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Macs, Windows, GPUs, and the hardware behind them — performance, pricing, and what to actually buy.
TSMC reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of US$46.72 billion on October 15, up 41.2 percent from a year earlier and 16.2 percent from the previous quarter. Its official earnings release also puts 2-nanometer shipments at 8 percent of total wafer revenue. That figure measures revenue share, not the percentage of physical wafers produced.
Read story →The startup reports working first silicon and $18 million in total seed funding. Its commercial UB410 and 2027 evaluation units remain plans, not a shipping product or independent benchmark.
Read story →The refreshed desktop adds Raspberry Pi Connect and uses amd64 Debian. The company explicitly excludes current Apple Silicon Macs from supported use.
Read story →9to5Mac and AppleInsider describe Bloomberg reporting on a possible late-October launch. The date, product specifications and retail availability are not confirmed by Apple.
Read story →Microsoft describes a 15-inch mini-LED touchscreen, NVIDIA silicon and up to 128GB unified memory. Its product page says shipment remains subject to FCC authorization.
Read story →Apple support pages list Apple silicon Macs for both USB-C accessories. MacRumors reports this week’s documentation update, but says the accessories still work with Intel Macs; the list change is not proof they stopped working.
Read story →MacRumors reports a long-press Dock animation in macOS 27.2 beta 3 and touch-gesture references in Apple apps. Its earlier report notes the code could support Sidecar. Apple has not confirmed a touchscreen Mac or what the changes are for.
Read story →9to5Mac, citing Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, reports that Apple's redesigned OLED MacBook Pro is significantly lighter than today's models and could arrive by next month. Apple has not announced the product, and no weight figure was reported.
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