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Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and San Francisco and now lives in New Hampshire. When he's not writing about laptops, Matt likes to play and watch sports. He loves to play tennis and hates the number of streaming services he has to subscribe to in order to watch the various sports he wants to watch.
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Apple kicked off WWDC 2026 not by talking up Siri's added AI smarts or explaining new iOS 27 features. No, it started by slapping a name on the next version of MacOS. With the help of a VW bus driving by, Apple software chief Craig Federighi introduced MacOS 27 Golden Gate.
Based on the results of CNET's Big Guessing Game, Apple threw us a curveball with Golden Gate. It was not among the top guesses that included Redwood, Shasta, Mammoth, Big Bear and Emerald Bay.
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Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and San Francisco and now lives in New Hampshire. When he's not writing about laptops, Matt likes to play and watch sports. He loves to play tennis and hates the number of streaming services he has to subscribe to in order to watch the various sports he wants to watch. See full bio
If Your iPhone Battery's Draining Faster After iOS 26.5, Don't PanicApple released iOS 26.5 on May 11, and the update brings end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging to your iPhone, as well as dozens of bug fixes. After you download the update, it might seem like your iPhone's battery is draining faster than usual, but don't worry. Apple wrote online that this is normal and -- most important --...
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Sophia Space raises $10M seed to demo novel space computers As space companies itch to push the most advanced chips into orbit, the problem of cooling those high-powered processors is top of mind. “It’s cold in space…[but] there’s no airflow, and so the only way to to dissipate is through conduction,” NVidia CEO Jensen Huang when asked about space-based data centers during his firm’s most...
Qualcomm's New Midrange Chips Add Wi-Fi 7, Improve Gaming for Lower-Cost PhonesChipmaker Qualcomm launched two new processors meant for lower-cost phones Thursday, adding support for the faster Wi-Fi 7 standard along with higher display refresh rates. The announcement is especially notable as the cost of electronics continues to rise amid the global RAM shortage, putting more focus on what...
