A Apple anunciou nesta terça-feira (27) um novo MacBook Pro e um iMac de 14 polegadas equipados com seu mais recente chip M6. A empresa promete desempenho mais rápido para executar tarefas de IA diretamente nos dispositivos.
O MacBook Pro de 14 polegadas tem preço inicial de US$ 1.999, enquanto o iMac começa em US$ 1.499.
No Brasil, o MacBook varia entre R$ 24.999 (14 polegadas) e R$ 37.999 (16 polegadas). Já o iMac sairá por a partir de R$ 17.999.
Os clientes poderão pré-encomendar os dois produtos a partir de quarta-feira em 35 países e regiões, incluindo os EUA, com disponibilidade a partir de 6 de novembro. A disponibilidade no Brasil ainda não foi anunciada.
Novo processador e mais IA
A Apple afirmou que o MacBook Pro com processador M6 oferece gráficos até 30% mais rápidos e desempenho de IA até 25% mais rápido do que seu antecessor com M5, além de até 24 horas de duração da bateria, a maior já vista em um Mac.
O novo iMac oferece desempenho de IA no próprio dispositivo até cinco vezes mais rápido do que o modelo M4 anterior, afirmou a Apple.
Os lançamentos acontecem um dia antes do evento “Pro and Tell” da Apple, que acontecerá em Los Angeles no dia 28 de outubro e, segundo a Bloomberg News, deverá apresentar o primeiro MacBook Pro com tela sensível ao toque da Apple.
Raghav Chinivar’s biography of Manjamma Jogathi leaves her art and faith largely unexplored, yet her remarkable persona and voice do miraculously reach the reader.
Millions of readers have fallen under the spell of literary phenomenon Sarah J Maas. Roisin O’Connor is one of them, eagerly awaiting her next dose of horny fantasy creatures, out today after a five-year hiatus
Leo Kim’s piece is an ambitious mix of race‑track reportage, personal reflection, and theory‑driven critique. It braids together one night at a small Indiana speedway, the rise and collapse of Anderson’s auto industry and unions, and an abstract meditation on tech, AI, and “speed.” It poses a compelling central question—whether every technology invents its own kind of disaster—but does demand close attention to follow its dense imagery.
The dust doesn’t bother me much. By this point in the night, the round-and-round whirling of cars, combined with the alchemical mixture of exhaust, burnt rubber, and patriotic beer, has lulled me into a Midwestern trance. It must be the flatness that makes this region such a perfect catalyst for this kind of delirium. When Baudrillard drove through the expanse of the US, he wrote about speed as an erasing force whose “only rule is to leave no trace behind.” He was right to sense speed as a primal impulse in this unfurling stretch of country. Movement in the Old World is slowed by its narrow roads, latticed cities, and contested borders; it struggles to overcome the glacial pace of History. Drive a hundred miles and you’re bound to run into something. Not so in the Midwest. Nothing here interrupts the flow. There are no mountains to break the wind, no densities of skyscrapers to bisect the sky, no ravines to stop the sprawl. Everything moves towards terminal velocity. It is a landscape built for vortices and accelerating feedback loops: for flows of capital, weather, ideology, and machinery to intersect and (r)evolve into novel forms.
Bryson does not write this book as a believer. Yet, as I read it, I find it to be one of the most worshipful books I have ever read. The point of the book is simple: this world is amazing, impossibly amazing. What we experience every day defies explanation. As I read this book, I... Continue Reading
The literary festival, which collapsed amid controversy this year, unveils its 2027 program – which features the Palestinian writer whose dismissal led to its implosion.
In her new, no-holds-barred memoir ‘Daddy Issues,’ the podcaster is finally coming clean about her split from her ‘Call Her Daddy’ co-host — revealing the fateful conversations that proved to be the beginning of a betrayal.
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd’s latest book, which can also be read as an intellectual biography of his Kuruma community, demands an overhaul of how we see and measure knowledge, language, gender, and human dignity.
Kate McNeil opened All the Tropes, a romance bookstore, six weeks after quitting her job.
Despite concerns about market saturation, All the Tropes thrives as a niche community destination.
Passion, perseverance, and local support helped McNeil launch her business.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kate McNeil, a 41-year-old small-business owner based in Atlanta. It's been edited for length and clarity.
I joined an online group of fellow romantasy readers, looking to connect with other people who also enjoyed my favorite form of escapism. That group had over 2,000 members, and it was difficult to feel a sense of community. Eventually, it broke off into local chapters.
After COVID, I didn't know of any dedicated space for these same readers to meet in Atlanta. That's how I started the journey to opening the first romance bookstore in my neighborhood. In the two years since I opened, more romance bookstores have opened up, including one less than two miles away.
I thought I'd retire from my teaching job
When I launched All the Tropes bookstore, I was working a job I thought I'd retire from. I taught theater at Decatur High School for six years. My students always came first. I didn't want those kids to feel like I wasn't present or that they didn't have my undivided attention, so the bookstore was a back-burner idea for a few years.
I'd get home from rehearsal at 11 p.m., conduct business research until 2 a.m., then get up at 6 a.m. and go to work the next day and teach.
I took my time to gain a full understanding of the market, but there were still challenges
I learned about dealing with publishing companies and book distributors, connected with local artists to showcase their work, and reached out to local authors. One of the biggest challenges was finding a place for the store.
I knew that I wanted to stay on the east side of Atlanta because I lived in Kirkwood and felt very connected to the community.
In 2024, I found a location a four-minute walk from my home, and I knew it was time to make my idea a reality. In May of that year, I quit my teaching job and prepared to open the bookstore by the end of summer on Romance Bookstore Day.
I had 6 weeks to get the store ready for opening day
I received the keys to the bookstore six weeks before the day I planned to open. The timeline I had for opening day came with a lot of risks. I had cashed in my retirement fund, quit my job, and had a large preorder of "Onyx Storm" before there were bookshelves in the store.
There were many times my friends and I didn't leave the store until 4 a.m. A local artist painted the shop; I printed my merchandise at a local shop in Kirkwood; and I created the fabric wall. There were many nights I had doubts that All the Tropes would come to fruition.
I was a mom with two young kids opening a niche business that, to my knowledge, would be the first in the state, but I was prepared. I had my accounts with publishers, and my branding was complete. Perseverance, my husband, my village of friends, and an invested community got me to opening day.
All the Tropes opened August 17, 2024, on Romance Bookstore Day. In the span of a few months, I went from a passionate high school teacher to the owner and operator of a romance bookstore.
An increase in niche romance bookstores in the city concerns me
Even in a city like Atlanta with several thriving independent bookstores, I wonder about the percentage of residents who read for fun and, more specifically, read romance. While becoming a general indie bookstore would allow me to sell so many other things, I still believe All the Tropes can continue to thrive in a niche market, despite oversaturation.
Unlike a large book retailer, All the Tropes is a destination spot people can come from out of town to visit. Our social presence and promotion of local writers and artists also offer something unique to readers.
All the Tropes could pivot to general fiction, but so far, more stores opening has not impacted store traffic or sales.
4 Things helped me turn my business idea into a reality
All the Tropes continues to thrive because of my original vision of creating a community space for romance book lovers to connect. We now have eight active book clubs and continue to see consistent revenue.
Passion, trusting my gut, therapy, and a supportive group of friends are the reason I was able to turn an idea I brainstormed late at night into a successful niche business ready to grow.
We are now ready for a larger space and to expand our three-person team.
Do you have a unique small business story to share? Email the editor, Manseen Logan, at mlogan@businessinsider.com.
A foreign affairs expert’s bleak assessment of the state of global security
Are we on the brink of a new world war? This bleak subject is increasingly invoked by leaders, soldiers and officials, from Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin to the heads of our military and intelligence services. It’s an urgent theme, then, for the FT foreign affairs columnist Gideon Rachman to explore in his latest survey of global diplomacy. Rachman draws his title from the expression, sometimes attributed to Trotsky: “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you” – the idea being that conflict doesn’t much care whether we like to think about it or not: it will come knocking on our doors regardless.
Clearly, humanity is in a particularly unsafe spot right now, but seeing our security issues laid out like this, catalogued and mapped and analysed, they seem almost overwhelming. To summarise: the most powerful, nuclear-armed states – the US, China and Russia – are led by unscrupulous, self-dealing “strongmen”, each of whom is playing with the nationalist “Great Again” politics epitomised by Trump. Democracy is being rolled back around the world, and even bastions of liberalism such as the UK, France and Germany seem vulnerable to takeover by the Putin-friendly far right. The so-called rules-based international order and its institutions – the UN, the WTO, Nato – are being deliberately undermined by the aforementioned strongmen, and are as weak now as they have ever been.
We should not let the skepticism of our age rob us of properly lauding heroes from an earlier age. If we aren’t careful, we will find ourselves denying the supernatural altogether and wondering if God is too good to be true. In the end, the way to read martyr stories like those of Perpetua and... Continue Reading
Not too long ago no one was talking about ADD or ADHD, but now we have zillions of children being put on various drugs for what might or might not just be basic behavioural issues that most kids go through…The gist of the book is this: Loftus does not say we must either embrace pop... Continue Reading
'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' author Jeff Kinney shares his parenting advice — and what he'd do differently.
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jeff Kinney, the 55-year-old author of the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series, who lives in Plainville, Massachusetts. It has been edited for length and clarity.
When I wrote "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," I worked on it for eight or nine years without thinking I was writing a book for kids.
I thought I was writing a book for grown-ups that would feel like "The Wonder Years" or "A Christmas Story" — looking back on childhood through the lens of an adult.
The first thing that surprised me was that my publisher said I'd actually written a children's series; it caused a lot of cognitive dissonance.
But what also surprised me was that kids understood the irony in the books. They understand that Greg is an unreliable narrator; they seem to get the joke.
After writing the series, and after raising two kids of my own — ages 21 and 23 — I've learned a few things about kids. Here's my best advice about getting kids to read, screen time, and more — plus a few things I'd go back and change if I could.
1. To get kids to read, feed their interests
I recently heard author Jack Gantos say that after dinner, he and his family would get out their books and read. I think that's really cool and also very old-fashioned, in a way. I wish we'd done it when raising our kids.
With reading, I think the most important thing you can do is feed your kids' interests, whether they're interested in Pokémon cards or sharks or tornadoes. Get them books or magazines that speak to their interests, rather than trying to give them books that we read as kids or books that are too high-minded for their age level.
A lot of authors who write for kids start with some sort of a lesson, and there's a time and place for that. But kids read for the same reason that adults read: to be entertained. If we start from a position of trying to teach kids a lesson, they'll sniff that out and turn away from it.
It's really important to encourage kids down a path that gets them reaching for the next book. I want them to feel a feeling of success in having finished a book because that's an important act of completion. But mostly, I'd like them to keep reading, whatever form that might take.
2. Listen to them
In everyday parenting, sitting at dinner with our kids and hearing about their day without judgment is a really good foundation. Just about everything that kids today are going through, we've been through in some form. The most powerful thing that we can say to kids is "I understand," or "I've been there myself," and share stories, making sure that they feel seen and heard.
As parents, we should make ourselves vulnerable to our kids by telling them about the struggles that we went through.
If we do that without moralizing and without judgment, I think it draws us closer to our kids and turns us into a resource for them.
3. Envision your future relationship
I've always thought about my relationship with my kids by imagining, How do I want our relationship to look when my kids are adults? I've tried to anticipate that and treat my kids that way the whole time.
Kinney has two adult children, ages 21 and 23.
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I think it's working out because my kids will call me and want to go see the Patriots or the Celtics with me. I think that's partially because I've always had this version of our relationship in mind.
4. Don't get too wrapped up in kids' sports
As parents, we live and die by our kids' successes in sports. I certainly got too caught up in it and couldn't really anticipate that there would be a life beyond sports for my kids.
If I were to go back in time, I probably would change my approach on that. We like to see our kids succeed, and of course, sports is a big stage where there's a lot wrapped up in their success, including social issues and self-esteem.
When our kids are thriving, we feel really good for them, and when they're failing, it's tough for them and us. I can understand why that happens with parents, but I can also see that it's good to take a step back.
5. Help them understand that social media manipulates
Social media bullying is something that we never had to face growing up, and it's really unfortunate and damaging.
As parents, we can help kids by educating them and helping them understand that social media companies are incentivized to make you spend more time on your screens. The more that my kids, who grew up immersed in the social media world, began to understand that, the more they wanted to move away from it.
They get out there in the world — touch grass, play sports, and pick up basketball. My son will put lockouts on his social media.
It's important for us to think for ourselves before we turn to AI
As AI becomes a part of schoolwork and daily life, my concern is that AI makes a lot of things very easy.
At times, I look for solutions through AI that I could conjure up myself, so I worry about how that rewires the brain when you feel like there's always an agent that can solve your problem for you. It could reduce your own capacity for problem-solving.
It's really important for kids to be able to think for themselves before turning to the tool.
To counteract that, getting out in the world and interacting with one another is really important. Put kids into social situations; for example, my son has been working as a bookseller this past year, where he's had to interact with lots of different types of people and solve problems.
A lot of kids or young people in this generation are more isolated. They spend a lot more time in their rooms on their phones, and so I think that getting them out there interacting with other human beings is going to give them a competitive advantage.
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