Apple updates trade-in values following ‘Surprise and Shine’ event, lowers iPhone payouts

Just a month after raising trade-in values across much of its product lineup, Apple has updated them once again following its “Surprise and Shine” event, lowering values for iPhones while increasing them for iPads and most Macs. Here are the new values. Apple now accepting iPhone Air and iPhone 17 line for trade-in Last month, Apple adjusted its trade-in tables for iPhones, iPads, Apple Watch models, Macs, and [...]

Logitech launches $99 MX Keypad for coding and AI workflows

Programmable physical controls are becoming key to power user workflows, including agentic programming. Now Logitech is bringing to market a compact solution that fits on any desk. Logitech today announced the MX Keypad, a $99.99 accessory with nine customizable full-color LCD keys for launching commands, running macros, and accessing AI tools. MX Keypad is half the price of Logitech’s MX Creative Console If the hardware looks familiar, there’s [...]

A foldable Mac is years away, but Apple is still working on it

There have long been reports and rumours about Apple working on a foldable clamshell device that is either an iPad, a Mac, one of each, or a hybrid of the two. A recent report said that although this was once a priority for new CEO John Ternus, the project had been cancelled – but I don’t think that’s entirely accurate … Personally, I think the concept of a [...]

M6 MacBook Pro: Three new upgrades launching this fall

Apple has a new M6 MacBook Pro launching this fall with a 14-inch screen and the current industrial design. Now that the M6 chip has officially been unveiled, here are three upgrades to expect from the new MacBook Pro. #1: Dual 16-core Neural Engine If AI is in any way significant to your workflows—and with macOS 27, it will be for even more users—then the M6 MacBook Pro [...]

Meta launches Muse Voice Transcribe for real-time voice dictation on Mac

Meta is launching Muse Voice Transcribe, its first real-time audio perception model. It brings multilingual, streaming transcription to Meta AI for Mac, Muse Code, and developers through the Meta Model API. Muse Voice Transcribe powers system-wide dictation on Mac Meta Superintelligence Labs says Muse Voice Transcribe combines streaming automatic speech recognition with speaker diarization and endpointing. In practical terms, it can transcribe speech as it happens, separate speakers [...]

Perplexity launches privacy-minded ‘hybrid compute’ AI feature for Mac

Aside from being featured by Apple in the M6 Mac mini launch, Perplexity has been relatively quiet on the Mac front this summer. That changes today with hybrid compute for Mac. Perplexity first announced work on splitting AI tasks between local and cloud models in June. Today, Hybrid Compute is launching as part of Perplexity’s Mac app. “Computer now splits a task between cloud models and a local [...]

Codex report: Four months of building joy on my Mac with ChatGPT

9to5Mac is brought to you by Memoket: The Memoket Gem is an 11g AI wearable that slots beside your Apple Watch in a co-wear band. Press once to capture a conversation, and Gem connects it to what you discussed weeks ago — surfacing the earlier thread with a source link. From $179, shipping August 2026. In 2023, early adopters were just getting to know ChatGPT and AI chatbot tech. [...]

Unusual timing of Mac mini and Mac Studio updates all about AI, claims report

Apple surprised many when it quietly announced updated Mac mini and Mac Studio models shortly before its September event. We would normally have expected these announcements to be part of that event. One strong theory is that the company may be making a lot of big announcements in its ‘Surprise and shine‘ keynote, and therefore wanted to get these updates out of the way beforehand. But a new [...]

New Mac mini and more now available from Amazon for launch day pre-order [Updated]

Update August 27, 2026: The new Mac Studio is also now available for pre-order on Amazon. Apple surprised us with some big Mac news today, including a new lineup of Mac Studio and Mac mini models. If you’re in the market for some of today’s new Apple gear, you now have the choice to pre-order from Amazon as well. Buy Mac mini from Amazon Buy Mac Studio from [...]

M6 release schedule: Here’s every new Mac and iPad launching next

Apple launched its next-generation M6 chip this week in the new Mac mini. But several more products will get M6 upgrades soon. Here’s the rumored release schedule for M6 Macs and iPads. Fall 2026: MacBook Pro and iMac This fall, likely in October, Apple is rumored to launch two more M6 Macs: MacBook Pro iMac The MacBook Pro will be only the 14-inch base model. Per Mark Gurman, [...]