The Lab Report for May 22, 2026. WWDC26 invites are out and the keynote is locked for June 8…

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This week the Lab Report opens with a tour of the new MacSparky Circle Community. Labs members are already inside, the Discord is winding down, and a public Field Notes space is where I’ll be cross-posting everything plus the works in progress…

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Apple posted its best March quarter ever this week. Revenue hit $111.2 billion, up 17% year over year, with iPhone 17 demand Tim Cook called “off the charts.”…

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The iOS 26.5 update is nearly here — the last of the 26-series releases before WWDC. It brings monthly subscription billing to the App Store, end-to-end RCS encryption, and a new Suggested Places feature in Apple Maps.

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Tim Cook is stepping down, John Ternus takes over September 1, and Johny Srouji picks up an expanded Chief Hardware Officer role…

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The Artemis II crew returned from humanity’s farthest journey since 1972, with iPhone 17 Pro Max selfies taken 270,000 miles from Earth. Apple Business Platform launched in 200+ countries, iOS 26.5 public beta 2 landed, and high-RAM Mac mini and Mac Studio configs went completely out of stock.

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This week the Studio Display XDR became the first Apple display cleared by the FDA for diagnostic radiology — a genuinely big deal in the medical world.

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Apple turned 50 this week, and there’s a lot to talk about. Tim Cook rang the NASDAQ bell, shared rare prototypes with the Wall Street Journal, and Paul McCartney played Apple Park…

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