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Apple's Two Rumored Game Controllers Will 'Likely' Come From Beats
Earlier this month, references to two unreleased Apple game controllers were allegedly spotted in macOS 26.7 beta code, and now Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has shared more details. Power On newsletter today, Gurman said the controllers have been in development for more than a year, are for the iPhone, and will likely have Beats branding. Acquired by Apple in 2014, Beats has expanded beyond headphones and now sells charging cables, iPhone cases, and more. Related Roundup: macOS Golden Gate Tags: Beats, Mark Gurman Related Forum: macOS Golden Gate This article, "Apple's Two Rumored Game Controllers Will 'Likely' Come From Beats" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
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This open-source Windows launcher does what Microsoft’s new Start menu should have done
A control center that can outclass many Windows features.
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I went looking for obscure open-source apps and found 6 that are way too good to be this unknown
These apps have no business being this invisible.
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The contagion of fear
Article URL: https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/13/the-contagion-of-fear/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49689460 Points: 180 # Comments: 133
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Apple is reportedly working on iPhone game controllers
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple is developing two game controllers for the iPhone and will likely sell them under the Beats brand. Rumors that Apple might enter the game controller business have circulated for some time. But last week, MacRumors reported finding two references in macOS 26.7's code to two game controllers identified as first-party devices. Despite the code being found in macOS, not iOS, Gurman says the controllers are designed for iPhones. Additionally, he says that it is Beats executives leading the charge on this product. Apple sometimes uses its subsidiary brand to experiment with new product categories and compete at … Read the full story at The Verge.
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Unread 5.0
John Brayton: Unread 5.0 is available now from the App Store. This update adds these improvements and more: Improvements around hero images, article list thumbnails, and widget thumbnails Syncing with FreshRSS and Miniflux The ability to quickly mark old articles read I’m a NetNewsWire man personally, but I’ve long admired Unread as a different, very good take on a feed reader. Just a gorgeous app. One of the very best things about RSS is that feed readers take such different shapes and approaches. ★
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4 ways to make an aging Motorola phone feel much more expensive
Your budget Motorola phone can punch way above its weight
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iOS 27 Available Tomorrow With These 8 New Features
During its iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo event last week, Apple announced that iOS 27 will be released widely on Monday, September 14. iOS 27 should be available around 10 a.m. Pacific Time / 1 p.m. Eastern Time tomorrow via the Settings app, under General → Software Update. Below, we have highlighted 12 new features and changes coming with iOS 27, with the main attraction being a major revamp of Siri. iOS 27 is compatible with the iPhone 11 series and newer, but Siri AI and other Apple Intelligence features are limited to the iPhone 15 Pro and newer. New Features Siri AI The classic version of Siri has always been useful for basic actions like setting a timer and checking the weather, but it has notoriously struggled with more advanced requests over the years. That all changes with iOS 27, which features a much more intelligent and personalized version of Siri named Siri AI. Siri AI is essentially a ChatGPT-like version of Siri that can answer pretty much anythin
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David Lynch made a G-rated film for Disney, and it's about a lawnmower
A tender road odyssey about a 73-year-old on a patched John Deere crossing state lines to heal an old rift.
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Claude Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher
Article URL: https://www.vals.ai/blogs/fable-solves-cyphral-distich Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49688695 Points: 184 # Comments: 51
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The Units’ Digital Stimulation is synthpunk perfection
The Units are a band I discovered in part thanks to No Dogs in Space. During their miniseries on The Screamers (another incredible band worth checking out), they mention synthpunk.org as one of their sources. And there's no better way to get my attention than to combine two of my favorite things - punk rock and synthesizers. The site was down that day (it appears to be back up now), but I was able to access a version from July through the Wayback Machine. What greeted me was a bare-bones site with links for six bands, including The Screamers. But at the top was The Units, a band I'd never heard of and, after tracking down their 1980 record D … Read the full story at The Verge.
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Post Peek — Litterbox-Inspired Tweet Viewing Extension for Chrome
Tim VanBenschoten: Post Peek is an independent, open-source project inspired by Litterbox, the Safari extension by Zhenyi Tan (And a Dinosaur). ★
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3 exciting Netflix thrillers to watch this week (September 14-20)
A Valentine's horror, a Taylor Sheirdan action movie, and a James Cameron classic are on our list of thrillers to watch this week on Netflix.
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My decade-old Xeon server lost to a budget UGREEN NAS in every way that matters
New NAS hardware made my former bargain difficult to justify.
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I stopped using Word for simple notes after discovering this ridiculously capable text editor
Word was built for printing, not note-taking — Notion does that better.
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Linus Torvalds just showed the right way to use AI for coding and everyone missed it
The AI said impossible; he knew better, and proved it.
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I ditched Fitbit and Samsung Health tracking for this private alternative
The open-source smartwatch that does health tracking without the surveillance
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Ryobi makes some bizarre ONE+ tools, and these 5 are the best
Ryobi's power tool line keeps growing; here are the weirdest, most useful tools they offer yet.
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Why Mint's easy graphical interface is the worst thing for your Linux journey
Comfort is so often sought, but it’s difficulty that yields the most.
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Mark Zuckerberg: "Cambridge Analytica" (2017)
Article URL: https://twitter.com/TechEmails/status/2099214399840059428 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49688157 Points: 214 # Comments: 83
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