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Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Here's what Apple had to say about it. Kayla Solino is a ZDNET Editor based in New York City and New Jersey. The iPhone Duo is unlikely to make it under many Christmas trees in 2026. Apple told investors that the company cannot predict when iPhone Duo supply and demand "will be in balance."

Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Safety Net Say More Look Up Mashable @Home In My Bag Versus Trending Now Creator Playbook Mashable Selects Getting Technical with Mashable All Series It was Ternus' first earning call since succeeding Tim Cook as CEO. Amanda Yeo is an Assistant Editor at Mashable, covering entertainment, culture, tech, science, and social good. Based in Australia, she writes about everything from video games and K-pop to movies and gadgets. Apple held its Q4 2026 earnings call on Monday, its first since John Ternus took over from Tim Cook as its new CEO . The tech giant reported quarterly revenue of $114.5 billion, marking a 12 percent increase compared to the same period last year.

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. OpenAI will merge ChatGPT's chat and work tabs - here's when, and what to expect On the heels of Anthropic's similar move, the change will be tested among select users before being rolled out. Kayla Solino is a ZDNET Editor based in New York City and New Jersey. OpenAI will merge Chat and Work tabs in December. The change will be tested among select users before being rolled out.

Companies have spent the past several weeks trying to reassure investors that Muse and other AI agents pose more of an opportunity than a threat. Meta's Muse was among the hottest topics on corporate earnings calls in recent weeks. Meta has claimed that the agentic AI tool, which lets users automate various online tasks, is becoming a major force in shopping, with millions of people using it to make purchases of more than $200 on average. Wall Street fears that proactive shopping assistants like Muse will erode brand loyalty, ignite price wars, and squeeze corporate profits. Yet on the earnings calls and in conversations with WIRED, executives across roughly 50 companies--spanning travel, internet providers, food, and self-storage--shrugged off immediate disruption.

Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Look Up Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Mashable @Home In My Bag Safety Net Versus Trending Now Say More Creator Playbook Mashable Selects Getting Technical with Mashable All Series Google had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Timothy Beck Werth is the Tech Editor at Mashable, where he leads coverage and assignments for the Tech and Shopping verticals. Tim has over 15 years of experience as a journalist and editor, and he has particular experience covering and testing consumer technology, smart home gadgets, and men's grooming and style products. Previously, he was the Managing Editor and then Site Director of SPY.com, a men's product review and lifestyle website. As a writer for GQ, he covered everything from bull-riding competitions to the best Legos for adults, and he's also contributed to publications such as The Daily Beast, Gear Patrol, and The Awl.

A delivered Amazon paper padded mailer bag resting on a concrete pillar structure in Saratoga Springs, Utah, on 31 August 2026. A delivered Amazon paper padded mailer bag resting on a concrete pillar structure in Saratoga Springs, Utah, on 31 August 2026. Amazon offered a mixed picture of its financial health on Thursday in its quarterly earnings report. The e-commerce company gave a cautious sales forecast for the current fourth quarter, which encompasses the critical holiday shopping period, after delivering fiscal third-quarter results that came in below Wall Street analysts' expectations. The Seattle-based company posted strong growth, however, in its prominent cloud computing unit.

DoorDash will acquire grocery delivery firm Instacart in a $17bn (£12.8bn) DoorDash said the deal, expected to be final in about a year, will expand options for customers and let more sellers use the companies' services. Instacart shoppers will be able to buy from 150,000 stores, up from the current 100,000, while DoorDash will reach beyond restaurants into retail, the firms said. Together, we can accelerate innovation across the grocery industry and make online grocery more seamless and affordable for the millions of households we serve, Instacart's chief executive said. Over the last 14 years, Instacart has transformed online grocery by helping retailers of all sizes compete and grow, and joining forces with DoorDash allows us to do even more, CEO Chris Rogers also said.

Technology giant Microsoft says its profits for the three months to the end of September jumped to more than $36.6bn (£27.5bn), On Monday, the Windows developer said it would offer buyouts to around 60,000 of its workers to cut costs as it pours billions of dollars into artificial intelligence (AI). Like many other major tech firms, Microsoft is investing heavily in the infrastructure that powers AI even as questions remain over whether such huge spending will pay off. Microsoft shares rose by almost 2.9% in after hours trading in New York on Wednesday. The recent financial results of tech companies have been closely watched by investors as they gauge whether the heavy spending on AI is sustainable. Big tech companies like Amazon, Meta and Alphabet are expected to spend more than $700bn this year on AI chips and infrastructure like data centres .

The AI industry is still defined by a careening intensity that's taking the world's finances along for the ride This was originally published in TechScape, a newsletter about how technology shapes our lives. Anthropic filed for an initial public offering on the US stock market on Monday, ahead of what it slated to be one of the biggest debuts in financial history. The company withheld a valuation from its filing with US financial regulators, but investors and analysts are valuing the AI firm at north of $1.5tn. The numbers are jaw-dropping and speak to the speed of the AI boom. Anthropic was founded in 2021.