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Apple iOS 27 to Be No-Frills ‘Snow Leopard’ Update, Other Than New AI

Apple executive Bertrand Serlet talks about the Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating system during the 2009 World Wide Developers Conference.

Photographer: Tony Avelar/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Apple’s next major iPhone software update — iOS 27 — will have two major elements: quality improvements and artificial intelligence features. Also: The report on Tim Cook’s imminent departure as CEO is premature, and OpenAI continues poaching Apple engineers. Lastly, the iPhone Air designer who introduced the device has left the company.

Last week in Power On: Apple’s iPhone overhaul will reduce the company’s reliance on the holiday season.