Best Apple 3-in-1 Travel Chargers (2026): Anker, ESR, Satechi
Keep your trio of Apple gadgets powered up wherever you go with these compact folding chargers. ⌘ Read more
Nvidia macht Intel und Apple Konkurrenz
Nvidia will seine marktbeherrschende Stellung beim Thema künstliche Intelligenz (KI) weiter ausbauen: In der Nacht auf Montag präsentierte der Hersteller eigene Chips für herkömmliche Laptops und PCs – und positioniert sich damit als Konkurrenz zu Intel, AMD und Apple. Nvidia-Chef Jensen Huang sprach bei der Präsentation von einem „Superchip“, angesichts aktuell enormer Preise für Hardware ist unklar, ob der „RTX Spark“ den Markt umkrempeln wird. ⌘ Read more
Dell Rivals Apple’s MacBook Neo With $699 Touchscreen XPS 13 Laptop
Dell has introduced a redesigned $699 XPS 13 aimed squarely at Apple’s budget MacBook Neo, offering a premium aluminum design, touch display, backlit keyboard, Wi-Fi 7, 512GB of base storage, and various other configuration options. Dell’s machine costs more than Apple’s entry model but tries to justify the difference with lighter weight, … ⌘ Read more
Everyone Has Their Targets Set on the MacBook Neo
Dell, Microsoft, and others are unveiling new laptops to compete directly with the Neo, but not all are learning the right lessons from Apple. ⌘ Read more
Apple Working To Cram Massive Gemini Model Into iPhone To Power New Siri
Apple is reportedly working to shrink Google’s Gemini models enough to power parts of a long-delayed AI-enhanced Siri on iPhones. But despite Apple’s best efforts to run the AI locally, “the iPhone’s Gemini makeover will lean heavily on Google and Nvidia in the cloud,” reports Ars Technica. That could complicate Apple’s privacy-f … ⌘ Read more
HP Omnibook 3 Review: Redefining the Budget Laptop
To get to $600, Apple and HP made different compromises. If you demand more power and performance, the HP Omnibook 3 delivers. ⌘ Read more
Qualcomm Snapdragon C Announced For $300+ Laptops
For competing with the Apple MacBook Neo, Google Chromebooks, and other entry-level laptops, Qualcomm today announced the Snapdragon C series SoCs… ⌘ Read more
I Like Ferrari’s Luce EV. But This Is Why It’s Heartbreaking
Designed by Jony Ive and a host of ex-Cupertino colleagues, the Luce shows us what might have been had Apple made good on its $10 billion bet. ⌘ Read more
Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?
I asked this in 2024 and would love to see the change: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41748125
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275508
Points: 10
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Memorial Day Tech Deals: Sony, Apple, Anker, and More
Lots of our most-recommended headphones, power banks, and other gadgets are on sale for Memorial Day. ⌘ Read more
Apple Preparing New ‘Gen AI’ Website Ahead of WWDC — and New AI Features?
Apple just registered a new subdomain record: genai.apple.com.
The domain was spotted by a MacRumors contributing researcher, and though it doesn’t yet lead to a live web page, they believe it’s tied to Apple’s annual developers conference WWDC which starts June 8, “where the company has promised to announce ‘AI advancements’ … ⌘ Read more
Pardon MIE?
Article URL: https://ironpeak.be/blog/bypassing-apple-mie/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48251229
Points: 4
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Major Streamers Must Pay 15% of Revenues To Canadian Content, CRTC Says
Canada’s broadcast regulator says major streaming services such as Netflix must contribute 15% of their Canadian revenues to Canadian and Indigenous content. “That’s three times the five-per-cent initial contribution requirement the CRTC set out in 2024, which is being challenged in court by major streamers, including Apple and Amazon … ⌘ Read more
Memorial Day Tech Deals: Sony, Apple, Beats (2026)
Lots of our most-recommended headphones, power banks, and other gadgets are on sale for Memorial Day. ⌘ Read more
Steve Wozniak Tells Graduates They All Have ‘AI’: Actual Intelligence
While other commencement speeches have been met with boos for hyping up artificial intelligence, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak reminded college graduates that they already posses “AI” of their own: “actual intelligence.” He framed AI as an attempt to duplicate brain-like routines, and encouraged students to “think different” as they enter … ⌘ Read more
FSFE intervenes against Apple before EUCJ for the second time
Article URL: https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260519-01.en.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48233939
Points: 5
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Steve Wozniak cheered after telling students they have AI – actual intelligence
Article URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-wozniak-apple-ai-graduation-speech-2026-5
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48233563
Points: 14
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CHUWI’s $449 USD Wildcat Lake Laptop Should Work Fine With Linux
CHUWI this week announced their UniBook laptop as a ~$449 USD laptop that aims to compete with Apple’s MacBook Neo. While shipping with Microsoft Windows 11, it should be Linux-friendly and we’ll soon be putting it to the test at Phoronix… ⌘ Read more
‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ Won TV’s OnlyFans Wars
Unlike Euphoria, the Apple TV show wants to humanize the experience of sex workers rather than catastrophize the extremes of the profession. ⌘ Read more
Patches Trying To Bring Mainline Linux Support For The Infineon/Intel XMM6260 Modem
While it has been nearly seven years since Apple acquired the Intel Mobile Communications’ smartphone modem business and fifteen years since Intel acquired the wireless solutions division of Infineon, in 2026 we might see mainline Linux kernel support for the out-of-date XMM6260 modem… ⌘ Read more
Rockit Global signs Chinese star Wang Yibo to boost apple sales in China
Rockit Global has enlisted the services of influential Chinese celebrity Wang Yibo to promote its miniature apples in China.
The move represents one of the most significant brand plays the business has made to date, Rockit Global said. ⌘ Read more
FFmpeg Introduces Apple ProRes RAW Vulkan-Powered Video Acceleration
Last year the widely-used, open-source FFmpeg multimedia library introduced Apple ProRes video acceleration using shaders with the Vulkan API. Now FFmpeg has taken it a step further and can support Apple ProRes RAW Vulkan-based video decoding… ⌘ Read more
The Apple-OpenAI Alliance is Fraying, Setting Up a Possible Legal Fight
Bloomberg reports that Apple’s two-year-old partnership with OpenAI “has become strained, according to people familiar with the matter.”
Bloomberg describes OpenAI as “failing to see the expected benefits from the deal and now preparing possible legal action.”
OpenAI lawyers are actively working with an outside legal firm on a rang … ⌘ Read more
Anthropic’s Mythos Helped Build a Working macOS Exploit in Five Days
“The vulnerability is simple in practice,” writes Tom’s Hardware: “run a command as a standard user and gain root (administrator) access to the machine.”
And it was Mythos Preview that helped the security researchers at Palo Alto-based Calif bypass a five-year Apple security effort in just five days. The blog 9to5Mac reports:
Last year, … ⌘ Read more
Google takes fight to Apple, Microsoft with new high-end laptops
The web giant’s new line of Googlebook laptops will bring Gemini AI to the laptop in an attempt to compete with Apple’s MacBook and Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs. ⌘ Read more
Early Memorial Day Tech Deals: Sony, Apple, Beats (2026)
Lots of our most-recommended headphones, power banks, and other gadgets are on sale for Memorial Day. ⌘ Read more
Foxconn Ransomware Attack Shows Nothing Is Safe Forever
Famous for helping build Apple’s iPhones, Foxconn just suffered another cyberattack, highlighting the perils of warehousing some of the world’s most valuable data. ⌘ Read more
iPhone-Android RCS Conversations Are End-To-End Encrypted In iOS 26.5
Apple says end-to-end encryption for RCS messages between iPhone and Android is now available in iOS 26.5, though the feature is still considered beta and depends on carrier support on both sides. MacRumors reports: Apple says that it worked with Google to lead a cross-industry effort to add E2EE to RCS. iOS users will need iOS 26.5, while … ⌘ Read more
Update Your iPhone Now for Better Encrypted Messaging With Android
As part of the iOS 26.5 update, Apple’s Messages app can now encrypt texts between some iPhone and Android smartphones. ⌘ Read more
Apple Now Requires Verification For Education Store
Apple now requires Education Store shoppers in the U.S. and several other countries to verify their student, educator, parent, or homeschool-teacher status through UNiDAYS, ending the previous honor-system approach. 9to5Mac reports: Starting today, Apple requires shoppers in the United States to complete verification when making a purchase via the Education Store. This c … ⌘ Read more
Apple, Intel Have Reached Preliminary Chip-Making Agreement
Apple and Intel have reportedly reached a preliminary agreement (paywalled; alternative source) for Intel to manufacture some chips used in Apple devices, after more than a year of talks and pressure from the Trump administration. It’s still unclear which Apple products would use Intel-made chips, but the deal would mark a major potential win for Intel’s … ⌘ Read more
Security updates for Thursday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (dovecot, fence-agents, freeipmi, git-lfs, image-builder, kernel, libsoup, osbuild-composer, and python-tornado), Debian (apache2, libdatetime-timezone-perl, lrzip, tzdata, and wireshark), Fedora (dovecot, forgejo-runner, gh, gnutls, krb5, nano, pdns, pyOpenSSL, squid, vim, and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland), Mageia (graphicsmagick, kernel-linus, krb5-appl, libexif, libtiff, nano, nginx, ntfs-3g, opam, perl-Net-CIDR-Lite, perl-Starlet, perl-Starma … ⌘ Read more
Apple Will Pay $250 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over Siri’s AI Features
If you bought an iPhone 15 or 16 in the US, you could be set to pocket up to $95 per device as Apple settles class-action lawsuit. ⌘ Read more
Apple Agrees To Pay iPhone Owners $250 Million For Not Delivering AI Siri
Apple has agreed to a proposed $250 million settlement over claims that it misled iPhone buyers about the availability of Apple Intelligence and its upgraded Siri features. The settlement would cover U.S. buyers of the iPhone 16 lineup and iPhone 15 Pro models between June 10, 2024, and March 29, 2025. The Verge reports: The settl … ⌘ Read more
Pornhub Restores Access for UK Adults Who Use Apple’s Age Verification
The porn giant blocked its content from new UK users in February but says device-based age verification is more secure than third-party sites. ⌘ Read more
The iPhone That Never Was
In 1990, three former Apple employees launched a company that epitomized the Silicon Valley dream. What they invented looked like an iPhone—more than a decade earlier. The device never came to be. ⌘ Read more
Good Luck Getting a Mac Mini for the Next ‘Several Months’
Apple CEO Tim Cook told analysts that AI adoption has happened faster than expected. ⌘ Read more
Apple Gives Up On the Vision Pro After M5 Refresh Flop
MacRumors reports that Apple has effectively paused work on Vision Pro after the M5 refresh failed to revive demand. The team has reportedly been reassigned and the company is now shifting focus toward smart glasses instead. From the report: The Vision Pro has been criticized for its high price tag and its uncomfortable weight. The device is over 1.3 pounds, and ev … ⌘ Read more
Notepad++ for Mac 发布，全新项目，与原版、原作者无关
Notepad++ for Mac 是一个无 Wine，无模拟，完全原生移植，支持 Apple Silicon 和 Intel Mac 的文本编辑器。@Appinn 先别骂！全新的项目 注意，这是一个全新的项目，开发者说： Notepad++ 的 Mac 版本基于官方的 Notepad++ 源代码开 ⌘ Read more
Apple Vision Pro Used In World-First Cataract Surgery
Apple’s Vision Pro has been used in what’s described as the world’s first cataract surgery performed with the headset. MacRumors reports: [New York opthalmologist] Dr. Eric Rosenberg of SightMD completed the initial procedure in October 2025 and has since performed hundreds of additional cases using ScopeXR, a surgical platform he co-developed for Apple’s mixed r … ⌘ Read more
Apple Introduces a Cheaper Option For App Store Subscriptions
Apple is adding a new App Store subscription option that lets developers offer lower monthly prices in exchange for a 12-month commitment. “This model will allow developers to offer discounted rates to customers in exchange for more predictable long-term revenue,” reports TechCrunch. “This also caters to how many developers have already been marketing … ⌘ Read more
Fedora Linux 44 has been released
The Fedora Project has announced
the release of Fedora Linux 44. There are “what’s new”
articles for Fedora\
Workstation, Fedora\
KDE Plasma Desktop, and Fedora\
Atomic Desktops. The Fedora Asahi Remix for Apple Silicon Macs,
ba … ⌘ Read more
Notepad++ Finally Lands On macOS as a Native App
BrianFagioli writes: Notepad++ has finally made its way to macOS, and this time it is not through a compatibility layer. A new community-driven port brings the long-standing Windows text editor over as a fully native Mac application, built with Cocoa and compiled for both Apple Silicon and Intel systems. Instead of relying on Wine or similar tools, the project replaces the Windo … ⌘ Read more
How Will Apple Change Under Its New CEO?
How will Apple change in September under its new CEO — former hardware chief John Ternus? The blog Geeky Gadgets is already expecting “significant updates to the iPhone over the next three years,” as well as streamlined internal engineering (plus durability enhancements and high-capacity batteries).
2026: Foldable display
2027: Bezel-less iPhone 20 (celebrating the iPhone’s 20th anniversary)
… ⌘ Read more
Apple M3 Support On Asahi Linux Is Approaching The Original Alpha Quality Of The M1
A new progress report from the Asahi Linux project is now published that highlights recent upstreaming work for the Linux 7.0 kernel release as well as the latest additions to the downstream Asahi Linux code. The Asahi Linux project also pushed out their first updated Asahi installer in nearly two years… ⌘ Read more
Linux 7.1 Brings Audio Support For The Line6 POD HD PRO & NexiGo N930W Webcam
Following last week’s Linux 7.1 sound subsystem feature pull that added bus keeper support in working toward better Apple Silicon support along with a variety of other new audio hardware support, a secondary set of sound updates were merged as we approach the end of the Linux 7.1 merge window… ⌘ Read more
Discord Sleuths Gained Unauthorized Access to Anthropic’s Mythos
Plus: Spy firms tap into a global telecom weakness to track targets, 500,000 UK health records go up for sale on Alibaba, Apple patches a revealing notification bug, and more. ⌘ Read more
Apple’s Next CEO Needs to Launch a Killer AI Product
Tim Cook was a great CEO, but he didn’t crack AI. It’s job number 1 for John Ternus. ⌘ Read more
Apple Stops Weirdly Storing Data That Let Cops Spy On Signal Chats
Apple has fixed a bug that could cause parts of Signal notifications to remain stored on iPhones even after messages disappeared and the app was deleted. “Affected users concerned about push notifications can update their devices to stop what Apple characterized as ‘notifications marked for deletion’ that ‘could be unexpectedly retained on the … ⌘ Read more
Apple’s Next Chapter, SpaceX and Cursor Strike a Deal, and Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto
In this week’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about Tim Cook’s legacy as CEO at Apple and what his long-rumored departure means for the future of one of the world’s biggest companies. ⌘ Read more