Discontinuing Sora

Juli Clover (Hacker News): OpenAI today said that it is ending support for its Sora AI video app just six months after it initially launched. Kyle Orland: The announcement comes days after leaked news of an OpenAI all-hands meeting in which company …

NYT: ‘Melania Trump Appears With a Robot, Saying More Children Should Be Educated by Them’

The Information: ‘Apple Can “Distill” Google’s Big Gemini Model’

Katie Notopoulos Bids Farewell to Sora: ‘You Were Too Beautiful and Stupid for This World’

MacOS 26.4 Adds ‘Slow Charger’ Indicator for MacBooks

OpenAI Is Closing Sora

Jennifer Daniel on the New ‘Distorted Face’ Emoji

The Yankees Almost Signed Another P.E.D. Cheater

The Yankees Almost Signed Another P.E.D. Cheater

The New York Yankees Have the Best Record in Baseball

Mr. Macintosh Explains Another Way to Block the Software Update Prompts for MacOS 26 Tahoe

Improved Analytics in App Store Connect

‘A List of Chain Restaurants Whose Names Contain Unusual Structures’

Improved Analytics in App Store Connect

Xcode 26.4

Apple (xip, downloads): Xcode 26.4 includes Swift 6.3 and SDKs for iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4, macOS 26.4, and visionOS 26.4. Xcode 26.4 supports on-device debugging in iOS 15 and later, tvOS 15 and later, watchOS 8 and later, and visionOS. Xc…

macOS 26.4

Juli Clover (release notes, security, enterprise, developer, full installer, IPSW): macOS Tahoe 26.4 returns the compact tab bar option to Safari for those who prefer the slimmed down look, along with a new Charge Limit feature for the Mac so you ca…

macOS 15.7.5 and macOS 14.8.5

macOS 15.7.5 (security, full installer): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. macOS 14.8.5 (security, full installer): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. See als…

iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4

Juli Clover (iOS/iPadOS release notes, security, enterprise, developer): iOS 26.4 adds a new Apple Music feature called Playlist Playground, which uses AI to generate playlists for you based on text-based prompts. You can ask for moods, feelings, oc…

watchOS 26.4

Juli Clover (release notes, security, developer): The update makes it quicker to start a workout in the Workout app by tapping on a Workout type icon, plus it has eight new emoji characters that include orca, trombone, treasure chest, fight cloud, h…

tvOS 26.4

Juli Clover (release notes, security, developer): Apple added a new Genius Browse section to the Apple TV app in tvOS 26.4. Genius Browse is a content discovery feature that provides recommendations for TV shows and movies across multiple suggested …

visionOS 26.4

Juli Clover (no release notes, security, enterprise, developer): visionOS 26.4 includes bug fixes and security improvements, along with improved Spatial Audio and eight new emoji characters. New additions include distorted face, fight cloud, landsli…