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  "textContent": "Apple today highlighted four Distinguished Winners of this year's Swift Student Challenge, ahead of the WWDC 2026 developers conference next month.\n\n\nThe annual Swift Student Challenge gives eligible student developers around the world the opportunity to showcase their coding capabilities by using the Swift Playground or Xcode apps to create an interactive \"app playground.\"\n\nApple said this year's 350 winners represent 37 countries and regions, and each of them received a certificate, AirPods Max 2, and a one-year Apple Developer Program membership. A subset of 50 Distinguished Winners with \"truly exceptional\" submissions were also invited to visit Apple Park in Cupertino, California during WWDC 2026.\n\nTo learn about four of the Distinguished Winners named below, head to the Apple Newsroom.\n\n\n\n_From left to right: Yoonjae Joung, Karen-Happuch Peprah Henneh, Anton Baranov, and Gayatri Goundadkar_\n\n\n\"The breadth of creativity we see in the Swift Student Challenge never ceases to amaze us,\" said Susan Prescott, Apple's Vice President of Worldwide Developer Relations. \"This year's winners found remarkable ways to harness the power of Apple platforms, Swift, and AI tools to build app playgrounds that are as technically impressive as they are meaningful. We're incredibly proud to support their journey and can't wait to see what they create next.\"\n\nWWDC 2026 will kick off with Apple's keynote on Monday, June 8 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, and the conference will run through Friday, June 12. Apple is expected to unveil its latest software platforms, such as iOS 27 and macOS 27.\n\nRelated Roundup: WWDC 2026\n\nTag: Swift Student Challenge\n\nRelated Forum: Apple, Inc and Tech Industry\n\n\nThis article, \"WWDC 2026 is a Month Away: Apple Highlights 'Distinguished Winners'\" first appeared on MacRumors.com\n\nDiscuss this article in our forums\n\n",
  "title": "WWDC 2026 is a Month Away: Apple Highlights 'Distinguished Winners'"
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