Reboot: Downgrades, gaming, and opera house doodles
…In three days, Apple brought out a ton of new products, and the vast majority were the traditional spec-bump update. The phenomenon where Apple retains the same design and general specification…
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Sunday Reboot: The WWDC hangover and Siri AI blindspots
…As predicted by the rumor mill and countless reports in the weeks ahead, it certainly wasn't an event that shouted about many new features. Actually, that's not quite true. Apple…
Vibe Coding: Where it works and why doing it on an iPhone is a problem
…Replit was hit by Apple's strict rules, but it fixed things and started getting updated again. A timely example is Apple's handling of Replit, which saw updates to…
Apple distills Google Gemini into smaller chunks for on-iPhone AI processing
…The benefit is that the smaller model is cheaper to run, and could also use less powerful hardware too. That means models that could be created to work on devices like an…
Apple's Game Porting Toolkit 4 is a big improvement for modern game coders
…As Crossover gets updated to work with the new GPTK 4, the process will become much simpler in the future. Boosting older games When it comes to what you can actually get…
Sonos Play review: Sonos is back with the Goldilocks of portable speakers
…publicly announced the update and started rolling it out in waves to opt-in beta testers. At the same time, it has largely abstained from launching new hardware. Sonos did launch a…
Apple Vision Pro's biggest problem isn't addressed in visionOS 27, but progress is progress
…However, visionOS 27 proves that it is a platform Apple is interested in developing, even if new hardware is years away . There are some obvious problems, like the continued lack of converting…
United States FCC bans import of all new foreign-made consumer routers
…quot; Like any hardware, routers are shipped with firmware that may have vulnerabilities that need patching. Companies work to patch these as they are discovered by sending out updates. That hasn'…
Anthropic's Claude can control your Mac by pretending it's a human user
…Claude's latest update can take more control of your Mac - Image Credit: Anthropic The majority of activity with AI chatbots has revolved around queries and coding, with a little bit…
One fateful meeting in 2025 put Apple Intelligence and Siri on the right course
…The meeting was all about the crisis that was Apple Intelligence and the looming prospect of a delayed Siri update. Executives quickly realized the scale of the problem, and its impact on…