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WWDC 2026: Apple Goes Back to Basics
In some ways, it's been a rough couple years to be an Apple user.
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Seeking Alpha
· Jun 24, 2026
Software Back Down
Software Back Down
Reuters
· Jul 2, 2026
Rare working Apple-1 computer from 1976 heads to auction
An Apple-1 computer bought new from the Byte Shop in Berkeley, California, in 1976 is heading to auction at Sotheby’s in New York. The operational machine is part of the auction house’s ‘Geek Week’ sales and is expected to fetch between $300,000 and $500,000. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #apple1 #apple #computer #auction #sothebys 👉 Subscribe: https://reut.rs/4b8fRGn Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/ Follow Reuters on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on X: https://twitter.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reuters/?hl=en
OSnews
· Jun 21, 2026
Apple internals: Swift in the kernel
Apple’s Swift has become the de-facto language for Apple’s own developers for a while now, and it seems that with the new operating system releases from the company unveiled during WWDC, Switch is now also being used in the kernel. Naturally I dropped what I was doing and went grepping through the iOS 27 kernelcache. Alas, nothing came of it. All is not lost though: I found the Embedded Swift runtime in macOS 27, sitting in com.apple.kec.pthread of all places. Then I went poking around the root filesystem and it turns out Apple gave the whole effort a name: KernelKit. Let’s dissect it. Josh Maine It’s still quite limited at this time, which makes sense – you don’t want to be too crazy with the core of the operating system that runs on god knows how many PCs, smartphones, and other devices. It’s also entirely contained within a few kexts as embedded runtimes, and the XNU kernel itself remains entirely C and C++.
Kotaku
· Jun 25, 2026
Man, It’s Going To Get So Much Worse Before It Gets Better
Even Apple is jacking up its prices, and the MacBook Neo is the latest casualty
The Motley Fool
· Jul 6, 2026
Why Advanced Micro Devices Stock Just Bounced Back
AMD stock is cheaper than it looks -- and Goldman Sachs just noticed.
MobileSyrup
· Jul 7, 2026
MacBook Neo now available in Canadian Apple Refurbished store
Apple’s MacBook Neo is the talk of the town by offering the company’s speedy iPhone 16 Pro silicon in a more affordable and colourful body. This device launched last year, but you can now find it in the Apple Refurbished store at an even lower price. Regularly, the MacBook Neo is 949, but you can []
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Related coverage for "WWDC 2026: Apple Goes Back to Basics": Seeking Alpha — Software Back Down. Reuters — Rare working Apple-1 computer from 1976 heads to auction. OSnews — Apple internals: Swift in the kernel. Kotaku — Man, It’s Going To Get So Much Worse Before It Gets Better. The Motley Fool — Why Advanced Micro Devices Stock Just Bounced Back. MobileSyrup — MacBook Neo now available in Canadian Apple Refurbished store