Apple M5 chips introduce a new "super core" tier in its CPU design
techspot - On the surface, the change might look like semantics. But it reflects a broader evolution inside Apple Silicon that moves beyond the traditional mobile-processor model where "big" cores handle demanding work and "little" cores handle background tasks for …
Back to Top / Thursday, March 5, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 20219 / 8 stories in 35 hrs
OpenAI Releases Codex App for Windows
Paul Thurrott / thurrott - One month after it released a standalone Codex app on the Mac, OpenAI announced a version for Windows.The post OpenAI Releases Codex App for Windows appeared first on Thurrott.com.
Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 3:20 pm / permalink 20150 / 7 stories in 2 days
Apple Just Launched an Entire Lineup of AI-Powered Macs, iPhones, and iPads
Aminu Abdullahi / eweek - Apple unveils a wave of AI-powered devices, including new Macs, iPhones, and iPads, all built around on-device intelligence and next-generation Apple silicon.The post Apple Just Launched an Entire Lineup of AI-Powered Macs, iPhones, and iPads appeared fir…
- AI, Chips & New Devices — On-device intelligence spreads to iPhones, iPads, Macs (8)
- MacBook Neo — $599 student-focused Mac, performance compromises for price (15)
- OTHER — Misc: Hermes bands, stock reaction, emergency-call iOS fix, overall roundup (4)
- Studio Displays & OS Support — Monitors gain A19 chips; firmware and OS updates roll out (9)
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AI, Chips & New Devices — On-device intelligence spreads to iPhones, iPads, Macs
MacBook Neo — $599 student-focused Mac, performance compromises for price
OTHER — Misc: Hermes bands, stock reaction, emergency-call iOS fix, overall roundup
Studio Displays & OS Support — Monitors gain A19 chips; firmware and OS updates roll out
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Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 20144 / 40 stories in 2 days
Raycast Launches Glaze, a Platform for Building Desktop Apps Through AI Prompts
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Raycast's Glaze lets Mac users build native desktop apps through AI prompts. Private beta with public store, free tier, and $20/month paid plans.
Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 10:22 am / permalink 20127 / 7 stories in 2 days
Apple announces MacBook Neo, its first budget laptop in over a decade
cnbc - Apple’s new MacBook Neo gives the company its cheapest laptop in years, creating a budget entry into the Mac lineup.
- Hardware Trade-offs & Performance — On the floor: RAM, ports, A18 Pro compromises explained. (16)
- Market Positioning & Comparisons — At the market: Air, Chromebooks, iPad rivalry and stock buzz. (17)
- OTHER — First look: colorful finishes, ads, wallpapers, hands-on impressions. (11)
- Pricing & Availability — Live at Apple: Preorders, launch dates, student discounts. (18)
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Hardware Trade-offs & Performance — On the floor: RAM, ports, A18 Pro compromises explained.
Market Positioning & Comparisons — At the market: Air, Chromebooks, iPad rivalry and stock buzz.
OTHER — First look: colorful finishes, ads, wallpapers, hands-on impressions.
Pricing & Availability — Live at Apple: Preorders, launch dates, student discounts.
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Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 9:22 am / permalink 20121 / 75 stories in 2 days
Apple unveils updated Studio Display and new Studio Display XDR with mini-LED and 120Hz
techspot - The new Apple Studio Display, succeeding 2022's alternative to the original Pro Display XDR, maintains its predecessor's 27-inch 5K (5,120 x 2,880) screen but enhances its speakers and the 12MP Center Stage camera's microphones. Meanwhile, the new Studio …
Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 20112 / 17 stories in 2 days
Apple Releases macOS Tahoe 26.4 Beta 3 to Developers [Download]
iclarified - Apple has seeded the third developer beta of macOS Tahoe 26.4 for testing, moving the operating system closer to a public launch.Continue ReadingShare Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, EmailFollow iClarified:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Newslet…
Back to Top / Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 20078 / 5 stories in 3 days
Apple Seeds Third Betas of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 to Developers
Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple today seeded the third betas of upcoming iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after Apple provided the beta to developers.Registered developers can download the betas from the Settings …
Back to Top / Monday, March 2, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 20010 / 10 stories in 4 days
Apple’s touch-screen MacBook Pro will get the iPhone’s pill-shaped Dynamic Island
digitaltrends - The hyped touch-screen overhaul of the MacBook Pro will also get rid of the notch and adopt a lively Dynamic Island. The post Apple’s touch-screen MacBook Pro will get the iPhone’s pill-shaped Dynamic Island appeared first on Digital Trends.
- Dynamic Island, OLED and hole‑punch camera replace the notch (6)
- Late‑2026 (fall) launch and M6 chip refresh expected (4)
- macOS redesigned for touch—contextual menus and multitouch gestures (5)
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Dynamic Island, OLED and hole‑punch camera replace the notch
Late‑2026 (fall) launch and M6 chip refresh expected
macOS redesigned for touch—contextual menus and multitouch gestures
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Back to Top / Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 19690 / 17 stories in 10 days
What Will Apple Announce on March 4? | One More Thing video
Iyaz Akhtar / cnet - Apple's next event could introduce new wallet-friendly devices, such as colorful MacBooks and the iPhone 17E. We've scoured reams of reports to get you the inside scoop on what the company's cooking up.
- On the ground: Apple's colorful, affordable MacBook for students. (8)
- Sources: Two new Studio Displays leak in macOS code. (5)
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On the ground: Apple's colorful, affordable MacBook for students.
Sources: Two new Studio Displays leak in macOS code.
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Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 8:20 am / permalink 19461 / 16 stories in 14 days
iOS 26.4 beta adds encrypted RCS messaging
Asma Hussain / ithinkdiff - Apple has started testing encrypted RCS messaging in the latest developer seeds of iOS 26.4, alongside updates for iPadOS 26.4 and macOS Tahoe 26.4. The new beta introduces end-to-end encryption for Rich Communication Services, marking a significant step …
- Encrypted RCS testing: iPhone trials end‑to‑end texting with Android (2)
- MacBook battery controls and Rosetta sunset warning to developers (5)
- Media and AI: Apple Music, Podcasts video, tvOS and CarPlay (6)
- OTHER: Hotspot, Health, Siri absence, beta rollouts, and miscellany (10)
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Encrypted RCS testing: iPhone trials end‑to‑end texting with Android
MacBook battery controls and Rosetta sunset warning to developers
Media and AI: Apple Music, Podcasts video, tvOS and CarPlay
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Back to Top / Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 19301 / 28 stories in 17 days
First iOS 26.4, macOS Tahoe developer betas surface as new Siri waits in the wings
appleinsider - Apple has started a brand new generation of developer betas, with iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, watchOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4, visionOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4 expected to include a Siri update.Apple's hardware that works with the 26-generation operating systems - …
- Apple's Podcasts goes video: HLS streaming, PiP, downloads, dynamic ads (17)
- Developers test 26.4 across devices; Rosetta warnings and battery controls (24)
- On the ground: iPhones get anti‑theft defaults; RCS encryption testing (9)
- OTHER: Music AI features and miscellaneous beta tweaks awaiting rollout (5)
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Apple's Podcasts goes video: HLS streaming, PiP, downloads, dynamic ads
Developers test 26.4 across devices; Rosetta warnings and battery controls
On the ground: iPhones get anti‑theft defaults; RCS encryption testing
OTHER: Music AI features and miscellaneous beta tweaks awaiting rollout
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Back to Top / Monday, February 16, 2026, 1:20 pm / permalink 19255 / 75 stories in 18 days
Apple Announces Special Event in New York, London, and Shanghai on March 4
Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple today announced a "special Apple Experience" in New York, London, and Shanghai, taking place on March 4, 2026 at 9:00am ET.Apple invited select members of the media to the event in three major cities around the world. It is simply described as a "sp…
- Event Context & Analysis — Location and March history hint at event's scope (3)
- Event Invitations — Press invited simultaneously to NYC, London, Shanghai (9)
- OTHER — Wallpapers, iOS beta notes, and miscellaneous items (3)
- Product Rumors — iPhone 17e, M5 MacBooks, colorful low-cost MacBook expected (12)
Event Context & Analysis — Location and March history hint at event's scope
Event Invitations — Press invited simultaneously to NYC, London, Shanghai
OTHER — Wallpapers, iOS beta notes, and miscellaneous items
Product Rumors — iPhone 17e, M5 MacBooks, colorful low-cost MacBook expected
Back to Top / Monday, February 16, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 19243 / 27 stories in 18 days
Update Now: iOS 26.3 and macOS Tahoe 26.3 Fix Dozens of Security Vulnerabilities
Eric Slivka / macrumors - Apple today released iOS 26.3, iPadOS 26.3, and macOS Tahoe 26.3, all of which largely focus on bug fixes and security improvements. Apple says that the updates address dozens of vulnerabilities, including one that is known to have been actively exploited…
- Apple software rollout updates across its platforms (13)
- Critical security fixes and vulnerability patches (3)
- Miscellaneous topics including game update and notifications (2)
- New cross-platform Android data transfer innovations (5)
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Apple software rollout updates across its platforms
Critical security fixes and vulnerability patches
Miscellaneous topics including game update and notifications
New cross-platform Android data transfer innovations
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Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 19032 / 41 stories in 23 days
Apple’s March event could finally bring M5 MacBook Pro upgrades
Asma Hussain / ithinkdiff - Apple is once again lining up a busy spring, and all signs point to the week of March 2 as the next major moment for Mac hardware. According to Mark Gurman’s latest reporting, Apple is preparing a product launch in...Read more at Apple’s March event could…
Back to Top / Sunday, February 8, 2026, 4:20 pm / permalink 18913 / 10 stories in 26 days
Public release of iOS 26.3, macOS Tahoe 26.3 nears with release candidates available
appleinsider - After three rounds of developer betas, the introduction of RC builds of iOS 26.3, iPadOS 26.3, watchOS 26.3, tvOS 26.3, visionOS 26.3, and macOS Tahoe 26.3 means a public release is happening soon.Apple's hardware that works with the 26-generation operati…
- RC updates for Apple's OS across devices (7)
- Rumored new M5 chips spotted in upcoming Apple devices (4)
- User experience reports and feature guides in iOS (2)
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RC updates for Apple's OS across devices
Rumored new M5 chips spotted in upcoming Apple devices
User experience reports and feature guides in iOS
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Back to Top / Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 3:23 pm / permalink 18765 / 17 stories in 4 wks
OpenAI Launches Codex Desktop App for macOS With Multi-Agent Workflows and Doubled Rate Limits
Maria Garcia / implicator - OpenAI shipped a macOS desktop app for its Codex coding agent, doubled rate limits on all paid plans, and opened temporary access to free users. Over a million developers used Codex last month.
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Back to Top / Monday, February 2, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 18670 / 20 stories in 4 wks
New MacBook Pros Reportedly Launching Alongside macOS 26.3
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple is planning to launch new MacBook Pro models with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips alongside macOS 26.3, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman."A new MacBook Pro is planned for the macOS 26.3 release cycle," wrote Gurman, in the intro to his Power On newslett…
Back to Top / Sunday, February 1, 2026, 11:20 am / permalink 18635 / 7 stories in 4 wks
Apple Releases iOS 26.3 Beta 3 and iPadOS 26.3 Beta 3 to Developers [Download]
iclarified - Apple has seeded the third betas of iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 to developers for testing. Continue ReadingShare Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, EmailFollow iClarified:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube
- Combined multi-OS update overview (1)
- iOS & iPadOS rollout updates (3)
- macOS Tahoe beta insights (3)
- watchOS, tvOS, visionOS testing news (3)
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Combined multi-OS update overview
iOS & iPadOS rollout updates
macOS Tahoe beta insights
watchOS, tvOS, visionOS testing news
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Back to Top / Monday, January 26, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 18421 / 14 stories in 5 wks
Civilization VII Coming to Apple Arcade on February 5
iclarified - Sid Meier's Civilization VII is officially coming to Apple Arcade on February 5, bringing the legendary strategy franchise to iPhone, iPad, and Mac without ads or in-app purchases. The launch headlines a fresh wave of additions to the service that also in…
Back to Top / Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 12:21 pm / permalink 17869 / 10 stories in 7 wks