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Nintendo Switch 2: The Ars Technica review
When Nintendo launched the Switch in 2017, the sheer novelty of the new hardware brought the company a lot of renewed attention. After the market disaster of the Wii U's homebound "second screen" tablet, Nintendo exploited advances in system-on-a-chip miniaturization...
AirPods Pro 3 now rumored to launch in 2026
An analyst with a middling track record has planted his flag on a release year for AirPods Pro third generation, with a prediction of a 2026 release. Following WWDC, there was hope that Apple was intending to bring out an update to the AirPods Pro in the future. If an...
Apple’s Passwords App Gains Version History Feature
Apple's Passwords app is getting a handy new feature in iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe that should eliminate a particularly frustrating password management scenario. The Passwords app now saves complete version history for stored logins that have been changed, which could be...
iPadOS 26 graphing tool gets an upgrade adding interactive 3D
Math fans can now spin, zoom, and explore complex equations in full 3D right on their iPad with iPadOS 26. Here's what it looks like. With iPadOS 26, Apple is introducing interactive 3D graphing in Math Notes, making it easy to turn multivariable equations into...
Apple quietly fixed an iPhone zero-day flaw used against journalists – 9to5Mac
Today, Apple confirmed (via TechCrunch) that a zero-day flaw used to deploy mercenary spyware onto journalists’ iPhones was quietly patched earlier this year, with the iOS 18.3.1 update. The flaw, disclosed today in an updated security advisory, was exploited by...
Apple TV+ ‘All of You’ starring Brett Goldstein, gets a premiere date – 9to5Mac
Apple TV+ has officially set a release date for All of You, its upcoming romantic drama starring and co-written by Ted Lasso breakout Brett Goldstein, who also recently appeared in Season 2 of the Apple TV+ hit Shrinking. Here’s when you can watch it. According to a...
Custom ringtones are now slightly easier to add in iOS 26
Apple is making it easier for iPhone owners to add their own custom ringtones, but the change in iOS 26 is only a slight improvement versus iOS 18. Adding ringtones to the iPhone is almost always an investment in time or money. Apple really wants its users to buy new...
Stolen iPhones disabled by Apple’s anti-theft tech after Los Angeles looting
As protests against federal immigration enforcement swept through downtown Los Angeles last week, a wave of looting left several major retailers, including Apple, T-Mobile, and Adidas, counting the cost of smashed windows and stolen goods. Yet for those who made off...
Friidrott: Armand Duplantis slår världsrekord på hemmaplan
Armand ”Mondo” Duplantis lyckades med sin högsta önskan. Superstjärnan satte nytt världsrekord i Diamond League-galan på Stockholms stadion under söndagen. Det nya rekordet lyder 6,28. Källa: Friidrott: Armand Duplantis slår världsrekord på hemmaplan
iOS 26: Apple finally solved one of the biggest passkey headaches – 9to5Mac
Apple’s next round of OS updates will introduce a long-overdue feature for anyone trying to live in a world without passwords: a seamless, secure way to export and import passkeys across platforms and apps. Here’s how it’s going to work. As noted by Ars Technica’s Dan...
The Most Extreme Voice on RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Committee
Robert Malone has a history of arguing against the data. He has called for an end to the use of mRNA vaccines for COVID despite the well-established fact that they reduce mortality and severe illness. He has promoted discredited COVID treatments such as ivermectin and...
macOS Tahoe brings a new disk image format
Disk images have been valuable tools marred by poor performance. In the wrong circumstances, an encrypted sparse image (UDSP) stored on the blazingly fast internal SSD of an Apple silicon Mac may write files no faster than 100 MB/s, typical for a cheap hard drive. One...