9to5 Mac

• This is my biggest AirPods complaint, and it’s not necessarily about the hardware
  October 4, 2026 by Michael Burkhardt
  AirPods are one of Apple’s most interesting products. The demand for them was largely invented by the fact that the company removed the headphone jack 10 years ago, and now most of us carry this almost magical pair of earbuds that do so much more than just play audio. AirPods offer best-in-class noise cancellation, and […]
• Apple weekend deals: AirPods Pro 3 $179, MacBook Air $200 off, AirTag 2, Prime Day HomeKit discounts, more
  October 4, 2026 by Justin Kahn
  Update 10/4: Amazon just dropped AirPods Pro 3 down to $179, delivering one of the lowest prices ever.  Amazon is also now delivering almost all M5 MacBook Air models at $200 off the list price. You’ll find the very first cash discounts a wide range of Apple’s brand new TechWoven, Silicone, and Clear cases for […]
• John Ternus is taking a more ‘hands-on’ role in Apple’s design teams as CEO: report
  October 4, 2026 by Michael Burkhardt
  Since Jony Ive’s departure from Apple in 2019, the company hasn’t had much of a true design lead. For a while, former COO Jeff Williams was in charge of design, until his departure last year. Since then, CEO John Ternus has taken a significant interest in both of Apple’s design teams: industrial design and human […]
• Redesigned MacBook Pro with OLED to feature ‘significantly lighter’ design: report
  October 4, 2026 by Michael Burkhardt
  Apple’s major MacBook Pro overhaul is just around the corner, and should debut within a month or so. It’ll be the first touchscreen MacBook, as well as the first with Tandem OLED. Beyond that, though, the new MacBooks should be ‘significantly’ lighter than their predecessors, according to the latest issue of the Power On newsletter. […]
• AirPods Pro 3 hit low $179 price just weeks after adding new features
  October 4, 2026 by Justin Kahn
  We are touching down to let folks know the Amazon fall Prime Day sale is getting a head start today – AirPods Pro 3 have now dropped down to one of the lowest prices to date at $179 shipped.  more…

Macworld

• Save streaming shows to your Mac for travel with this $95.99 downloader
  October 4, 2026
  Macworld TL;DR: Keeprix saves streaming videos to your Mac for offline viewing, and a lifetime subscription is $95.99 (reg. $159.99). Streaming apps let you download shows, but they cap how many titles you can save and delete them after a while. Keeprix All-in-One Streaming Video Downloader removes those limits, and a lifetime subscription is on […]
• Learn Claude Code and Cowork — Just $15 during Deal Days
  October 4, 2026
  Macworld TL;DR: Learn to use Claude for coding and automation with lifetime access to the Claude AI Professional E-Degree, now $14.97 (reg. $159). Most people use Claude only for quick questions, then close the tab without ever trying the built-in coding and automation tools. Figuring those out on your own takes a lot of trial […]
• Apple confirms iPhone cellular issue, admits affected units can’t be fixed
  October 3, 2026
  Macworld Following numerous complaints from iPhone 18 Pro Max owners, it’s now been officially acknowledged that some units have a problem placing calls, sending texts, and accessing data. Initially by the carrier AT&T, which sent out a message to customers warning about the issue and strongly advising them to update iOS “immediately”. And now by […]
• Apple tightens macOS Full Disk Access controls as AI agents proliferate
  October 3, 2026
  Macworld If you’ve been using third-party apps on your Mac, you are probably familiar with a permission dialog box called “Full Disk Access.” It’s sort of a big catch-all permission that lets an application read or write almost any data to your Mac’s drive. It was originally conceived as a way for apps to be […]
• How to send photos as email attachments on the iPhone
  October 3, 2026
  Macworld Since iOS 14, there is no longer an option to send photos as attachments. Apple changed the creation of new emails on iOS so that as soon as any additional formatting is used, the message is no longer sent as plain text but as an HTML email. As a result, inserted images are automatically […]

Technology

• Sentence Tossed After A.I. Video of Victim ‘Forgiving’ His Killer Is Played
  October 4, 2026 by Adeel Hassan
  An appellate court in Arizona threw out the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter after an A.I.-generated video of his victim was played in court.
• Who’s to Blame When A.I. Goes Rogue?
  October 3, 2026 by David McCabe
  Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy.
• An A.I. Songwriting Experiment: Humans Against the Machine
  October 3, 2026 by Matt Richtel
  Five humans convened for a weekend to create new music from scratch. Could they do better than A.I.? Could you even tell the difference?
• Sales of Hulking Pickups and S.U.V.s Sag as Fuel Prices Soar
  October 2, 2026 by Jack Ewing
  Sales of big pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles have dipped as more Americans buy hybrids and smaller cars.
• A.I. Agents: Cute, Cuddly and Maybe Catastrophically Dangerous?
  October 2, 2026 by Max Read, Whitney Jones, Vjeran Pavic, Chris Wood, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Alyssa Moxley
  “It’s going to be gnarly for a little while.”

Personal Tech

• How to Listen to Your Favorite Music, Online or Off the Grid
  September 30, 2026 by J. D. Biersdorfer
  Streaming services can introduce you to a wonderland of nearly unlimited audio, but downloading your digital collection has advantages.
• Complaints About Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’ Won’t Slow Tech’s Wearable Gadgets Drive
  September 24, 2026 by Brian X. Chen and Eli Tan
  Meta’s smart glasses are the latest in a line of products to raise eyebrows over privacy. That’s not stopping other companies from creating similar devices.
• I Gave My Life Over to Meta’s A.I. Agent and Was Blown Away
  September 22, 2026 by Eli Tan
  Muse, Meta’s A.I. agent, helped handle my dental insurance, booked dinner reservations and created a podcast for me. It also required my most personal data, and trust.
• 4 Strategies to Battle ‘Techflation’
  September 19, 2026 by Brian X. Chen
  With phone and computer prices soaring, it helps to know the true cost of owning electronics so you can bring those numbers down.
• Risks for Clicks: Why Online Influencers Push Shock Content
  September 14, 2026 by Mark Walker
  A growing number of social media creators are pushing the boundaries of safety and good taste to feed algorithms and win followers.