Apple TV+ announced the production of “Lenni,” a comedy‑drama headlined by Academy Award‑nominee Toni Collette. The series follows a divorced social worker who strives to shield her family and friends from life’s hardships. Filming is underway in Sydney, Australia, marking another high‑profile project for the streaming service in the region. Apple TV+ provided a brief synopsis but did not disclose a release window, leaving the premiere date unconfirmed. The announcement underscores Apple’s continued investment in original scripted content [...]

A Reddit user known as FloatingFalafel has released an open‑source project called TVport that recompiles Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 game binaries to run natively on Apple TV hardware. Using a fork of the nxnative toolchain, the developer has successfully ported Super Mario Odyssey, which runs at 60 fps with minor stutter and audio glitches, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which runs at 30 fps without issues; work continues on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, currently limited to 30 fps and thermal throttling that the author mitigates with a 75 % [...]

Apple has re‑announced its subscription retention message API, now allowing developers to receive real‑time alerts when a user lands on a cancellation page, even before the Cancel button is tapped. The alert includes the user’s location and the original transaction ID, enabling developers to push a tailored retention offer in the appropriate language and currency. The feature, first launched in July 2025, originally only triggered after a Cancel tap; the new capability expands the timing of the prompt. [...]

Apple Music received two feature upgrades in the iOS 27.3 developer beta released this week. The most prominent addition is “Selfie Sing,” a karaoke‑style video mode that lets users record themselves singing along to tracks and share the clips on social platforms such as TikTok and Instagram. The feature was uncovered by beta tester Aaron Perris and can be accessed via a dedicated “Selfie Sing” playlist. A second enhancement improves the landscape lyrics view: animated album artwork now extends into the [...]

Apple released macOS 27.3 developer beta 1, which permanently blocks eight eMudhra certificates that were found in October to use absurdly short cryptographic keys, some as short as a single digit. The certificates, issued in April 2025, had been trusted for TLS and code‑signing across Apple, Chrome, Microsoft and Mozilla root stores. Earlier patches stopped their use on iOS, iPadOS and other platforms, but macOS’s curl tool ignored revocation data, leaving older Macs vulnerable. The new update [...]

Apple TV announced two upcoming series this week. The streaming service confirmed “Lenni,” a darkly comedic mystery starring Toni Collette as a child‑welfare worker whose personal life spirals while she tackles a high‑stakes case. The show adapts Norway’s hit “Pernille” and includes a supporting cast featuring Ciarán Hinds, Dan Wyllie, Josh McKenzie and others; production is underway in Sydney, though a premiere date has not been set. Separately, Variety reported that Justin Timber‑Lake will return to Apple TV [...]

Apple TV is preparing a sequel to its dystopian series “Silo,” according to industry‑insider Sigmund Judge, who has previously broken similar stories. The new project will enter pre‑production later this year and will extend the narrative beyond the show’s fourth and final season, which concludes the television adaptation of Hugh Howey’s novels. Sources say standing sets remain on the lot and hiring for the expansion has already begun, though no premiere date has been set because filming [...]