Andrew Webster
“I feel like I used to have a parakeet.”
The new extended scene from episode 4 of Pluribus doesn’t include any major revelations, but it is an entertaining three minutes of Rhea Seehorn tripping out.
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Archives for May 2026
The Studio Display is barely changed from 2022, but now it has competition.
John Higgins
Stevie Bonifield
Emma Roth
Apple acquired a color grading tool made by a single developer.
In a January filing spotted by MacRumors, Apple disclosed its purchase of Color.io — a grading tool used by filmmakers and photographers — and the hiring of its sole developer. Color.io shut down last year after its creator, Jonathan Ochmann, said he’s “been offered an opportunity to work alongside a company whose products have shaped and inspired me.”
Jay Peters
Apple will let developers offer subscriptions with a 12-month commitment.
In theory, this means you could get a subscription with a reduced annual fee but without having to pay for the full subscription in one go. The new type of subscriptions are available on iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, macOS Tahoe 26.4, tvOS 26.4, and visionOS 26.4 or newer, Apple says.
Jess Weatherbed
The Steve Jobs $1 coin is here.
After it was announced last year, from noon ET today you can buy packs of the commemorative coin that features the late Apple co-founder and CEO “sitting in front of a quintessentially northern California landscape of oak-covered rolling hills.” Prices start from $61 for a 25-coin roll.
Jay Peters
iRacing now works on the Vision Pro.
It supports foveated streaming, which will show you the sharpest image right in front of your eyes, according to an iRacing blog post.
If you’re more of a flight sim person, there’s also now a public beta of X-Plane with support for the Vision Pro, too.
iRacing for Apple Vision Pro Now Available
[iRacing.com]
Jay Peters
The Instagram iPad app no longer shows you Reels first.
When Instagram’s iPad app launched last year, it would open up to a feed of Reels instead of the usual mix of posts you might be familiar with from the iOS app. Now, though, the iPad app has a more familiar home feed that works like the one in the iOS app, as reported by 9to5Mac.
Terrence O'Brien
Liquid Glass tweaks in macOS 27 could fix readability issues.
If you’re hoping Apple will reverse course, hate to break it to you: it ain’t happening. That said, the company could address some of its most glaring issues, including transparency and shadows that make text-heavy areas harder to read on desktop. According to Mark Gurman:
Liquid Glass itself isn’t going away, as I’ve said before. It’s simply being refined. I also expect iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 to include a range of interface tweaks, though nothing will be too dramatic. The goal is more of a cleanup and refinement effort aligned with the company’s wider push to polish its software this year.
Stevie Bonifield