9to5 Mac

• Apple to cut App Store commission rates in China starting March 15
  March 12, 2026 by Marcus Mendes
  Apple announced tonight that due to regulatory discussions in China, developers will pay lower App Store commission rates starting March 15. Here are the details. more…
• Apple TV scores its first F1 victory over ESPN viewership
  March 12, 2026 by Zac Hall
  Apple TV just landed its first F1 victory over ESPN. Eddy Cue says that last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix race saw more viewership on Apple TV than the same race received on ESPN a year ago. more…
• Former Microsoft lead reviews the MacBook Neo: ‘It just has to stay excellent’
  March 12, 2026 by Marcus Mendes
  Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft’s former President of the Windows Division, published an interesting review of the MacBook Neo, where he also explores what went wrong with Microsoft’s own early push toward lightweight ARM-based PCs. Here’s what he said. more…
• This app adds MacBook Neo and iMac accent colors to any Mac
  March 12, 2026 by Zac Hall
  macOS includes device-specific accent color options for iMac and MacBook Neo. Any Mac can unlock these special color options, it turns out, with an app. more…
• iOS 26 added four new features I’ve been using almost every day
  March 12, 2026 by Ryan Christoffel
  Major iPhone updates like iOS 26 typically come with hundreds of new features and changes, but a much smaller subset that become daily go-tos. Here are four new iOS 26 features I’ve found myself using just about every day. more…

Macworld

• First MacBook Neo teardown praises ‘absolutely amazing’ repairability
  March 12, 2026
  Macworld Our reviewer calls it the perfect gateway Mac. But if that’s not enough to make you like the surprisingly affordable MacBook Neo, the first teardown of the device has revealed another factor in its favor: repairability. A new video from the Australian YouTube channel TECH RE-NU demonstrates what the presenter describes as a “speedrun […]
• HomePod rumors: All we know about HomePod mini 2, HomePod Touch & HomePad hub
  March 12, 2026
  Macworld Apple’s HomePod lineup may be on the verge of its biggest shake-up since launch with multiple new products coming from Apple. Among the new products are: A long-awaited HomePod mini 2 update, with updated internals and new colors. This is expected to arrive first. A HomePod Touch, or a HomePod with a built-in display. […]
• Amazon fire sale slashes $320 off this M4 MacBook Air
  March 12, 2026
  Macworld Apple MacBook Air M4, 15-inch View Deal Wow! Now that the M5 is here, we expected to see sales on the M4 Apple MacBook Air M4, but we didn’t know they’d be this good. Instead of getting it for $1,399, Amazon is selling the 15-inch MacBook Air with 512GB of storage for $1,079, the […]
• PSA: Neo won’t work with some MacBook USB-C hubs
  March 12, 2026
  Macworld While the MacBook Neo’s USB-C ports look the same as the Thunderbolt ports on a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, Apple’s new budget laptop won’t work with every USB-C hub on the market, including some of Macworld’s favorites. Since USB-C is forward- and backward-compatible, most single-port USB-C hubs work just fine with the Neo’s […]
• Tim Cook salutes ‘the crazy ones’ ahead of Apple’s 50th anniversary
  March 12, 2026
  Macworld Apple isn’t done unveiling new stuff this month. Following the launch of the MacBook Neo, Apple has launched a new Instagram account, helloapple, that’s clearly timed to promote its new affordable laptop and other products to Gen Z and Gen Alpha.  For one of its first posts, Apple has published a letter from Tim […]

Technology

• Meta Delays Rollout of New A.I. Model After Performance Concerns
  March 12, 2026 by Eli Tan
  The tech giant pushed back the timeline after spending billions to be on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence.
• Social Media Addiction Trial Nears End. Society Long Ago Rendered Its Verdict.
  March 12, 2026 by David Streitfeld
  Closing arguments began Thursday in a landmark trial that put online behavior under a microscope. In many ways, it has already been decided.
• A.I. Chatbots Want Your Health Records. Tread Carefully.
  March 12, 2026 by Brian X. Chen and Teddy Rosenbluth
  Following rivals like Amazon and OpenAI, Microsoft is upgrading its artificially intelligent assistant to track your health. There are benefits and risks to consider.
• Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It
  March 12, 2026 by Clive Thompson
  In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird.
• A.I. Writes Buggy Code. A Silicon Valley Start-Up Wants to Fix It.
  March 12, 2026 by Cade Metz
  Valued at $1.6 billion, a tiny start-up called Axiom is building A.I. systems that can check for mistakes.

Personal Tech

• A.I. Chatbots Want Your Health Records. Tread Carefully.
  March 12, 2026 by Brian X. Chen and Teddy Rosenbluth
  Following rivals like Amazon and OpenAI, Microsoft is upgrading its artificially intelligent assistant to track your health. There are benefits and risks to consider.
• The Smart Home Never Quite Worked. Now It’s Getting an A.I. Reboot.
  March 5, 2026 by Brian X. Chen
  Amazon and Google think that artificially intelligent assistants like Alexa+ and Gemini will speed up the process of setting up a smart home, but many problems remain unsolved.
• A.I. Complicates Old Internet Privacy Risks
  February 26, 2026 by Brian X. Chen
  Artificial intelligence is convenient and easy to use, but you should think about what you say to the chatbots.
• How to Watch Free Live Television on Your Phone or Tablet
  February 22, 2026 by J. D. Biersdorfer
  Whether by app or old-school antennas, budget-friendly options abound.
• How the A.I. Boom Could Push Up the Price of Your Next PC
  February 12, 2026 by Don Clark and Loren Elliott
  A.I. companies are buying up memory chips, causing the prices of those components — which are also used in laptops and smartphones — to soar.