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Apple Shares Massive List of Over 250 Changes Across iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, and More

Apple Shares Massive List of Over 250 Changes Across iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, and More

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During its WWDC 2026 keynote on Monday, Apple briefly showed a slide with hundreds of new features and enhancements coming across iOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, watchOS 27, tvOS 27, and visionOS 27. All of the software updates are currently available as developer betas, and they are expected to be released to all users in September. We already highlighted some of the key new features from the slide, and now we have shared a categorized list of all of the more than 250 changes shown. iPhone & iOS 27 & iPadOS 27 Switch between two iPhone devices with the same phone number More seamless transitions between Wi-Fi and cellular networks Live Activities in Dynamic Island in landscape Enhanced power efficiency for Safari in iOS Faster Voice Control response in iOS Extra-large widgets in iOS Streamlined setup for Touch Accommodations in iOS and iPadOS Live Activity for Precision Finding with Friends Smoother scrolling in App Library Smoother unlocking on iPhone Undo and redo Home Screen edits in iPadOS Extra-large widgets in Today View in iPadOS …

All the Liquid Glass Changes in macOS Golden Gate

All the Liquid Glass Changes in macOS Golden Gate

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When Liquid Glass launched in macOS Tahoe, Apple faced criticism over how the design looked on the Mac. Some people felt that Liquid Glass in ‌macOS Tahoe‌ was an afterthought with little impact from the design update, while others had issues with contrast, readability, rounded corners, and design consistency. There were long complaint threads on the MacRumors forums and on Reddit, and some people refused to update. Apple is making several changes to Liquid Glass and the overall macOS Golden Gate design, and while subtle, some of the changes could make Liquid Glass on Mac easier to digest. Transparency and Diffusion Apple added a full Liquid Glass slider under System Settings > Appearance. It changes the translucency of Liquid Glass elements, and users can choose a clear version of Liquid Glass that allows some of the background to show through, select a more opaque, tinted version that improves the legibility of text, or choose something in between. Unfortunately, there is no ultra-clear version of Liquid Glass available with the slider. Even the setting that’s as …

MacOS 27 Golden Gate: Top New Features

MacOS 27 Golden Gate: Top New Features

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One of the most interesting new features is Custom Extensions, which lets you create an extension for Safari in natural language. Lastly, the new version of Safari will work the Passwords app to automatically fix website login passwords that are deemed no longer safe to use. The other exciting implementation of Apple Intelligence is within the Shortcuts app. The app received some artificial intelligence upgrades last year, but this new update takes things much further. You can now use natural language to design an automated shortcut, no longer requiring the manual work of connecting functions within apps together. Apple’s example was that you could type, “Whenever I’m leaving work, calculate the ETA, and send it to Pedro,” which would use a combination of Maps and Messages. Other updates include using natural language when creating an event in Calendar, which will then fill in the details with contacts or locations. Image Playground also received a major update, which is now based on Google’s Gemini image generation tech. It can now cook up photorealistic imagery, and looks …

MacOS 27 Gets a Name: Golden Gate

MacOS 27 Gets a Name: Golden Gate

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Apple kicked off WWDC 2026 not by talking up Siri’s added AI smarts or explaining new iOS 27 features. No, it started by slapping a name on the next version of MacOS. With the help of a VW bus driving by, Apple software chief Craig Federighi introduced MacOS 27 Golden Gate. Based on the results of CNET’s Big Guessing Game, Apple threw us a curveball with Golden Gate. It was not among the top guesses that included Redwood, Shasta, Mammoth, Big Bear and Emerald Bay. MacOS Golden Gate: Overhauled search and Liquid Glass slider After introducing the somewhat polarizing Liquid Glass design last year, this year’s update is more about performance and stability improvements than a radical design shift. Think tighter corner radii on windows than an entirely new look. Apple promises Golden Gate will feel more responsive with snappier animations and a rebuilt search that’s more efficient and comprehensive so you can find things faster in Spotlight, Photos and Mail. Upgrades to the Liquid Glass display are coming to Mac. Apple/Screenshot by CNET The Liquid …

UFOs, Sex Bans, and a Mass Suicide: Inside the Sinister Heaven’s Gate Cult

UFOs, Sex Bans, and a Mass Suicide: Inside the Sinister Heaven’s Gate Cult

Published by Sam Flores

It’s a true story that, nearly 30 years later, is still stranger than fiction. In March 1997, members of the Heaven’s Gate cult visited a Carlsbad, California, restaurant for their last supper—identical orders of iced tea, salad, turkey pot pie, and cheesecake. Days later, everyone sitting around the table would be found dead in a home in nearby Rancho Santa Fe, a secluded, wealthy part of San Diego otherwise known for decorative citrus orchards, horse stables, and its elite country club. What remains the largest mass suicide in the US left 39 people dead. Later that year, it was parodied by Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live and referenced by Jodie Foster in the sci-fi film Contact. Now the story of the cult is fictionalized in The Leader, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday, June 5. Tim Blake Nelson and Vera Farmiga play founders Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles, respectively; Applewhite, a Texas music teacher, met Nettles in the early 1970s at a psychiatric institution where she worked as a nurse. They …

Razor wire put up at new Chinese super embassy site after youths scale gate in security incident

Razor wire put up at new Chinese super embassy site after youths scale gate in security incident

Published by Sam Flores

Razor wire has been put up at the site of the planned new Chinese super embassy in London after a security incident. A small group of youths are understood to have clambered over a gate, around ten feet high, to access a slip road to the site of the new diplomatic complex. They are believed to have been confronted by a security guard as objects were hurled over the gate by other youngsters. Around 20 youths in total were involved in the incident. In response razor wire has been put up around the area. Razor wire around the site of the planned new Chinese super embassy in Tower Hamlets (Unknown) But the wire has fuelled concerns of local residents over the scale of security measures that will be built for the new embassy. “That’s an excessive reaction. They have got CCTV and security guards,” said Mark Nygate, treasurer for the Royal Mint Court Residents’ Association. “It adds into our fears about what it will be like once the embassy is alive and active and being …

ETH Zurich built an ultra-stable quantum gate across 17,000 qubit pairs

ETH Zurich built an ultra-stable quantum gate across 17,000 qubit pairs

Published by Jenni Sidey

Quantum computing still stumbles on fragility, where tiny disturbances can wreck calculations. ETH Zurich researchers built a geometric swap gate with neutral atoms that stayed remarkably stable across 17,000 qubit pairs, hinting at a sturdier path toward large-scale quantum machines. Quantum computers promise to solve problems that would overwhelm even the world’s fastest supercomputers. They could help researchers design new medicines, improve climate models and crack scientific mysteries that remain out of reach today. But one stubborn problem continues to slow progress: quantum systems are fragile. Even tiny disturbances can disrupt a quantum calculation. A slight vibration, a fluctuation in laser intensity or a stray magnetic field may introduce errors that spread through the system. Building reliable quantum hardware has therefore become one of the greatest challenges in modern physics. Now, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new kind of quantum gate that may bring scientists closer to large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers. Their work demonstrates an extremely stable “swap gate” using neutral atoms trapped in laser light. The system achieved a precision of 99.91% …

Neil Newbon to reprise Astarion for Baldur’s Gate 3 spin-off book

Neil Newbon to reprise Astarion for Baldur’s Gate 3 spin-off book

Published by Daniella Wilson

In exciting news for fans of Baldur’s Gate 3, a new prequel novel has now been announced, focused on the character played in the game by Neil Newbon. The spin-off book, titled Baldur’s Gate 3: Astarion, has been written by T Kingfisher, and will be published by Random House Worlds on 29 September 2026. Not only that, but Newbon will reprise his role as Astarion for the audiobook. The synopsis for the book says: “This prequel novel follows the beloved character Astarion during his time in servitude to the vampire lord Cazador Szarr in the years leading up to the events of the video game. “Subsequent to its completion, Stephen Rooney, one of the senior writers of Baldur’s Gate 3, was consulted to ensure the novel’s authenticity within the game’s world and lore.” For background, it has been established in the games that Cazador Szarr carved up Astarion’s back and broke him both mentally and physically, taking him to the darkest of places. Neil Newbon. Scott Kirkland/Frank Micelotta/The Game Awards via Getty Images Excitingly, this isn’t …

Should We Grow Up With an Age Gate in This Hybrid World?

Should We Grow Up With an Age Gate in This Hybrid World?

Published by Jenni Sidey

Something shifted on April 15, 2026. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stood at a press conference and announced that the EU’s age verification app is technically ready — framing it with a deliberately disarming analogy: Platforms will ask for proof of age the way shops ask before selling alcohol. Familiar. Almost quaint. And that is precisely where the thinking should begin — because the stakes sitting behind this announcement are anything but simple. Why? The age verification app, technically available to citizens as of April 15, 2026, is designed to allow EU users to prove they are old enough to access legally age-restricted sites — pornography, gambling, alcohol purchases — as a key step in implementing the Digital Services Act and protecting minors online. The underlying cryptographic method is zero-knowledge proof, meaning a user can confirm they are over 18 without sharing any other personal data, and the app will be open-source, available to private companies and partner countries as a blueprint. Seven Member States — France, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Spain, Cyprus, and …

Fare Gate Society – The Atlantic

Fare Gate Society – The Atlantic

Published by José Betancourt

Vandals have done some senseless stuff on Bay Area Rapid Transit. They have removed the fire extinguishers from the station walls and sprayed them all over the place, for example. But what particularly vexed Alicia Trost, the chief communications officer for the train system that connects San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, was their destruction of map display cases at stations across the system: “You could not see the maps for years.” Now you can. In August, BART completed the installation of new fare gates at station entrances and exits: Six-foot-tall saloon-style doors, made of plexiglass with metal frames, have replaced the waist-high barriers of the 1970s that were easy to duck or jump. The new gates have compelled more riders to pay their fare—revenue is projected to rise by $10 million a year. They have also led to an enormous drop in vandalism. Workers spent nearly 1,000 fewer hours cleaning up after unruly passengers in the six months following the gates’ installation, compared with the six months before. Crime on BART fell by 41 …