iOS 26’s new Messages feature has political fundraisers freaking out - 9to5Mac
iOS 26 adds a new filtering system to the Messages app that tucks away messages from “Unknown Senders” into a...
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iPhone 17 development device spotted in the wild
A social media user spotted what was clearly a development iPhone in a thick black case that obscures the upcoming camera bar expected in the iPhone 17 models.
Does alleged iPhone 17 Pro leak show second Camera Control? - 9to5Mac
Yesterday we learned about three new potential iPhone 17 Pro camera features. Today a test unit was possibly spotted in...
Tyler the Creator's No. 1 album overshadowed by 40-second AI-generated clip
Tyler, the Creator has the top album in the country. The hook people are humming has nothing to do with it.
The High-Schoolers Who Just Beat the World’s Smartest AI Models
Google DeepMind and OpenAI won gold medals at the math Olympics—but these American teenagers still got higher scores. Will this be the last time humans outperform AI?
Y2K38 bug? Debian switching to 64-bit time for everything
: We say everything... just not the oldest hardware. Unix Epochalypse less than 13 years away
20 national security experts urge Trump administration to restrict Nvidia H20 sales to China
The letter states that allowing sales of the H20 AI chip to China could hurt the U.S.'s AI "edge" and further chip bottlenecks in the U.S.
What content strategy looks like in the age of AI
Forward-looking content strategy needs to take into account both humans and machines.
Rumor: iPhone 17 Pro could have three unexpected camera upgrades - 9to5Mac
We’re probably about six weeks away from Apple announcing the iPhone 17 Pro. Much of what we expect to see...
Itch.io is the latest marketplace to crack down on adult games | TechCrunch
Indie video game marketplace Itch.io announced this week that it has "deindexed" adult and not-safe-for-work games, removing them from its browse and search pages.
Last Week on My Mac: 🦉 No AI content
Dire warnings of the consequences of Google’s answer engine resulting in over-exploitation of the web and its exhaustion. It’s time to stand up and declare what’s written by a hum…
DOGE builds AI tool to cut 50 percent of federal regulations
The U.S. DOGE Service is using a new AI tool to eliminate federal regulations, aiming to cut 50 percent of rules by the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
ChatGPT Gave Instructions for Murder, Self-Mutilation, and Devil Worship
OpenAI’s chatbot also said “Hail Satan.”
People in the UK now have to take an age verification selfie to watch porn online
The UK will start checking compliance with its Online Safety Act, which requires strict age verification before users can access pornographic sites.
People in the UK now have to take an age verification selfie to watch porn online
The UK will start checking compliance with its Online Safety Act, which requires strict age verification before users can access pornographic sites.
Gwyneth Paltrow is the new face of a kiss-cam tech scandal
Two execs went viral for the wrong reasons. So the company did what any startup would: call in Gwyneth Paltrow
Experimental surgery performed by AI-driven surgical robot
In experimental surgery on pig organs, the robot performed well.
SF-Based Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean? | KQED
The Internet Archive, thanks to its designation by California Sen. Alex Padilla, joins a network of over 1,100 libraries that make government documents accessible to the public.
Does iPadOS 26 steer the iPad in the wrong direction?
My longtime colleague Harry McCracken has a new piece about the future of the iPad at Fast Company that is definitely worth your consideration: As someone who’s used an iPad as my main computer for…
iPadOS 26 is way more Mac-like. Where does that lead?
Apple’s tablet is getting more powerful. But it’s also adopting decades of interface clutter it once avoided.
Blender confirms iPad Pro app with full touch and Pencil support - 9to5Mac
Blender, the widely used open-source 3D suite, is getting a tablet-first redesign, starting with full support for the iPad Pro.
The Good, The Bad, And The Incredibly Stupid In Trump’s AI Action Plan
We’ve spent years documenting the challenges of crafting sensible AI policy, from Biden’s misguided plan, to various state-level attempts at regulation. Now Trump’s AI Action Plan…
Source: Yann LeCun will continue to work at Meta as chief scientist of the AI research group FAIR and will report to Alexandr Wang
By Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.
DJI couldn’t confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban
You can now buy a drone that’s a a dead ringer for the DJI Mini 4 Pro — the SkyRover X1 — on Amazon. And that’s probably because DJI made it happen.
Perplexity for Mac now supports MCP, and you should check it out - 9to5Mac
The Perplexity app for macOS is getting even more useful, thanks to the addition of MCP support. Here’s what that means.
A look at Tea, a woman-only safety app with 4M users that lets users anonymously assign red or green flags to local men, as it goes viral with 900K new signups
By Angela Yang / NBC News. View the full context on Techmeme.
First Look: macOS Tahoe Public Beta
For many years, Apple’s annual operating-system cycle seemed to be all about the iPhone, with the occasional bone thrown to the Mac or iPad. But Apple’s latest operating-system releases…
Blender is building a full-featured iPad app, but it's not clear when it will be released
Blender is working on a native iPad version of its popular 3D creation suite, with the goal of delivering a complete multitouch experience tailored to artists who rely on tablets.
Apple notifies developers of new App Store age rating system - 9to5Mac
Apple is notifying developers about automatic changes to the age rating of their apps and games, as it introduces more granular tiers.
Trump’s Big, Beautiful L.L.M.
It’s a big win for the so-called “accelerationists” in the industry. Among its key pillars, the plan calls for the U.S. to establish a “dynamic, ‘try-first’ culture for A.I. across American industry,” especially in “critical” sectors, such as healthcare, and for A.I. to be adopted across all federal agencies, particularly the Department of Defense, which recently signed separate $200 million defense contracts with xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. To support all that growth, the plan calls for a stronger electric grid, more U.S.-made semiconductor chips, and higher security standards for data centers. The streamlining of the permitting process, alongside the allocation of federal lands for data centers, was cemented in one of the three executive orders Trump signed last night. (Another order relates to the export of A.I. technology to allies.)
It’s a big win for the so-called “accelerationists” in the industry. Among its key pillars, the plan calls for the U.S. to establish a “dynamic, ‘try-first’ culture for A.I. across American industry,” especially in “critical” sectors, such as healthcare, and for A.I. to be adopted across all federal agencies, particularly the Department of Defense, which recently signed separate $200 million defense contracts with xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. To support all that growth, the plan calls for a stronger electric grid, more U.S.-made semiconductor chips, and higher security standards for data centers. The streamlining of the permitting process, alongside the allocation of federal lands for data centers, was cemented in one of the three executive orders Trump signed last night. (Another order relates to the export of A.I. technology to allies.)