9to5 Mac

• On Prime Day, grab Narwal’s smart home vacuums at their lowest ever prices
  July 9, 2025 by Sponsored Post
  Narwal is the global leader in smart home vacuums, and its well-considered range means there’s a perfect model for every home. Amazon Prime Day isn’t just offering discounts on the complete line-up, but the lowest prices ever seen on the company’s robot cleaners and smart cordless vacuum. more…
• Review: BenQ GP520 unlocks Vision Pro movie night vibes for Apple TV 4K, gaming, more
  July 8, 2025 by Zac Hall
  I’ve tested a few BenQ products lately. My favorite has been their and a more affordable price. The most fun? A new category for me: projectors. The GP520 4K HDR model BenQ loaned me to test alleviated my concerns about the practicality of a projector instead of a TV. more…
• Apple just patented a trackball Apple Pencil that works on almost any surface
  July 8, 2025 by Marcus Mendes
  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office just granted Apple U.S. Patent No. 12,353,649, suggesting the company is thinking well beyond the iPad when it comes to the future of the Apple Pencil. Here are the details. more…
• Tim Cook has a new deputy but Apple’s next CEO is probably still someone else
  July 8, 2025 by Zac Hall
  Jeff Williams, often considered Tim Cook’s successor, is leaving Apple. Sabih Khan, a 30-year veteran of the company, is Apple’s next chief operating officer. Does Khan taking Cook’s old job make him CEO-designate? Jeff Williams retiring certainly clears the path for Khan to climb up the succession planning ladder. However, I would wager that Apple’s […]
• Context is a native macOS app that was almost entirely written by AI
  July 8, 2025 by Marcus Mendes
  Like many image and video AI tools, which have (mostly) stopped creating people with six fingers, AI coding tools have also been making great strides. Case in point: developer Indragie Karunaratne just shipped Context, a native macOS app that was 95% built by Anthropic’s Claude Code. more…

Macworld

• Live Prime Day deal tracker: The best discounts on Apple products & accessories
  July 9, 2025
  Macworld Prime Day runs this Tuesday to Friday, but the very best Apple deals won’t hang around for long, and new deals will pop up throughout the event. Macworld editors are keeping tabs on the best picks at Amazon and alternative retailers, making sure you don’t miss the top bargains, or inadvertently purchase a dud. […]
• Best Apple Prime Day deals: Huge discounts on Macs, iPads, AirPods & more!
  July 9, 2025
  Macworld Summer isn’t just about beaches, pools, and baseball. It’s also time for Prime Day, and Amazon’s big annual sale is even bigger this year, running a whopping four days, from today until midnight on Friday, July 11. If you want to buy an Apple device, Prime Day is a great time to do so […]
• Apple COO Jeff Williams set to retire later this year
  July 8, 2025
  Macworld Apple has announced an upcoming transition to its senior leadership team. Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams will retire late this year. His duties as COO will transition later this month to Sabih Khan, who is currently the senior vice president of Operations. Khan has been with Apple since 1995, joining the company three years […]
• The iPhone 17 Air will reportedly feature an all-new blue color
  July 8, 2025
  Macworld According to prolific leaker Fixed Focus Digital on Weibo, Apple’s super-slim iPhone 17 Air will debut with a new custom color Apple has never used before. Similar to Sierra Blue from the iPhone 13 Pro (above), it is said to be a very light pale blue. In the right lighting, the report claims it […]
• Best Mac Keyboards 2025: Find the perfect keyboard
  July 8, 2025
  Macworld Whether you’re a Mac desktop or MacBook owner, there’s nothing quite like finding that keyboard that fits perfectly within your setup. A keyboard, just as with picking the best mice for Mac, is a very personal choice. After all, you’re likely to be pressing its various keys and twirling its dials for hours each […]

Technology

• Marco Rubio Impersonation Under State Dept. Investigation
  July 9, 2025 by Edward Wong
  A person or people imitating the secretary of state used artificial intelligence to send text and voice messages to foreign diplomats and U.S. officials, the department said in a cable to employees.
• Grok, Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot, Shares Antisemitic Posts on X
  July 9, 2025 by Kate Conger
  The artificial intelligence chatbot, which has a dedicated account on X, praised Hitler after fielding a query about a user’s comments on the Texas flood.
• Jeff Williams, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, Is Retiring After 27 Years
  July 8, 2025 by Tripp Mickle
  Mr. Williams was long considered a leading candidate to replace Tim Cook as the company’s next chief executive.
• Your Job Interviewer Is Not a Person. It’s A.I.
  July 8, 2025 by Natallie Rocha
  You thought artificial intelligence was coming for your job? First, it’s coming for your job interviewer.
• OpenAI and Microsoft Bankroll New A.I. Training for Teachers
  July 8, 2025 by Natasha Singer
  The American Federation of Teachers said it would use the $23 million, including $500,000 from the A.I. start-up Anthropic, to create a national training center.

Personal Tech

• How to Organize Your E-Books on Kindle, Apple and Google and Nook
  July 2, 2025 by J. D. Biersdorfer
  If the e-book app on your phone or tablet is overflowing and full of outdated files, use these tools to tidy it up.
• Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
  June 17, 2025 by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton
  Either way, let’s not be in denial about it.
• Nintendo Switch 2 Review: Bigger and Better, for a Higher Price
  June 13, 2025 by Brian X. Chen
  The hardware improvements in the new $450 Nintendo will make this an automatic upgrade for fans of the two-in-one console.
• Bill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 74
  June 9, 2025 by John Markoff
  A designer for Apple, he created software that made it possible to display shapes, images and text on the screen and present a simulated “desktop.”
• How to Research and Plan a Vacation, Right on Your Phone
  June 4, 2025 by J. D. Biersdorfer
  Google Maps and Apple’s Maps app offer location-based directories and other tools for finding new places to explore, before or after you hit the road.