This tiny MacBook accessory adds customizable shortcuts for meetings and productivity

Project Mirage has unveiled Dune, a three-button MacBook accessory that offers context-aware shortcuts, AI-powered automation ...
The New York Times

Mark Zuckerberg Directed Meta to Create a Prediction Markets App

The experimental app, internally called “Arena,” would be independent of Facebook and Instagram. It could compete for attention with Polymarket and Kalshi, the biggest prediction markets. By Mike ...
SlashGear

iOS 27 Is Making A Key iPhone Feature Its Own Standalone App

Some might argue that mobile technology as we know it wouldn't exist without Apple and its long list of game-changing products. But as anyone with skin in the tech game might be quick to tell you, ...
The Next Web

Apple finally ships its AI do-over: Siri AI, a standalone app, and a three-tier privacy stack

Apple unveiled Siri AI at WWDC 2026, a Gemini-powered rebuild with a standalone app, personal context search, and privacy-first cloud architecture. Apple used its annual developer conference on Monday ...
foxbaltimore

Baltimore leaders propose charter amendment to create standalone water, wastewater agency

Towson/Kingsville postpones Sunday evening fireworks due to severe weather forecast People planning to watch fireworks in Towson or Kingsville on Sunday night will have to wait.Towson organizers said ...
CoinTelegraph

OKX launches tool enabling users to create crypto markets

OKX CEO Star Xu says Exchange OS aims to address fragmentation in crypto trading and allow different market types to exist on shared infrastructure. Crypto exchange OKX has launched a platform that ...
TechCrunch

Meta quietly launches a new Reddit-like app called Forum

Meta has quietly released a new stand-alone app for Facebook Groups called “Forum.” The company seems to be positioning Forum as a platform that functions similarly to Reddit, describing the app as a ...
Deadline.com

Literary Scout Philippa Donovan Sets Up Screen-To-Book Business Two Script Studio To Facilitate ‘Reverse Adaptations’

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran literary scout Philippa Donovan wants to reverse engineer the books-to-screen market through her new business, Two Script Studio. The operation will create ‘reverse adaptations‘ to ...
InfoWorld

Why it’s so hard to create stand-alone Python apps

If Python developers have one consistent gripe about their beloved language, it tends to be this: Why is it so hard to take a Python program and deploy it as a standalone artifact, the way C, C++, ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Google Debuts Standalone Gemini App for Apple’s MacOS

Alphabet Inc.’s Google released a standalone Gemini app for macOS, giving owners of Apple Inc.’s Mac computers an easier way of accessing the artificial intelligence assistant. Gemini is available as ...
Business Wire

DoveRunner Extends Industry-Leading App Protection to Apple TV, Bringing Enterprise-Grade tvOS Security to Streaming and B2B Applications

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DoveRunner, a leader in mobile and connected device application security, today announced the general availability of DoveRunner TV OS Security — comprehensive ...
Tidbits

#1797: OS 26.4 updates, Mac Pro discontinued, Script Editor issues in macOS 26.4, input source-related login failures, US router ban

This week brings endings and beginnings: Adam Engst reports that Apple has discontinued the Mac Pro, while OS 26.4 arrives with Apple Music’s AI-powered Playlist Playground, independent Family Sharing ...