After 16 years of insisting that touchscreens don’t belong on the Mac, Apple has changed its. On October 28, it introduced the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, which combines a touchscreen with a tandem OLED display and an iPhone-style Dynamic Island, in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes starting at $2899. It arrived a day after two quieter updates: a 14-inch
Apple has announced a redesigned iPad mini with an A20 Pro chip, a larger 8.5-inch OLED display, and a thinner, lighter, water-resistant body. Pre-orders opened on October 28, and the new model arrives in stores and on doorsteps starting November 6. It’s a much bigger change than the 2024 update, which left the design alone and swapped in an A17
On October 21, 2026, the PHP project released emergency updates for two critical security flaws. You may never have heard of PHP, but your website probably runs on it. PHP is the programming language behind WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, and a big chunk of the rest of the Web. It runs on the server, building each page before a visitor
On October 21, 2026, the PHP project released emergency updates for two critical security flaws. You may never have heard of PHP, but your website probably runs on it. PHP is the programming language behind WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, and a big chunk of the rest of the Web. It runs on the server, building each page before a visitor
Apple is reinvesting in the home in a big way. At its Welcome Home product launch on October 13, 2026, the company introduced the long-rumored HomeView—a touchscreen smart speaker for the whole family—alongside an updated HomePod mini and a next-generation Apple TV. Apple is also partnering with LG and Schneider Electric on a line of home automation products. Here are
Apple is reinvesting in the home in a big way. At its Welcome Home product launch on October 13, 2026, the company introduced the long-rumored HomeView—a touchscreen smart speaker for the whole family—alongside an updated HomePod mini and a next-generation Apple TV. Apple is also partnering with LG and Schneider Electric on a line of home automation products. Here are
Previous edition: Which Mac to Buy? — Updated November 2025 If you’re buying Macs for your business this year, what specs should you order? What’s the best computer for an office worker, architect, designer or marketer? Hopefully this article will help! This guide is written for businesses with managed fleets of Macs, not for students or individual home users. We
Apple’s annual September event delivered more than the usual annual iPhone and Apple Watch updates. Alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, new Apple CEO John Ternus led the unveiling of the iPhone Duo—Apple’s first foldable iPhone—the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 with new health-sensing and listening capabilities, and the AirPods 5 with Active Noise
In a move designed to clear the decks in advance of the company’s September 9th iPhone and Apple Watch unveiling, Apple has refreshed its compact desktop Mac lineup with new chips, faster connectivity, and—unsurprisingly given the ongoing memory shortage—higher prices. The Mac mini receives the new M6 chip and M5 Pro, while the Mac Studio gains the M5 Max and
Last month brought news of an unprecedented event in the evolution of AI. Several OpenAI models hacked a real company, not for malicious reasons, but because they decided that finding the test answers was more efficient than solving the problems themselves. This sounds like science fiction—it’s not far off the fictional Kobayashi Maru test in the Star Trek universe, where