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5 Menu Bar apps that have earned a permanent spot on my Mac in 2026
24+ min ago (1237+ words) One of my favorite things about mac OS is its support for Menu Bar apps. These apps are small, live in your Menu Bar, and help you perform tasks without launching a full-blown app." Since there's only a limited number…...
Acer's new Swift Air 14 wants to take on the Mac Book Neo, but it may be outgunned
24+ min ago (621+ words) Apple gave Windows laptop makers a serious headache when it launched the Mac Book Neo in March at $599. Powered by the A18 chip, it quickly became one of the easiest laptops to recommend for students and casual users who did not…...
How to change the default apps on a Mac
5+ hour, 18+ min ago (1065+ words) But what if you want to use a third-party app you prefer over the default app? Thankfully, Apple makes it easy to change the default apps on your Mac. So, whether you want to use Google Chrome or Outlook, here's…...
Your Whats App and Google Meet calls will show up in Samsung's Phone app with One UI 9
6+ hour, 54+ min ago (467+ words) If you've ever switched from an i Phone to a Samsung, wondering why your Whats App or Google Meet calls aren't showing up in the phone's call log, One UI 9 is about to fix that." Samsung's Phone app on One…...
You can now decide how hard Claude thinks before responding to your queries
7+ hour, 34+ min ago (641+ words) Anthropic just released Claude Opus 4. 8, and while the benchmark improvements are quite real, the most meaningful change for everyday users is something far simpler." You can now tell Claude how hard to think before it responds to your query. Along…...
Low-cost sodium batteries are already reaching Tesla performance levels in China
8+ hour, 47+ min ago (801+ words) A commercial sodium-ion battery already used in China is moving into Tesla-like territory, putting fresh pressure on lithium-ion's cost advantage. Researchers testing Hina's cells found consistent output across a large sample, high power capability, and a design that echoes key…...
Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket explodes in a fiery blaze during tests
8+ hour, 24+ min ago (756+ words) Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a static fire test at Launch Complex 36 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The incident took place on the night of May 28, 2026." The explosion was captured on a live stream by NASASpaceflight. com and footage…...
Copilot gets a redesign and it now wants to do more without being an eyesore
9+ hour, 14+ min ago (360+ words) Microsoft is giving Copilot a quiet but meaningful redesign, and this time the focus is not just on making it more powerful. It is about making it feel like something that naturally belongs in your workflow. Across Microsoft 365, Copilot is…...
Just like humans, this robot can hear music and play it after just two minutes of self-practice
9+ hour, 43+ min ago (568+ words) In a neuro-robotics lab at the University of Southern California, a small mechanical hand heard a melody for the first time and played it back in a single attempt, without any sheet music, pre-loaded scores, or weeks of supervised training…...
As AI spills everywhere with quick answers, research finds that the internet's soul is dying
9+ hour, 51+ min ago (520+ words) A new collaborative study by UC Riverside computer and social scientists has found that as people increasingly rely on AI for answers, the internet risks losing the very thing that made it interesting in the first place: human emotion, lived…...