Lifehacker Is Hosting a 'Big Guessing Game' for Apple's 2026 Announcements
Lifehacker is hosting a guessing game contest for Apple's announcements in 2026. The contest consists of three rounds, with participants answering questions about Apple's software and devices. Winners will receive a new Apple Watch, and the contest is open to U.S. residents aged 18 and older.
- ▪The contest runs throughout 2026 and is divided into three rounds.
- ▪Participants can answer questions about Apple's software and devices to earn entries into a grand-prize drawing.
- ▪Entrants must be at least 18 years old and reside in the 50 U.S. states or Washington, D.C.
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| Original publisher | Lifehacker |
| Canonical URL | https://lifehacker.com/tech/big-guessing-game-apple-edition-round-1?utm_medium=RSS |
| Publication time | Tue, 19 May 2026 16:01:00 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-19T16:04:57.772Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-19T16:04:57.772Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | sO9aiB8YEday |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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A few times each year, the tech community lights up with new theories and renewed speculation about what Apple might announce next. Those of us who scour the internet for the latest leaks and whispered rumors might try to guess what colors the next iPhone might come in, or what new features could ship with the next version of iOS, then watch Apple's keynote presentations live to see if we were right. If that sounds like you, listen up: This year, your guesses could win you a brand new Apple Watch. Throughout 2026, Lifehacker is running a guessing game contest based on Apple's new announcements and releases. Here's how it works: The contest will unfold across three rounds. We're currently in Round 1, which will continue through June 2.
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