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Mac RumorsMar 18, 2026
Apple Seeds iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 Release Candidates
Apple today seeded the release candidate version of upcoming iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 updates to developers and public beta testers, with the software coming a week after Apple provided the fourth betas. The release candidate represents the final version of iOS 26.4 that will be provided to the public if no additional bugs are found.


CNET Most Popular ProductsMar 18, 2026
iOS 26.3.1 (a): Apple's First Background Security Improvement Fixes This On Your iPhone
Apple calls these updates "lightweight" fixes between software updates.

EngadgetMar 18, 2026
Defense Department says Anthropic poses 'unacceptable risk' to national security
The Department of Defense said giving Anthropic continued access to its warfighting infrastructure would "introduce unacceptable risk" to its supply chains in a court filing submitted in response to the AI company's lawsuit. If you'll recall, Anthropic sued the government to challenge the supply chain risk designation it received for refusing to allow its model to be used for mass surveillance and the development of autonomous weapons.

In its filing, the department explained that its secretary, Pete Hegseth, had a provision incorporated into AI service contracts, allowing the agency to use their technologies for any lawful purpose. Anthropic refused its terms and apparently, the compan


EngadgetMar 17, 2026
Apple releases its first Background Security Improvement for macOS, iOS and iPadOS
Apple has started providing small security updates to iOS, iPadOS and macOS devices. These are dubbed Background Security Improvements that will offer minor system updates between the larger software updates. According to the company, these are meant to "deliver lightweight security releases for components such as the Safari browser, WebKit framework stack, and other system libraries that benefit from smaller, ongoing security patches between software updates."

These updates should download in the background, as the name implies, although the device will need to be restarted to complete the process. In practice, we found that applying a Background Security Improvement was faster than a typical software update from Apple. On an iPhone, the restart was more of a power cycle taking under a minute compared with the 5 to 10 minutes a standard update takes a device out of commission. 

The inaugural Background Security Improvement was released today with a patch for WebKit. These updates will be supported and enabled on devices running iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1 and macOS 26.1. Details can be reviewed under the Privacy & Security section of the Settings menu.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/computing/apple-releases-its-first-background-security-improvement-for-macos-ios-and-ipados-214052311.html?src=rss


New York Times TechMar 17, 2026
U.S. Says Anthropic Is an ‘Unacceptable' National Security Risk
In a legal filing, the government said it questioned whether the A.I. start-up could be a "trusted partner" in wartime, which led it to label the company a supply chain risk.

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