the road to "mac-like" Apple’s Craig Federighi on the long road to the iPad’s Mac-like multitasking Federighi talks to Ars about why the iPad's Mac-style multitasking took so long. Andrew Cunningham – Jun 11, 2025 3:20 PM | 35 iPads! Running iOS 26! Credit: Apple iPads! Running iOS 26! Credit: Apple…

On June 13, 1863, a curious letter to the editor appeared in The Press, a then-fledgling New Zealand newspaper. Signed “Cellarius,” it warned of an encroaching “mechanical kingdom” that would soon bring humanity to its yoke. “The machines are gaining ground upon us,” the author ranted, distressed by…

In 1982, a peculiar commercial aired on televisions across Japan. An actress in a pink floral dress and an updo drops paint on her hand and futilely attempts to wipe it off with toilet paper. She looks into the camera and asks: “Everyone, if your hands get dirty, you wash them, right?” “It’s the…

It’s an exciting time to be a designer on iOS. My professional universe is trembling and rumbling with a deep sense of mystery. There’s a lot of rumors and whispers of a huge redesign coming to the iPhone’s operating system — one that is set to be 'the biggest in a long time'. There’s only been one…

Everyone should have the right to decide if and when they have children. Yet over the past 50 years, the United States has built an economy that increasingly works against fertility — demanding more years in school and longer hours at work for people, especially women, in the years when it is…

“I wanted some element of hope. I wanted to have something legitimately positive and forward. My own personal worldview, in the end, is really not that dark.” Photo: StillMoving.Net Considering how reflective, candid, and loquacious he is in conversation, it’s maybe not surprising that Andor creator…

Jamelle Bouie April 23, 2025 Credit...Daniele Volpe for The New York Times Listen to this article · 11:14 min Learn more By Opinion Columnist The American constitutional system is built on the theory that the self-interest of lawmakers can be as much of a defense against tyranny as any given law or…

Credit...Illustration by Karolis Strautniekas Feature Twenty years ago, India let Masood Azhar go. Now he and his jihadist group may be one of the greatest obstacles to resolving the crisis in Kashmir. Credit...Illustration by Karolis Strautniekas By Published March 19, 2020Updated March 21, 2020…

The Trump crackdown has reached the volcanic Island of Hawaii, where immigrants, some of them undocumented, are crucial to cultivating the rare coffee. Coffee crops in Kona, Hawaii, are picked by hand, primarily by immigrants from Latin America. The Trump crackdown has reached the volcanic Island of…

Moderna’s combined Covid and flu shot outperformed the existing standalone vaccines for both viruses, according to the results of a phase 3 clinical trial published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The vaccine uses the same messenger RNA technology as Moderna’s approved…

Guest Essay May 18, 2025 Credit...Nadine Redlich Listen to this article · 7:00 min Learn more By Mr. Richards lives in Edinburgh and is the author of the forthcoming “Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark.” How civilized to catch a train, enjoy a meal on board and then go to bed…

Twenty-seven years ago this week, Steve Jobs took the stage at the Flint Center in Cupertino to unveil the first new product since his return to Apple: the original iMac. The Apple of today would be nearly unrecognizable to the people of 1998, but Apple still sells an iMac. It’s literally the only…

I recently purchased a Mazda Miata. This car is interesting because instead of running on electricity, it is powered by a combustible liquid called gasoline. The vehicle has an engine that mixes the gasoline with oxygen from the air, ignites the mixture, and uses the resulting combustion to push the…

Guest Essay April 25, 2025, 5:02 a.m. ET Credit...Photo illustration by The New York Times Listen to this article · 5:30 min Learn more By Edward J. MarkeyJim McGovern and Mr. Markey is the junior U.S. senator from Massachusetts. Mr. McGovern is the representative for Massachusetts’ Second…

And this is what we get when male fitness standards clash with female preferences. For context (if you’re a sane person and not extremely online), researcher William Costello recently did a simple, anonymous Twitter poll. Men and women were invited to rate pictures of British singer Olly Murs when…

April 28, 2025 Pro-housing advocates offer an analysis of class relations that is more sophisticated and has more explanatory power than the one held by many critics of the “abundance agenda.” Copy Link Facebook X (Twitter) Bluesky Pocket Email Construction continues on a mixed-use apartment complex…

A mock-up I made in 2021 of what a more Mac-like iPad would look like when hooked up to a 5K display. Two weeks ago, Mark Gurman of Bloomberg reported that some serious changes were in the works for iPadOS 19: I’m told that this year’s upgrade will focus on productivity, multitasking and app window…

David Hogg, a young liberal activist and now a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, is leading an effort to unseat the party’s older lawmakers in primaries. Listen to this article · 7:25 min Learn more David Hogg, who survived the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Fla., is also the…

A visit by federal agents to two elementary schools drew an angry, impassioned response from the superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, a Portuguese immigrant. Listen to this article · 6:05 min Learn more Alberto Carvalho, the superintendent of Los Angeles’s public schools, in 2022. Mr. Carvalho said he…

Kat Abughazaleh leans over her campaign manager’s shoulder as they review a video from her live appearance on CNN Max the night before. “I want to see if I rolled my eyes,” she says, eyes locked on the screen. “I feel like I did.” It’s late March, less than a week after Abughazaleh, 26, announced…

David Brooks April 17, 2025 Listen to this article · 7:40 min Learn more By Opinion Columnist In the beginning there was agony. Under the empires of old, the strong did what they willed and the weak suffered what they must. But over the centuries, people built the sinews of civilization:…

In late June 2024, just a few days after Joe Biden’s implosion in his televised debate with Donald Trump, one of the president’s best friends got a call on his iPhone. The familiar baritone voice on the other end, much stronger than it had been during the debate, was unmistakable. “It’s Joe,” he…

After destroying trillions of dollars in wealth, forcing layoffs, and obliterating the economy for nonsensical reasons, Donald Trump paused most of the reciprocal tariffs that went into effect at midnight on Wednesday. The “Golden Age" of America” lasted about 12 hours. Trump and his craven lackeys…

The company moved most of its manufacturing to Vietnam from China to avoid tariffs. But the unpredictability of President Trump’s plans have thrown Nintendo for a loop. Listen to this article · 6:48 min Learn more People played the Nintendo Switch 2 video game console last week at an event in New…

A new crop of Democrats are announcing runs for office — sometimes against incumbents — in an expression of frustration with the establishment. Listen to this article · 7:04 min Learn more George Hornedo, 34, announced on Wednesday that he would challenge Representative André Carson of Indiana, 50,…

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Teslas that have been sold or traded in during the backlash against the company’s chief executive have become bargains on lots. Listen to this article · 6:17 min Learn more Used Teslas at Hayward Honda in Hayward, Calif. Many owners began selling their Teslas as a form of protest or because they no…

My Mac mini server, as seen remotely through Screens. Last year, while listening to the Connected podcast, I was struck by something Stephen Hackett said: The opportunities are endless with an always-on Mac. Yes, this. This exactly. I’ve had a Mac running as a server in my house for more than 20…

The redesigned map of the New York City system, the first to be introduced in nearly half a century, is reminiscent of a version from the 1970s that was reviled by many traditionalists. Listen to this article · 5:41 min Learn more The new map, right, is a diagrammatic, brightly colored variation on…

Just to be clear: Today is, in many ways, the best time in American history to be single. In the 18th century, bachelors paid higher taxes and faced harsher punishments for crimes than their betrothed counterparts. (“A Man without a Wife,” Benjamin Franklin said, “is but half a Man.”) Single…

The value proposition of the Nintendo Switch 2 may seem pretty clear, but it’s much more obvious when you use one. Nintendo’s new console is the Switch but slightly bigger and slightly better, and that has been apparent since the device was first revealed in January in a mostly detail-free…

That same fallacy is taking root among AI’s biggest backers. AI can never fail, it can only be failed. Failed by you and me, the smooth-brained Luddites who just don’t get it.

The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen. I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had…

Zeynep Tufekci March 16, 2025 Listen to this article · 11:06 min Learn more By Opinion Columnist Leer en español Since scientists began playing around with dangerous pathogens in laboratories, the world has experienced four or five pandemics, depending on how you count. One of them, the 1977 Russian…

Scientists are using machine learning to find new treatments among thousands of old medicines. Joseph Coates, left, owes his life to an A.I. model developed by Dr. David Fajgenbaum and the rest of his team.Credit...Hannah Yoon for The New York Times Scientists are using machine learning to find new…

There is a long-standing divergence in how Americans view criminal justice. While everyone agrees that those who commit crimes should be punished, there is disagreement on cases in which guilt is less certain. Is it preferable to cast a wide net, ensuring that criminals face sanction even if some…

Just when we thought the M3 was in the ground and Apple had rapidly moved every single Mac model over to the fresh and new M4 processor, in rolls the high-end Mac Studio, equipped with the impossible-to-predict, never-before-seen M3 Ultra processor. That’s right—in March 2025, a full 16 months after…

Apple’s new top tier Mac Studio, powered by the M3 Ultra chip, contains so much computing horsepower that it’s never going to be on the radar of most tech enthusiasts — let alone your average consumer. It starts at $3,999, but if you upgrade every spec to the best on offer (including an astonishing…