Z80 SoftCard is Microsoft’s first hardware: Today in Apple history

Z80 SoftCard is Microsoft’s first hardware: Today in Apple history

April 2, 1980: Microsoft releases its first hardware product, the Z80 SoftCard. A microprocessor card that plugs into the Apple II, it allows the computer to run programs designed for the CP/M operating system, a popular OS for business software. Arriving several years before the first version of Windows, the Z80 SoftCard quickly becomes a … Read more

How HP’s first ThinkJet printer brought office printing to the masses 40 years ago

How HP’s first ThinkJet printer brought office printing to the masses 40 years ago

The concept of inkjet printing was a fixture throughout the 20th century – with research starting way back in the 50s with a Japanese Canon employee, Ichiro Endo, who proposed the idea for a “bubble jet” printer that could translate the images you see on a computer to a printed physical page. But it wasn’t … Read more

Alleged iOS 18 Design Resource Reveals visionOS-Like Redesign

Alleged iOS 18 Design Resource Reveals visionOS-Like Redesign

A first look at iOS 18’s rumored visionOS-style redesign may have been revealed by a new image of the Camera app. Alleged iOS 18 design resource. MacRumors received the above iPhone frame template from an anonymous source who claims they obtained it from an iOS engineer. It will allegedly be included as part of the … Read more

Form’s smart swimming goggles get refined for 2024

Form’s smart swimming goggles get refined for 2024

In 2019, Form launched a pair of goggles with a built-in display showing real-time data when you swim. Given how many things the company got right the first time around, the word of the day for its successor, the Smart Swim 2, is refinement. But a handful of incremental improvements also means there’s no scream-from-the-rooftops … Read more

Here’s the new batch of classic movies on Apple TV+ in April

Here’s the new batch of classic movies on Apple TV+ in April

Apple TV+ has dozens of classic films for subscribers to watch. And it just added to the collection. Photo: Apple TV+ Apple TV+ subscribers can enjoy a collection classic movies, with over two dozen that were just added in April. The list includes three John Wick films, the original Ghostbusters, a pair of Transformers movies … Read more

MSI Prestige 13 AI Evo Review: A Lightweight and Powerful Laptop

MSI Prestige 13 AI Evo Review: A Lightweight and Powerful Laptop

MSI has long been an under-the-radar producer of PCs and laptops, with as many hits as misses in its repertoire. As we enter the “AI laptop” age, MSI’s first volley in the new category lands squarely on the hit side, with its Prestige 13 AI Evo nailing an effective balance among price, performance, and portability. … Read more

Is IVF at risk in the US? Scientists fear for the fertility treatment’s future

Is IVF at risk in the US? Scientists fear for the fertility treatment’s future

A fertility treatment that has been used for 45 years is once again available in Alabama. In vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures in the state were halted after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in February that embryos created using the technique have the same rights as children. A new state law protecting clinics from legal fallout … Read more

Spatial Personas Coming to Apple Vision Pro in Beta Today

Spatial Personas Coming to Apple Vision Pro in Beta Today

Apple today announced that Spatial Personas are now available for all Vision Pro users in a public beta. Apple previewed Spatial Personas at WWDC last year. Unlike the existing Personas feature, which is confined to a tile and facial expressions only, Spatial Personas allow Vision Pro users to “break out of the familiar FaceTime tile … Read more