Avatarcrosscourier5 days agoApple's Touch Bar resurrected as Flexbar, a standalone USB-C OLED stripCult of Mac - David SnowA new Kickstarter project launched Tuesday claims to breathe fresh life into Apple’s discontinued Touch Bar concept, offering a more versatile and customizable solution for both Mac and Windows users. Flexbar, developed by Hong Kong startup Eniac Technology, reimagines the controversial MacBook Pro …
Avatarcrosscourier1 day agoThe Touch Bar lives (sorta)! [The CultCast]Cult of Mac - Lewis WallaceThis week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: An interesting new gadget called the Flexbar takes Apple’s doomed Touch Bar idea and runs with it. Instead of being fixed in place like on the MacBook Pro, this customizable OLED strip connects to Macs and PCs via USB-C. It looks pretty cool! But can it succeed …
Avatarcrosscourier2 days agoGurman: Apple-designed 5G modem coming to 2025 iPhones will be worse than Qualcomm’sverified_publisher9to5Mac - Ryan ChristoffelApple’s long-in-the-works project to build its own cellular modem is about to see the light of day. As multiple reports have indicated in the past, select 2025 iPhone models will carry the Apple 5G modem—but thanks to a new report, now we know it won’t quite measure up to what Qualcomm’s chip …
AvatarcrosscourierNov 12New 'gold-plated' superconductor could be the foundation for massively scaled-up quantum computers in the futuremsn.com - Peter Ray AllisonA new superconductor material could greatly improve the reliability of quantum computers, scientists say. The electrical resistance of materials …
Avatarcrosscourier2 days agoA Seismic New Semiconductor Could Lead to the Holy Grail of Data Storagemsn.com - Darren Orf• Scientists are searching for a material that could one day bring universal energy—that is, random-access memory and long-term solid-state …
Avatarcrosscourier3 days agoiOS 18.2 -- All the new AI features and changes explainedappleinsider.com - Marko ZivkovicHere's what's new in iOS 18.2. On Thursday, two weeks after the fourth developer beta, Apple deployed the release candidate build of iOS 18.2. While …