Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. With the latest betas for iOS and other platforms, Siri AI is now available to all developers for full integration into their apps. Here are the ones I hope will jump on board. Lance Whitney is a technology journalist with an IT background. He's written for TechRepublic, PCMag, Macworld, and Time, among others, He also teaches classes in AI, cybersecurity, and social media.

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Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. The wait is over for trying Siri AI on iOS 27. Here's what you need to know to get started. Maria Diaz is a staff writer with a passion for home automation, smart home devices, and tablets. Apple just removed the waitlist for Siri AI on iOS 27.

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After unveiling a new iPad mini yesterday, Apple is continuing its staggered "Pro and Tell" product release with the launch of its latest iMac model. Powered by Apple's shiny new M6 processors, it promises a "major boost" in performance and AI capabilities thanks to extra cores and new Neural Accelerators in each core. The M6 first arrived in the Mac mini and Mac Studio, but it's now available in Apple's entry-level iMac desktop machines. As we saw before, the M6 chip offers not only more performance per core, but more cores in total with up to a 12-core CPU, 12-core GPU and Dual 16-core Neural Engine. That processor, along with faster 170GB/s memory bandwidth, will make the iMac twice as fast for graphics performance compared to the previous iMac M4 model, accelerating intensive tasks like photo editing and gaming, Apple said. Models start with 16GB of unified memory, with options for 24GB and 32GB.

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Apple's iOS 27.2 update offers major Siri AI upgrades, dual camera support for FaceTime Here's what's inside and what happened to iOS 27.1. Lance Whitney is a technology journalist with an IT background. He's written for TechRepublic, PCMag, Macworld, and Time, among others, He also teaches classes in AI, cybersecurity, and social media. The new iOS 27.2 helps Siri AI better recall details from past chats.

Apple has released new versions of its operating systems that bring additional Siri and AI functions to its hardware. On supported iPhone models, iOS 27.2 introduces the ability for Siri AI to recall past conversations the user has had with the chatbot. Today's iOS 27.2 update also adds more sources of information Siri can draw on. The AI tool can now pull information from more granular places, such as photos sent in Messages, attendees on Calendar invites and voicemails. An iPhone user can also opt to prevent Siri, Search and suggestions from accessing a particular program in the Excluded Apps setting.

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