Samsung Launches Galaxy S26 Ultra With Built-In Privacy Display and New AI Features — MacRumors

New to the Galaxy S26 Ultra is a built-in “Privacy Display” that makes it harder to view what’s on the screen when looking at the phone from a side angle. It’s clear when looking at it head on, but someone sitting next to you will have a hard time seeing your phone’s display. Privacy Display works at the pixel level, controlling how pixels disperse light. It can be set to activate only for certain apps or situations like entering a PIN, and there are partial and maximum privacy options.

I want Apple to copy this. So clever and quite useful for someone like me who commutes on public transport.

I like this image for a few reasons. First, it feels a bit like the early nineties, with some mid-century design elements. But this PowerBook Duo station on the integrated desk reminds me of when I was working at an Apple Dealer; I could use a PowerBook Duo in this exact configuration. It was a great and novel product at the time.

The recent rumors about Apple incorporating touch support into macOS for the M6 MacBook Pro, expected around fall 2026, seem a bit odd. I’m somewhat skeptical about Apple’s abilities lately, particularly after the Liquid Glass reveal. Incorporating an adaptive touch mode on the Mac feels unusual to me. In recent years, Apple made so many changes to macOS to make it look more like iPadOS. I wonder why it needs to add adaptive UI on top of that. And, introducing an M6 MacBook Pro less than 12 months after introducing new M5 models also feels strange.

Apple accelerates U.S. manufacturing with Mac mini production - Apple

What the Apple press release seems to depict are workers building 2U rack servers. No Mac mini in sight. 🧐🤨

Ouch, 2025 was a tough year for Apple. I consider writing my own opinion on this, but it seems everything has already been said. Overall, it was a difficult year for Apple on many levels. Unfortunately, this isn’t yet clear in their financial reports; if it were, the executives might see things differently.

Apple is shipping a UI whose core identity depends on effects that many users can’t tolerate, so Apple has to provide ‘escape hatches’—which implies the identity is optional, and therefore poorly grounded as a universal interface language. 🙄

Microsoft finally makes OneDrive look like a Mac app as it gets an all-new UI — 9to5Mac

The all-new OneDrive Activity Center embraces the Swift UI design language, including support for Liquid Glass on macOS 26 and native accessibility options like VoiceOver and Full Keyboard Access.

Can we say: finally?

I have such a hard time explaining to people around me (family, friends and colleagues) that platforms like Meta are no good and that we should avoid them. 😔

Apple is Testing These iPhone 18 Pro and Foldable iPhone Colors — MacRumors

While it was previously rumored that Apple was also considering purple and brown finishes for the iPhone 18 Pro models, Gurman said he believes that those color options are “just variants of the same red idea — given that the tones are fairly similar.” In other words, it sounds like those two color options will not actually be offered.

I’m getting more and more nervous about Apple’s plans for the iPhone 18 Pro colors…