#xcode-26

#xcode-26

At least two of the company's upcoming machines could debut a little later than the company initially planned, referencing the refreshes to Apple's desktop and its laptop that's expected to get a touchscreen.

"Now, you can bring up Gemini from anywhere on your Mac with a quick shortcut (Option + Space) to get help instantly, without ever switching tabs."

It takes a week to switch phones. First, there's the technical process of moving eSIMs across devices, which takes either a few minutes or two days, a half-dozen calls to Verizon, and approximately 11,000 restarts of your phone.

JDK 26, the first non-LTS release since JDK 25, has reached its second release candidate as declared by Mark Reinhold, Chief Architect, Java Platform Group at Oracle. The main-line source repository, forked to the JDK stabilization repository in early-December 2025 (Rampdown Phase One), defines the feature set for JDK 26. Critical bugs, such as regressions or serious functionality issues, may be addressed, but must be approved via the Fix-Request process. As per the release schedule, JDK 26 will be formally released on March 17, 2026.

The headline runtime feature in this preview is Runtime Async, described as a major change to how asynchronous methods work in .NET. According to the release notes, since C# 5 introduced async/await, the compiler has been solely responsible for rewriting async methods into state machine structs that track progress across suspension points. With Runtime Async, the runtime itself now understands async methods as a first-class concept and takes over responsibility for suspending and resuming methods.

Apple officially rolled out macOS 26.3 on Feb. 11, days after its beta went live. While their focus touched on security, bug fixes, and general optimization, reports from 9to5Mac suggest the update's core focus is much broader. The critical maintenance step improves the overall system, easing the future rollout of features such as the advanced M5 chip series, and potentially including changes required by the European Union for EU residents.

On the M1 through the M4 (and on the MacBook Neo's A18 Pro, a relative of the M4 family), performance cores will stay performance cores, and efficiency cores will stay efficiency cores. The macOS 26.3.1 update is also required to support Apple's new Studio Displays.

Stop Tahoe Update is a tiny script that persuades macOS to stop urging you to upgrade to macOS 26. Rather than any scary low-level hackery, it merely installs an even tinier custom profile that tells macOS a little white lie: your Mac is controlled by an organizational policy forbidding version upgrades.

The use of the word experience, rather than event or presentation, implies that Apple's typical presentation format won't apply here. And CEO Tim Cook more or less confirmed this when he posted that the company had "a big week ahead," starting on Monday. Apple is most likely planning multiple days of product launches announced via press release on its Newsroom site, with the "experience" on Wednesday serving as a capper and a hands-on session for the media.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has teased "a big week ahead" for Apple, starting on the morning of Monday, March 2. The company had already announced an in-person event for media and creators on March 4, while rumors had pointed toward Apple revealing at least five products over three days next week, so it looks like the stars are aligning for that to actually be the case.