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The original Macintosh of 1984 placed a menu bar along the top of the screen, with an Apple menu on the far left. Unlike Windows, where menus live inside each window, the Mac bar belongs to whichever app is active and always sits at the screen edge.

There is a practical reasoning behind that. A target at the edge of a screen is easy to hit, because the cursor stops there, so users can fling the pointer upward without careful aiming. Interface designers often cite this principle, known as Fitts's law, as a reason the top-edge menu is efficient.

The EU General Court in Luxembourg has ruled against Apple in its challenge to how the App Store is treated under the Digital Markets Act. Apple had asked the court to remove the store from the law's scope.

Apple's central argument was that it does not operate one App Store but five separate ones, covering iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Watch. The court disagreed, finding that each version connects developers with users and distributes software, so the App Store remains a single regulated service.

A separate part of Apple's case concerned iMessage. The court called that objection inadmissible, because iMessage has not been designated as an important gateway and is therefore not currently regulated as a DMA gatekeeper service.

Apple's laptop line is easier to navigate if you ignore chip names at first and ask what you do all day. Exact models and prices change, so confirm current details on Apple's website.

Air or Pro? MacBook Air models are thin and light and are well suited to browsing, office work, school, coding and light photo editing. Pro models add more powerful chip options, better displays and cooling for sustained workloads, which matters for video editing, 3D, large code builds and music production.

Memory comes first. Because memory is part of the chip package on Apple silicon, you cannot add it later. If you keep many apps and browser tabs open, or work with big files, choosing more memory is usually the most valuable upgrade.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up Apple's appeal in the long-running App Store dispute with Epic Games. At issue is a civil contempt finding against Apple for violating a 2021 injunction.

That injunction came out of Epic's 2020 lawsuit. Apple won most of the original case, but the court ordered it to let developers put links in their apps pointing customers to outside payment options. Apple complied with the links, then attached a 27 percent commission to purchases made through them within seven days, against its usual 30 percent rate. Epic argued that this undercut the order.

Unconfirmed report from May 2026. MacTrast relayed reporting from Mark Gurman's Power On newsletter dated May 10.

According to the report, Apple has not fully given up on the Vision Pro. It is said to be quietly working on technologies and materials that could go into a future headset that is cheaper, lighter and fully enclosed. However, no such product is reportedly in active development, and buyers hoping for a new Vision Pro model may need to wait at least two more years.

The rumored Vision Air headset was reportedly cancelled in 2025. Gurman says visionOS continues to be developed because it underpins Apple's higher-priority smart glasses plans and supports current Vision Pro owners.

On April 20, 2026, Apple announced a major leadership transition: John Ternus, the company's senior vice president of hardware engineering, will become chief executive officer on September 1. Tim Cook, who has led Apple since 2011, will move into the role of executive chairman of the board.

The announcement framed the change as a planned handover after more than a decade under Cook. The coverage we reviewed did not lay out detailed reasons beyond that.

Ternus is an engineer by background and has long been responsible for the hardware side of Apple's product line. Ternus's promotion puts a hardware engineer in the company's top job.