Apple has rolled out the second public betas of iOS 26.2, iPadOS 26.2, watchOS 26.2, and tvOS 26.2 to software testers today. The company also released the third public beta of macOS Tahoe 26.2. These updates arrive shortly after the latest round of developer builds, bringing several new features and refinements to iPhone, iPad, and Mac users ahead of the final release expected later this year.

Jeff Bezos is one of the world’s richest and most famous tech CEOs, but he hasn’t actually been a CEO of anything since 2021. That’s now changing as he takes on the role of co-CEO of a new AI company, according to a New York Times report citing three people familiar with the company.

Grandiosely named Project Prometheus (and not to be confused with the NASA project of the same name), the company will focus on using AI to pursue breakthroughs in research, engineering, manufacturing, and other fields that are dubbed part of “the physical economy”—in contrast to the software applications that are likely the first thing most people in the general public think of when they hear “AI.”

Apple will no longer have to deal with a lawsuit alleging it infringed on camera-patent claims from 2011, as the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in the case.

Back in February 2021, Apple was hit with a lawsuit alleging that many of its iPhone camera features infringed on a series of patents owned by an engineer — Dr. Timothy Pryor.

The lawsuit, which ultimately failed on Monday, claimed Apple had been knowingly infringing multiple patents related to mobile phone cameras.

Apple is adding a new ’Side Button Access’ feature in the latest beta of iOS 26.2, giving users in Japan the ability to launch third-party voice-based conversational apps by pressing and holding the side button on their iPhone.

The option gives users in Japan another way to customize their device. Once configured, holding the side button can immediately open a preferred conversational app, creating a system-level shortcut similar to invoking Siri.

Apple has rolled out the second public betas of iOS 26.2, iPadOS 26.2, watchOS 26.2, and tvOS 26.2 to software testers today. The company also released the third public beta of macOS Tahoe 26.2. These updates arrive shortly after the latest round of developer builds, bringing several new features and refinements to iPhone, iPad, and Mac users ahead of the final release expected later this year.

Meta scored a major win on Tuesday after a federal judge ruled that it is not a social networking monopoly, shooting down an argument from the US Federal Trade Commission that it should be forced to spin off two of its most popular platforms.