This kite powered sailboat is out to smash the world sailing speed record. We talked to SP80, the company behind the boat, to find out what it's like to sail this thing and design a vessel for such high speeds. The record that the SP80 team is aiming at has three rules set by the World Sailing Speed Record Council.The record holder must reach the highest average speed over 500 m, have at least one person on board, and use only the wind as their source of energy. With those rules in mind, the SP8 team came u ...

It feels nervous. I'm nervous. I'm nervous.The weight limit is right at the edge of my weight, but they said it'll be fine. Fingers crossed. This one says design finalization underway.Does that mean it's they're still kind of working out some of the design for it or Okay, here we go. [Music] Oh my god. Oh god.[Music] 3 2 1 Okay, here we go. All right. Oh, here we go again.New technology can often feel like a free dive into the unknown. Nice bungee. Here at AWE in Long Beach, an AR focused convention.We're i ...

My iPhone now is alloop. Apple devices are getting a new look in the fall and early previews of these operating system updates are now out in the wild. But when it comes to iPhone changes, people are divided about if this is going to be really futuristic and beautiful or really annoying and hard on our eyes.You see, the combo is getting heated on social media. And that's because Apple makes all of these buttons and menus look like they are made of a clear jelly liquid as they float over the text. So, there ...

Apple previewed iOS 26, the next version of iPhone software at WWDC 2025. And no, you're not hearing that wrong. It's got a new name, a new look, and a lot more.This is All Things Mobile. Let's jump in. Last year, we got Apple Intelligence.The year before that, the company unveiled the Vision Pro. And this year, Apple renamed its software and made them look more unified. It might not sound as big a deal as previous years, but if you hoped Apple would talk more about software and less about AI, then this was ...

Welcome to Apple Park and welcome to WWDC. Liquid Glass with the optical qualities of glass and a fluidity that only Apple can achieve. It transforms depending on your content or even your context and brings more clarity to navigation and controls.It beautifully refracts light and dynamically reacts to your movement with specular highlights. This material brings a new level of vitality to every aspect of your experience. From the smallest elements you interact with to larger ones, it responds in real time t ...

We're also introducing a new way to help eliminate distractions like unwanted calls, which can get in the way of picking up the important calls we're waiting for. Now, when you receive a call from an unknown number, call screening helps you quickly gauge whether it's something important or just another pesky telemarketer. Building on live voicemail, call screening automatically answers calls from unknown numbers silently in the background.Once the caller shares their name and the reason for their call, your ...

Mac OS Tahoe. Mac OS Tahoe is all about giving you beautiful and powerful tools for the unique ways you use Mac. It includes many of the features you heard about in iOS like backgrounds and screening tools and messages, more options in image playground and live translation.Starting with a stunning new design, it elevates the iconic elements of Mac OS, making them at once fresh and timelessly Mac. From the moment you unlock, the desktop is instantly familiar. Widgets, the dock, and app icons have been refine ...

We have another great experience to help you on your least favorite kind of call. One where you're put on hold. We know how frustrating it is to be stuck on hold for what feels like forever just to finally speak with a live agent.Well, get that time back with hold assist. With hold assist, the phone app can keep your spot in line while you wait for a live agent. Next time you're stuck on hold, whether it's because you're changing your flight or dealing with utility bills, the phone app automatically detects ...

Liquid glass is translucent and behaves just like glass in the real world. Its color is informed by your content and intelligently adapts between light and dark environments. And as a distinct functional layer that sits above your app, the material dynamically morphs when you need more options or as you move between views.We've applied this same dynamic nature across other experiences. Instead of taking over your whole display, alerts appear from where you tap. Context menus expand into an easily scannable ...

Our last major redesign was iOS 7. Back then, we were inspired by the recent emergence of retina displays and the amazing power of our A6 silicon. Well, a lot has changed.Apple silicon has become dramatically more powerful, enabling software, materials, and experiences we once can only dream of. And our devices have become even more vital to our daily lives with more apps available than. ...