Californians can now securely add their digital driver's license or state ID to the Apple Wallet app on their iPhone and Apple Watch, the company announced Thursday.

If you need to show proof of your age or identity, you can use your driver's license or state ID in Apple Wallet, but the feature is limited for now.

Apple Intelligence is edging closer to being ready for primetime. Apple has released the public beta of iOS 18.1, which includes some of the major generative AI features that the company has been talking up over the last few months.

Starting Thursday, those who are enrolled in Apple’s public beta program will be able to experience the generative AI-fueled platform the company has been talking up since June.

Apple has just released public betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, and they include upcoming Apple Intelligence features like text re-writing tools, the glowy new Siri design, a “Clean Up” tool to remove objects from your photos,

The European Union said Thursday it will outline steps to compel Apple to open up its iPhone and iPad operating systems to competing technologies under the bloc's tough new digital rulebook, which threatens hefty fines for breaches.

The EU's potential plan to warn Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) to open up the company's iPhone operating system to rival technologies is not expected to have an immediate impact, and the company won't conform without putting up a fight,

The EU has told iPhone maker Apple to allow access to its tightly controlled iPhone and iPad operating systems to rival companies and third-party developers or possibly face anti-trust fines. The EU has given the Californian company a six-month deadline to resolve these issues.