This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.

Apple on Monday seeded the second developer beta of its upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.4 update. The new beta comes just one week ...

Apple has released the second round of new developer betas for its operating systems. They include macOS Tahoe 26.4, iOS 26.4 ...

The age where players can ignore gaming on Mac may be coming to an end. Third-party devs using open-source software are providing what Apple can’t— or won’t —offer gamers: access to all their games ...

The move to Mac-first is less about brand preference and more about adapting infrastructure to the realities of modern, AI-driven software development.

Apple has released the latest round of software updates across its ecosystem. The 26.3 releases for Apple Watch, Apple TV, Vision Pro and Mac are light on new features, instead focusing on bug fixes, ...

Zorin OS Hits 2 Million Downloads as Windows 10 Support Ends Your email has been sent If your older PC is suddenly feeling unloved by Microsoft, you’re not alone ...

When Microsoft was first developing the Surface Duo, it was originally intended to run a Windows 10-based OS code-named Andromeda that looked a lot like Windows Phone. Of course, the company ended up ...

In various ways, this year’s Apple operating system updates (iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 and so on) represented a major departure from the past, from the new version numbering system to the radical ...

In February 1982, Apple employee #8 Chris Espinosa faced a problem that would feel familiar to anyone who has ever had a micromanaging boss: Steve Jobs wouldn’t stop critiquing his calculator design ...