Top Stories: iOS 26.5 Coming Soon, Goodbye $599 Mac Mini, and More

Apple is preparing iOS 26.5 with RCS end-to-end encryption, Apple Maps recommendations, and a Pride wallpaper.

At the same time, Apple is raising the Mac mini’s starting price after removing the 256GB model and trimming some Mac Studio and Mac mini options.

Those Mac changes appear tied to memory shortages, while demand is reportedly very strong for the MacBook Neo.

The moves point to both near-term software updates and shifting hardware strategy ahead of WWDC and future Mac launches.