Macworld

macOS 27 in depth: How AI upgrades Freeform, Notes, Weather, and more

Macworld explores macOS 27’s AI-powered upgrades to built-in apps including Notes, Freeform, Weather, and Image Playground ...

Apple finally lets you make Siri sound like you want

OS 27 beta 3 finally activates Siri's pace and expressivity sliders, letting you fine-tune how the assistant sounds across Siri, Maps, and Safari.

I ditched third-party audio apps for this hidden Pixel setting that adjusts sound automatically

My phone's speakers no longer sound tinny ...
InfoQ

Hardwood Promises High-Speed JVM Apache Parquet Processing with Zero Mandatory Dependencies

Hardwood, the project Gunnar Morling kick-started handling of Parquet files in Java, reached version 1. Its multi-threaded approach and zero mandatory external dependencies promise a simpler, more ...