Feeling buried in email? Google’s experimental CC tool uses AI to send daily briefings about your most important messages and calendar events. Here’s what worked in Adam Engst’s testing, what didn’t, ...

After 34 years, BBEdit keeps finding new tricks. Version 16 searches for text inside images, brings powerful text ...

At Endgadget, Tim Stevens writes: If the wild, Jony Ive- and Marc Newson-designed interior for the Ferrari Luce had you intrigued and wanting more, here’s the payoff. After committing to build an EV ...

Apple will pay $250 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over delayed Siri features. Owners of iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 models purchased between June 2024 and March 2025 may receive $25–$95 per ...

Criminals are stealing gift card numbers from retail shelves, replacing them, draining them when purchasers load funds, and using the proceeds to buy Apple products for export—yet another reason to ...

I’ve never been one for working at a coffee shop or in other public spaces, but lots of people—particularly students—often find themselves in situations where someone could be surreptitiously watching ...

If you’re better at critiquing images than creating them, ChatGPT’s improved image generation is worth a try. Recent enhancements let you direct iterative changes, fix specific areas, and finally get ...

A quick quiz—just answer quickly, without thinking about it: Are you a Macintosh user? I’m not actually interested in what computer you use, but your reaction to the word “Macintosh.” If you didn’t ...

For more help with cables, check out Glenn Fleishman’s new book, Take Control of Untangling Connections. It answers common questions and aids in troubleshooting problems. You’ll learn how to recognize ...

Does Dictation substitute a contact’s name for a common word, fail to capitalize proper nouns, or mangle unusual spellings?

As promised, Apple has released the first versions of all its 2026 operating systems, including a few new Apple Intelligence features. Many of you are thinking about upgrading. But would it be better ...

When I was preparing inline graphics—the little images embedded in a line of text—for my Take Control of Numbers book, I was almost finished when I remembered that the filenames needed to adhere to a ...