Federighi talks to Ars about why the iPad's Mac-style multitasking took so long. iPads! Running iOS 26! Credit: Apple iPads! Running iOS 26! Credit: Apple CUPERTINO, Calif.—When Apple Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi introduced the new multitasking UI in iPadOS 26 at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference this week, he did it the same way he introduced the Calculator app for the iPad last year, or timers in the iPad's Clock app the year before—with a hint of s...