Apple has announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, WWDC26, will open on June 8. The event is expected to highlight expanded artificial intelligence features centered on iPhone operating system iOS 27. Reported additions include AI-generated lock screen and home screen wallpapers, stronger writing assistance with more advanced grammar checks, and Shortcuts that can be created through natural-language instructions. Apple will also unveil updates for iPadOS, watchOS, macOS, tvOS and visionOS.

Shrinkflation, where prices rise while specifications fall, is spreading across global IT devices including smartphones, laptops, consoles and desktops. The shift by SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics and Micron toward high-bandwidth memory for AI data centres is reducing supply of standard DRAM and NAND, supporting higher RAM prices. Set makers are passing margin pressure to consumers through price hikes and specification cuts, a trend the industry expects to persist until mass production of DDR6 ramps up.