Apple’s annual WWDC is what I like to call a ‘long-tail’ event; we’re still talking about it long after it’s done. This week we spent a lot of time examining new hardware (namely the relatively giant new MacBook Air), and having deep thoughts about the bazillion platform updates Apple announced.
At least that’s what we were thinking about when we weren’t preoccupied by the bizarre Reddit meltdown (a nice distraction from the usual Twitter meltdowns), or considering the seismic impact all those Google Search and AI updates are about to have on our lives – come to think of it, that stuff is all from another long-tail event, Google I/O.
All in all, this week reminded us that it’s not just the big story that matters – what comes after is just as important, if not more so, and naturally we’re covering it all. Read on, and enjoy your weekend.
Lance Ulanoff, US Editor in Chief
The week in computing
Apple's latest MacBook Air – and its biggest yet (Future)
We like to think we review laptops in more detail and with more rigor than anyone else, and no laptop this year has attracted more attention than Apple's new 15-inch MacBook Air – click through for our comprehensive assessment of the biggest Air yet.
In the midst of the Apple Vision Pro AR/VR headset announcement, you may have heard mention of "spatial photos and videos in 3D" – and it seems likely that a future iPhone model will come equipped to capture pictures and clips in all three dimensions.
The 48-hour Reddit blackout over new developer pricing is supposed to be over, but thousands of subreddits remain ‘dark’ and the CEO is sticking to his guns – so what happens to the ‘front page of the internet’ now? We're tracking the latest developments.
Back in May, Google announced a new AI-powered Help Me Write tool for Gmail, and it's now appearing for some early testers in the Android and iOS apps. It means that we should all soon be getting the chance to let AI take over email writing duties for us.
Netflix's annual Tudum showcase is happening tomorrow (it's the sound that accompanies the Netflix logo – get it?), and we've got all the information you need to know about, from what we're expecting to be unveiled to how you can watch the event live.
