iOS 26.1 will let third-party apps back up photos in the background

Apple is working on a new framework that will allow photo apps to back up images more reliably. Here are the details.
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Simu Liu Says Replacing Background Actors With AI Is “So Antithetical” To His Own Career Development, Argues “Art Is Art Because It’s Human”

Liu is far from the only Hollywood heavyweight to lament the use of AI in filmmaking. In fact, Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro recently expressed that he’d “rather die” than use the tech in ...

Apple quietly opens up background photo backups to third-party apps with iOS 26.1

Apple's iOS 26.1 update introduces a new PhotoKit framework that lets third-party photo apps like Google Photos and Dropbox ...