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Apple's next event is set for Monday, June 9 where it will hold WWDC, the company's software and developer focused event.We're expecting to see a range of new features and updates for the iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and Apple Intelligence. Don't expect any hardware.If you want to watch the keynote live then read our guide on how to watch WWDC 2025. Otherwise read on for what to expect from WWDC 2025 and what you need to know about Apple events.When is the next Apple event or product reveal?The next Apple event will be on Monday, June 9, 2025WWDC, aka the Worldwide Developers Conference, is Apple's big showcase on what's next for its software platforms, both in terms of features and tools for developers.So be ready for a look at iOS 19, iPadOS 19, macOS 16, watchOS 12, with the focus likely on updates on how to do things more intelligently with various UI tweaks and Apple Intelligence tools.We have. more detailed breakdown of what to expect from WWDC 2025, so I suggest checking that out for a deeper dive.Apple almost never shows off hardware at WWDC, so don't expect any new products until likely September time.The most recent product to come out of Cupertino was the iPhone 16e, a supposed replacement for the iPhone SE line but one that perhaps hasn't quite hit the sweet spot of price and features for us, even for an Apple phone.More Apple-centric storiesHere’s why I think a lack of AI at WWDC 2025 wouldn’t be catastrophic for iOS 26iOS 19: the 5 upgrades I'm really hoping for at WWDC 2025I've used iPads for 10 years – here are the iPadOS 19 features I want to see from WWDC 2025

Alphabet CEO says AI won't lead to job cutsSundar Pichai believes Alphabet could even hire more workersMany major tech firms have announced job cuts in recent yearsThe CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet has hit back at fears growing AI adoption will lead to job cuts.Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg, Sundar Pichai said AI could actually help Alphabet grow its workforce, rather than lead to redundancies and losses.“I expect we will grow from our current engineering phase even into next year, because it allows us to do more,” Pichai said, noting AI could be "an accelerator" driving new product development, which in turn needs more human workers.AI job concernsAlphabet has made several large-scale layoffs in recent years, with 12,000 workers cut in January 2023, and around a thousand let go over the course of 2024, with Google also announcing several hundred more cuts in 2025.However, many of the largest technology firms in the world have also been forced to make similar cuts, such as Microsoft, which recently announced 7,000 roles would go.Pichai was hopeful about the impact AI will have on Alphabet's workers, noting the technology could free them from repetitive or dull admin work to tackle more creative tasks.He did acknowledge concerns about AI taking human jobs, and addressed recent comments by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei suggesting AI could remove half of entry-level white-collar jobs within five years by saying, “I respect that … I think it’s important to voice those concerns and debate them.”"There’s a lot of forward progress ahead with the paths we are on, not only the set of ideas we are working on today, [but] some of the newer ideas we are experimenting with,” Pichai added.“I’m very optimistic on seeing a lot of progress - but you’ve always had these technology curves where you may hit a temporary plateau. So are we currently on an absolute path to AGI? I don’t think anyone can say for sure.”You might also likeWe've listed the best job sites and best recruitment platformsIncrease your value by using the best online learning platformsGoogle is demanding that some remote employees return to the office, or lose their jobs

The Garmin Index Sleep Monitor is rapidly becoming an open secretA regional arm of Garmin reportedly released a one-minute video featuring the deviceThe video was quickly taken down, but Gadgets & Wearables managed to grab a few screenshotsThe fact that Garmin is entering the best sleep tracker race with a new product, said to be called the Garmin Index Sleep Monitor, isn't news anymore. Several leaks over the last two weeks have all but confirmed the product's existence. However, this time the leak has apparently come from Garmin itself, as it published – then quickly took down – a video featuring the product. The call is coming from inside the house!First reported by Gadgets & Wearables, a regional arm of Garmin first posted the video. The report doesn't mention which region, and as the video has been taken down, we're unable to work our way back to the YouTube channel that originally posted it.Nevertheless, Gadgets & Wearables apparently grabbed some screenshots of the video before it was removed, showing the device in action. The shots show a wearable heart rate monitor attached to the user's upper arm via a Velcro strap, designed to be worn during sleep only. It's not a Whoop-style screenless fitness tracker as previously thought. You can view those images in the link above.Gadgets & Wearables confirms the device will pack a vibrating smart alarm as well as a seven-day battery life and Garmin's usual suite of data collected by its optical heart rate monitor and sensor arrays.These include heart rate, heart rate variability and skin temperature, as well as a new metric called breathing variation. This is likely a move towards recording instances of sleep apnea.Garmin's big bet on sleepWe reported on previous leaks stating the device was likely to cost 170 euros, around $200 / £150 / AU$300. That's quite a lot of money for an add-on device that does something your Garmin watch can already do, that isn't a fitness tracker too.It's said to interface with Garmin Connect in the same way as your watch, so the intention is likely to wear your watch during the day and the more accurate Index Sleep Monitor at night.As a sleep-only tracker, the upper arm positioning will allow for more accurate heart rate readings, but we're particularly interested in the sleep apnoea feature. Apple debuted its Sleep Apnoea Notifications feature on the best Apple Watches last year, and Samsung's gone hard into sleep with the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Ring.Your bed is rapidly becoming the next big wearables frontier. We'll know more for sure about the Garmin Index Sleep Monitor when it launches – and if promotional materials have already been leaked, that can't be far away.You might also like...The Polar Grit X2 is luring us away from the Garmin Instinct 3Apple watchOS 12: Everything we know so far ahead of WWDCGarmin Index Sleep Monitor: Everything we know so far

Google has made a number of under-the-hood tweaks to ChromeIt claims the browser is now 10% faster than it was a year agoThat’s based on benchmarking with Speedometer 3.0, but we don’t see comparative results with other popular web browsersGoogle has boasted that Chrome is now faster than ever, outlining the improvements it's made to its popular web browser to achieve this speed boost.Neown flagged up the latest blog post from Google in a series entitled the ‘Fast and the Curious’ for those who are intrigued to see what tinkering Google has been doing.We’re told that Chrome has recorded its highest score ever on Speedometer 3.0, a browser benchmarking tool, and that it’s now 10% faster than in August 2024 with the release of the latest version 139 (still in testing, in the Dev channel).Google says these improvements have been possible due to the Chrome team working across all the main ‘rendering paths’ of the browser, referring to the fundamental mechanisms that convert the nuts-and-bolts of code for a website into a visible web page in Chrome.With that work happening more swiftly across multiple fronts, you see web pages rendered in the browser a bit faster, and it should act more responsively overall.Clearly, though, performance mileage depends not just on the browser, but on a lot of factors (including any given website itself, and how it’s implemented, alongside the spec of the PC and its current overall workload).(Image credit: Pixabay)Analysis: faster than ever – but some RAM concerns remainThere’s a fair bit of techie detail provided in terms of the exact tweaks Google has applied here, but to summarize, they include memory-related optimizations, better use of caches, and work on refining data structures.Fortunately, us mere non-programmer mortals don’t need to know those ins and outs. The simple takeaway is that, as mentioned, Chrome is now 10% faster – at least based on this run of benchmarking.This is the latest in a series of boosts for Chrome, as Google showed us how much faster its browser was at around the same time last year, as Neowin pointed out.The benchmarking tool employed, Speedometer, is a respected suite of tests for web browsers, generally acknowledged to reflect a real-world browsing experience with a commendable degree of accuracy. What we don’t see here, though, are any comparative results that show how fast Edge, or Firefox, or some of the other best web browsers are in relation to Chrome.That said, a quick scan of recent independent testing with Speedometer does suggest that Chrome is no slouch, and it seems like it currently has the edge (no pun intended) over other browsers.Google appears to be doing good work on the performance front, then, despite Chrome’s reputation as a RAM hog, an issue it has sought to address. There have been improvements in terms of streamlining memory usage with Chrome in the more recent past, though – and overall, Google’s browser seems nippy enough these days.That said, concerns around RAM-related performance headwinds remain. How much of this is down to tainted perceptions is debatable, but complaints certainly persist on various online forums that Chrome doesn’t fare so well here, and overreaches with its demands on the system, particularly with lower-end PCs that aren’t well-equipped in the RAM department.There’s more to web browsers than speed, too, and one of the thornier remaining issues for Chrome is one of trust – or rather a lack of it, regarding Google ‘spying’ on its users, which is a common theme in terms of accusations leveled online. Not that Google is alone in terms of tech giants in this respect – far from it.You might also likeWindows 11 is getting some big upgrades to tackle dreaded boot failures – and help novices set up their new PCMicrosoft gets rid of ‘Edge uninstall’ advice page after facing criticism over it having nothing to do with removing the app, and just promoting the browser insteadHow to use Microsoft Edge