Author: Benjamin Clarke

A group of two U.S. senators and seven members of Congress have sent a letter to Tim Cook and John Ternus demanding answers from Apple about the planned closure of its Towson retail store. Here are the details. A little context Early last month, Apple announced the closure of three stores in the United States: Apple Towson Town Center in Towson, MD, Apple North County in Escondido, CA, and Apple Trumbull in Trumbull, CT. The reason behind all three decisions was pretty much the same: They are located in struggling malls where other retailers have also left their stores. While…

For years, it has been rumored that Apple would bring native touch functionality to the Mac. A new display gives us our first glimpse of what it could look like, for better and for worse.Recently I got my first look at the Aspekt Touch, a new monitor from Alogic. It’s not the brand’s first touchscreen monitor, but the tilt functionality combined with macOS Tahoe gives the first impressions of how a proprietary solution could be implemented.Feel free to check out Mike’s first hands-on with the Aspekt Touch, but here’s the high end. It’s a 32-inch 4K display that can also…

During today’s earnings call for the second fiscal quarter of 2026, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the Mac mini and Mac Studio may be difficult to obtain in the coming months. “We believe, looking forward, that the ‌Mac mini‌ and ‌Mac Studio‌ could take several months to reach balance between supply and demand,” Cook said. Apple underestimated demand for the ‌Mac mini‌ and ‌Mac Studio‌. “These two are incredible platforms for AI and agent tools and customers are realizing them faster than we anticipated, and so we’ve seen higher demand than we expected,” Cook said. Delivery times for the ‌Mac…

The default terminal experience in Windows has come a long way since the original command prompt. Windows Terminal was a huge improvement, bringing the operating system its first terminal emulator that felt truly modern, even putting it in the same league as what Linux had been offering for years. I was happy with Windows Terminal for a while, but I realized how much better it could be after stumbling upon WezTerm. WezTerm is a terminal emulator that doubles as a session multiplexer, sort of like having a built-in tmux. It’s GPU-accelerated, written in Rust, and runs on Windows, Linux, macOS,…

macOS Tahoe 26.5 was released today for all compatible Macs, and while there are few changes, the update includes an interesting new “Power Control” setting for Mac desktops. Power control setting lets you manage your Mac’s power state with third-party accessories macOS 26.5 is a fairly small update for Mac overall, with bigger changes arriving in iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5. But the update offers an interesting new setting for Mac desktops. From Apple’s official release notes: The power control setting in Energy for Mac mini, Mac Studio, and iMac lets you shut down or restart your Mac using assistive…

There’s permadeath, and then there’s whatever this next indie game is cooking up. Don’t touch the snail is a kind of idle clicker, with a dark touch. If the titular snail ever catches up with you, it’s game over forever. It’s described as an “anti-comfortable” game and that seems pretty apt. The game takes place on your desktop as a persistent snail chases the mouse cursor. You can only be idle for a certain amount of time before the snail catches up, so the game involves moving the cursor every time this nasty gastropod…

Les AirPods Max originaux d’Apple ont toujours été difficiles à recommander. Du côté positif, ils sonnent bien et semblent très solides malgré leur poids, mais leur étui de chargement est à peine là, offrant peu de protection. Il n’y a pas non plus de bouton d’arrêt, ce qui reste l’une des décisions de conception les plus étranges jamais prises par Apple (à côté de l’impossibilité d’utiliser la Magic Mouse pendant qu’elle est en charge, bien sûr). Par-dessus tout, 550 $, c’est beaucoup pour une paire d’écouteurs. En gardant ces lacunes à l’esprit, j’espérais que les AirPods Max 2 d’Apple remédieraient…

Apple TV announced the release date for season 4 of Ted Lasso yesterday, and today the streamer revealed that another beloved and critically acclaimed comedy will also return for a new season: Trying. Season 5 of Trying arrives July 8 on Apple TV Both Trying and Ted Lasso premiered in 2020, bringing much-needed comfort television in a difficult year. Now, Apple is bringing both shows back for new seasons this summer, bringing more good vibes and laughter. Try Season 5 Premieres Wednesday, July 8, with one episode, followed by weekly releases until August 26. The series follows London couple…