Bartender got even more useful today with the release of Bartender Pro and a new feature called Top Shelf, which turns the Mac’s notch into a space for widgets, file storage, clipboard management, Live Activities, and more. Here are the details.

Last January, I wrote about how macOS Tahoe brought some under-the-hood changes that made Bartender challenging to run on the Mac, despite Applause’s clear efforts to get the app back to the spotless performance that I had always enjoyed.

As I

Apple values secrecy, so the majority of its acquisitions are never officially revealed by the company. But thanks to the European Union update, we now know about a previously undisclosed recent acquisition—and it further confirms a new priority for the company.

Apple Arcade a Bluey crossover event that will bring the beloved character to five hit titles next week. Apple has also shared that four new games are coming to Arcade next month. Here are the details.

After six weeks of beta testing, iOS 26.5 is now available to everyone . The update comes with a handful of new features and changes. Here’s everything you need to know.

Updated May 12, 2026 with details about official release.

iOS 26.5 is now available to everyone. iPhone users can head to the Settings app, choose General, then choose Software Update to install it.

Apple Maps keeps getting better , but for many CarPlay users, Google Maps is still their go-to app. And per a code leak, Google Maps for CarPlay is about to get a big upgrade thanks to Gemini integration.

If you’ve enjoyed your Spotify Wrapped look back at your last year’s listening habits, the streaming service has an even bigger retrospective for you.

Spotify Party of the Year(s) looks back at all of your listening since you first started using the service, in my case dating back to 2009. It shows you the first song you ever streamed, along with your most listened-to artist, a playlist of your favourite songs, and more …

Spotify is celebrating its 20th

The FBI and NSA jointly announced that Russia has been systematically compromising the security of home and small office routers since at least 2024.

They obtained a court order to allow them to remotely reset thousands of affected devices in the US, but if yours is one of them, it needs to be urgently replaced …

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Federal agencies, including the FBI and NSA, disclosed on April 7 that a unit of Russia’s military intelligence directorate, the GRU group known as APT28 or Fancy Bear,

It’s only a few months since iRobot filed for bankruptcy , but it has now re-emerged under new ownership and announced eight new Roomba models.

The company which invented robot vacuum cleaners 23 years ago has been taken over by its primary manufacturer in China …

iRobot was the US company which invented a product category which is now ubiquitous – robot vacuum cleaners. Sadly, the business struggled to keep pace with an ever-growing range of competitors offering more affordable products, and it went into voluntary bankruptcy at the

Digg once described itself as “the homepage of the internet,” but a poorly-received redesign in 2010 saw many of its users migrate instead to Reddit, and it was sold for parts within two years.

An attempted reboot this year didn’t last long, failing for a spectacularly ironic reason, but the platform is back for a third attempt – and you can get early access today …

Digg was essentially a social news site. Both editors and users could post links, and users would then