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The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave Ginsburg. Apple's September 9 event is official, Jeff Gamet, Marty Jencius, Chuck Joiner, Eric Bolden, and Guy Serle break down what they expect from the iPhone 18, Apple Watch, AirPods, and more. The panel also dives into the new Mac mini and Mac Studio, including Marty's latest purchases, plus iOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, and visionOS 27 betas. Jeff explains his skepticism about general AI and shares an update on his TextExpander privacy concern. Plus, Virginia gets driver's licenses in Apple Wallet, Apple has a cheaper polishing cloth, Rock Paper Pencil gets new tips, AppleCare gets an AI assistant, and the crew shares their latest Things We Found. The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com Direct Link to Audio Links to our Show Give us a review on Apple Podcasts! CLICK HERE we would really appreciate it! Click this link Buy me a Coffee to support the show we would really appreciate it. intouchwithios.com/coffee Another way to support the show is to become a Patreon member patreon.com/intouchwithios Website: In Touch With iOS YouTube Channel In Touch with iOS Magazine on Flipboard Facebook Page BlueSky Mastodon X Instagram Threads Summary Apple has announced its September 9 event, and the panel looks ahead to what could be coming, including the iPhone 18 lineup, Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4, AirPods, and what might be saved for another event. In Touch With Vision Pro covers visionOS 27 Beta 7, improvements to Mac Virtual Display, spatial environments created from panoramic photos, and Apple's upcoming live Friday Night Baseball immersive experience. Beta this week includes iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 Beta 7, watchOS 27, tvOS, and macOS 27 Golden Gate. Apple also surprised everyone with new Mac mini and Mac Studio models, leading to a lively discussion about M6, M5 Pro and M5 Ultra configurations, memory, displays, pricing, and exactly how much Mac is too much Mac. Jeff discusses why he remains skeptical about claims that general artificial intelligence is just around the corner. He also shares a privacy concern involving TextExpander and the company's response. Plus, Virginia gets driver's licenses in Apple Wallet, Apple has a new polishing cloth, Rock Paper Pencil gets new graphite-style Apple Pencil tips, AppleCare phone support gets an AI assistant, and everyone shares some interesting Things We Found. Topics and Links Apple announces September 9 "Surprise and Shine" event https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/26/apple-event-announced-six-new-products/ In Touch With Vision Pro this week. visionOS 27 reaches developer beta 7 Apple released visionOS 27 developer beta 7, build 24M5359a, on August 24. The release puts visionOS 27 deeper into its stabilization phase ahead of Apple's fall software releases. Apple Developer: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes MacRumors: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/24/apple-seeds-visionos-27-beta-7/ Apple is getting ready for its first live **Friday Night Baseball in Apple Immersive** on Vision Pro. The first game is **Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees on Friday, August 28 at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT**. Unlike simply watching a traditional broadcast on a giant virtual screen, Apple says the production uses **3D video recorded in 8K with a 180-degree field of view**, cameras positioned around the dugouts and outfield wall, Spatial Audio, immersive replays, and floating lineups and statistics. Four Apple Immersive games are currently scheduled: * August 28 — Red Sox at Yankees * September 4 — Angels at Pirates * September 11 — Padres at Giants * September 18 — Giants at Dodgers Live viewing requires an Apple TV subscription and either the **M2 or M5 Apple Vision Pro**. Beta this week. Here's a streamlined Beta this week replacement for the Episode 439 show notes. I've kept macOS and visionOS out of this section per your placement rules and paired MacRumors announcement coverage with Apple Developer release information wherever available. 2. Beta this week Apple released another round of betas on August 24 as testing moves closer to the fall releases. iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 Beta 7 Apple released iOS 27 developer beta 7 and iPadOS 27 developer beta 7, both build 24A5424a. Apple also released public beta 5 of iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 later the same day. No major new features were identified in this round, suggesting Apple is increasingly focused on stability and bug fixes. (MacRumors) MacRumors: iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 Developer Beta 7 iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 Public Beta 5 watchOS 27 Beta 7 Apple released watchOS 27 developer beta 7, build 24R5358a. (MacRumors) MacRumors: watchOS 27 Developer Beta 7 tvOS 27 Beta 7 Apple released tvOS 27 developer beta 7, build 24J5358a. tvOS 27 public beta 5 was also released later that day. (MacRumors) MacRumors: tvOS 27 Developer Beta 7 tvOS 27 Public Beta 5 In Touch With Mac this week Apple introduces the M6 Mac mini Apple announced a new Mac mini featuring M6 or M5 Pro. Apple describes M6 as its first 2-nanometer chip and is heavily positioning the new Mac mini around powerful local and agentic AI workloads. Preorders began August 25, with availability beginning September 22. Apple Announces New Mac Mini With M6 and M5 Pro Chips and More — August 25, 2026. This is the best primary MacRumors article for the announcement and covers specs, connectivity, pricing, and September 22 availability. (MacRumors) MacRumors — New Mac mini with M6 and M5 Pro New Mac Mini and Mac Studio: 13 Things You Might Have Missed — useful for extra discussion points including pricing increases, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and other details. (MacRumors) MacRumors — 13 Mac mini and Mac Studio details Apple Reveals M6 as First-Ever 2nm Chip — good supporting link if you want to discuss the M6 architecture itself. (MacRumors) MacRumors — Apple M6 chip details Mac mini Roundup — MacRumors' continuously updated reference page for the M6 and M5 Pro models. (MacRumors) MacRumors — Mac mini roundup https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/26/new-mac-mini-and-mac-studio-add-genlock/ https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/26/apple-free-mac-mini-upgrade-email/ https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/26/new-mac-mini-bumps-display-refresh-rates/ M5 Ultra configurations support up to 512GB of unified memory, creating some remarkable possibilities for running extremely large AI models and professional datasets locally. M5 Max configurations start at $2,499, while M5 Ultra starts at $5,499. Regular availability begins September 22, with the 512GB configuration expected later. macOS 27 Golden Gate developer beta 7 Apple released macOS 27 Golden Gate developer beta 7, build 26A5421a, on August 24. The corresponding public beta 5 was also released. MacRumors: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/24/apple-releases-macos-golden-gate-beta-7/ Apple also published information this week explaining why Spotlight indexing may continue for days after a macOS update—useful context when troubleshooting temporary battery, heat, or performance complaints after installing new system software. MacRumors: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/26/apple-explains-spotlight-indexing/ Other Topics In touch with Jeff Gamet's Blog https://jeffgamet.com/will-ai-ever-attain-agi-level-nope/ and discusses a discovedTextexpander privacy issue. News https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/26/apple-wallet-id-feature-launches-in-15th-state/ https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/25/apple-releases-new-polishing-cloth/ https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/26/astropad-rock-paper-pencil-4/ https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/26/1-800-apl-care-ai-assistant/ This weeks "Things we found" Dave: 8-in-1 Retractable Charger for Apple USB C Gan Multiple Devices https://amzn.to/4gEynZH Eric: gaffers tape, because sometimes you just need to cover up the annoying status light https://amzn.to/3SV1ek Jeff: DJI Mic Mini lav mic https://amzn.to/3SV1ekF Marty: www.Twitter.now https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/new-twitter-launches-says-musks-x-gave-up-the-name/ Chuck: OWC USB-C Quad HDMI 4K Display Adapter with DisplayLink https://amzn.to/4qKJWTS Guy - Murder City on Amazon Prime - https://amzn.to/4gIMugI Announcements Macstock X wrapped up for 2026 what a great event! Stay tuned for the Digital pass coming soon Digital Pass | Macstock Conference & Expo Our Host Dave Ginsburg is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users and shares his wealth of knowledge of iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and related technologies. Visit the YouTube channel https://youtube.com/intouchwithios follow him on Mastodon @daveginsburg, , BlueSky @daveginsburg and the show @intouchwithios Our Co-Hosts Jeff Gamet is a podcaster, technology blogger, artist, and author. Previously, he was The Mac Observer's managing editor, and Smile's TextExpander Evangelist. You can find him on his blog Jeff Gamet - Mastadon @jgamet Pixelfed @jgamet@pixelfed.social and Bluesky @jgamet.bsky.social Podcasts The Context Machine Podcast Retro Rewatch Retro Rewatch His YouTube channel https://youtube.com/jgamet Buy his art! Jeff Gamet Art Marty Jencius, Ph.D., is a professor of counselor education at Kent State University, where he researches, writes, and trains about using technology in teaching and mental health practice. His podcasts include Vision Pro Files, The Tech Savvy Professor and Circular Firing Squad Podcast. Find him at jencius@mastodon.social https://thepodtalk.net Eric Bolden is into macOS, plants, sci-fi, food, and is a rural internet supporter. You can connect with him by email at eabolden@mac.com, on Mastodon at @eabolden@techhub.social, on his blog, Trending At Work, and as co-host on The Vision ProFiles podcast. Jill McKinley works in enterprise software, server administration, and IT. A lifelong tech enthusiast, she started her career with Windows but is now an avid Apple fan. Beyond technology, she shares her insights on ai, nature, faith, and personal growth through her podcasts. Her content on YouTube at @smallstepswithai and follow her on X @NorthwoodsJill. Find all her work at http://jillfromthenorthwoods.com Chuck Joiner is the host of MacVoices and hosts video podcasts with influential members of the Apple community. Make sure to visit macvoices.com and subscribe to his podcast. You can follow him on Twitter @chuckjoiner and join his MacVoices Facebook group. Guy Serle is one of the hosts of the new The Gmen Show along with GazMaz and email GMenshow@icloud.com @MacParrot and @VertShark on X Vertshark on YouTube, Google Voice +1 Area code 703-828-4677. Also Warp Speed Weirdos with Jeff Gamit.
It's been an unusually big week for Apple announcements. On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss the new Mac mini and Mac Studio, the M6 and M5 Ultra chips, and invites to Apple's September event. Apple confirmed on Wednesday that its annual iPhone event will take place on Wednesday 9 September at Apple Park, starting at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time, with select members of the media invited to attend. The event's tagline is "Surprise and Shine." Apple is expected to introduce at least six new products, including the the Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4, iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and the first foldable iPhone. Pre-orders should follow shortly after, and release dates for iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate should also be revealed at the event.Apple announced the new Mac mini on Tuesday, offering M6 and M5 Pro chip options. The machine gains an N1 networking chip, bringing Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6, and moves to 2.5Gb Ethernet as standard, up from 1Gb, with a 10Gb option. Thunderbolt 5 is restricted to the M5 Pro model, which gets three Thunderbolt 5 ports while the M6 model keeps Thunderbolt 4. Genlock supportover USB-C is also new, syncing a display's refresh timing to a camera such as the iPhone 17 Pro. Pricing starts at $899 with 16GB and 256GB, rising to $1,699 for the M5 Pro at 24GB and 512GB. Pre-orders are now open, with launch on 22 September. M6 is Apple's first 2nm chip. Its 12-core CPU is split into 2 super cores, 4 performance cores and 6 efficiency cores, making it the first Apple chip to combine all three core types in one design. Super cores are Apple's top tier, optimised for single-threaded speed. The 12-core GPU features a Neural Accelerator in each core for the first time in a Mac mini. The GPU also adds an updated shader architecture, Dynamic Caching, and hardware-accelerated ray tracing, while an all-new Dual 16-core Neural Engine doubles peak compute over the previous generation, with system frameworks able to drive both engines at once. Memory starts at 16GB and tops out at 32GB, running at up to 170GB/s. M5 Pro scales further, to an 18-core CPU, a 20-core GPU and up to 64GB at 307GB/s.The new Mac Studio arrived alongside the Mac mini, with M5 Max and M5 Ultra chip options. The M5 Max offers an 18-core CPU with 6 super cores and 12 performance cores, an up-to-40-core GPU with Neural Accelerators in every core, and up to 128GB of memory at 614GB/s, with the GPU running up to 50% faster than the previous generation. Both configurations move to a next-generation SSD architecture on PCIe Gen 6 for up to twice the storage performance, and gain up to six Thunderbolt 5 ports at 120Gb/s, and the same genlock support as the Mac mini. Apple's N1 chip also brings Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 to the Mac Studio. Pricing starts at $2,499 for the M5 Max at 36GB and 512GB, and $5,499 for the M5 Ultra at 96GB and 1TB, with the 512GB memory option not arriving until late October.M5 Ultra is Apple's first quad-die chip, using a next-generation version of UltraFusion to join two dual-die M5 Max chips into a single processor. The result is a CPU with up to 36 cores, and 12 super and 24 performance, delivering 1.25x the single-threaded and 1.3x the multithreaded performance of the M3 Ultra. Its up-to-80-core GPU is the most powerful Apple silicon GPU ever made and the first on an Ultra chip to feature Neural Accelerators. Second-generation Dynamic Caching, hardware-accelerated mesh shading and third-generation ray tracing lift graphics up to 40% over M3 Ultra, and the chip features a 32-core Neural Engine. Memory reaches 512GB at 1.2TB/s, which is a 50% bandwidth increase.Other announcements this week included a new, softer Apple Polishing Cloth at $9, down from $19, and refreshed U.S. Magic Keyboards for the Mac, now featuring glyphs instead of edge text. Apple Support's 1-800-APL-CARE line is also now answered by a generative AI assistant in the U.S. and Canada.Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today at — https://www.Claude.ai/mac
In this episode, Ray Cochrane digs into Anthropic’s Model Hardware Standard. It is a shared driver that lets an AI agent run real lab equipment, from pipetting robots to the lasers inside a quantum computer. He also covers OpenAI’s builder’s guide to GPT-5.6, Google’s new Expert Intelligence book feature, Apple’s M5 Ultra Mac Studio, and a judge’s order forcing Google to stop hiding rival app stores. Finally, he weighs in on Apple’s proposed 15 percent link-out fee, Meta’s Australia numbers, the White House deputizing private hackers, and why rivers obey a 1957 math rule. – Want to start a podcast? Its easy to get started! Sign-up at Blubrry – Thinking of buying a Starlink? Use my link to support the show. Subscribe to the Newsletter. Email Ray if you want to get in touch! Like and Follow Geek News Central’s Facebook Page. Support my Show Sponsor: Best Godaddy Promo Codes Get 1Password Full Summary Cochrane opens with a quick personal update. He is hunting for tickets to Michigan for his dad’s anniversary, and he has been learning Blender and Godot on the side, mostly modeling and blocking out levels. Consequently, he asks listeners for advice on starting a big game project, and he plans to record his progress, maybe as a time lapse. Then it is straight into the featured story. Anthropic’s Model Hardware Standard: A Driver for the Physical World The featured story comes from Anthropic, which opened a research preview of the Model Hardware Standard, or MHS. Cochrane frames it as the other side of the question NVIDIA’s world models raised two weeks ago: when do AI agents start touching actual machines? A typical lab runs a microscope, a liquid handler, a robotic arm, and a plate reader, each from a different vendor with its own control software. One Janelia researcher in the post launches seven programs in three languages just to start an experiment. Anthropic says wiring a setup like that takes weeks or months of specialist work. MHS is a driver, the same kind of translation layer a printer uses, except every device gets described with a tiny set of commands like read and write. Devices announce themselves on the network. A plain-English reference file then records what each machine measures, what can be adjusted, and which safety limits get enforced no matter what the agent asks. Agents then reach the hardware through the Model Context Protocol, the command line, or plain code. Cochrane sees the same move the industry keeps making, from coding harnesses to RSS and JSON: agree on a standard and let everyone build against it. In fact, he calls MHS the hardware version of MCP. The partner results carry the segment. QuEra builds quantum computers from individual atoms held by lasers that must hold their frequency to about one part in a trillion. A four-person team spent months on a relock script that worked 58 percent of the time. However, four copies of Claude iterating overnight through MHS produced a decision-tree script that recovers the laser in about six seconds, and it passed 99.3 percent of 700 blind trials. Carnegie Mellon wrote MHS drivers for four instruments across three incompatible computers in about eight hours, then ran dose-response experiments three times faster and blocked all six deliberately induced faults. Genentech, meanwhile, showed the limits. Claude used the same pump speed for water, a foamy protein solution, and a human had to explain that the bubbles were a physics problem. That gap in physical intuition is what sticks with Cochrane. He doubts it will change soon, and he suspects the fix will arrive as sub-agents or sub-models that judge a request against an expected outcome. He also connects MHS to a video of racing robots that never learned to stop at the finish line. What happens, he wonders, once they can read a distance sensor through a shared standard? Still, he calls the announcement a fantastic read and points listeners to the full article. Sponsor: GoDaddy Economy hosting $6.99/month, WordPress hosting $12.99/month, domains $11.99. Website builder trial available. Use codes at geeknewscentral.com/godaddy to support the show. GPT-5.6 Does the Same Work for a Fraction of the Cost OpenAI’s builder’s guide to GPT-5.6 leads the headlines. Cochrane recaps the three tiers from episode 1870, Sol, Terra, and Luna, plus the separate dial for reasoning effort. On BrowseComp, a benchmark for digging up obscure facts on the web, the old GPT-5.5 flagship scored about 84 percent on a run that cost 33 dollars three months ago. Luna now matches that score for a dollar thirty-three, and OpenAI has since cut Luna’s price another 80 percent. Browser Use reports Luna finishing 78 percent of its hardest browser tasks for about 14 dollars, against 80 percent for roughly 235 dollars from the best available model. The guide’s other big addition is a multi-agent beta flag. It lets the model handling a request spawn parallel helper agents that report back to a root agent inside a single API call. However, Cochrane is unimpressed by the timing. He has been running that pattern in Claude Code for months, so he sees OpenAI copying a workflow other companies already ship rather than inventing its own. Along the way, he plugs Claude Code’s remote-control sessions, which let him send prompts from his phone to a terminal session at home. Google Lets Gemini Read the Books You Actually Bought Google launched Expert Intelligence, a name Cochrane calls quite the reach. The feature lets you drop a book you bought on Google Play Books into Gemini Notebook, formerly NotebookLM, and ask questions answered only from that book, with citations. Cochrane sees real power here for students, since he once used NotebookLM to organize scattered course PDFs. Additionally, publishers get a cut, which he calls a far better deal than the wholesale scraping of books that trained earlier models. Nevertheless, he asks who loses out, because a paid publisher does not automatically mean a paid author. He floats the same idea for artists, even a penny per use, then admits that may be too idealistic. Apple’s M5 Ultra Mac Studio Is Built to Run Big Models at Home Back in episode 1861, when Apple killed the Mac Pro, an M5 Ultra Mac Studio was expected later this year. Now it is here. The M5 Ultra brings up to a 36-core CPU, an 80-core GPU, and 512GB of unified memory moving 1.2 terabytes per second. Apple claims up to 4.3 times the AI performance of the M3 Ultra. Thunderbolt 5 can also cluster four machines into one memory pool for up to three times faster inference. The M5 Max model starts at $2,499 and the Ultra at $5,499, with shipping on September 22 and the 512GB configuration arriving in late October. Cochrane finds the clustering pitch ridiculous at that price, but he invites anyone who spends the money to report back. Apple Opens a Manufacturing School in Houston Apple also opened a 20,000-square-foot Advanced Manufacturing Center in Houston. It offers free classes for small and midsize manufacturers, from circuit board design to hands-on time on a scaled-down production line, with college students joining later. Cochrane calls it a solid step in the bring-manufacturing-home movement. The bigger story is the campus itself, which builds Apple’s AI servers and will add the first US-assembled Mac mini line later this year. That ties back to the Mac mini shortage that followed the OpenClaw rush, when Tim Cook warned of months-long waits. Cult of Mac was still reporting four-month waits in late July. However, Cook blamed chip supply rather than assembly, so Cochrane is not counting on relief just yet. Amazon EC2 Turns Twenty Amazon EC2 turned twenty this week, which Cochrane admits makes him feel old. The 2006 beta offered one server size in one region for ten cents an hour. Each came with a 1.7 gigahertz Xeon and under two gigabytes of memory, and accounts were capped at twenty servers. Today AWS offers more than 1,200 instance types across 39 regions. Consequently, Cochrane credits the company with turning that tiny product into the backbone of cloud and AI computing. Intel Gamer Days: Two Free Games, With Fine Print Intel Gamer Days runs through September 13. Buy a qualifying Core Ultra Series 2 or 14th Gen desktop chip, a Core Ultra Series 3 laptop, or an Arc graphics card. In return you get Star Wars: Galactic Racer plus the Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis remake. GamesRadar values the pair at about 120 dollars. However, neither game is out yet, and codes must be redeemed by October 31 even though the Tomb Raider remake ships in February. Cochrane calls that awful, but he still tells qualifying buyers to claim the deal early. Note that 13th Gen chips do not qualify. Judge Orders Google to Stop Hiding Rival App Stores A jury found Google’s Android app monopoly illegal in late 2023, and Judge James Donato ordered rival stores into the Play Store in 2024. On August 13, Epic’s lawyer demonstrated that searching Play for “store for apps” returned Walmart instead of any app store. Donato called that “not acceptable” and ordered three fixes within a week. Searches must surface third-party stores, listings need a plain install button, and the “are you looking for” interstitial has to go. Cochrane welcomes the monopoly being chipped away, but he notes that a controlling entity still sits atop every app store. In his view, community hubs like app stores and social media need a public infrastructure layer. He suspects governments skip that investment because companies already run the services, while selling your data. Apple Wants 15 Percent of Purchases Outside Its Store The other half of the Epic saga is Apple’s proposed link-out commission. After the 2021 anti-steering injunction, Apple charged 27 percent on purchases made through external links. A judge held it in contempt last year, and the Ninth Circuit then allowed a fee limited to the cost of running the system. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers refused to wait for the Supreme Court, writing that “further delay is unwarranted.” Apple filed 15 percent for standard apps, 10 percent for subscription renewals and partner programs, and 5 percent for small businesses. It also conceded the rate would be “essentially zero” under the appeals court’s cost yardstick. Since Apple has charged nothing on link-outs since the contempt ruling, Cochrane sees this as a raise. He calls a cut on purchases made on a developer’s own website disturbing. He also recalls reading about the size of Uber’s payments to Apple, and he questions whether that kind of percentage is sustainable for companies without funding. Meta Says It Has Cut Off 750,000 Australian Kids Meta reported locking out more than 750,000 Facebook and Instagram accounts in Australia by the end of June under the country’s under-16 social media law. Over 500,000 of those were removed before the law even took effect. Detection relies mostly on AI scanning posts and bios for tells like birthday messages, plus user reports and blocks on re-registration. However, the post gives no count of mistaken removals or appeals, and the regulator’s early data shows under-16 usage falling only from about 86 to 81 percent. Meta wants a single age signal at the operating system or app store level, and Cochrane agrees completely. He connects it to the MHS idea from the top of the show: platforms need a standard flag to reference instead of guessing. The White House Deputizes Private Hackers Earlier this month the White House signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum that lets vetted private security firms run surveillance and disruption operations against overseas criminal groups. The Justice Department and Homeland Security hold the contracts and oversee the work. Firms need a proven track record, vetted staff, and a bond of at least $1 million, and must submit operating procedures within 60 days. Cochrane finds the measure aggressive in a good way and hopes it deters attacks on innocents. Still, he takes Kevin Beaumont’s warning seriously that the private security industry profits from ransomware existing. He compares it to the old Head and Shoulders myth: why solve the problem that drives your revenue? A Weather Satellite Watched the Eclipse Shadow Cross Europe Cochrane skips the readout on this one and simply sends listeners to ESA’s site. The MTG-I1 weather satellite captured the Moon’s shadow sweeping across Europe during the August 12 eclipse. Watching a shadow cross an entire continent, he says, was a first for him. Additionally, it leaves him excited about the research happening beyond the planet. Rivers, Deltas, and the Number 0.6 Quanta Magazine explains Hack’s law, which John Hack discovered in 1957 while measuring streams in Virginia and Maryland. A stream’s length tracks its drainage area raised to the power of 0.6, regardless of the rock underneath, and satellite data later confirmed it worldwide. Computer models in the 1990s showed why. Channels that capture extra runoff cut deeper and steal from their neighbors until the network settles into the arrangement that wastes the least energy. Now a University of Texas Rio Grande Valley team has found the same 0.6 exponent in river deltas, which spread water out rather than gathering it. Nobody knows why yet, and Cochrane calls it a really cool read. Sugar Helped Grow the Human Brain, Too A new paper in Science, co-authored by Jennie Brand-Miller at the University of Sydney, adds a third ingredient to the story of early human brain growth. Alongside meat and cooking, natural sugars from ripe fruit and honey may have fueled it too. The brain is about two percent of body weight but burns twenty percent of resting energy. It runs on glucose, which meat and marrow barely supply and raw starch cannot release without fire. The team modeled ancestral diets from a chimp-like baseline through Homo erectus and concluded that the earliest hominins may have drawn over 65 percent of their energy from natural sugars. Cochrane stresses that it is a model, not fossils, and notes that paleoanthropologist Marina Lozano thinks the authors place widespread cooking too early. Still, he loves this kind of deep research. Retracing the steps to our own intelligence, he suggests, could hint at what it takes for intelligent life to develop at all. A Brain Rhythm That Tells Doctors Where to Aim Finally, Science Daily covered a University of Cologne study on deep brain stimulation. That is the implanted-electrode treatment that eases Parkinson’s tremors for some patients but not others. Andreas Horn’s team recorded from 50 patients using both the implanted electrodes and an external magnetic scanner. They identified a circuit between the electrode’s target and the frontal cortex that oscillates at 20 to 35 cycles per second. Stronger coupling there predicted bigger improvement after surgery, though the study, published in Brain, shows correlation rather than cause. First author Bahne Bahners hopes the finding helps tune DBS more precisely, especially for patients who have not responded well. Cochrane half-jokingly asks whether MHS might one day drive those electrodes, and he calls brain disorders the hardest thing in the body to treat. Cochrane wraps with housekeeping: become a GNC Insider at geeknewscentral.com/insider, email geeknews@gmail.com with questions or comments, subscribe to the newsletter, and grab a modern podcast app at podcastapps.com. He thanks GoDaddy for over twenty years of keeping the show on the air, promises to catch everyone next Monday, and wishes listeners a great night. The post Eyes, Hands, and a Sense of Timing #1874 appeared first on Geek News Central.
Apple refreshed the Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra and gave the Mac mini M6 silicon, at higher prices. OpenAI's Jalapeño chip beat Nvidia on efficiency, Perplexity went fully local, WhatsApp toughened logins, and Uber livestreamed teen rides. Links Apple updates the Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra, with up to 4.3x faster AI performance, faster graphics, and up to 512GB of unified memory for $2,499+ (Apple Newsroom) Apple unveils a Mac mini with M6 and M5 Pro, with up to 4x faster AI performance and 2x faster graphics, for $899+ and $1,699+, with preorders today and shipping September 22 (The Verge) Apple's M6 is its first 2nm chip with a 12-core CPU and GPU, while the M5 Ultra fuses two dual-die M5 Max chips into a 36-core CPU, 80-core GPU "most powerful chip ever" (The Verge) OpenAI says its Jalapeño chip delivered 1.5x-1.9x more AI work per watt and 1.7x-3.6x lower latency than Nvidia chips across GPT-OSS, DeepSeek R1, Kimi K2.5 1T (The Verge) WhatsApp upgrades its two-step verification, letting users replace the six-digit PIN with a longer alphanumeric password, and adds support for multiple passkeys (TechCrunch) Perplexity launches Portable Computer, a local AI agent platform running fully on-device with zero token costs, starting with Nvidia DGX Spark and RTX Linux PCs (VentureBeat) Uber launches an optional safety feature allowing parents or guardians to watch a livestream of their teen's ride via the driver's front-facing phone camera (Bloomberg) Subscribe to the ad-free feed.
Desktop AI is becoming a reality, and Apple wants the Mac sitting on your desk to replace at least some of the AI compute happening in massive data centers today. On this episode of What's Next Wall Street, we break down Apple's new Mac Mini and Mac Studio, escalating US-Canada tariffs, the campaign against Iran's oil exports, Callaway Golf's controversial Good Good Golf ad, and a potential multibillion-dollar sleep-tech IPO. First, the US-Canada trade fight is escalating. Canada is imposing 50% tariffs on more than 700 US goods as well as steel and aluminum, while President Trump is planning 50% tariffs on Canadian cars, trucks, and auto parts by January. Greg Krause looks at who actually gets hurt, including Ford, GM, Stellantis, Canadian companies, and railroads, and why the broader impact on US GDP and inflation may be relatively small. His view: tariffs work best as protection, not manipulation. Next, Washington's campaign against Iran's oil exports is being described as an "economic D-Day." The Treasury wants to isolate Iran financially and target countries helping it sell oil, including China and Russia. Greg explains the important difference between sanctions and a blockade and puts the US military presence in the region into perspective. We also look at whether disrupting Iranian oil really threatens global markets or whether buyers and producers will simply adapt. Then comes Apple. The new Mac Mini starts at $899 with Apple's M6 chip, built on a 2nm process with a 12-core CPU, 12-core GPU, and 16 dual-core Neural Engine. Apple says it can deliver up to 4x the performance of the M4 and process AI prompts up to 4.8x faster. More importantly, Apple is positioning the Mac Mini as an "always-on machine for AI agents." Instead of sending every prompt, document, or inference job to a cloud data center, developers can run LLMs locally using tools such as LM Studio and Krystallize.ai. The Mac Studio takes that idea much further. Starting at $2,499 with M5 Max and around $5,000 with M5 Ultra, configurations reach up to a 36-core CPU, 80-core GPU, 512GB of unified memory, and 1.2TB/s of memory bandwidth. Apple says M5 Ultra delivers 4.3x the AI compute performance of M3 Ultra and 10x that of M1 Ultra. Thunderbolt 5 and RDMA also make it possible to cluster Macs together. Apple says a four-system configuration can deliver roughly 3x the inference performance of a single Mac Studio. That's potentially a major shift: powerful AI models running locally, privately, and without a recurring cloud GPU bill. We also examine Callaway Golf's apology over a Good Good Golf ad in which an influencer knocks a woman down while going after a driver. Does controversy like this actually affect a public company's stock, or does Wall Street ignore it unless the company's core customers care? Finally, Aura Health, maker of smart sleep-tracking rings, is reportedly considering a roughly $3 billion IPO at a $16 billion valuation after generating about $1 billion in revenue last year. Greg looks at the opportunity and the challenge of competing with Apple Watch, Withings, and an increasingly crowded health-tracking market. Chapters:0:00 Welcome to What's Next Wall Street0:43 US-Canada Trade War Escalation3:01 Impact of Tariffs on Markets and Companies7:01 US Economic Pressure on Iran9:37 Iran Sanctions & Blockades17:09 Pro Tip: Diversify Gains17:53 Apple's New Mac Mini for Local AI19:31 Mac Studio: Desktop AI Supercomputer22:50 The Future of Local AI23:13 Callaway Golf's Controversial Ad Download your local AI for any M series Mac at Krystalize.AI now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
「iPhone AirのAmazonセール販売、在庫は256GBと512GBのスカイブルーのみに」 Amazonのタイムセールで最大26%オフとなっているApple「iPhone Air」について、在庫切れモデルが前日よりも増加。購入可能なのはスカイブルーの256GBおよび512GBモデルのみとなっている。
Januscape: falha crítica do Linux ficou 16 anos 'escondida'. WhatsApp prepara nuvem própria para guardar backup de conversas. PL dos Games Vivos deve ser votada com urgência e não é politicagem, diz criador. Samsung Galaxy Watch 9 e Watch Ultra 2 têm detalhes vazados; saiba tudo. Donos do Galaxy S26 Ultra reclamam de mancha avermelhada na tela. Spotify ganha chatbot de IA próprio para interagir com o app e buscar músicas. Busca do Windows 11 ganha visual mais limpo e fim de anúncios nos resultados e IBM está a beira da morte?
Meta pode ser multada em R$ 7,2 tri em julgamentos sobre vício de jovens em redes sociais. Nintendo confirma nova versão do Switch 2 com grande mudança e redução de até 1% na capacidade da bateria. Pagamentos do smartwatch agora aparecem no histórico da Carteira do Google. Perfil de Neymar na Steam é bombardeado com bandeiras da Noruega. Agência dos EUA usa IA Mythos para encontrar falhas no governo. Tesla, eBay e Siemens pedem fim de tarifas contra produtos do Brasil. E eu sou Amanda Fleure, a companhia de vocês nessa noite no Hoje no TecMundo, seu programa diário de tecnologia que começa depois da vinheta envolvente que o editor vai colocar aí pra gente!
IMU: como funciona o “eletrocardiograma” que anulou o gol de Portugal x Croácia? Tela de Privacidade pode chegar a todos os modelos Galaxy S27. Somente 5% dos domicílios brasileiros ainda não têm internet, revela pesquisa do IBGE. Xbox procura meios para jogadores converterem seus discos em cópias digitais! Entenda. Kindle Translate agora usa IA para traduzir livros para o português. Sistema de segurança dos EUA sofre vazamento de dados; entenda. E eu sou Amanda Fleure, a companhia de vocês nessa noite no Hoje no TecMundo, seu programa diário de tecnologia que começa depois da vinheta envolvente que o editor vai colocar aí pra gente!
The gaming world is in mourning following the death of Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot, who was killed in a plane crash in western France at the age of 69. Guillemot, a key figure in the family-led company behind the Assassin's Creed and Far Cry franchises, was piloting his twin-engine Cessna 421 when the accident occurred. In other news, Valve has officially unveiled the pricing for its highly anticipated Steam Machine, which departs from the traditional "loss leader" console model. Starting at $1,049 for a 512GB model and reaching up to $1,428 for a 2TB bundle with a controller, the device is positioned as a premium Linux-based gaming PC rather than a subsidized console. Main Podcast Page: https://radio.foxnews.com/podcast/fox-on-games/ Best Place to Start: New to our industry coverage? Start here to catch up on our previous deep dives: https://megaphone.link/FOXM7110483851 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
OpenAI leaned toward delaying its IPO to 2027 rather than budge from Altman's $1T valuation, rattling tech stocks. The government had OpenAI stagger GPT-5.6's release over security concerns. Microsoft hiked Xbox prices again, and SpaceX teased a Starlink mobile network. Sources: OpenAI leans toward holding off its IPO until 2027 after warnings that Sam Altman's desired $1T valuation may not be met in current market conditions (The New York Times) Sources: Sam Altman told staff the US government asked OpenAI to stagger the release of GPT-5.6 over security concerns, approving "access customer by customer" (The Information) Microsoft says the price of Xbox consoles will increase on August 1 by $100 for 512GB models and $150 for 1TB models, the third price increase since 2025 (Kotaku) Sources: SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell told investors during an IPO roadshow SpaceX may launch a Starlink mobile product and build its own terrestrial US network (FT) Longreads How Chicago is betting on quantum computing, including turning the site of its former US Steel mill into a campus, after largely missing the digital revolution (WSJ) As China's working-age population shrinks, consensus is growing that China must embed embodied AI robots into as many tasks as possible, as soon as possible (FT) Subscribe to the ad-free feed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Giga Bytes Podcast 417: GTA 6, Xbox y Apple aumentan precios y despidos en Bungie y mucho más!!! Aumentan Precios de Xbox Agosto 1 Versiones de 512GB aumentaran $100 Series S $399.99-499.99 Versiones 1TB aumentaran $150 Series S $449.99-$599.99 Series X Digital $599.99-$749.99 Series X Disc $649.99-799.99 Version 2TB será eliminado del mercado Apple aumenta precios de productos Precios Steam Machine: 512GB without Controller: $1049 512GB + Controller Bundle: $1128 2TB without Controller: $1349 2TB + Controller Bundle: $1428 GTA 6 preorders Junio 25 media noche en cada region en PS5, XB y tiendas, lanza nov 19 No tendrá versión física para el lanzamiento, cajas retail tendrán código de Download Solo digital por el momento “en los próximos meses” versión disco No hay detalles de espacio requerido Preload noviembre 12 Ultimate Edition: Colección extensa de vehículos premium, armas, ropa y acción entrelazada a través de todos los aspectos de la historia de Jason y Lucia Preordenes antes de Nov 20 reciben Vintage Vice City Pack, una colección de ítems regresándonos a las eras del neon de Vice City $80 regular, $100 deluxe Supergirl Review Halo Campaign Evolved requiere cuenta PSN para Coop (No Plus), cuenta de Xbox también necesaria Sigueme y Suscribete: com/elgiga com/elgiga947 com/elgiga947 tv/elgiga947 com/elgiga947 Giga Bytes Podcast #monsterenergypr @monsterenergy @Stephreyesmarketing @caribbeanxsports @eriberto213 #gigabytespodcast #gigabytespodcast #2026
The rumors were true. Valve has released the official pricing for the Steam Machine and it's STEEP for what it is. 512GB models start at $1,049 and it goes all the way up to a 2TB model with a controller for almost $1,500. For a few hundred dollars more, you can buy a gaming PC. Just saying. Watch the podcast episodes on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertainment and Tech from a consumer's point of view. We talk about Gaming, Comics, Anime, TV, Movies, Animation and more. Hosted by Kneon and Geeky Sparkles. Get more news, views and reviews on Clownfish TV News - https://more.clownfishtv.com/ On YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ClownfishTV On Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4Tu83D1NcCmh7K1zHIedvg On Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/clownfish-tv-audio-edition/id1726838629 MORE CLOWNFISH TV - Official Merch Store: http://ClownfishMinus.com Facebook - https://facebook.com/ClownfishTV X - https://x.com/ClownfishTVcom Clownfish TV subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClownfishTVOfficial/ Disclaimer: This series is produced by Clownfish Studios and WebReef Media, and is part of ClownfishTV.com. Opinions expressed by our contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of our guests, affiliates, sponsors, or advertisers. ClownfishTV.com is an unofficial news source and has no connection to any company that we may cover. This channel and website and the content made available through this site are for educational, entertainment and informational purposes only. These so-called “fair uses” are permitted even if the use of the work would otherwise be infringing. #Podcast #Commentary #News #Reaction #Gaming #Comedy #Entertainment #Hollywood #PopCulture #Tech #Anime #FYP Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
After a very much unintended week off, Sean and Marc are back discussing the latest in what's going on in gaming and a few big stories from the week before, too. Valve not only revealed the Steam Machine pricing at an incredible $1049 (USD) for the 512GB version and $1349 (USD) for the 2TB version, but there are also official reviews out there for the set-top PC, and the thoughts are all over the place. Showing some of the strain that the machine may be able to play the latest games in the AAA space, but it could be a great thing for indies. So, is this something either Sean or Marc would consider purchasing it at any point? And what about for others at large? Also, XBOX CEO Asha Sharma has now ended her own honeymoon period with XBOX players by posting another internal memo called the Next 100 Days XBOX Reset. In it is some damning state of XBOX by looking at the realities of where they are and where they need to go. Also in there are hints at layoffs with rumors of several studios being closed. Could XBOX even get a chance at resetting at all? Plus, Grand Theft Auto VI is about to be available for pre-order, the game industry is now over $200 billion, Capcom is making more Resident Evil news, Sea of Thieves is getting a movie, more studios with layoffs too sadly.You can also watch this episode in video form on the W2M Network Youtube Channel, please give us a like, comment on the episode, and give the channel a subscribe and follow as well: https://youtube.com/live/hTx40v2pQH4Listen as a podcast and give us a review on these platforms... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ag/podcast/video-games-2-the-max/id886092740Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2wjd0u3xO7TdAm4gKRM44LAmazon: https://www.audible.com/pd/Video-Games-2-the-MAX-Podcast/B08JJPTZTWPodchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/video-games-2-the-max-181386Podcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/?podId=2465904IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-video-games-2-the-m-28438312/ Check out other W2M Network Shows Latest Otalku Cafe Episode (Anime): https://youtube.com/live/ihas4852dT8Radulich in Broadcasting's Toy Story 5 Review: https://youtube.com/live/Ic9s3LYENwgFollow on X (Twitter), Blue Sky, Instagram & TikTokSean on Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/W2MSeanSean on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/w2msean.bsky.socialSean on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sgarmer05Sean on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sgarmer05/Marc on Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/HumanityPlagueFollow Us on all W2M Network Social Media Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/w2mnetworkFollow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/w2mnetworkFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w2mnetwork/Follow Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/W2MNetwork
After months of speculation, the Steam Machine is finally here, starting at $1049 for the 512GB version. Plus, God of War Laufey, featuring Kratos' wife Faye as its protagonist, may have come as a surprise to some. But not to its star, Deborah Ann Woll, who first heard about the project almost a decade ago. Daemon has all that and more on your Daily Fix!Presented by Universal Orlando Resort, and its newest theme park, Universal Epic Universe.
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PHP Podcast – June 11, 2026 Guest Hosts: Sara Golemon, Elizabeth Barron & Holly Schilling Eric and John are out this week — Sara, Elizabeth, and Holly take over. Here’s what they covered: PHPVerse Recap PHPVerse just wrapped up, and Elizabeth was there in Amsterdam. The format is unusual — all speakers are flown to one location, but the audience is entirely virtual. It was a class act: professional TV crew, studio lighting, and a makeup and hair team on site. Around 2,500–3,000 people watched the live stream. Everything was broadcast as one long block; individual talk segments and possibly the documentary trailer will be cut and released separately. The full stream is available now — the PHP documentary trailer (produced by Jet Breeze, covering 30+ years of PHP history) appears around the 2:24:30 mark. PHP Foundation 2026 Strategy Document Elizabeth and the PHP Foundation released their 2026 strategy document the same day as this recording. The foundation gathered community input across numerous conversations and conferences, synthesized it into findings, and has now published a plan for the rest of the year. Key themes: repositioning PHP’s public perception (which Elizabeth calls a solvable problem), creating six special interest groups, and launching an Onboarding Initiative to build a real on-ramp for new PHP developers. Elizabeth’s view is that the two things giving her the most hope for PHP’s future are the passion and expertise of the community, and how good the language itself has gotten. Visit thephp.foundation to read the full document. The Onboarding Initiative One of the six special interest groups the foundation is launching is specifically focused on bringing new developers into PHP. Goals include creating a true learning path (not just a reference manual that assumes existing knowledge), improving educational resources, and potentially working with the php.net website to improve the first-time experience. Holly made the point that PHP’s barrier to entry is genuinely lower than almost any other language — the Hello World program is 11 characters — but that story isn’t being told outside the PHP bubble. New developers are turning to JavaScript as a first language and running into minified spaghetti instead of something approachable. AI Writing PHP — And PHP as a Second Language Holly built the entire PHP Tek conference app backend in Laravel without writing a single line of code herself — AI-generated throughout, which she reviewed and approved. The code held up to peer review at the conference with only minor style nits. She ran it on PHP 8.3 and used modern standards throughout (one piece of feedback: stop using empty()). The consensus: AI models write good modern PHP because of the vast amount of open source PHP they were trained on. The caveat Sara raised is worth thinking about — how much of that training data is PHP 4-era code and WordPress 3 repositories? Either way, Holly’s case for PHP as a second language is strong: low ceremony, low boilerplate, readable syntax, and it’s a language where you can do something useful in minutes. PHP’s Reputation Problem (and Why It’s Fixable) The group dug into PHP’s perception gap — the mismatch between how good the language actually is and how it’s perceived outside the community. Holly’s experience as a mobile developer who recommends PHP to others: the pushback is immediate (“isn’t that slow?”, “isn’t that dead?”). The benchmarks don’t support that reputation — PHP outperforms Python on most comparable workloads — but data alone doesn’t shift perception. Elizabeth’s point is that this is primarily a storytelling and coordination problem, not a language problem, and that the foundation’s repositioning work is exactly aimed at closing that gap. The community has the passion. It just needs to tell the story outside its own bubble. PHP Polling API RFC Sara walked through the RFC for a new Polling API in PHP (wiki.php.net/rfc/poll_API). The short version: PHP currently has five or six different ways to do I/O multiplexing (watching multiple streams and acting on whichever one is ready first), and which one works depends on the OS, available extensions, and PHP version. The Polling API proposal creates a single, unified interface that abstracts all of that. The immediate beneficiaries are async frameworks like Amp PHP, ReactPHP, and Revolt, which currently have to maintain multiple backend implementations to cover different environments. The bigger picture: this is a building block on the path toward true async PHP, likely contributing to something more complete in PHP 9.0. Most app developers won’t use it directly — but the libraries they depend on will. RFCs are all listed at wiki.php.net/rfc. PHP.net: Do As We Say, Not As We Do Sara, who has contributed to php.net, copped to the state of the codebase: some of it dates to the PHP 3 era, there are functions.inc files, and it is very much “do as we say, not as we do.” The historical reason is that php.net used to rely on community-administered mirrors (r-synced servers running everything from PHP 5.1 to 5.6 simultaneously), so modernizing the code was impossible without controlling the runtime. That’s changed with CDN-based load balancing — they can now control what PHP version runs on php.net — and the code has been getting better. But it’s a slow process. PHP Podcasts Past, Present, and Future Holly asked about the PHP Town Hall podcast (Ben Edmonds and Phil Sturgeon), and the group did a quick tour of PHP podcast history. The PHP Roundtable — originally started by Sammy, taken over by Eric — has produced about three episodes. Sara and producer Joe are planning to take it off Eric’s hands and actually do it properly. And Elizabeth announced that the PHP Foundation is launching a new podcast: tentatively called PHP at Scale, hosted by Ben Marx, focused on telling the stories of organizations pushing PHP to its limits. No launch date yet, but there’s already a queue of interested guests. Next Week’s Show — Moved to Wednesday Sara will be on a boat off the coast of Galicia on Thursday, so next week’s episode is moving to Wednesday. Guests will include Paul Reinheimer and (hopefully) Sean Coase — two veterans from PHP’s podcasting past. Elizabeth is going to try to make it work around the Canadian Grand Prix. Mac Mini M4 for Local LLMs Holly picked up a refurbished Mac Mini M4 (16GB RAM, 512GB storage) specifically to run LLM models locally via Ollama. Apple Silicon is a solid choice for this because the unified memory architecture gives the neural cores access to far more RAM than a discrete GPU setup. Sara is waiting for the M5, which is reportedly not coming until fall — and is already resigned to spending too much on it when it lands. Links from the show: PHP Foundation — 2026 Strategy Document PHP RFC: Polling API PHP RFC Wiki — All RFCs Under Discussion Amp PHP — Async framework ReactPHP — Event-driven async PHP Revolt — Event loop for PHP php.net website source code (github.com/php/web-php) PHP Architect Discord Guest Hosts: Sara Golemon Based in Lisbon, Portugal PHP core contributor; code contributor via the Curl project (which means she technically has code on Mars) Elizabeth Barron Executive Director, PHP Foundation Based in Germany Holly Schilling Primary mobile developer; built the PHP Tek 2026 conference app Based near Chicago, IL Streams: Youtube Channel Twitch Connect & Hire PHP Architect Website Twitter/X Mastodon Hire PHP Developers Looking to hire PHP developers? Email support@phparch.com – Joe and the team are available for consulting, infrastructure work, Ansible playbooks, and code review. Partner This podcast is made a little better thanks to our partners Displace Infrastructure Management, Simplified Automate Kubernetes deployments across any cloud provider or bare metal with a single command. Deploy, manage, and scale your infrastructure with ease. https://displace.tech/ PHPScore Put Your Technical Debt on Autopay with PHPScore Music Provided by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Join Us Live Next Week Note: Next week’s show is on Wednesday (not Thursday) with guests Paul Reinheimer and Sean Coase. Youtube Channel Got feedback? Join us on Discord at discord.phparch.com The post The PHP Podcast 2026.06.11 appeared first on PHP Architect.
Valve hiked Steam Deck prices by up to $300 as RAMageddon hits consumer electronics. Bloomberg detailed Apple's Siri overhaul ahead of WWDC, Meta rolls out subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, and Oura unveils a 40% smaller Ring 5. Valve hikes the Steam Deck OLED's prices due to "rising memory and storage costs": from $549 to $789 for the 512GB model and from $649 to $949 for the 1TB model (The Verge) Illustrations based on sources detail Apple's Siri overhaul, including a new UI, a chatbot-style app, and other major iOS 27 changes, ahead of WWDC on June 8 (Bloomberg) Meta rolls out Plus plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp globally, and tests $7.99/month and $19.99/month Meta AI plans, and a $49.99/month creator plan (TechCrunch) Reactor, which says its AI platform can generate video in real-time with near-zero latency, emerges from stealth with a $59M Series A led by Lightspeed (Variety) Oura unveils the Oura Ring 5, with a 40% smaller form factor, improved sensing, and repositioned LEDs, on sale from June 4 for $399, up from the Ring 4's $349 (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we talk through how the global memory shortage is forcing Apple's hand across multiple key products, killing configurations, delaying launches, and prompting spec decisions that would have seemed unlikely a year ago.The pressure originates outside Apple's control. JPMorgan analysis cited by the Financial Timesfound that memory could account for as much as 45% of an iPhone's component costs by 2027, up from around 10% today. Companies like Nvidia are reportedly outbidding consumer electronics makers for limited DRAM supply from Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron, while cloud firms are locking in capacity with multi-billion-dollar upfront commitments. Apple, which buys memory for roughly 250 million iPhones per year, has shifted from a position where it could dictate terms to one where it must compete for supply, and component prices are being driven up as a result.The consequences are already visible in the Mac lineup. Apple last week removed the Mac mini's 256GB storage option, pushing its starting price from $599 to $799. Days later, it eliminated Mac mini models with 32GB and 64GB of RAMand stripped the M3 Ultra Mac Studio to a single 96GB configuration, with delivery estimates for remaining Studio models at 9 to 10 weeks. The Mac Studio had already lost its 512GB memory option in March, and multiple configurations became entirely unavailable in April. On Apple's April 30 earnings call, CEO Tim Cook acknowledged that both machines would be "hard to get for months to come" and said Apple expects "significantly higher memory costs" in the current quarter. The MacBook Neo was sold out through April and Cook described demand on the earnings call as “off the charts." The MacBook Neo uses binned A18 Pro chips, adopting manufacturing rejects from the iPhone 16 lineup with one GPU core disabled, repurposed rather than discarded to keep costs low enough to hit the $599 price point.Apple's initial production target is believed to be about five to six million units, but demand has since pushed the company to instruct suppliers to prepare for at least 10 million. TSMC's N3E production lines, where the A18 Pro was made, are now running at maximum capacity, with AI-related orders consuming much of the available output. A fresh manufacturing run for the A18 Pro would yield fully functional chips rather than defective ones, raising the per-unit cost before any expedited manufacturing premium is applied.Apple is now said to be weighing up its options for the MacBook Neo. The company is purportedly considering cutting the 256GB entry-level model, which would push the effective starting price up by $100 without changing any existing configuration's price, the same mechanism used with the Mac mini. Separately, Apple may be considering new color options to soften any price increase.Upcoming products are apparently being reshaped too. Weibo leaker "Fixed Focus Digital" has claimed in a series of posts that the standard iPhone 18 is being downgraded as a cost-cutting measure, with both display and chip specifications affected. Most recently, the leaker said certain parts are interchangeable between the iPhone 18 and the lower-cost iPhone 18e. For context, iPhone 17 and iPhone 17e differ meaningfully: the standard model has a larger ProMotion display, Dynamic Island, Ultra Wide camera, five-core GPU, and significantly better battery life, but it looks like there could be fewer differences with the next generation.A follow-up post framed the new split launch strategy, under which the iPhone 18 ships in spring 2027 rather than alongside the Pro models in the fall, as a deliberate commercial mechanism to smooth out demand. By extending the iPhone 17's flagship run, Apple is also said to be creating conditions under which a lower-specced successor will be more palatable. The split launch itself has been widely reported since last year, with Ming-Chi Kuo and Nikkei among those to have corroborated it.The launch of the rumored all-new high-end MacBook Pro or "MacBook Ultra" with an OLED display and touchscreen has also apparently slipped. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has said early 2027 is now looking more likely than late 2026 due to Apple's constrained memory supply cited as a factor.
Resumen hecho con IA: Llevo ya casi tres años con mi Galaxy Tab S8 Plus [00:09] y, aunque no creo que exista un "dispositivo único", esta tablet se ha vuelto esencial para mí. Uno de mis mayores aprendizajes es la importancia de la memoria RAM; siempre opto por modelos de mayor capacidad (como el de 256GB o 512GB) porque ese extra de RAM es lo que permite que el dispositivo siga funcionando con fluidez años después, especialmente con la llegada de la inteligencia artificial [02:18]. En mi día a día, la utilizo principalmente para: Lectura e información: Disfruto mucho más leyendo newsletters, periódicos y correos electrónicos aquí que en el móvil [03:00]. También la uso para leer libros, como actualmente hago con El problema de los tres cuerpos [05:13]. Productividad: En las reuniones de trabajo, siempre tomo notas a mano con el S-Pen [01:33]. Cine personal: Utilizo unas gafas especiales que proyectan una pantalla de 140 pulgadas para ver películas como Interstellar [03:43]. Prefiero usar la tablet para esto porque su batería gestiona mucho mejor el consumo de las gafas que mi teléfono S25 Ultra [04:02]. He tenido experiencias con otros ecosistemas. Tuve un iPad Pro que era excelente para estudiar por su formato de pantalla ideal para PDFs y su gestión de batería [06:57], pero decidí pasarme a Samsung porque costaba la mitad y me ofrecía lo que necesitaba [06:50]. Por otro lado, probé una tablet Lenovo pero la devolví porque su formato de pantalla no me resultaba cómodo para trabajar con documentos [06:01]. Gracias a Samsung DeX, puedo conectar la tablet a un monitor y usarla como un ordenador de escritorio para tareas de ofimática [10:10]. Además, soy muy meticuloso con el mantenimiento: cada verano restauro mis dispositivos de fábrica para limpiar archivos residuales [12:16] y gestiono mis suscripciones y el historial de YouTube con cuidado para mantener el algoritmo limpio y relevante [13:06]. Puedes ver el vídeo completo aquí: https://youtu.be/iozYPHcmBo0?i...
Resumen hecho con IA: Llevo ya casi tres años con mi Galaxy Tab S8 Plus [00:09] y, aunque no creo que exista un "dispositivo único", esta tablet se ha vuelto esencial para mí. Uno de mis mayores aprendizajes es la importancia de la memoria RAM; siempre opto por modelos de mayor capacidad (como el de 256GB o 512GB) porque ese extra de RAM es lo que permite que el dispositivo siga funcionando con fluidez años después, especialmente con la llegada de la inteligencia artificial [02:18]. En mi día a día, la utilizo principalmente para: Lectura e información: Disfruto mucho más leyendo newsletters, periódicos y correos electrónicos aquí que en el móvil [03:00]. También la uso para leer libros, como actualmente hago con El problema de los tres cuerpos [05:13]. Productividad: En las reuniones de trabajo, siempre tomo notas a mano con el S-Pen [01:33]. Cine personal: Utilizo unas gafas especiales que proyectan una pantalla de 140 pulgadas para ver películas como Interstellar [03:43]. Prefiero usar la tablet para esto porque su batería gestiona mucho mejor el consumo de las gafas que mi teléfono S25 Ultra [04:02]. He tenido experiencias con otros ecosistemas. Tuve un iPad Pro que era excelente para estudiar por su formato de pantalla ideal para PDFs y su gestión de batería [06:57], pero decidí pasarme a Samsung porque costaba la mitad y me ofrecía lo que necesitaba [06:50]. Por otro lado, probé una tablet Lenovo pero la devolví porque su formato de pantalla no me resultaba cómodo para trabajar con documentos [06:01]. Gracias a Samsung DeX, puedo conectar la tablet a un monitor y usarla como un ordenador de escritorio para tareas de ofimática [10:10]. Además, soy muy meticuloso con el mantenimiento: cada verano restauro mis dispositivos de fábrica para limpiar archivos residuales [12:16] y gestiono mis suscripciones y el historial de YouTube con cuidado para mantener el algoritmo limpio y relevante [13:06]. Puedes ver el vídeo completo aquí: https://youtu.be/iozYPHcmBo0?i...
Looking to buy a new computer but not sure where to start? Steven Scott and Shaun Preece break down practical advice for blind and visually impaired users, covering RAM, storage, refurbished options, and whether Windows or Mac is right for you. [Sponsor] Entries are still open for the Double Tap competition in partnership with Pneuma Solutions, with a closing date of May 1st. Listeners have the chance to win subscriptions to powerful accessibility tools including Remote Incident Manager for accessible remote tech support and Scribe for creating screen reader-friendly documents quickly. To enter, send an email to feedback@doubletaponair.com, a WhatsApp message to (613) 481-0144, or call (877) 803-4567, making sure to include your name and contact details so the team can get in touch if you win. In this episode of Double Tap, Steven and Shaun answer a listener's question about what to consider when purchasing a PC for tasks like using Word, email, and screen readers such as JAWS. They share tips on choosing between laptops and desktops, explain why 16GB of RAM is the sweet spot for screen reader users, and discuss storage needs from 512GB to 1TB. The duo also touch on refurbished options, the pitfalls of pre-installed bloatware, and simple ways to avoid overspending on unnecessary software. Also, Dave Faliskie, creator of Roads Audio, talks about his new mobile app designed to bridge the gap between podcasting and private voice messaging. Relevant Links Roads Audio App: https://roadsaudio.com ----Follow on:YouTube: https://www.doubletaponair.com/youtubeX (formerly Twitter): https://www.doubletaponair.com/xInstagram: https://www.doubletaponair.com/instagramTikTok: https://www.doubletaponair.com/tiktokThreads: https://www.doubletaponair.com/threadsFacebook: https://www.doubletaponair.com/facebookLinkedIn: https://www.doubletaponair.com/linkedinSubscribe to the Podcast:Apple: https://www.doubletaponair.com/appleSpotify: https://www.doubletaponair.com/spotifyRSS: https://www.doubletaponair.com/podcastiHeadRadio: https://www.doubletaponair.com/iheartAbout Double TapHosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited."Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Giga Bytes Podcast 407: Cambios a Gamepass, Peliculas de juegos y mucho más!!! Cambios a Gamepass Ultimate ($29.99-22.99) y PC ($16.49-13.99), comenzando este año títulos de COD no estarán incluidos hasta el año después de su lanzamiento Assassins' Creed Black Flag Resynched Lanza julio 9 2026 (no es un RPG), reveal este Jueves medio día Devil May Cry S2 trailer (mayo 12 Netflix) Control Ultimate edition disponible ya en iPhone, iPad y Mac Silo S3 lanza julio 3 en apple tv Gundam Life Action Movie con Sydney Sweeney muestra elenco Splatoon Raiders single player spinoff a Switch 2 julio 23 Toei abre division de gaming Toei Games (Power Rangers, Kamen Riders) Imagenes de Link se filtran Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 para 2027 con diseños de Akira Toriyama PRAGMATA disponible ya 1m, update para PSSR 2 disponible ya Rumor: de acuerdo a KeplerL2 Chip de Helix estará en productos Helix por MSI, ASUS, etc, no estará para el público general 3m wishlist para 007 First Light Pelicula de COD para junio 30 2028 Top Gun 3 oficialmente en camino, Tom Cruise regresa Spaceballs: The New One 23 abril 2027 Focker In-Law llega en acción de Gracias Pelicula de Elden Ring para el 3 de marzo 2028 (A24, escrita y dirigida por Alex Garland) hecha para IMAX Shuhei Yoshida: Jim Ryan lo despidió por retar sus mandatos/decisiones Meta Aumena Precio de Quest 3, vende 1m en 2 dias & Quest 3S Quest 3S (128GB): $300 → $350 Quest 3S (256GB): $400 → $450 Quest 3 (512GB): $500 → $600 Sigueme y Suscribete: Facebook.com/elgiga Youtube.com/elgiga947 Instagram.com/elgiga947 Twitch.tv/elgiga947 Twitter.com/elgiga947 Giga Bytes Podcast #monsterenergypr @monsterenergy @Stephreyesmarketing @caribbeanxsports @eriberto213 #gigabytespodcast #gigabytespodcast #2026
On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss all of the rumors surrounding Apple's upcoming foldable iPhone, now said to be called the “iPhone Ultra," which is shaping up to be a comprehensive redesign unlike anything the company has shipped before.The iPhone Ultra is expected to launch alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max this fall, though reports suggest it will ship after the Pro models, potentially as late as December. Pricing is expected to start at over $2,000, making it the most expensive iPhone Apple has ever sold.The device will have a book-style, passport-shaped design with a 4:3 aspect ratio, wider than it is tall and unlike any foldable currently on the market. When closed, it will have a 5.5-inch outer display; when open, a 7.8-inch inner OLED panel takes over, making it just slightly smaller than the 8.3-inch iPad mini. According to design leaks from Instant Digital, the device will measure just 4.5mm thick when unfolded, which would make it Apple's thinnest iPhone to date. The outer frame is said to be made of titanium for durability at that thinness, while the inner frame uses aluminum. The back features a glass finish with a shorter, iPhone Air-style camera plateau housing two horizontally arranged rear cameras.The same leak revealed that volume buttons are relocated to the top edge of the device, aligned to the right. The inner display features a single punch-hole cutout resulting in a smaller Dynamic Island, while a Touch ID power button and Camera Control remain on the right edge. Reports indicate the iPhone Ultra will support iPad-style multitasking and layouts for running apps side by side when unfolded, befitting its iPad mini-sized inner display. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has described it as the "most significant overhaul in the iPhone's history."Achieving that ultra-thin form factor comes with tradeoffs, and the iPhone Ultra will be missing several features that iPhone users have come to expect, in some ways echoing the compromises Apple made with the iPhone Air. The iPhone Air went without stereo speakers, a SIM card slot, and multiple rear cameras to achieve its 5.6mm frame; the iPhone Ultra faces similar constraints at an even more demanding 4.5mm. The ultra-thin chassis leaves no room for a triple-lens camera setup, so the telephoto lens found on iPhone Pro models is absent, leaving just a dual 48-megapixel rear system. More significantly, there is no space for the TrueDepth sensor array required for Face ID, meaning the iPhone Ultra will rely on a side-button Touch ID module instead.Under the hood, the iPhone Ultra is expected to feature Apple's A20 chip paired with 12GB of RAM. Storage options are said to include 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB. Battery capacity is reportedly in the 5,400mAh to 5,800mAh range, which would put it among the largest ever in an iPhone despite its slim dimensions.The scale of Apple's production ambitions for the iPhone Ultra has already been tempered by manufacturing realities. Kuo initially indicated Apple placed orders for 15 to 20 million total foldable iPhones, though he noted demand would likely be limited due to the device's cost. By December, Kuo warned that early-stage yield and ramp-up challenges could mean smooth shipments may not occur until 2027, with potential shortages lasting through at least the end of 2026.The high asking price is expected to be a further constraint on volume: IDC projects the device will capture over 22% unit share of the foldables market in its first year, but that market remains a niche segment overall. The iPhone Air's underwhelming sales performance, with Kuo reporting suppliers cut production capacity by more than 80% after demand fell short of expectations, may serve as a cautionary tale for premium iPhone form-factor experiments.
Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:45:00 GMT http://relay.fm/upgrade/610 http://relay.fm/upgrade/610 We Hear You're Good at Computers 610 Jason Snell and Myke Hurley The Mac Pro is dead, iOS 18 security updates are now available for all, and Siri's upcoming revamp comes into focus. After all that's done, both hosts share their Apple origin stories. The Mac Pro is dead, iOS 18 security updates are now available for all, and Siri's upcoming revamp comes into focus. After all that's done, both hosts share their Apple origin stories. clean 6118 The Mac Pro is dead, iOS 18 security updates are now available for all, and Siri's upcoming revamp comes into focus. After all that's done, both hosts share their Apple origin stories. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: DeleteMe: Get 20% off your plan when you use this link and code UPGRADE20. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UPGRADE. Steamclock: We make great apps. Design and development, from demos to details. Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door. Use code upgrade50off Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Liftoff - Relay Eric Berger - Ars Technica Loren Grush | Bloomberg ‘Hello, World' – Six Colors NASA Shares Photos Shot on iPhone 17 Pro Max During Artemis II Mission to the Moon - MacRumors Apollo 8 - Wikipedia Apple at 50: Some great Apple history books – Six Colors iCon - Wikipedia The Second Coming of Steve Jobs - Wikipedia Apple releases iOS 18 security updates for iOS 26 holdouts – Six Colors About Lockdown Mode – Apple Support About Background Security Improvements for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS - Apple Support The Eclectic Light Company – Macs & painting Apple Fitness chief Jay Blahnik retiring in July after 13-year tenure - 9to5Mac Mac Studio delivery '4-5 months' out for top RAM after Apple dropped 512GB option - 9to5Mac A Good Mac Studio is Hard to Find - 512 Pixels Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware - 9to5Mac Apple discontinues the Mac Pro – Six Colors ATP 685: The Ability to Be Hotter — Accidental Tech Podcast Connected #597: S-Tier: Jason Snell - Relay iOS 27 Features: Apple AI Reboot With Siri App, New Interface, ‘Ask Siri' Button - Bloomberg Apple Seeds First iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 Betas to Developers - MacRumors Wish List: Siri, Spotlight, and a unified search experience – Six Colors Apple Tests Siri Feature That Handles Multiple Commands at Once - Bloomberg Apple Plans to Open Up Siri to Rival AI Assistants Beyond ChatGPT in iOS 27 - Bloomberg Fifty Years of Apple, Twenty Years for Me – The Enthusiast iPhone 1 - Steve Jobs MacWorld keynote in 20
Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:45:00 GMT http://relay.fm/upgrade/610 http://relay.fm/upgrade/610 Jason Snell and Myke Hurley The Mac Pro is dead, iOS 18 security updates are now available for all, and Siri's upcoming revamp comes into focus. After all that's done, both hosts share their Apple origin stories. The Mac Pro is dead, iOS 18 security updates are now available for all, and Siri's upcoming revamp comes into focus. After all that's done, both hosts share their Apple origin stories. clean 6118 The Mac Pro is dead, iOS 18 security updates are now available for all, and Siri's upcoming revamp comes into focus. After all that's done, both hosts share their Apple origin stories. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: DeleteMe: Get 20% off your plan when you use this link and code UPGRADE20. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code UPGRADE. Steamclock: We make great apps. Design and development, from demos to details. Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door. Use code upgrade50off Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Liftoff - Relay Eric Berger - Ars Technica Loren Grush | Bloomberg ‘Hello, World' – Six Colors NASA Shares Photos Shot on iPhone 17 Pro Max During Artemis II Mission to the Moon - MacRumors Apollo 8 - Wikipedia Apple at 50: Some great Apple history books – Six Colors iCon - Wikipedia The Second Coming of Steve Jobs - Wikipedia Apple releases iOS 18 security updates for iOS 26 holdouts – Six Colors About Lockdown Mode – Apple Support About Background Security Improvements for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS - Apple Support The Eclectic Light Company – Macs & painting Apple Fitness chief Jay Blahnik retiring in July after 13-year tenure - 9to5Mac Mac Studio delivery '4-5 months' out for top RAM after Apple dropped 512GB option - 9to5Mac A Good Mac Studio is Hard to Find - 512 Pixels Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware - 9to5Mac Apple discontinues the Mac Pro – Six Colors ATP 685: The Ability to Be Hotter — Accidental Tech Podcast Connected #597: S-Tier: Jason Snell - Relay iOS 27 Features: Apple AI Reboot With Siri App, New Interface, ‘Ask Siri' Button - Bloomberg Apple Seeds First iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 Betas to Developers - MacRumors Wish List: Siri, Spotlight, and a unified search experience – Six Colors Apple Tests Siri Feature That Handles Multiple Commands at Once - Bloomberg Apple Plans to Open Up Siri to Rival AI Assistants Beyond ChatGPT in iOS 27 - Bloomberg Fifty Years of Apple, Twenty Years for Me – The Enthusiast iPhone 1 - Steve Jobs MacWorld keyno
• iPhone 17e Upgrade: Features A19 chip, MagSafe charging, and Ceramic Shield glass.• iPad Air Update: Upgraded to M4 chip and 12GB of RAM, available in 11-inch and 13-inch sizes.• MacBook Air Refresh: Updated with the M5 chip, starting at $1099 with 16GB of memory and 512GB of storage.• MacBook Neo Features: Budget-friendly Mac laptop with 1080p front-facing camera, 16 hours of battery life, and 512GB storage.• MacBook Neo Drawbacks: Lacks advanced features like M5 processor and Touch ID, and has inconvenient USB port placement.• Other Topics Discussed: Apple's AI advancements, Mac OS 26.4 features, Starlink's 5G speeds, LeBron James' record, Lakers' winning streak, and California's plastic straw ban.Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects since July of 2020, with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) TUESDAYS!
In deze aflevering van De Schaal van Hebben test Stijn Goossens de MacBook Neo, de goedkoopste MacBook die Apple ooit heeft uitgebracht. De MacBook Neo is verkrijgbaar vanaf 599 dollar in de VS, 699 euro in Nederland. Met onderwijskorting gaat er nog eens honderd euro af. Daarmee is de Neo voor het eerst een serieuze concurrent van Windows-laptops in het middensegment, een segment dat Apple tot nu toe bewust vermeed. De ceo van Asus noemde de introductie een schok voor de markt, want Windows-laptops kampen juist met prijsstijgingen door RAM-tekorten. De MacBook Neo draait op de A18 Pro-chip, dezelfde chip als in de iPhone 16 Pro van anderhalf jaar geleden, vergelijkbaar met Mac-chips van vier à vijf jaar terug. Het werkgeheugen bedraagt 8GB, de opslag 256GB of 512GB. Het 13-inch Liquid Retina-display heeft 500 nits helderheid, maar mist P3 wide color-ondersteuning en True Tone, wat het een stapje onder de MacBook Air zet. De webcam is basic, de luidsprekers zijn acceptabel. De trackpad is mechanisch in plaats van het force-touch-model van duurdere MacBooks. Er zijn twee USB-C-poorten, waarvan één USB 3 en één USB 2. Het basismodel heeft geen Touch ID. Stijn stresstest met presentator Iwan Verrips de Neo met videobewerkingssoftware, foto-editing, een game en meerdere Chrome-tabbladen tegelijk. Wat opvalt: de MacBook Neo is de meest repareerbare MacBook die Apple ooit heeft gemaakt. De batterijduur in externe tests ligt rond de 14 uur, vergelijkbaar met de MacBook Air. De bouwkwaliteit is onverminderd MacBook-waardig ondanks de lagere prijs. De MacBook Neo is ideaal als instaplaptop voor middelbare scholieren, studenten die vooral tekst verwerken en streamen, en gebruikers die MacOS willen zonder de prijs van een MacBook Air. Apple positioneert het bewust als instap naar het eigen ecosysteem. Minder geschikt voor multitaskers, mensen die regelmatig video en foto bewerken, of wie een toekomstbestendiger apparaat zoekt: met 8GB RAM kan de Neo over vier à vijf jaar krap worden. Een MacBook Air, zeker een ouder model, blijft dan een gedegen alternatief.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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最新版 ◯アップル「iPhone 17e」発表、iPhone 16eとの違いは? https://k-tai.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/review/iphonetips/2090049.html ◯Apple、M5搭載の新型「MacBook Air」発表 AI性能はM4比で4倍に、標準ストレージは512GBへ倍増 https://www.itmedia.co.jp/pcuser/articles/2603/03/news163.html ◯M5 Pro/M5 Max搭載の新型「MacBook Pro」発表 AI性能は最大8倍に M5モデルは最小1TBストレージで27万9800円から https://www.itmedia.co.jp/pcuser/articles/2603/03/news165.html ◯Apple、新型「Studio Display XDR」発表 ミニLEDで最大2000ニト、120Hz対応、Thunderbolt 5搭載 https://www.itmedia.co.jp/pcuser/articles/2603/04/news071.html ◯「Studio Display」と「Studio Display XDR」のRAMの搭載容量が明らかに https://taisy0.com/2026/03/08/220862.html ◯Apple、「MacBook Neo」発表 A18 Proチップ、本体4色に白キーボード、9万9800円から https://www.itmedia.co.jp/pcuser/articles/2603/04/news162.html ◯MacBook Neoに搭載されているA18 ProチップのCPU/GPUスコアは、2020年に発表されたApple M1チップのスコアに近いもよう。 https://applech2.com/archives/20260306-macbook-neo-a18-pro-cpu-gpu-benchmark.html ◯新「MacBook Neo」の“Neo”ってどういう意味? 命名から考える製品の位置付けとターゲット https://www.itmedia.co.jp/pcuser/articles/2603/05/news090.html ◯世界的DRAM不足、Mac Studioを静かに直撃。512GBが消え、256GBは+6万円値上がり https://gori.me/mac/mac-news/164234 ◯あれ?新型”無印”iPadの発表は?彼はどこ行ったん? https://gori.me/ipad/theipad/164231 ◯ひとつ買って、ふたりで使おう!FileMaker Pro 2025 キャンペーン https://content.claris.com/ja/bogo ◯Claris FileMaker 2025 の新機能 https://ywc.com/filemaker/?p=55975
最新版 ◯アップル「iPhone 17e」発表、iPhone 16eとの違いは? https://k-tai.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/review/iphonetips/2090049.html ◯Apple、M5搭載の新型「MacBook Air」発表 AI性能はM4比で4倍に、標準ストレージは512GBへ倍増 https://www.itmedia.co.jp/pcuser/articles/2603/03/news163.html ◯M5 Pro/M5 Max搭載の新型「MacBook Pro」発表 AI性能は最大8倍に M5モデルは最小1TBストレージで27万9800円から https://www.itmedia.co.jp/pcuser/articles/2603/03/news165.html ◯Apple、新型「Studio Display XDR」発表 ミニLEDで最大2000ニト、120Hz対応、Thunderbolt 5搭載 https://www.itmedia.co.jp/pcuser/articles/2603/04/news071.html ◯「Studio Display」と「Studio Display XDR」のRAMの搭載容量が明らかに https://taisy0.com/2026/03/08/220862.html ◯Apple、「MacBook Neo」発表 A18 Proチップ、本体4色に白キーボード、9万9800円から https://www.itmedia.co.jp/pcuser/articles/2603/04/news162.html ...
On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss Apple's concentrated week of announcements that saw the introduction of 10 new products.The most significant announcement of the week was the MacBook Neo, an all-new entry-level Apple laptop that starts at $599. The MacBook Neo is designed to compete with lower-cost Windows laptops and Chromebooks, while expanding the Mac lineup with a substantially more affordable option.Unlike every other Apple silicon Mac, the MacBook Neo is powered by the A18 Pro chip originally developed for the iPhone 16 Pro, making it the first Mac to use an iPhone-class processor instead of an M-series chip. The machine features a rounded, colorful design available in Silver, Indigo, Blush, and Citrus finishes, with matching keyboards and wallpapers that give it a more playful appearance than Apple's existing notebooks. At 2.7 pounds, it weighs the same as a MacBook Air.It offers a 13-inch Liquid Retina display with uniform, iPad-style bezels rather than a notch, a Magic Keyboard, a mechanical trackpad, two USB-C ports, 8GB of memory, a headphone jack, a 1080p camera, dual mics, dual speakers with Spatial Audio, and a battery life rated for up to 16 hours.Apple also updated several existing devices with modest specification improvements. The iPhone 17e retains the same design and price as the iPhone 16e but adds the A19 chip, MagSafe support, Apple's second-generation C1X modem, and 256GB of base storage.The 11- and 13-inch iPad Air gained the M4 chip, 12GB of RAM, Wi-Fi 7 support via Apple's N1 wireless chip, and the same C1X modem in cellular models. Meanwhile, the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air were upgraded with the M5 chip and a higher base storage capacity of 512GB, though the removal of the 256GB option increased the starting price to $1,099.At the high end of the Mac lineup, Apple refreshed the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with the new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, introducing a "Fusion Architecture" that bonds two 3nmdies together into a single processor. These models also gained faster SSD speeds, higher base storage, and Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 via the N1 chip. Battery life increased slightly across the lineup, while GPU cores now include dedicated Neural Accelerators intended to improve AI workloads.Apple also expanded its display lineup with a new Studio Display XDR model, replacing the Pro Display XDR. The new model offers a 27-inch 5K mini-LED panel with up to a 120Hz refresh rate, HDR brightness up to 2,000 nits, and Thunderbolt 5 connectivity. The standard Studio Display was updated at the same time with two Thunderbolt 5 ports, improved speakers, and a camera that now supports Desk View, but retains its 60Hz panel and 600-nit brightness.All of the newly announced devices became available to pre-order on Wednesday, March 4, with the entire lineup scheduled to launch and begin arriving to customers on Wednesday, March 11.Get the right life insurance for you, for less, and save more than fifty percent at https://www.selectquote.com/macrumors00:00 - Intro01:17 - iPhone 17e06:42 - M4 iPad Air08:46 - M5 MacBook Air11:53 - Sponsor: SelectQuote13:40 - MacBook Pro: M5 Pro and M5 Max Overview21:30 - Studio Display25:58 - Studio Display XDR38:05 - Introducing the MacBook Neo
Desinstalações do ChatGPT disparam em 295% após acordo da OpenAI com os EUA. Paramount+ e HBO Max vão ser unidos em um único streaming. Claude ganha opção para importar histórico e memórias de outras IAs. Amazon Now chega ao Brasil com entregas em 15 minutos e frete grátis e F-39 Gripen: Conheça o caça que vai proteger Brasília.
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Listen to FULL RUNDOWN at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/full-rundown-the-%24730-billion-reality-check-openais/id1684415169?i=1000752770917Summary: Apple has officially launched the M5-powered MacBook lineup. With the new M5 Max delivering 8x the AI performance of the M1 Max, Apple is moving generative AI from the cloud to your local hardware. We look at the $100 price shift on the MacBook Air and what "Fusion Architecture" means for the next generation of Apple Intelligence.Key Points:Fusion Architecture: Apple combines two dies into one processor for the M5 Pro and Max.The 8x AI Jump: Local image generation speeds reach a new plateau.MacBook Air Pricing: The entry point moves to $1,099 with 512GB standard storage.Full Strategy & Analysis: Want to know how the M5 stacks up against Nvidia's latest mobile RTX chips? Listen to the Full Daily News Rundown hereThis episode is made possible by our sponsors:
Galaxy S26 Ultra vaza em unboxing; novo Privacy Display é revelado. Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold esgotou o estoque em menos de 10 minutos. Tela 'anticuriosos' do Galaxy S26 pode chegar em breve em celulares chineses. IA reconhece jutsus de Naruto em tempo real e dispara efeitos visuais. Apple testa iPhone 18 Pro em cor inédita para a série. Autora de ataque a tiros conversava com o ChatGPT, mas OpenAI não alertou a polícia.
Meeting summary Quick recap The Tech Doctor podcast featured a detailed discussion about the upcoming HumanWare BrailleNote Evolve, presented by David Woodbridge, who shared extensive insights about the device’s features and functionality. David explained that the Evolve runs Windows 11 Pro. It has a 32-cell Braille display with a dedicated Braille style keyboard, and includes 512GB storage, 32GB RAM, and an Ultra 5 processor. The Evolve does not have a built-in screen. He described how the device can be used with both NVDA and JAWS, and detailed the various input methods including the unique FN key system for accessing numbers and function keys. The discussion covered the device’s pricing ($6,100 USD), battery life (8 hours), and included features like Thunderbolt ports, HDMI output, and NFC capabilities for future smartphone integration. Allison shared her positive first impressions after seeing the device, while Robert and David discussed the device’s potential impact on the Windows-based note-taker market. To download a text-based summary of the podcast, click Here
YouTube encerra gambiarra para ver vídeos em segundo plano de graça; rumor. 'iFood perderá posição de número 1 no Brasil', diz especialista chinês ao TecMundo. Realme Neo 8: novo celular traz hardware de ponta, bateria grande e LEDs na traseira. PlayStation 4 Slim portátil? Console transformado viraliza e OpenClaw, Clawdbot, Moltbot são a mesma coisa? Entenda as diferenças entre as IAs.
Make a Logo on Fiverr Samsung made a bold statement at CES 2026, filling its activation booth with forward-looking tech that blends AI, display innovation, mobile evolution and smart living into one connected ecosystem. From Bespoke appliances to a tri-fold phone and micro RGB display breakthroughs, Samsung's presence showed how it plans to shape the year ahead. Micro RGB: Redefining Picture Quality Samsung's new micro RGB display technology was one of the most impressive visual demos on the floor. Using micro-sized red, green and blue lighting elements as a backlight with precision local dimming, the display delivers ultra-detailed, true-to-life color. An onboard AI engine fine-tunes each pixel for vivid visuals and enhanced color accuracy. The result is a display that feels incredibly bright and immersive — equally suited to replacing your living room TV or powering a high-end creative workspace. Transparent Micro LED: Screens That Blend with Reality Samsung also showcased its transparent micro LED technology, offering enhanced brightness and visibility while still allowing you to see through the panel. The clarity rivals OLED while expanding the light transmission area, opening the door to creative applications. Imagine a living room display that doubles as digital artwork, a virtual aquarium, or a dynamic music visualizer. For retail and business, the technology transforms storefront windows into immersive 3D-style showcases that grab attention instantly. Galaxy Z Fold 7, Flip 7 and the Tri-Fold Phone On the mobile side, Samsung continues refining its Galaxy Z lineup. The Galaxy Z Fold 7 builds on the book-style foldable design, while the Galaxy Z Flip 7 delivers a compact clamshell form factor that expands into a full-size smartphone. But the headline device is the tri-fold phone. With dual hinges and a 10-inch display when fully opened, it collapses down to an impressively thin profile at just 3.9mm. With up to 16GB of RAM, 512GB of storage and 1600 nits of brightness, the tri-fold phone feels like a tablet and smartphone hybrid built for serious multitasking. Bespoke AI and Intelligent Appliances Samsung's Bespoke lineup continues to expand with AI-powered home solutions. The Bespoke AI AirDresser refreshes clothing, reduces wrinkles and even allows scent enhancement for a fresh feel. Intelligent washer-dryer combos use advanced sensors to detect load size, fabric type, soil level and detergent needs, optimizing each cycle automatically. The connected refrigerator takes it further by tracking food inventory, suggesting recipes based on what's inside, and even communicating with your oven to streamline meal prep. It's a smart home ecosystem designed to reduce friction in everyday tasks. AI Beauty and Wellness Samsung also highlighted AI-driven beauty and wellness technology. A personalized red light mask analyzes skin conditions and adjusts treatments to support elasticity, improve skin tone and enhance overall skincare routines. It's another example of Samsung pushing AI beyond screens and into personal care. Spatial 3D Signage and Business Displays The spatial 3D signage system delivers glasses-free 3D effects designed for storefronts and product showcases. Businesses can create immersive displays for perfumes, jewelry or menu boards that appear layered and dynamic, capturing attention in high-traffic environments. Odyssey 3D Gaming in 6K Gamers get a serious upgrade with the Odyssey 3D monitor, now pushing 6K resolution. The glasses-free 3D effect creates layered depth in gameplay, enhancing immersion without requiring additional hardware. It's a glimpse at how gaming displays may evolve in the coming years. The Frame and Frame Pro Samsung's Frame TV lineup continues to merge art and technology. The Frame Pro adds wireless One Connect support and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity while maintaining its gallery-style aesthetic. When not streaming content, the display showcases artwork with reflection control and clarity that mimics a framed print. From micro RGB displays and transparent micro LED panels to Bespoke smart appliances and a tri-fold Galaxy 7, Samsung's CES 2026 showcase made one thing clear: innovation is happening across every category. Whether it's entertainment, smart living or mobile computing, Samsung is continuing to expand what connected technology can do. Official Website Check out the Geekazine Merch, including "I AM AI " T-Shirt. Thanks for reading! Don't forget to subscribe to Geekazine: RSS Feed - YouTubeTwitter - Facebook Tip Me via Paypal.me Send a Tip via Venmo RSS Bandwidth by Cachefly Get a 14 Day Trial Be a Patreon: Part of the Sconnie Geek Nation! 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Taiwan emitiu um mandado de prisão contra Pete Lau, CEO da OnePlus, em um caso que envolve acusações de contratação ilegal de engenheiros. No Brasil, o Banco do Brasil confirmou planos para lançar sua própria operadora de celular ainda neste ano, ampliando a presença do banco no setor de telecomunicações. Ao mesmo tempo, o Google anunciou um novo recurso do Android capaz de indicar se o smartphone foi hackeado, reforçando a proteção dos usuários diante do crescimento de golpes digitais. Para completar, uma investigação revelou extensões falsas de VPN que esconderam vírus e roubaram dados de 840 mil usuários, enquanto o governo confirmou o vazamento de 9 milhões de CPFs em Pernambuco, reacendendo o debate sobre privacidade e proteção de dados no país.
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Samsung announced the Galaxy Z TriFold, its first multi-folding smartphone, launching December 12 in South Korea and expanding to additional markets including China, Taiwan, Singapore, the UAE, and the US in early 2026. The device features a 10-inch display, two inward-folding hinges, 16GB of memory, 512GB of storage, and the largest battery capacity among Samsung foldables, with super-fast charging. Samsung is releasing the TriFold in limited volume to test durability, hinge design, and software performance, while collecting user feedback. The launch comes amid increased competition from Chinese brands such as Huawei and Honor, who have advanced their own foldable devices, and as Apple is expected to enter the foldable market in 2026.Learn more on this news by visiting us at: https://greyjournal.net/news/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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On this episode of The MacRumors Show, we talk through Apple's all-new M5 chip and the three updated devices it announced containing it this week. Apple this week announced the M5 chip, featuring improved performance and efficiency with a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU. Apple says the M5 chip offers up to 15% faster CPU performance and up to 45% faster graphics, compared to the M4 chip. It also contains a next-generation GPU architecture optimized for AI tasks, Neural Accelerators for each core, a third-generation ray-tracing engine, enhanced shader cores, and second-generation dynamic caching. There is also a faster 16-core Neural Engine. It has memory bandwidth of 153GB/s and supports up to 32GB of unified memory. The M5 chip comes to the entry-level MacBook Pro, delivering improved performance. It can also now be configured with up to 4TB of storage. The iPad Pro also gains the M5 chip, along with Apple's N1 chip, a new custom-designed wireless networking chip that provides Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread. Cellular versions of the new iPad Pro feature Apple's C1X modem, which allows up to 50% faster cellular data performance than its predecessor, with much greater efficiency. The new iPad Pro adds the ability to drive external displays at up to 120Hz and now supports Adaptive Sync. The 256GB and 512GB models now start with 12GB of unified memory. The M5 chip is also a key part of a notable update to the Vision Pro. The headset now renders 10% more pixels, can ramp up to a 120Hz refresh rate, and offers three hours of battery life. A new Dual Knit Band feature two straps knitted into a single piece, providing a more comfortable fit. The lower strap has tungsten inserts that provide a counterweight. Apple is also now selling the Logitech Muse spatial stylus for the Vision Pro, and it will begin selling the PlayStation VR2 Sense controller starting next month. Apple's new devices are now available to pre-order, with launch on Wednesday, October 22. This episode is sponsored by Shopify — Sign up for your $1-per-month trial and start selling today at shopify.com/mac.
Tem um novo golpe digital, o ClickFix, que faz a gente se hackear sozinho, então, parado, hein! No mundo dos apps, o WhatsApp vai permitir que você reserve seu nome de usuário favorito. Já a Samsung desistiu de lançar o Galaxy S26 Edge, por causa de baixa demanda de vendas. Para as IAs, o Google liberou o Veo 3.1, uma versão melhorada da sua IA de vídeos, prometendo mais qualidade. E para fechar com chave de ouro, veja a reação emocionante de um professor que ganhou um PS5 de presente dos alunos! Vem com a gente que aqui damos notícias de tecnologia 24h!
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It's time for episode 437 of the Mobile Tech Podcast with guest and tech journalist Sean Riley -- brought to you by Mint Mobile. In today's show, we compare Apple's MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, go down laptop memory lane, and wax poetic about our first computers. We also discuss tri-fold phones, including Tecno's Ultimate G Fold concept, then dive into news, leaks, and rumors from Google, Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus, Oppo, Hasselblad, Nothing, and T-Mobile.Episode Links- Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tnkgrl- Donate / buy me a coffee (PayPal): https://tnkgrl.com/tnkgrl/- Support the podcast with Mint Mobile: https://mintmobile.com/mobiletech- Sean Riley: https://www.threads.com/@rileyseanm- Apple MacBook Air vs. MacBook Pro: https://www.laptopmag.com/laptops/macbooks/macbook-air-vs-macbook-pro-2025- OQO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OQO- Averatec 1050: https://www.pocket-lint.com/laptops/reviews/intel/68461-averatec-1050-laptop-notebook-hardware/- Voodoo Envy 133: https://www.anandtech.com/show/2547/2- Google Pixel 10 colors leak: https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_10_pro_fold_will_have_some_interesting_color_choices-news-68738.php- Google Pixel 10 lineup leaks: https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_10_series_design_play_store_banner-news-68744.php- Samsung Galaxy S26 Edge rumors: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s26_edge_to_fix_its_predecessors_main_issue_while_being_even_thinner-news-68740.php- Samsung Galaxy tri-fold chipset leaks: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_z_trifolds_chipset_revealed-news-68677.php- Huawei Mate XT 2 tri-fold details leak: https://www.gsmarena.com/here_are_all_the_upgrades_in_the_upcoming_huawei_mate_xt_2-news-68672.php- Tecno Ultimate G Fold tri-fold concept: https://www.gsmarena.com/tecnos_phantom_ultimate_g_fold_trifoldable_concept_folds_inwards_to_protect_the_display-news-68648.php- OnePlus 15 launching in China in Oct: https://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_15_and_oneplus_ace_6_now_rumored_to_launch_together_heres_when-news-68720.php- OnePlus charging cable: https://www.gsmarena.com/this_new_oneplus_cable_charges_your_phone_and_your_smartwatch_at_the_same_time-news-68659.php- Oppo and Hasselblad extend partnership: https://www.gsmarena.com/oppo_and_hasselblad_extend_partnership_will_develop_new_imaging_system_-news-68667.php- Nothing CMF Watch 3 Pro: https://www.gsmarena.com/cmf_watch_3_pro_launches_with_bigger_143_screen_longer_battery_life_and_higher_price_tag-news-68721.php- T-Mobile's satellite service available to all: https://www.gsmarena.com/tmobiles_tsatellite_service_is_now_available_to_everyone-news-68742.phpAffiliate Links (If you use these links to buy something, we might earn a commission)- Apple MacBook Air M4 (16/512GB): https://amzn.to/45lXig1- Apple MacBook Pro M4 (16/512GB): https://amzn.to/453aAg7- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: https://amzn.to/3IGlReM- Nothing CMF Watch 3 Pro: https://amzn.to/4oeiAnu
This week on NPC, lots of follow up about microSD Express cards, the Switch 2 Dock, XR glasses and the dbrand Killswitch, plus Retroid's second screen accessory, Windows handhelds, a new eGPU, and more. Also available on YouTube here. Links and Show Notes The Latest Portable Gaming News Follow Up Follow up on microSD Express cards 1TB microSD Express from Lexar briefly showed up on Amazon for $184 but sold out now - much less than we expected. Meanwhile SanDisk's 512GB card is showing August shipping dates on Amazon Switch 2 Dock Follow up Nintendo Switch 2 Travel Dock by CAD_is_my_Bane Download free STL model Printables.com I tested every 3rd party Nintendo Switch 2 dock so you don't have to - Mono Confirmed Nintendo's Switch 2 can work with existing docks and webcams after replacing their firmware The Verge XR Glasses and the Switch 2 Hagibis 8K 60Hz USB-C to HDMI 2.1 Cable PeakDo 4K HDMI To USB-C Adapter dbrand Killswitch followup dbrand has fixed their Switch 2 Joy-Con grips Do you have this yet Brendon? Retroid 2nd Screen Accessory Retroid Shows Off 3DS Emulation with Dual Screen Add-On Retroid Dual Screen Add-on Demo - YouTube Handheld News Miyoo Mini Flip Announced MSI Claw A8 with Ryzen Z2 Extreme tested performance rival for Lunar Lake - VideoCardz.com Xbox ASUS ROG Ally / Ally X Prices Leaked - $700 / $1050 Thunderbolt 5 eGPU [ONEXGPU Lite eGPU with Thunderbolt 5 is on the way](https://lilipu ting.com/onexgpu-lite-thunderbolt–5-egpu-is-on-the-way/) An Epilogue Update RetroAchievements and SNES later this year From the epilogue community on Reddit Subscribe to NPC XL NPC XL is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5/month. Each week on NPC XL, Federico, Brendon, and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the “regular” NPC episodes. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/c/NextPortableConsole Leave Feedback for John, Federico, and Brendon NPC Feedback Form Credits Show Art: Brendon Bigley Music: Will LaPorte Follow Us Online On the Web MacStories.net Wavelengths.online Follow us on Mastodon NPC Federico John Brendon Follow us on Bluesky NPC MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Brendon Bigley Affiliate Linking Policy
On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we unpack Apple's announcement of the all-new iPhone 16e. The iPhone 16e is the newest member of the iPhone lineup, offering a massive upgrade over the now-discontinued third-generation iPhone SE. It features a 6.1-inch OLED display with a notch for Face ID, a Ceramic Shield front cover, a USB-C port, and an Action button, and much more. It is powered by an A18 chip, enabling support for Apple Intelligence features, such as notification summaries and Genmoji for creating custom emoji. It also supports Visual Intelligence. In the iPhone 16e, the A18 chip has a 6-core CPU and a 16-core Neural Engine, but a binned 4-core GPU, making it slightly less powerful than the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus. It also has IP68-rated water resistance, Wi-Fi 6, and Bluetooth 5.3. The device is equipped with an Apple-designed 5G modem called the C1, whereas other iPhones have a Qualcomm modem. Apple says its own modem is so power efficient that the iPhone 16e offers the longest battery life of any 6.1-inch iPhone model ever at up to 26 hours. On the back of the iPhone 16e is a single 48-megapixel Fusion camera, which provides a 2x "optical-quality" Telephoto option, according to Apple. On the front, there is a 12-megapixel camera with autofocus. The device does not have the Camera Control button that was introduced across the rest of the iPhone 16 lineup last year. It also lacks MagSafe. iPhone 16e supports Apple's satellite features. When outside of cellular and Wi-Fi coverage, the iPhone 16e supports Emergency SOS, Roadside Assistance, Messages, and Find My via satellite. The device is available in white or black, and with 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB storage capacities. In the U.S., pricing starts at $599. We talk through how the iPhone 16e compares to the iPhone 15 and iPhone 16, which sit at $699 and $799, respectively. We also contemplate what the discontinuation of the iPhone SE line means for the Apple Watch SE later this year. Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get $5 off off your Starter Pack (that's over 40% off) with promo code MAC at shopmando.com! #mandopod #ad