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CNET
a day ago
- Business
- CNET
Apple's MacOS Reveal at WWDC: What the New Tahoe Name Says About What's Coming
Apple's next Mac operating system is called Lake Tahoe, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The new MacOS, set to be unveiled at WWDC on June 9, will reportedly stick with Apple's convention since 2013 of naming the operating system version after scenic California nature spots such as Big Sur and Sequoia. The version number will also change, jumping from what would have been MacOS 16 to MacOS 26. Apple is changing OS versions across its platforms to line up with the year of their release, so we'll have MacOS 26, iOS 26, TVOS 26 and so on for software being introduced in 2025, but having the greatest reach in 2026. According to Gurman, the new OS will be a major overhaul to the Mac operating system and the new name could allude to a visual refresh. "The deep blue lake is ... known to show the reflection of the sky and surrounding mountains -- something that flicks at the striking visuals of the new user interface," he wrote. In addition to design changes, Apple is also expected to make major announcements related to its gaming platform and health initiatives. You can check out what to expect from WWDC 2025 and how to watch the June 9 keynote. A representative for Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Landslides Leave Big Sur's Beloved Landmarks Fighting for Survival
BIG SUR, Calif.—Hillary Lipman looked out from a gas station at the nearly empty California Highway 1 and shook his head in frustration over a road closure that has dragged into a third year. Business at his Shell station has dropped as much as 80% since the first of a series of landslides shut off the southern access to Big Sur in January 2023. The current closure is the longest anyone here can remember, and state officials offer no hope for reopening until at least the fall.
Bloomberg
27-05-2025
- Automotive
- Bloomberg
How to Plan the Perfect Summer Drive, According to Road Trip Veterans
In the last month, Steve Pelletier has driven more than 5,000 miles in his 1986 Porsche 911, winding through the back roads from his home in Portland, Oregon, down through California's Big Sur to Santa Barbara, Mammoth Lakes and beyond. The former NIKE Inc staffer who founded Donuts & Drip, an automotive lifestyle brand, used to spend months crisscrossing the globe on work trips to Asia but now says he can't get enough of the open road. It's calming to him in a way air travel never was. 'Driving somewhere scenic and just hanging out, drinking coffee or eating snacks and just enjoying the vibes, soaking in the energies out there—that's what I'm about,' Pelletier says. 'There are some long days and some boring stretches, but I found my nice roads.'
New York Times
23-05-2025
- Automotive
- New York Times
The Pacific Coast Highway, a Mythic Route Always in Need of Repair
Keeping the Pacific Coast Highway open has become a Sisyphean endeavor. For hundreds of miles, the famed road clings to the edge of the continent. But landslides, erosion and fires have closed it time and again. The constant closures make life difficult for residents. They deter tourists and choke off local businesses. Building the highway was a feat of engineering. Continuing to fix it in an increasingly unstable world may be an even greater one. Supported by The road has inspired rock bands and novelists. It's sold Oldsmobiles, Chryslers and Mustangs. It's promised freedom, opportunity for introspection, or the perfect selfie. And in a feat of engineering, it clings for hundreds of miles to the edge of the continent. The Pacific Coast Highway is among the most famous drives in the world. But it keeps building began on the first parts of the highway more than a century ago, sections of the route, which runs more than 650 miles from south of Los Angeles to Northern California, have been closed, over and over again. In some places, chunks of the road have slipped into the ocean. In others, more than a million tons of earth have barreled onto the highway, slicing it to pieces. Bridges have failed. Rainstorms have flooded the road with mud. Residents have been left marooned. Tourists have been shut out. Recently, consecutive landslides in Big Sur, a 90-mile region along the Central Coast, have closed parts of the road for two years, four months and counting. And in January, the Palisades fire, which burned thousands of homes, shuttered an 11-mile stretch of the highway connecting the Los Angeles area with the beachside city of Malibu, Calif. That stretch is reopening on Friday, according to the office of Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, but there is no timeline for reopening the road in Big Sur. nevada San Francisco Fresno Santa Cruz BIXBY BRIDGE Big Sur california REGENT'S SLIDE 5 Pacific Coast Highway 1 Los Angeles Pacific Ocean Malibu 100 miles By The New York Times Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Car and Driver
18-05-2025
- Automotive
- Car and Driver
Elana Scherr: Is There Anything Sadder Than a Good Car Undriven?
From the May/June 2025 issue of Car and Driver. Hemingway didn't write the world's saddest short story, although he's often credited with it. "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." I can see pathos in the tale, but I don't think it has to read as sad. It's possible the baby just had big feet and the shoes didn't fit. Maybe the in-laws bought the shoes and they have terrible taste. There are all kinds of reasons why new parents might have an excess of infant footwear. Babies don't even really need shoes. If you want a poignant sentence, try "At auction: sports car, low miles." I'm tearing up just thinking about it. Is there anything sadder than a good car, undriven? I don't mean everything needs to come to the auction block with worn-smooth pedals and a rolled-over odometer. I'd be the first person to jump on a nice classic with, say, 60,000 miles or recommend a modern collectible that has yet to reach its dirty thirties, but when I see a 2022 Ford GT up for auction with 13 miles on it, I get the blues. Heck, I've driven a Ford GT more than 13 miles, and I've never even owned one. Those were memorable miles too, with the ocean mist of Big Sur whirling through the windows in the car's flying-buttress roofline and the breathy turbo whistle ping-ponging off the cliff walls. If I hadn't had to return the hotel pillow I stole so I could fit in the nonadjustable seat, I would have kept going till I ran out of gas or the Ford handlers caught up to me. The owner of this 13-mile car missed out on a good driving machine. Greg Pajo | Car and Driver Aaron Kiley | Car and Driver But: "If your enjoyment is having it in your garage, and everybody comes over and looks at it, there's nothing wrong with that."–Author Jim Pickering Auctioneering Best of the Bring a Trailer Alumni Corral Elana Scherr Senior Editor, Features Like a sleeper agent activated late in the game, Elana Scherr didn't know her calling at a young age. Like many girls, she planned to be a vet-astronaut-artist, and came closest to that last one by attending UCLA art school. She painted images of cars, but did not own one. Elana reluctantly got a driver's license at age 21 and discovered that she not only loved cars and wanted to drive them, but that other people loved cars and wanted to read about them, which meant somebody had to write about them. Since receiving activation codes, Elana has written for numerous car magazines and websites, covering classics, car culture, technology, motorsports, and new-car reviews. In 2020, she received a Best Feature award from the Motor Press Guild for the C/D story "A Drive through Classic Americana in a Polestar 2." In 2023, her Car and Driver feature story "In Washington, D.C.'s Secret Carpool Cabal, It's a Daily Slug Fest" was awarded 1st place in the 16th Annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards by the Los Angeles Press Club. Read full bio
