We typically assume that Apple's own apps would almost always beat similar third-party ones on performance and efficiency on Apple's own platforms, especially given the time and resources that the company spends to optimize each facet of its ecosystem. Yet, a creative developer and a group product manager for the Microsoft Edge Web Platform, Kyle Pflug, has just demonstrated that it is possible to beat Apple on its home turf. A prototype Microsoft Edge browser, built using the Blink rendering engine, comprehensively outcompetes Safari on iOS Pflug penned a dedicated post on LinkedIn recently, disclosing that Microsoft's Edge web platform […]

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Apple has now publicly rolled out the iOS 26.5 update along with a host of other software updates for its sprawling ecosystem of devices, including iPadOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, HomePod Software 26.5, and macOS Tahoe 26.5. The Apple iOS 26.5 update is a hefty file, one that is big on bug fixes but light on material feature upgrades Apple has now released the 11.98GB iOS 26.5 update file, bringing new wallpapers along with 2 feature upgrades: Elsewhere, the update brings fixes to over 50 security vulnerabilities in iOS 26.5 alone. Did Apple use Clause Mythos to […]

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