Apple's Tuesday smart-home launch leads with a hub that reportedly ships a month later
Apple is expected to launch at least three smart-home products on Tuesday at 9 am ET, Macworld reports. The biggest is a Siri AI hub that Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports will ship about a month after its unveiling.
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John Ternus wants Apple shipping new products all year with a smaller staff
John Ternus wants Apple releasing products year-round, beyond its fall and spring events, with a leaner staff, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Developers and accessory makers who plan around those two dates face a looser calendar and new categories that may not last.
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The macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate names J490 and J491, a B525 HomePod mini and a multi-sensor J229. That is useful for planning, but it dates nothing by itself.
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Macworld tells M4 Max and M3 Ultra Mac Studio owners to consider upgrading for the faster SSD
The review's own processor numbers run from 8 to 22 percent, and its case for replacing an M4 Max or M3 Ultra Studio rests on disk throughput. Memory and storage are soldered, so that gain arrives only with a whole new machine.
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Gurman says Apple built and tested a shorter Pencil that clipped to the side of its foldable, then dropped it because that edge is where the hinge and your hand already are. That settles how to scope apps for it.
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