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I built a tiny mac app to monitor and manage my development processes

🚧 Port Kill A lightweight macOS status bar app that monitors and manages development processes running on ports 2000-6000. The app provides real-time process detection and allows you to kill individual processes or all processes at once. Features Real-time Monitoring : Scans ports 2000-6000 every 5 seconds using lsof commands : Scans ports 2000-6000 every 5 seconds using commands Visual Status Bar Icon : Shows process count with color-coded center (green=0, red=1-9, orange=10+) : Shows proc

The cost of interrupted work (2023)

Interruptions cost 23 minutes 15 seconds, right? 2023-11-05 You’ve likely read lots of blog posts stating that it takes 23 minutes and 15 seconds to get back to work after an interruption, context switch, or meeting. Thus, ā€œdo you have five minutesā€ ends up not only costing those few minutes, but instead about half an hour. But where does that number come from? I just wanted to quickly reference this fact to a colleague. Quick search for the reference, copy’n’paste it, in and out, 20 minutes

Apple AirTag 2 Rumors: New Features and Possible Release Date Leaked

The original AirTag was launched nearly four years ago, which is practically a lifetime for an Apple product. The little tracker has proven to be a sleeper hit with plenty of people the world over using it to find their keys, wallet, luggage and various personal belongings. But four years is a long time, and it's time this smart tracker sees an update. That sort of delay is unusual for Apple, which tends to refresh most of its product lines every couple of years. Now, as summer travel season wr

The iPhone 17 Release Date Is Coming Up Fast, but When? Leaks Hint at an Exact Date

Google just announced the Pixel 10 series of phones, which look to be the last major phone releases until Apple unveils the iPhone 17 next month. Nailing down exact dates for the new iPhone models is always a moving target due to the company's secrecy, but a number of reports and leaks are bringing reliable dates more into focus. Once the rumored iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, Pro and Pro Max are revealed, we'll be able to confirm speculation about colors, display, cameras and more. We'll also learn

Apple might release a cheaper MacBook soon, but you shouldn’t wait for it

Last month, we heard some news from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo about Apple entering a new segment of the laptop market. The company is reportedly working on a new MacBook at a lower starting price point than the MacBook Air, and it’ll apparently pack the A18 Pro chip found in iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. While a cheaper MacBook is certainly a welcome add, the question truly stands: will Apple do it properly, or will it serve as another decoy model? Rumor refresh To quickly recap, the cheape

Indie App Spotlight: ā€˜Grano’ scans barcodes to help you understand what’s in your food

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact. Most people want to eat healthier, but knowing where to start can always be a challenge. Grano aims to bridge that gap, by allowing you to easily scan barcodes of foods you’re buying, and creating a unique scoring system based on your dietary goals – allowing you to find the foods you need, before you ev

Apple claims an ex-employee stole Apple Watch trade secrets for Oppo

Apple is going after another one of its previous employees for allegedly sharing trade secrets with a new employer. Apple's lawsuit listed Chen Shi, a former employee who worked on the Apple Watch team, along with Oppo, as defendants, claiming they "conspired to steal Apple’s trade secrets." According to the lawsuit, Shi worked as a Sensor System Architect for the Apple Watch from January 2020 to June 2025, but was seeking employment with Oppo as early as April 2025. Apple claimed that its form

See How David Corenswet Became Superman in His Audition Tape

The world was abuzz with speculation just a few years ago when it came time for James Gunn to cast his new Superman. Even before the part ultimately went to David Corenswet, he was being floated around as a likely candidate, and now you can watch how he got the part. YouTube account 21Casting posted the actor’s audition tape, which he performed with his wife Julia Warner. The three-minute video features him as Clark Kent being interviewed as Superman by Lois Lane over his intervention in Biayla

Did AYANEO just announce the first Snapdragon 8 Elite gaming handheld?

TL;DR AYANEO just teased the KONKR Pocket FIT Elite, which may have a Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC. It would be the first gaming handheld with that chipset, which offers far more power than anything on the market. It will start at less than $399, with a Snapdragon G3 Gen 3 variant starting at less than $329. This week has been crazy for gaming handhelds, with two new dual-screen devices dropping at exceptionally competitive prices. This morning, at a sharing session for the first device from AYANEO

Does iPadOS 26 make the iPad a computer? [Video]

The moment Apple announced iPadOS 26, it felt like us iPad users have finally been heard. For years the iPad has always been ā€œalmost thereā€. It had the powerful hardware, but the software made the experience too limited for most people. But now with iPadOS 26, that gap is almost gone. The new windowing system, improved multitasking, and better file management make the iPad feel more like a computer than it ever has before. So the next natural question is, can an iPad be your one and only comput

Apple @ Work: Macs, AI, and the blind spot in enterprise security

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Why I'm still taking this 2024 Dell laptop to the office - even though it's for gamers

Alienware m16 R2 ZDNET's key takeaways Alienware m16 R2 aims to be the perfect laptop for gamers and professionals alike, and it succeeds. It delivers high-level performance and a 2K display that'll make both groups smile, while giving users a way to tone down the RGB lighting via Stealth Mode. You'll need to keep that charger close by, as the M16 R2's battery doesn't last very long. $1,899.99 at Best Buy $2,099 at Amazon more buying choices Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Googl

I compared the best smartwatches from Google and Apple - and there's a clear winner

Kerry Wan/ZDNET A new Pixel Watch is hitting the shelves right in time for marathon season. Google unveiled the Pixel Watch 4 at its annual Made By Google event in New York earlier this week. The watch comes packed with several upgrades that rival its predecessor, like a revamped Fitbit experience, updates to Gemini, and a brighter display. Retailing at $350 for the 41mm and $400 for the 45mm, the smartwatch is available for preorder now and ships October 9. Also: Everything announced at Made

Why this 16-inch Acer is the ideal ThinkPad replacement (especially at this price)

Acer Swift 16 AI ZDNET's key takeaways The Acer Swift 16 AI is regularly priced at $1,250. Its 16-inch OLED display, well-designed lightweight form, and marathon battery work together to create a laptop that feels more premium than its price would suggest. Its speakers, however, leave much to be desired, and it has its fair share of bloatware. $899.99 at Best Buy Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Acer's Swift 16 AI is a thin and light laptop with a gorgeous OLED display,

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As a Pixel fan, here’s why I’m not going to use Google’s Pixel Journal app

If you’re a Pixel fan like me, this past week was a pretty fun one. Made by Google 2025 has come and gone, and as cringe-worthy as the event itself may have been, Google still gave us plenty to talk about — including its new Pixel Journal app. Two years after Apple launched its Journal app on the iPhone, Pixel Journal is debuting on the Pixel 10 series to give Pixel owners their own out-of-the-box journaling app — and it looks good! Pixel Journal runs entirely on-device, uses AI to help you thi

Lenovo Coupon Codes and Deals: Up to $100 Off PCs

Lenovo is currently the biggest PC and laptop company in the world, and they just so happen to make some of our favorite laptops and PC peripherals. In fact, our list of the Best Laptops you can buy include a number of Lenovo devices that we’ve tested and fully recommend, ranging from high-end premium laptops to options for budget-minded shoppers. If you are looking to save a few bucks while shopping for a new Lenovo product, here are the Lenovo coupon codes and special offers you need to know a

Your Pixel 10 will let you make WhatsApp calls without cell service

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Pixel 10 devices will support WhatsApp voice and video calls over satellite starting August 28. Google shared a demo showing the satellite icon visible during an incoming WhatsApp call. Google is the first manufacturer to introduce this functionality. Up until now, satellite support on phones has mostly meant SOS messages or sharing your location. That’s set to change later this month, when Pixel 10 devices become the first to make WhatsApp voice and

Apple reportedly prepping enterprise AI support beyond ChatGPT

On personal iPhones, users can decide whether they want Apple Intelligence to connect to ChatGPT. But on corporate devices, things can be trickier. That’s why Apple is reportedly adding support for enterprise accounts, but in a way that extends beyond its current OpenAI partnership. Here are the details. As reported by TechCrunch, with the upcoming iOS 26 update, Apple will add ā€œthe ability to configure the use of an enterprise version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT,ā€ which offers different privacy settin

Popular Japanese smartphone games have introduced external payment systems

TOKYO - Nearly 70 percent of popular Japanese smartphone games have introduced external payment systems for items and services to avoid hefty commission fees from U.S. tech giants Google LLC and Apple Inc., a Kyodo News tally showed. The move comes ahead of a new Japanese law tightening regulations on Google and Apple, which dominate smartphone platforms, set to take full effect in December. The legislation requires the two companies to open their payment systems. Almost all users currently do

With Apple's Siri AI Overhaul Delayed, Google Might Help It Catch Up

Apple is reportedly weighing up a potentially major change to its digital assistant: powering a revamped Siri with Google's Gemini artificial intelligence tool. According to Bloomberg, the companies are in early discussions about a partnership that could reshape Apple's AI strategy for the iPhone, iPad and Apple's other products. While no agreement is in place, the talks signal Apple's growing urgency to keep up in the generative AI race. Siri, once a pioneer, has lagged behind its voice assis

From M1 MacBook to Arch Linux: A month-long experiment that became permanenent

I switched my five-year-old MacBook Pro M1 Max for a cheap (comparable) Lenovo ThinkBook 14 G7 ARP (AMD) laptop, running Linux (Arch btw, or better, Omarchy. And I am having a blast. But not everything is perfect. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. This is a short recap after using it for one month on and off (due to repair šŸ˜…), and the last 2 weeks full time. I want to share what I learned, what I like about the new setup after working for 15 years plus on a MacBook, and on and off on Window

Meta is partnering with Midjourney and will license its technology for ā€˜future models and products’

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Even three years after its debut, with ever increasing competition in the AI image generation space, Midjourney, the boostrapped San Francisco startup, remains the ā€œgold standardā€ for its 20 million users — including us here at VentureBeat, where we use it to generate the ā€œheaderā€ art to many of our articles. Apparently, the leaders of Fac

Apple trained a large language model to efficiently understand long-form video

Apple researchers have developed an adapted version of the SlowFast-LLaVA model that beats larger models at long-form video analysis and understanding. Here’s what that means. The nerdy bits Very basically, when an LLM is trained to also understand video, it learns to split videos into frames, apply computer vision to extract visual features, analyze how those features change over time, and align all of that with language so it can describe or reason about the video in the form of text. One v

Apple accuses former Apple Watch staffer of conspiring to steal trade secrets for Oppo

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Apple is suing a former employee on the Apple Watch team who left to join Oppo, alleging that he ā€œconspired to steal Apple’s trade secrets relating to Apple Watch and to disclose them to his new employers.ā€ Ahead of starting his new job at Oppo, the employee, Dr. Chen Shi, attended ā€œdozen

Closing the Nix gap: From environments to packaged applications for rust

Closing the Nix Gap: From Environments to Packaged Applications for Rust Should I use crate2nix, cargo2nix, or naersk for packaging my Rust application? — (@jvmncs) January 21, 2025 This tweet shows a common problem in Nix: "Should I use crate2nix, cargo2nix, or naersk for packaging my Rust application?" devenv solved this for development environments differently: instead of making developers package everything with Nix, we provide tools through a simple languages.rust.enable . You get cargo

Top Secret: Automatically filter sensitive information

We’ve written about how to prevent logging sensitive information when making network requests, but that approach only works if you’re dealing with parameters. What happens when you’re dealing with free text? Filtering the entire string may not be an option if an external API needs to process the value. Think chatbots or LLMs. You could use a regex to filter sensitive information (such as credit card numbers or emails), but that won’t capture everything, since not all sensitive information can

Google shares rise on report of Apple using Gemini for Siri

Alphabet shares rose on a Friday report that Apple is in early discussions to use Google's Gemini AI models for an updated version of the iPhone-maker's Siri assistant. The company's shares rose more than 3% on the Bloomberg report, which said Apple recently inquired of Google about the potential for the search giant to build a custom AI model that would power a new Siri that could launch next year. Google's flagship AI models Gemini have consistently been atop key benchmarks for artificial int

Apple accuses Android brand of trade secret theft in wearable tech showdown

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR Apple is suing OPPO, accusing the company of stealing Apple Watch trade secrets through a former employee. Engineer Chen Shi allegedly downloaded 63 confidential files and shared research details with OPPO before leaving Apple. Apple claims OPPO encouraged Shi’s actions to gain an unfair advantage in wearable tech development. Corporate espionage is more common than many of us realize, but two tech giants are at the center of a particularly dramatic e

Apple gets ready for AI in the enterprise with new ChatGPT configuration options

As AI technology makes its way into the enterprise, Apple is rolling out new tools that will give businesses more granular control over where and how their employees can tap into artificial intelligence. With the release of Apple’s software updates arriving in September, the tech giant is adding another option for enterprise customers: the ability to configure the use of an enterprise version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Apple has already seen the demand for ChatGPT for Enterprise, which OpenAI says no

Apple reportedly in talks with Google to make Gemini the foundation of Siri

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Apple reportedly approached Google to explore developing a custom AI model to serve as Siri’s foundation. This AI model may already be in training to run on Apple’s servers. The Cupertino-based firm is said to be developing a version of Siri powered by its models and a second version that runs on third-party technology. Apple has long been trailing behind its competitors in the AI space. In fact, the company was expected to launch a revamped version of S