With the year winding down, Stephen and David reflect on what went well in their tech stacks, touching on Apple silicon, the company's default apps, AI tools, home automation, and networking.

Today is my last full day of work before taking a short break for the holidays. I expect I’ll still be checking in on some things next week, but the majority of big projects should be taken care of. Sophia is under the weather again — this time it’s

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Apple Music has released its annual Apple Music Replay overview of subscribers??? listening statistics for 2025 along with top charts for 2025. The recap can be accessed on??https://replay.music.apple.com, where you???ll find details about the music you listened to throughout the year, including your top albums, songs, artists, playlists, and genres. As with past years, Replay...

Old and new through the liquid glass.

Old and new through the liquid glass.

Ahead of watchOS 26 being released today, Apple has enabled the new Hypertension Notifications feature on compatible Apple Watch models in the United States. The feature received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week, and it is now functional on the watchOS 26 Release Candidate version, just hours before the software update is set to be released to the general public. Apple said the feature will be available in more than 150 countries and regions this month, including in the EU, pending regulatory clearance. We have not immediately confirmed if the feature is available in any other countries at this time. The feature can alert users if signs of chronic high blood pressure/hypertension are detected, according to Apple. Based on data from the Apple Watch's optical heart sensor, the feature can analyze how a user's blood vessels respond to the beats of the heart. The algorithm works passively in the background, reviewing data over 30-day periods, and it will notify users if it detects consistent signs of hypertension. Apple said the feature underwent "rigorous scientific validation." According to the company, it was developed with advanced machine learning and training data from multiple studies totaling more than 100,000 participants, and its performance was then validated in a clinical study of more than 2,000 participants.Related Roundups: Apple Watch 10, Apple Watch Ultra 2Buyer's Guide: Apple Watch (Buy Now), Apple Watch Ultra (Buy Now)Related Forum: Apple Watch This article, "Apple Watch's New Hypertension Notifications Feature is Now Available" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums

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