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macOS Sonoma drops support for another wide swath of Intel Macs
As the last Intel Mac is finally replaced, software support is gradually fading.
iOS and iPadOS 17 drop support for iPhone X, first iPad Pros, and other old devices
You'll need a device made within the last five years to get new features.
Apple reveals Vision Pro, available for $3,499 “early next year”
New visionOS, R1 chip power "the first Apple product you look through, not at."
Apple is adding adaptive audio to AirPods Pro
Automatic switching from iPhone to Mac is supposed to get faster, too.
watchOS 10 brings widgets and new corner icons to Apple’s wearable
It will be one of the more notable recent watchOS updates.
Homo naledi were burying their dead at least 100,000 years before humans
Lee Berger: "We feel [this meets] the litmus test of the most ancient human burials."
macOS Sonoma adds Game Mode, a new design for desktop widgets, and more
Widgets are coming back, among other iterative improvements.
Apple’s iOS 17 adds better autocorrect, journaling, clock-like StandBy, and more
iPadOS 17 adds similar features, plus the iOS 16 lock screen and new widgets.
This is the new Apple Silicon Mac Pro
Apple completes its silicon transition with its new desktop tower.
As rumored, the Mac Studio gets an M2 refresh, including fused-together M2 Ultra
The Studio shares its most powerful chip with the new Mac Pro.
Liveblog: All the news from Apple’s WWDC 2023 keynote
Get your updates about iOS, macOS, and more right here.
Twitter US ad sales plunged 59% and internal forecasts are grim, NYT reports
NYT: Twitter "has regularly fallen short of its US weekly sales projections."
New DirectX 12-to-Metal translation could bring a world of Windows games to macOS
CrossOver announces early, case-by-case support for Windows' current gaming API.
Here’s what happens when you send a NASCAR stock car to Le Mans
Fears that the big V8-powered stock car would be slow proved very ill-founded.
Sony chief warns technical problems persist for cloud gaming
Promise of technology remains unfulfilled after more than a decade of development.
Blatant tech frauds run amok on the biggest online marketplaces
If I can spot a fake SSD, why can't Walmart?
A shocking number of birds are in trouble
We know better than ever how to help endangered birds, with notable conservation successes.
More than 400 Grail patients incorrectly told they may have cancer
Life assurance customers pause review relationship with early-detection biotech.
They plugged GPT-4 into Minecraft—and unearthed new potential for AI
A bot plays the video game by tapping the text generator to pick up new skills.
Pandemic lessons: More health workers, less faxing—an Ars Frontiers recap
Amid science and tech triumphs, basic infrastructure problems hurt COVID responses.
Google’s Android and Chrome extensions are a very sad place. Here’s why
It was a bad week for millions of people who rely on Google for apps and Chrome extensions.
Some Google Pixel Watches are falling apart [Updated]
Several users report the back of the Pixel Watch just falls off after a short time.
YouTube now allows videos that falsely claim Trump won 2020 election
YouTube says ban spurred by Trump's election lies may "curtail political speech."
The real culprit behind the 1871 vandalism of the Paleozoic Museum in Central Park
A gripping tale of 19th century science, art, politics, thuggery—even a bit of bigamy.
To keep Starliner flying, Boeing must make some hard choices
"I think if they look back on it, they wouldn't do it again."
Audi is entering F1 in 2026—its head of technology tells us why
Expect F1-derived technology to appear on Audi's next performance plug-in hybrids.
Google Wallet for Android now supports digital IDs
The state-by-state rollout is still a huge mess, but Android is ready, at least.
Woman with untreated TB finally in custody—held in “negative pressure” room
She is being held in a jail room specially equipped for isolation and treatment.
No groundwater, no new homes, as Arizona severely restricts new housing
Cities, developers will have to turn to costly sources to build new homes.
MS Paint gets its long-promised dark mode, along with other improvements
Paint app also picks up more granular zoom controls, new Settings page.
CEO: Raspberry Pi stock to hit 1M units monthly, starting in July
Sony's helping by stockpiling Pi's non-silicon parts.
Oppo Find N2 review: Beautiful hardware that Android just can’t deal with
Square-screened Android devices don't play well with the app ecosystem.
Rocket Report: SpaceX pushing ahead on Starbase, North Korea launch failure
“The world is putting objects into space quicker than they are being removed."
Dealmaster: Discounts on games, toys, laptops, and more
Savings on laptops, games, and toys to keep you entertained this summer.
A bigger battery and three rows of seats for US-market VW ID Buzz
Everyone's favorite EV minivan goes on sale in North America in 2024.
Boeing finds two serious problems with Starliner just weeks before launch
"Safety is always our top priority, and that drives this decision."
Motorola makes its 4th-gen foldable, the Moto Razr+, official
And a second low-end model promises to be the cheapest foldable on the market.
Dangerous brain abscesses spiked in US kids as COVID restrictions dropped
Cases are on the decline, but still above baseline rates.
NASA panel: No convincing evidence for extraterrestrial life connected with UAPs
Amid ambiguity and poor data, "We don't know exactly what we're looking for."
Pentagon buying Starlink dishes for Ukraine after funding dispute with SpaceX
DoD confirms deal months after Musk said he'd "keep funding Ukraine for free."
Google Assistant kills off support for third-party note apps
The Google Assistant continues to circle the drain, with yet another feature loss.
Meta beats Apple to the mixed-reality punch with $499 Quest 3 coming this fall
Quest 2's starting price is also going back down to $299.
FTC: Amazon/Ring workers illegally spied on users of home security cameras
Amazon agrees to Ring and Alexa settlements but didn't admit violating any laws.
Kremlin says NSA and Apple are behind “clickless” exploits hitting Kaspersky iPhones
"Operation Triangulation" stole mic recordings, photos, geolocation, and more.
Asus will offer local ChatGPT-style AI servers for office use
"AFS Appliance" will avoid the cloud and place an AI language model on premises.
Apple reportedly prepping a pair of high-end Mac desktops ahead of WWDC
A new Mac Studio is more likely than the long-awaited Apple Silicon Mac Pro.
Players replace Tears of the Kingdom’s patched-out item-dupe glitches
Please, Nintendo, just leave them alone this time.
Researchers get primate embryos to start organ development in culture dishes
The start of organ development can help us understand human developmental problems.
Toyota to build electric 3-row SUV in Kentucky, batteries in N. Carolina
After ignoring EVs for too long, Toyota now spending billions to build them here.
The Atlantic hurricane season has begun: What we know and what we don’t
A little bit of preparation now will go a long way when a storm threatens.
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