… Claude Code extra and max performance efforts Claude Opus 4.8 will use high effort by default, which Anthropic says spends similar tokens to Opus 4.7 on coding tasks with better performance. The company is increasing Claude Code rate limits to fit extra and max performance settings as well. …
… When it comes to media performance, Geekbench 7 adds new workloads for measuring how CPUs handle audio and video encoding, decoding, and processing: Encode screen-sharing video with the AV1 codec, modeling the screen-sharing features in video conferencing apps. …
… Since launching MacWhisper in 2023, Bruin has steadily expanded its capabilities, streamlined its workflows, and delivered welcome performance improvements. MacWhisper 14 continues that work with a redesigned editor, faster performance, and several other tweaks. …
… Here are the full release notes for Mactracker 5: Adds iPhone Air MagSafe Battery Adds Compare feature to highlight differences between models Adds “My Models” functionality to track details about your Apple collection Adds support for iCloud Drive to sync “My Models” between all your devices Adds … …
… Here are more than 40 ways Apple says iOS 27 makes your iPhone and iPad faster: Faster loading of new captures in Photos up to 70% faster Faster to open full-screen view from Photos widget Faster rendering of Collections tab in Photos Faster to start uploading to iCloud Photos Faster Camera launch … …
… Here are more than 30 ways iOS 27 makes your iPhone faster: Faster loading of new captures in Photos up to 70% faster Faster to open full-screen view from Photos widget Faster rendering of Collections tab in Photos Faster to start uploading to iCloud Photos Faster Camera launch in Low Power Mode Fa… …
Ollama adopts MLX for faster AI performance on Apple silicon Macs Marcus Mendes | Mar 31 2026 - 4:18 pm PT | Mar 31 2026 - 4:18 pm PT One of the best tools to run AI models locally on a Mac just got even better. …
… Gurman also reports that a new Apple Watch SE model isn’t planned for this year, at least based on what he’s heard so far. Apple announced the Apple Watch SE 3 last year, with big updates including an always-on display and better performance. …
… Later in the beta cycle though, Apple caved, and brought Stage Manager to the 2018 and 2020 iPad Pro models. It was in a slightly more limited capacity, as those iPads couldn’t support external displays like the M1 models could. …
… In terms of performance, the new touchscreen MacBook will use the same M5 Pro and M5 Max chips as the current MacBook Pro models. …