A Chinese hacker recently used a small army of automated AI agents to break into more than 100 corporate websites, spending only about $5,000 on token costs to pull it off. The targeted victims included major companies like Deere, SharkNinja, and Cummins. By letting smart software look for weak spots without much ongoing human help, […]

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Document and information manager adds native editing for BibTeX and RIS files as sheets. ($99 new for standard and $199 for Pro new, free update, 101 MB, macOS 13+)

The rapid rise of smart software is changing who gets hired at top tech firms. Over at Anthropic, the number of junior technical roles has dropped sharply as automated tools take over basic tasks. While the engineering team continues to grow, the staff is getting older on average and stepping into management positions. This shift […]

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A developer building a temperature monitor app for their Apple computer recently got a very surprising assist from their new coding tool. The developer was using an AI agent to figure out why their system kept running incredibly hot during normal daily tasks. Instead of just helping with the app’s code, the assistant flagged a […]

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Apple just picked up a small music software company called Samplab. This move seems aimed at making Logic Pro even better for music producers. Samplab built some really interesting artificial intelligence tools that let people edit individual notes inside a recorded audio file. Now that Apple owns the technology, we will likely see these features […]

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OpenAI just released a major update to the official ChatGPT extension for Google Chrome. Instead of just answering basic questions in a side panel, the artificial intelligence tool can now read, summarize, and compare the details inside your open browser tabs. This upgrade turns the popular chatbot into a highly useful helper for all your […]

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Disney is stepping in to hire most of the team from the chatbot start-up Character.AI after the company recently filed for bankruptcy. According to a new legal filing, the entertainment giant will offer jobs to dozens of workers from the troubled artificial intelligence firm. The vast majority of the people who received these job offers […]

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The fourth-generation Apple TV 4K brings hands-free Siri AI, an easier-to-find Siri Remote, and more home theater support. Pre-orders are open now, with devices arriving on 13 November 2026.

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The HomePod mini 2 brings Siri AI, an S10 chip, Wi-Fi 6E, and Sound Glow lighting to Apple’s smallest smart speaker. It also enables four-speaker surround sound with the new Apple TV 4K. Pre-orders are open now at $149.

Brings significant enhancements to Markdown and document editing. ($99 new for standard and $199 for Pro new, free update, 94.9 MB, macOS 13+)

Apple has signaled forthcoming changes to Full Disk Access in macOS, seemingly in response to risks from AI agents like Meta’s Muse accessing users’ files, mail, messages, and browsing history. How important is Full Disk Access to your Mac use?

Updates Numbers with a lengthy list of new trigonometry, statistics, and logic functions. ($129.99 annual Apple Creator Studio subscription, various sizes, macOS 26+)