A developer ran an AI agent on a Mac mini for two months, executing 2,734 ticks to test whether an autonomous agent could earn money. The loop, built on OpenClaw, used a state file and cron job to per…
A developer replaced GitHub Copilot with a fully offline coding assistant running on a 16GB M4 Mac mini using Ollama and Qwen models. They found that a 7B parameter model is the sweet spot for chat an…
Apple opened its expanded Houston manufacturing plant on August 13, 2026, with CEO Tim Cook and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick attending, to assemble AI servers for Apple data centers and prepare f…
Apple Inc. opened its Advanced Manufacturing Center in Houston, Texas, a 20,000-square-foot facility offering free training and educational sessions for small and medium businesses, and will begin Mac…
Apple opened its Advanced Manufacturing Center in Houston, Texas, a 20,000-square-foot facility offering free training for small- and medium-sized businesses, with the first session focused on machine…
Apple opened a 250,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Houston and began shipping AI servers from it in October 2025, months ahead of the original 2026 target, marking the first US production of…
Apple Inc. will build a Mac mini manufacturing plant in Houston, Texas, as part of a $600 billion US investment commitment, with production expected to begin in 2026. The expansion will double the cam…
A developer built an AI-powered 'company brain' agent named Dojo for their startup, which automates daily standups, tracks progress, and generates reports. The agent runs on a Mac mini with a dedicate…
The global memory chip shortage, driven by demand from AI companies, is now constraining Apple's MacBook Air supply, with delivery times pushed to late August or September for some configurations, acc…
Apple Inc. shares fell as much as 9.5% to $301.83 on Friday, their biggest intraday drop since April 3, 2025, after the company forecast fiscal fourth-quarter revenue growth of 9% to 11%, below analys…
Apple plans to overhaul its Mac lineup across 2026 and 2027, with new models including M6 and M7 chips, OLED displays, and refreshed designs, according to MacRumors. The roadmap includes fall 2026 lau…
Apple plans to refresh its entire Mac lineup with 11 new models over the next two years, starting with a new entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro and iMacs this fall, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. …
Apple's Mac mini is a popular choice for AI enthusiasts, and a guide from Macworld recommends eight upgrades to turn it into a serious AI agent, including a Cat 7 Ethernet cable, a UPS from CyberPower…
A developer found that their local AI assistant running Qwen3-4B-4bit degraded after 196 messages due to raw conversation history replay. The fix was splitting memory into short-term RAM-only session …
Apple has released the MacOS 27 public beta, available now for download on compatible Apple Silicon Macs. The update, code-named 'Golden Gate,' focuses on performance improvements and a redesigned Sir…
Apple senior silicon product manager Doug Brooks touted Macs as 'amazing' AI devices in an interview published after Apple raised Mac and iPad prices by hundreds of dollars, making the claims appear o…
Apple senior product manager Doug Brooks said the Mac mini and Mac Studio have seen "incredible demand" for running AI agents, citing the need for isolated, always-on systems. Brooks emphasized Apple'…
A developer migrated two production applications from Google's Gemini API to a self-hosted Qwen model on a Mac mini, using a Cloudflare Tunnel for secure access and an Oracle Cloud free-tier instance …
A developer replaced Google's Gemini 3 Flash with a self-hosted Qwen model via Ollama for two production applications, citing cost, control, and infrastructure economics. The setup uses a Mac mini as …
Apple is changing its chip launch timeline, canceling high-end M6 Pro and M6 Max chips in favor of AI-focused M7 chips arriving in 2027. The base M6 chip will debut in late 2026 for entry-level Macs, …