Apple is reportedly developing OLED versions of the MacBook Air and iMac, although both will arrive well after the first OLED MacBook Pro.

Apple is reportedly launching Apple Upgrade with Klarna, a leasing program for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch purchases in the US.

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Whether you're starting a new business venture and need Microsoft Office's help or you just want to get better organized in your personal life, it's a good time to take advantage of this deal.

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Apple reportedly plans to introduce a new financing program, called Apple Upgrade, in partnership with Klarna later this month.

WhatsApp has begun rolling out its Liquid Glass-inspired redesign for Mac, introducing a refreshed interface, improved navigation and dedicated sections for Locked Chats and Communities.

Building a PC used to be a fun adventure — what’s the latest, what’s the greatest, what can I afford? Well, that last question seems to have taken over and sucked all the fun out for a lot of people. [Matt] from [DIY Perks] on YouTube has hit upon a solution that’s brought back the fun, at least for him: recycling! The video is embedded below, and he runs a forum whose thread has more details.

Long story short, though, he’s flagging recycled laptop components as both good value for money and a fun rabbit hole to go down researching parts. The best part, of course, is that you can get a mobo with 32GB of RAM soldered on, and embedded RTX graphics, and a decent processor for about what you’d pay for that RAM on sticks these days. The big hack is getting the dang thing started: he needed to make a single-pin ribbon cable after identifying which pin on the keyboard membrane hit the power button. If you can score a laptop that does not power on from the keyboard, you’ll have an easier time in that regard.

To take recycling further, he shows how to delaminate cracked glass from an old Intel iMac to get a better-than-4K retina screen for nothing but sweat equity. The unit was heading for the bin, and his only cost was the effort it took to extract the LCD panel. Some of us might be able to skip the laptop and just use the iMac; it depends on how much compute is enough for your use case. Maybe a 10-year-old iMac’s guts will do; maybe last year’s gutted laptop isn’t enough.

We have to admit, the oak-and-aluminum all-in-one tripod he makes is very snazzy, though it may have too little brass to be on-brand for [DIY Perks]. The speakers, in case you were wondering, are also e-waste, recovered from an old TV. Perhaps the accent colour should have been green instead of blue!

Thanks to [Keith Olson] for the tip.

1Password can now sign Claude into websites without exposing passwords or one-time codes, but the protection ends after login when the AI begins operating inside your account.

MacMenuBar is a curated directory of 1,500+ Mac menu bar apps, neatly sorted into collections like clipboard managers, timers, and window managers. Here's why it's worth a bookmark.

Liqoria is a Mac music player that works with Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, and more. It gives you floating, menu bar, Dock, and Lock Screen players in a single app.

This $30 Mac bundle gives you 27 apps for productivity, design, and more — used across home and business.

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You can now download iPadOS 27 beta 3 for iPad, macOS 27 beta 3 for Mac, watchOS 27 beta 3 for Apple Watch, tvOS 27 beta 3 for Apple TV, and visionOS 27 beta 3 for Apple Vision Pro.

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Once upon a time, there was a bit of a fad for fingerprint authentication in laptops and desktop computers. It has long since faded, but [superdog] wanted just such a device for Linux and Mac machines. Thus, it was time to build one.

[superdog] designed the device, nicknamed immurok, as a tool for people who use external keyboards, and do lots of terminal work on Mac and Linux machines. Repeat password requests can interrupt one’s flow when hustling at the keys, so immurok was designed to ease this pain.

The device is based on a WCH CH592F microcontroller, which comes with Bluetooth connectivity out of the box. This allows immurok to connect wirelessly to the machine of your choice, advertising itself as a standard Bluetooth HID keyboard device. Fingerprint-wise, scanning is done with an R559S capacitive sensor, which verifies the match locally so there’s no transmitting biometric data anywhere. On the computer side, Linux is setup to use a CLI/TUI app plus PAM integration to handle authorization for system logins and sudo in the terminal. On the Mac platform, it’s used with a menu bar app, with PAM integration for admin prompts. There’s also a separate helper path for using it with the lock screen.

If you’re sick of entering your password all the time and wish unlocking your PC was more like unlocking your phone, this might be the project for you. We’ve seen similar projects before, too. If you’re whipping up fun gear for biometric auth, don’t hesitate to let us know on the tipsline.

Apple has just released for download iOS 26.5.2 IPSW links and OTA update alongside iPadOS 26.5.2 and macOS 26.5.2 for compatible iPhone, iPad and Mac devices.

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