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Image: Foundry The MacBook Pro is celebrating its 20th anniversary, so on this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we’re taking a look at its beginnings, its current state, and its future.  This is episode 967 with Michael Simon, Jason Cross,  and Roman Loyola.  Watch episode 967 on YouTube Listen to episode 967 on Apple Podcasts Listen to episode 967 on Spotify MacBook get info

Skip to content Image: StackCommerce TL;DR: Microsoft Office Home & Business 2019 for Mac is available as a one-time purchase for $29.97 (MSRP $229). Paying an annual subscription just to keep using Word, Excel, and PowerPoint adds up quickly. If your needs haven’t changed and you’d rather pay once and move on, Microsoft Office Home and Business

Image: Apple Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Macworld reports that Apple is developing an AI wearable pin, potentially launching in 2025 to compete with OpenAI’s similar device designed by Jony Ive. The AirTag-sized device would feature aluminum-and-glass construction, dual cameras, three microphones, and a speaker for AI interactions. This project represents Apple’s

Image: Foundry Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Macworld reports that Apple is transforming Siri into a comprehensive AI chatbot, starting with iOS 26.4’s Google Gemini-based foundation and culminating in iOS 27’s advanced “Campos” version. This evolution matters for Apple users seeking ChatGPT-like functionality, as Siri will gain web search, content creation, file

Image: David Price / Foundry Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Macworld reports the iPhone 18 is expected to feature significantly brighter displays than current models, which offer 1,000 nits typical and 3,000 nits peak brightness. Apple’s demanding 2026 brightness requirements may exclude Chinese supplier BOE from providing screens for the upcoming device.

In a recent study, mice that were allowed to live in a wild-type environment displayed different behaviors than did lab mice confined to cages. (Image credit: Matthew Zipple) The online admonition to "touch grass" to soothe your emotional state may be backed by science — at least in lab mice. A recent study finds that

The two tombs date from the time of Rome's Republic and were found near that city's northeast Via Pietralata. (Image credit: Italian Culture Ministry) Two elite tombs from the time of the Roman Republic more than 2,400 years ago have been unearthed near Via Pietralata in the northeast of modern Rome. The buried chamber tombs

Coyotes have adapted to life in San Francisco and other major cities. (Image credit: Len Shigemoto via Getty Images.) Prisoners on Alcatraz once risked the perilous waters in San Francisco Bay to escape the island's high-security prison. Now, a wily coyote has been filmed doing the opposite: swimming to Alcatraz Island for the first time.

ESA's Proba-3 mission has captured a trio of solar prominences erupting from the sun, hurling plumes of plasma through the corona. (Image credit: ESA/Proba-3/ASPIICS, NASA/SDO/AIA) The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a stunning time-lapse of a trio of solar eruptions exploding into space from the sun during an "artificial eclipse." The unique footage, captured

Researchers are figuring out how a giant fresh water reservoir ended up under the ocean off the East Coast. (Image credit: Anton Petrus/Getty Images) A giant reservoir of "secret" fresh water off the East Coast that could potentially supply a city the size of New York City for 800 years may have formed during the