 50 million and 100 million shares of Bank of America from its $300 billion equity portfolio.
The uncertainty likely will be resolved on Nov. 14 when Berkshire releases its 13-F report detailing its U.S.-listed equity holdings.
Here’s what we know now. Berkshire sold $12.4 billion of stocks in the period and realized $10.4 billion of pretax gains. That meant that whatever was sold had large embedded gains.
Berkshire is sitting on huge gains in its Apple holdings and likely has large gains in Bank of America as well, based on information in CEO Warren Buffett’s shareholder letter from 2021, where Berkshire disclosed the cost basis of its 15 largest stockholdings.
In the 10-Q, Berkshire also reported that its cost basis in consumer stocks fell by $1.2 billion. That could mean a sale of about 35 million Apple shares (which has a cost basis of $35 a share). Apple stock averaged about $230 a share in the period. That could have resulted in about $8 billion in Apple sales.
MacDailyNews Take: Apple closed today at $269.07, $11.47 over Apple’s Q3 high of $257.60 (September 26, 2025).
If Berkshire sold 35 million Apple shares precisely on the Q3 high, they left $401.45 million on the table as of the close today. If Berkshire sold at the Q3 low of $202.16 (August 5, 2025), they missed out on $66.91 per share or $2.34185 billion.
So, based on today’s closing price, by selling 35 million Apple shares during Q3, Berkshire left between $401.45 million and $2.34185 billion on the table.
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Apple Original Films and Chernin team for air traffic controller thriller ‘The Flick’
Apple TV is aiming to ramp up the tension sky-high with “The Flick,” a thriller centered on a heroic air traffic controller.
Apple Original Films has acquired “The Flick,” an unpublished short story by writer Matt Hickey, set in the high-stakes world of air traffic control.
Borys Kit for The Hollywood Reporter:
eter Chernin and David Ready will produce for The North Road Company’s Chernin Entertainment. The project marks one of the first features under Chernin Entertainment’s recently inked first-look feature deal with Apple TV+. Hickey, the author, will also produce.
The story follows a controller named Sonny Braden, who is already at his breaking point when he picks up a distress call from the cockpit of a plane whose pilot is unconscious. With storms closing in, dwindling fuel, and a panicked, pregnant passenger at the controls, Braden must talk her through an impossible landing while fighting his own exhaustion, guilt, and unraveling personal life.
The project is described as “a white-knuckle thriller about control, connection, and survival in the thin air between order and chaos, where every second counts.”
MacDailyNews Note: Hickey also wrote the Apple Original podcast series, Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story.
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Apple TV series ‘Pluribus’ gets official podcast
Already picked up in a two-season order by Apple TV, “Pluribus” is a genre-bending original in which the most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.
Join “Pluribus” editor and host Chris McCaleb, along with members of the cast and crew, for an inside look at the making of the new Apple Original series.
Each week, Chris leads a roundtable discussion of the latest episode with a mix of folks who brought the show to life: writers, directors, actors, and—of course—creator and showrunner Vince Gilligan and star Rhea Seehorn. Watch new episodes Fridays on Apple TV, then listen to the official podcast to uncover Easter eggs and hear behind-the-scenes stories you won’t find anywhere else.
Pluribus: The Official Podcast is an Apple TV podcast produced by High Bridge Productions and Sony Pictures Television. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts.
MacDailyNews Note: Pluribus premieres November 7 on Apple TV and new episodes of the podcast will drop alongside the show each week.
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Apple TV series ‘The Last Thing He Told Me,’ starring Jennifer Garner, returns for season two on February 20, 2026
Apple TV on Wednesday revealed a first look and premiere date for the highly anticipated second season of “The Last Thing He Told Me,” starring and executive produced by Jennifer Garner, along with returning stars Angourie Rice, David Morse, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and new additions Judy Greer and Rita Wilson. Based on the forthcoming sequel to Laura Dave’s acclaimed No. 1 New York Times bestselling novel and Reese’s Book Club pick, the eight-episode second season will debut globally on Friday, February 20, 2026 on Apple TV.
Jennifer Garner and Judy Greer in “The Last Thing He Told Me.”
In season two of “The Last Thing He Told Me,” when Owen (Coster-Waldau) shows up after five years on the run, Hannah (Garner) and her stepdaughter Bailey (Rice) find themselves in a race to figure out how to reunite their family before the past catches up to them.
Jennifer Garner and Rita Wilson in “The Last Thing He Told Me.”
The gripping second season also welcomes new and returning cast Augusto Aguilera, Josh Hamilton, Nick Hargrove, Michael Galante, John Noble, Michael Hyatt, and Luke Kirby.
Jennifer Garner in “The Last Thing He Told Me.”
Ahead of the hit drama’s second season premiere, audiences can dive deeper into the story with Dave’s riveting and deeply moving sequel, “The First Time I Saw Him,” available January 6, 2026. Read or listen on Apple Books before watching Hannah Hall’s (Garner) pulse-pounding journey unfold on screen.
“The Last Thing He Told Me” is produced by 20th Television and Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, a part of Candle Media. Created and adapted by Dave, alongside Academy Award-winning co-creator Josh Singer, “The Last Thing He Told Me” was the first collaboration between the married Dave and Singer, who both serve as executive producers alongside Garner and Hello Sunshine’s Witherspoon and Neustadter. Emmy Award nominee Aaron Zelman joins season two as co-showrunner and executive producer with Singer. Daisy von Scherler Mayer and Merri D. Howard also serve as executive producers.
The first season of “The Last Thing He Told Me” is now streaming on Apple TV.
First published in hardcover by Simon & Schuster in 2021, the novel “The Last Thing He Told Me” was a Reese’s Book Club pick, becoming an instant No. 1 New York Times bestseller and remaining on the list for more than 80 weeks, selling over five million copies worldwide. It was the winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Thriller/Suspense of 2021, an Amazon Best Book of the Year in 2021, an Apple Best Book of the Year in 2021; and, in 2022, “The Last Thing He Told Me” was one of the most popular books checked out at libraries across America as well as the No. 1 most popular e-book. The book has been embraced in 39 countries around the globe, including the U.K., where it was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick.
In addition to “The Last Thing He Told Me,” Apple Originals produced by Hello Sunshine include Emmy, SAG and Critics Choice Award-winning series “The Morning Show,” starring Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston; psychological thriller “Surface,” starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw; and, the upcoming limited series “Lucky” starring Anya Taylor-Joy, based on the book by Marissa Stapley, a Reese’s Book Club pick, among others.
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Anticipating the M5 MacBook Air: Significant speed increase is on the horizon
As Apple’s silicon evolution accelerates, the M5 chip is poised to invigorate its desktop and laptop lineup, with the MacBook Air emerging as a key beneficiary.
The M5 MacBook Air is slated for a launch in spring 2026 — likely March or April — continuing Apple’s pattern of annual updates for its best-selling Mac. This follows the M4 model’s March 2025 debut, signaling a consistent cadence after the M2’s major 2022 redesign.
The M5 promises tangible performance gains, building on the M4’s foundation. MacRumors suggests up to 15% faster multithreaded CPU performance, 30% improved graphics, and 45% better ray tracing, thanks to TSMC’s third-generation 3nm process. These enhancements will shine in everyday tasks like web browsing and light editing, with particular boosts for AI-driven workflows — up to 20-40% in benchmarks like Geekbench for CPU and GPU.
Expect the standard M5 chip in the MacBook Air’s 13- and 15-inch display configurations, without M5 Pro or M5 Max variants, keeping the Air’s focus on efficiency over raw power.
No chassis overhaul is expected, as the design will retain its famously fan-less form introduced in 2022, complete with notched Liquid Retina (LED-backlit with IPS technology) displays.
Ports will also stay the same with two Thunderbolt 4/USB-C, MagSafe charging, and a headphone jack.
Battery life, already stellar at up to 18 hours on M4 models, should hold or improve slightly with power optimizations.
Pricing is rumored to stay the same as the M4’s $1,099 starting point, keeping the M5 Air as an accessible entry into Apple’s ecosystem. For students and professionals craving portability, this refresh offers evolutionary appeal — snappier AI features for tools like Final Cut Pro or Photoshop, without the Pro’s heft.
MacDailyNews Take: Apple’s M5 MacBook Air is expected to be a simple chip upgrade, but with a significant speed boost, that’s more than enough to keep Air sales soaring.
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Apple supplier Skyworks forecasts upbeat quarterly results on strong mobile chip demand
Apple supplier Skyworks Solutions forecasted first-quarter revenue and profit exceeding Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, highlighting strong demand for its radio-frequency chips in Apple’s cutting-edge iPhones.
The company has gained from the swift uptake of 5G smartphones and the rollout of AI-powered devices, as a leading supplier of 5G radio-frequency chips. It also reaps significant benefits from Apple’s yearly iPhone releases.
Reuters:
Last month, Apple forecast holiday-quarter iPhone sales and overall revenue that surpassed Wall Street expectations, powered by orders for iPhone 17 models that the company is racing to fulfill amid continuing supply constraints.
“In mobile, underlying demand trends remain solid, supported by healthy sell-through and new product launches. Looking ahead, we expect rising AI-driven data traffic to drive greater radio-frequency complexity,” said CEO Phil Brace.
Last month, Skyworks announced a cash-and-stock offer to buy smaller rival Qorvo, creating a $22 billion radio-chip giant. The deal values Qorvo at $9.76 billion. The two companies are major suppliers to Apple and other smartphone firms, where their chips help to handle the radio signals that carry wireless data.
MacDailyNews Note: Skyworks forecast Q1 revenue of $975 million – $1.03 billion (vs. analysts’ consensus estimate of $858.3 million) and EPS of $1.40 per share (vs. analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.94 per share).
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WhatsApp debuts Apple Watch app with voice messages and more
WhatsApp, Meta Platforms Inc.’s widely used messaging app, has launched a dedicated Apple Watch application, enabling users to manage chats directly from their Apple Inc. smartwatch without needing to retrieve their iPhone.
The app incorporates features like call notifications, voice message recording and sending, complete message previews, and reactions, aligning WhatsApp’s capabilities more closely with those of Apple’s native Messages app on the watch.
Chris Welch for Bloomberg News:
Until now, Apple Watch owners could view WhatsApp notifications and respond to messages using the smartwatch, but a standalone app should significantly improve the overall experience. Other enhancements include clearer images and stickers, plus the ability to view more of a chat history on the Apple Watch display.
Meta in a statement described today’s app release as “just the start” of enhancing the WhatsApp experience for Apple Watch users and said additional features are planned for the coming months.
MacDailyNews Take: This will sell even more Apple Watches, especially in places where WhatsApp is popular.
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Apple and Amazon seek $2 million from law firm over alleged misconduct
In the time it’ll take you to read this article, Apple will make $2 million in revenue. Still, it’s the principle that counts.
Apple and Amazon are seeking a total of $2 million in legal fees from plaintiffs’ law firm Hagens Berman after a federal judge dismissed a consumer lawsuit against the technology companies and rebuked the lawyers who filed it.
In a court filing, opens new tab on Monday, Amazon and Apple asked U.S. District Judge Kymberly Evanson in Seattle to award them fees for legal work that they said was necessitated by the law firm’s “lack of candor” during the litigation.
Amazon asked for about $1.4 million and Apple said it should receive about $540,000 for their efforts to combat what they called misconduct by Hagens Berman, the prominent Seattle-based law firm that filed the lawsuit in 2022.
Hagens Berman’s Steve Berman told Reuters on Tuesday that the companies are not entitled to fees and that the plaintiffs will “vigorously” contest their demand.
Evanson in September dismissed the proposed class action, faulting the plaintiffs’ lawyers for dragging out the litigation after the original plaintiff sought to withdraw from the case.
The plaintiff withdrew from the litigation in January 2024, but the companies said Hagens Berman misled the court and opposing counsel about the man’s status for months, spurring unnecessary litigation and expenses.
MacDailyNews Take: Make ’em pay, Apple and Amazon!
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Apple TV lands international thriller ‘Safe Houses’ from Emmy Award-winning showrunner Gideon Raff
On Tuesday, Apple TV announced it has landed “Safe Houses,” a thrilling new eight-episode series that will be showrun and executive produced by Emmy Award winner Gideon Raff (“The Spy”) and inspired by the acclaimed espionage novel by Dan Fesperman.
“Safe Houses” is a fast-paced international espionage thriller set in the aftermath of the killing of a high-ranking CIA officer in Madrid. The series follows Sofia Jiménez, a fugitive agent accused of the crime, and Ambassador Elizabeth Winthrop, his widow, as they each investigate the murder from opposite sides, unraveling a vast conspiracy that could upend the balance of global power.
“Safe Houses” is a co-production between global independent studio wiip and Apple Studios. Otto Bathurst (“Peaky Blinders”) is set to direct the opening block of the series, with Raff directing several additional episodes and serving as executive producer alongside Alexandra Milchan. Paul Lee and David Flynn executive produce for wiip. Mike Seid, who developed the series with Raff, will serve as a co-executive producer along with Adam Berkowitz. Sara Gonzalo will serve as producer. Author Fesperman will serve as consulting producer.
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Apple pushes Home app update requirement to February 2026
Apple plans to end support for the previous version of Apple Home on February 10, 2026, according to an updated support document published on Monday. Apple previously said that the older architecture would no longer be supported as of fall 2025, but customers now have some extra time to update.
Users will need to transition to the new HomeKit architecture by next February to avoid interruptions with accessories and automations.
The underlying HomeKit architecture was revamped in March 2023 alongside iOS 16.4, so Apple has been supporting both the new and old architecture for the last two years. There were initial problems with stability that may have discouraged some users from upgrading, but those problems have now been addressed.
When Apple stops supporting the original HomeKit architecture, it will break support for the Home app on devices running older versions of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. iOS 16.2, iPadOS 16.2, macOS 13.1, tvOS 16.2, and watchOS 9.2 are the minimum versions of Apple’s platforms that work with the updated Apple Home app, and older devices will lose access.
MacDailyNews Take: Read more in Apple’s support document here.
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Mac: Apple prepares to enter low-cost laptop market for the first time
Apple is gearing up to launch its first budget MacBook, targeting cost-conscious buyers of Chromebooks and entry-level Windows laptops. The affordable notebook, aimed at students, businesses, and everyday users, is said to focus on web browsing, document work, and light media editing.
Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
Code-named J700, the machine is currently in active testing at Apple and in early production with overseas suppliers. The Cupertino, California-based company plans to launch it in the first half of next year, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the product hasn’t been announced.
The move would represent a strategic shift for Apple, which has historically focused on premium devices with hefty profit margins. The company also has vowed not to chase market share with lower-end offerings.
Apple plans to sell the new machine for well under $1,000 by using less-advanced components. The laptop will rely on an iPhone processor and a lower-end LCD display. The screen will also be the smallest of any current Mac, coming in at slightly below the 13.6-inch one used in the MacBook Air.
This would mark the first time that Apple has used an iPhone processor in a Mac, rather than a chip designed specifically for a computer. But internal tests have shown that the smartphone chip can perform better than the Mac-optimized M1 used in laptops as recently as a few years ago…
[T]he upcoming model will be an entirely new design, rather than a discounted older machine.
In schools, Apple’s entry-level iPad paired with the Magic Keyboard Folio is a popular setup, costing roughly $600 combined. The new Mac would fall in a similar range but offer better battery life, the greater flexibility that comes with the macOS software and an integrated keyboard. That could appeal to students and consumers alike.
MacDailyNews Take: An A19 Pro-level chip can certainly power a MacBook – and very efficiently, too. With the M5 MacBook Air also on deck, 2026 will be a banner year for Apple’s indomitable Mac!
All scores below are from Geekbench 6. Data is aggregated from user-submitted results and reviews; real-world variance can occur due to thermal throttling, software, or configuration. Higher scores indicate better performance.
Geekbench 6: Apple A19 Pro vs. Apple M1
Metric Apple A19 Pro(iPhone 17 Pro) Apple M1
(MacBook Air/Pro) A19 Pro Advantage Single-Core ~3,900–4,020 ~2,200 +77% Multi-Core ~9,700–11,000 ~8,200–8,500 +15–30% GPU Compute (Metal) ~45,000–46,000 ~20,000–22,000 +110–130%
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Vince Gilligan’s ‘Pluribus’ on Apple TV ‘is a dazzling piece of entertainment’ – Rolling Stone
“Pluribus” is Apple TV’s the highly anticipated drama hailing from writer and director Vince Gilligan, the creator of “Breaking Bad” and co-creator of “Better Call Saul.” Starring Rhea Seehorn, who earned two Emmy nominations for her acclaimed performance in “Better Call Saul,” the nine-episode drama series will make its global debut on Apple TV with its first two episodes on Friday, November 7, 2025, followed by new episodes every Friday through December 26th.
Picked up in a two-season order, “Pluribus” is a genre-bending original in which Carol, the most miserable person on Earth, must save the world from happiness. In addition to Seehorn, the series stars Karolina Wydra (“Sneaky Pete”) and Carlos-Manuel Vesga (“The Hijacking of Flight 601”), and guest stars Miriam Shor (“American Fiction”) and Samba Schutte (“Our Flag Means Death”).
Alan Sepinwall for Rolling Stone:
Pluribus has a reported budget of $15 million per episode, five times more than what the average Breaking Bad cost. That’s not quite as high as shows like House of the Dragon and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, but those are based on proven IP, at a moment when the industry seems afraid to spend big on anything but brand names. Pluribus, on the other hand, is a wholly original concept — one so strange and specific, I’m barely allowed to say anything about it, save that, as Apple TV+ describes it, the aforementioned most miserable person on Earth “must save the world from happiness.” Our cranky heroine is played by Saul alum Rhea Seehorn, beloved by fans of the spin-off but far from a household name. Without a big star, without a familiar title, and with a premise that Gilligan wanted kept under wraps until the Nov. 7 premiere, Apple TV+ is gambling a lot of money that merely saying they have a new series from the creator of Breaking Bad will be enough to draw people in.
“When you put it that way, you kind of scared me,” says Gilligan.
He shouldn’t be scared. Pluribus is a dazzling piece of entertainment. It takes advantage of everything Gilligan learned about patient storytelling with Breaking Bad and Saul, then combines it with the high-concept ambition of X-Files, as well as the visual flair Gilligan has developed as a director on all his shows. Though the plot involves every person on the planet, the focus is often entirely on Carol, as Gilligan relies on all the things he realized Seehorn could do — tragedy, slapstick, and sheer screen presence — during her time playing attorney Kim Wexler on Saul. There are long stretches where we’re just watching Carol struggle through various tasks, like digging a grave. And it’s riveting.
MacDailyNews Take: The potential is there for Apple TV to have a Severance-like breakout hit with Pluribus!
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Gene Munster: ‘Even if the next Siri is a miss, Apple still has time to figure out AI’
Apple analyst’s focus is increasingly shifting to the high bar set for the new Siri, expected around April of next year. Anticipation of that release should move shares higher, but “even if the next Siri is a miss, Apple still has time to figure out AI,” longtime Apple analyst Gene Munster believes.
Gene Munster for GeneMunster.com:
There’s a lot riding on the new Siri… I anticipate that, in the months ahead, excitement will build around Apple finally getting Siri right, and that should lead to multiple expansion.
As for timing, on the September earnings call, [Apple CEO Tim] Cook stuck to the script, saying we should expect the new Siri “next year.” Mark Gurman from Bloomberg has pegged a late March release, though I believe it will be closer to late April. Either way, we should see something by the latest at WWDC in June. That gives investors more than five months to dream about how good it will be…
Given how challenging Apple’s AI journey has been, it’s worth framing the case in which they miss the mark again.
That mark is a Siri that can contextualize our personal data, a digital assistant that’s smart about the user and just works. It’s a high hurdle and would represent Apple’s biggest product leap forward since the iPhone.
With expectations that high, it’s fair to ask: what happens if the new Siri is a flop? The answer is that shares of AAPL would likely sell off materially, and then begin to rebuild. The reason is simple: no other company has yet made meaningful progress in personalized AI on devices.
OpenAI is waiting in the wings, expected to show something next year and ship a product in 2027 that could sit alongside the iPhone and Mac. But what Apple has built, a tightly integrated ecosystem of hardware, software, and services — is the ideal platform for AI. And since no other company combines those elements the way Apple does, it means Apple has more time. potentially a couple of years, to figure AI out.
MacDailyNews Take: Not to further amp up expectations, but we do not expect the new Siri* to flop. Quite the contrary:
A little birdie sings us very positive songs regarding Apple’s all-new next-gen Siri. – MacDailyNews, September 26, 2025
*or whatever Apple calls it, if they smartly rebrand it
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Apple’s watchOS 26.1 includes improvements and bug fixes
Apple on Monday released watchOS 26.1 which includes improvements and bug fixes.
watchOS 26 offers a new look and even more intelligence for a more personalized experience, to support users in staying active, healthy, and connected. The Liquid Glass design makes features like the Smart Stack, Control Center, the Photos watch face, and in-app navigation and controls more expressive, while maintaining the instant familiarity of watchOS. Apple Intelligence enhances the fitness experience with Workout Buddy, which provides personalized, spoken motivation. The Workout app features a new layout, and offers music to listen to based on a user’s tastes and the workout type. watchOS 26 makes everyday interactions even more convenient with Smart Stack hints and updates to Messages, and introduces a new one-handed wrist flick gesture to easily dismiss notifications.
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Download and Install
To install watchOS 26.1, make sure Apple Watch is:
• On its charger
• In range of your iPhone connected to Wi-Fi
Installation will start when Apple Watch is charged to at least 50%. Do not restart or remove it from its charger until the update completes.
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