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While the tech world was busy obsessing over Liquid Glass, smarter Apple Intelligence features, and all the shiny new additions arriving with macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple quietly slipped in another announcement at WWDC 2026 that didn’t get nearly as much attention. Buried in the compatibility list was a simple but significant detail: Intel Macs are no longer supported. For millions of users, that’s just another software update requirement. For a passionate corner of the internet that has spent nearly two decades bending technology to its will, it’s something far bigger. It’s the end of the traditional Hackintosh era. If…
Getting AI to write emails or debug code is one thing. Getting it to convince people to part with their money is another matter entirely. According to a new report by The Washington Post, a new study from researchers at the University of Oxford and other institutions found that Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 outperformed professional human fundraisers when it came to persuading people to donate, raising fresh questions about the growing influence of AI. Claude beat human fundraisers, but there is an important catch The researchers pitted commercial AI models against experienced fundraisers working on behalf of the charity Save…
It’s been a little over a week since Apple’s WWDC keynote, and the iOS 27 beta is already out in the wild. While Apple spent plenty of time talking about its Gemini-powered Siri, the thing I was most excited about was getting the update onto my iPhone 16e and seeing what it was actually like to live with. I’ve been using the beta every day since then, and one thing has become pretty clear: not every new feature lived up to the hype for me. Some felt more interesting during the announcement than they do in everyday use, while others…
Apple buried dozens of small features in iOS 27, ones that didn’t get any mentions at WWDC 2026, but this one might be the most delightful discovery so far. If you call someone on their birthday with iOS 27 installed on your iPhone, it quietly displays a fireworks animation on the call screen. I tested this feature by setting my sister’s birthday to today, June 20, 2026, in a beta build of iOS 27, and it worked just fine. So how does the iOS 27 birthday call feature actually work? When you dial a saved contact on their birthday, a…
For most laptop displays, sunlight is the main antagonist. The brighter the day, the harder they work, and the more you start hunting for some shade. The Radiant Monitor 2 takes a different approach. Eazeye’s new portable monitor uses a 15.6-inch transflective LCD, which means it can use ambient light to improve visibility instead of fighting it entirely with a backlight. In bright conditions, the backlight can be turned off, dropping power consumption to around 3W. Sunlight becomes part of the display system rather than the thing ruining your screen. Sounds similar to a Kindle, but not entirely The concept…
Instacart’s AI shopping carts are moving into select Weis Markets stores in Pennsylvania, with more locations planned this year. On the surface, the Caper Cart upgrade sounds useful, since shoppers can see a running total, clip digital coupons, use loyalty rewards, weigh items, and pay from the cart. The privacy tension comes from the hardware needed to make that work. The carts include basket-facing cameras, outward-facing cameras, location-tracking systems, scales, touchscreens, and payment terminals, turning an ordinary grocery basket into a rolling sensor platform. Instacart frames Caper as a way to personalize the store, reduce out-of-stocks, lift sales, and add…
OpenAI is laying out a future where advanced AI reaches billions of people, not only the companies and governments racing to control it. Its latest plan centers on an AI for everyone, a personal AGI that would work as a deeply capable assistant for daily life, work, and discovery. The company calls this its third phase. After proving the technology could work and turning it into products used at scale, OpenAI now wants to make powerful AI broadly available while pushing systems that can accelerate science and economic growth. The hard part is turning that ambition into something people can…
VocabOwl has turned vocabulary size into the kind of number people want to post, argue over, and quietly retake when the result feels too cruel. The viral vocabulary test asks 100 multiple-choice questions, then converts those answers into an estimate of how many English words you know. Its current burst of attention is tied to The Rest Is Science, where Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens tried a listener-built tool built around the same uncomfortable question. The appeal lands fast because VocabOwl gives you a large score, a difficulty breakdown, and just enough precision to make the result feel personal. You’ll…
Sony has filed a PSN login patent, first spotted by RespawnFirst, that would pull the DualSense controller into the sign-in process. A PlayStation console would start the request, then the controller would help confirm that the account holder is close enough to approve access. For players, the appeal is easy to see. PSN account abuse can lead to unauthorized purchases, lost access, and attempts to resell established accounts. Sony already offers 2-step verification and passkeys, but this idea adds a hardware check to the login chain. How would the controller approve access The patent describes a handoff that begins at…
Apple still has not released a touchscreen Mac, though macOS 27 Golden Gate suggests the company is at least preparing its desktop software for more touch-friendly interactions. Until that turns into actual Mac hardware, Alogic is trying to fill the gap with a new lineup of external displays that bring touch and stylus controls to macOS and Windows setups. The company unveiled the products at InfoComm 2026 in Las Vegas, including the Fokus wall-mounted touchscreens, Aspekt Touch 27-inch monitor, Folio portable displays, and Active Stylus. Windows users have had plenty of touchscreen monitor options for years, but Mac users usually…