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Archives for October 2026

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Can we please stop with the hands?

First X, now Apple’s website? That’s enough hands on my internet today, thank you.

An image of Apple’s Mac lineup, with a hand pointing at the new MacBook Pro.
Image: Apple
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Apple’s polishing cloth adds critical support for the new touchscreen MacBook Pro.

Now that pixel-pushers, editors, musicians, and artists will have their fingers all over the new MacBook Pro’s screen, Apple has updated the listing for its $9 polishing cloth to include support for eradicating fingerprints from that PROLED XDR display.

Apple’s polishing cloth overlaid on a MacBook pro laptop screen.
Image: Apple
Nilay Patel
Nilay Patel
Headphone jack.

You’re all focused on the new MacBook Pro’s touchscreen but here I am, pointing out that the open low-latency audio interconnect is still in the hype reels after all this time.

the words “headphone jack” in the apple macbook pro launch video
Apple
Hands-on with Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro
First Look

Apple is finally tackling the challenge of ‘ergonomically terrible’ touchscreen laptops.

Terrence O'Brien and Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Google will let more developers make apps that plug into Search and Gemini.

With the new “Connected Apps” platform, developers can submit apps for people to use within Gemini and Search. This will allow developers to launch integrations similar to the ones OpenTable and Instacart built into Google’s AI tools.

Developers in the US can join the public beta waitlist starting today, which also offers ways to track metrics like traffic and latency.