Ford finally pulls off the sub-$30K electric truck it promised years ago
Ford’s been teasing a genuinely affordable electric truck for what feels like forever, and after the initial few months, I stopped waiting for it, much less the less-than-$30,000 anticipated price. Turns out Ford didn’t just hit that target; it beat it. What’s even more interesting is that the truck finally has an official name to […]
New players are shaking up the memory industry, but even Apple can’t strong-arm the RAM crisis for your wallet
Apple can usually make suppliers bend the knee. It buys components in volumes few consumer technology brands can match and has built a supply chain that rivals spend decades trying to copy. However, that leverage has now run into a memory manufacturer willing to say no. Apple reportedly approached China’s CXMT as an additional DRAM […]
August 6, 2026 – Potential iPhone 18 Pro shortages, more
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Apple’s legal battles with Jon Prosser encounter new hurdles
Jon Prosser was sued by Apple over the alleged theft of pre-release information, saw a default ruling due to inaction, had that overturned, and is once again failing to provide discovery materials. There’s a reason this time. Life hasn’t been easy for Jon Prosser since a July 2025 lawsuit from Apple accused him and Michael […]
Apple continues to dominate premium smartphone market share
For smartphones selling at over $600, Apple owns 65% of that market and grew 9% year over year in the first half of 2026. However, Chinese brands are making a dent in local market share. Apple ships 23% of all smartphones sold globally and captures 49% of all profit. It’s a behemoth on its own, […]
OpenAI’s first gadget sounds like a tiny robot for your home
For months, reports have suggested that OpenAI’s first hardware product would be a screen-free smart speaker designed to act more like an AI companion. We already knew it could understand its surroundings, be carried around the home, and proactively help users. A new Bloomberg report now gives us a clearer picture of what the device […]
AI agents are part of your team now. Here’s how to secure all of them.
Presented by JumpCloud A practical framework for securing every identity in the modern workforce, human or not. Your organization already has a rigorous process for governing human identities. New employees go through onboarding. They get a role, a set of entitlements, and a named manager accountable for their access. When they leave, their credentials are […]
Apple TV offers free ‘Widow’s Bay’ AMC screenings
Fans of “Widow’s Bay” in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco can catch a free screening of the series’ final three episodes of the first season at select AMC theaters. “Widow’s Bay” made its debut in April, quickly becoming an Apple TV hit. The series has been praised for blending genuine […]
Qwen 3.8-Max and Claude Opus 5 show why raw benchmark scores don’t predict the bill
Alibaba released Qwen 3.8-Max this week and marketed the preview as second only to Claude Fable 5 (their launch-day table was more equivocal: the model leads on one of 12 coding-agent rows). But an independent harness came close to the opposite conclusion: a benchmark run, apparently using the Preview version, put Qwen 3.8-Max’s best effort […]
Apple releases security updates to macOS Tahoe, Sequoia, and Sonoma
Apple rolled out macOS Sonoma 14.8.9, macOS Sequoia 15.7.9, and macOS Tahoe 26.6.1 today, skipping developer and public betas altogether. Here are the details. Apple rolls out second round of macOS updates in 9 days Apple is rolling out point updates to three versions of macOS, all of which contain the following generic release notes: […]