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Apple Adds AI-Powered Systemwide Dictation to iOS 27

Apple announced systemwide dictation for iOS 27 at WWDC 2026 (June 2026), built into the iOS 27 keyboard and powered by an Apple Intelligence model running on Google’s Gemini—no setup needed. It auto-corrects spelling, punctuation, and capitalization, contrasting with iOS 26.4’s added friction for third-party dictation apps.

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Mobile & Apps

Watch Duty Adds Flood Alerts to Its Wildfire Tracking App

Watch Duty added flood alerts in 2026—its first new disaster type since launching for wildfires—and the update is free for existing users. Location-enabled users get push warnings near flood zones, plus buoy-finder and water-height threshold alerts based on floodplain locations and current levels.

WIRED
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AI

Sriram Krishnan to Leave White House AI Advisor Role at End of June 2026

Sriram Krishnan said on X in June 2026 he’ll leave his White House AI policy role at month’s end, crediting President Trump for the U.S. position in the “AI race.” He cited an AI Action Plan prioritizing data-center construction over regulation and safety, plus AI executive orders that challenged state rules and later narrowed delayed oversight after industry pushback.

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AI

Reid Hoffman Leaves Microsoft’s Board to Focus on AI Drug Discovery Startup Manus

Reid Hoffman will step down from Microsoft’s board in June 2026 after nearly a decade, focusing on Manus, where he’s co-founder and chairman. Manus raised $50M+ in two seed rounds last year, pursuing “Move 37” AI for chemistry; Hoffman also served during Microsoft’s 2019 $1B OpenAI investment and $650M Inflection AI deal.

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Enterprise

IBM Accused of Covering Up Three Foreign Government Hacks in Whistleblower Lawsuit

Ex-IBM threat intel VP William Barlow alleges Chinese state-linked APT10 breached IBM’s core network between 2013–2016, potentially 56,000+ times, infecting ~400 accounts and nearly 200 systems/servers across 18 countries. He says Five Eyes alerted IBM in March 2017, yet it failed to notify U.S. agencies; the 2020 suit was unsealed in June 2026, with Trusteer (acquired in 2013) allegedly breached in 2018.

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