Colin Hughes

The Autumn Budget delivered many of the usual headlines — duties rising on cigarettes and alcohol, eye-catching giveaways, and a handful of announcements clearly shaped for the early evening news. But beneath a […]

Voice Control in macOS 26.1: progress, but key bugs remain
After six weeks of waiting, Voice Control in macOS 26.1 has arrived — and it’s a story of progress mixed with frustration.

The good news: Apple has […]

They say every picture tells a story.

In this old family photo from the 1990s, I’m sitting outside our home in rural Wales with my brother Ian and sister Lyn. My brother Alan isn’t in the photo. Behind us sta […]

Meta brought the future to my doorstep
Two weeks ago, something quite extraordinary happened. Meta Reality Labs visited my London home to let me try the new Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses — the first model with a b […]

Last month I reported on a series of serious Voice Control bugs in macOS 26 that Apple quietly acknowledged but has yet to fix. You can read that piece here. The story struck a nerve because these weren’t minor q […]

The battery, for real this time
Let me start with what works: battery life. The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses Gen 2 claims up to 2× the battery life over Gen 1. In my use — a few photos, a video, message re […]

When Wall Street Journal tech columnist Joanna Stern remarked on Threads that the iPhone Air might be the perfect “bed phone,” it wasn’t just a throwaway comment. It captured something millions of us do every […]

Apple has acknowledged a series of bugs affecting Voice Control in macOS 26, the company’s built-in accessibility feature that allows people to fully operate a Mac by voice.

Over the past week, users have r […]

This line from Meta’s announcement of the new Ray-Ban Display glasses with Neural Band really struck me.

“Think of the potential impact it could have for people with spinal cord injuries, limb differences, tre […]

Dictation on the Mac has often felt like a leap of faith. Apple’s native Dictation and Voice Control offer a path to speech-to-text, but accuracy issues, sluggish input, and awkward editing frequently interrupt p […]

Yesterday’s WWDC 2025 keynote brought Apple’s bold new Liquid Glass design, system-wide renaming (e.g., iOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26), and a big push for on-device Apple Intelligence—available now in eight more language […]

As WWDC 2025 approaches, rumours swirl about what Apple may unveil: enhanced AI features, a new naming convention for all the operating systems, and a visual glass-like overhaul, including round Home Screen icons. […]

As WWDC 2025 approaches, Apple is widely expected to reveal a significant redesign of watchOS—part of a broader visual refresh inspired by visionOS. This could include rounded icons, translucent UI elements, and a […]

Apple’s WWDC 2025 keynote is just days away, and expectations are high. This year’s announcements are rumoured to include a dramatic visual overhaul—complete with rounded icons on the Home screen and a more unifi […]

macOS finally lets you record custom vocabulary in Voice Control – but Apple still has work to do

Did this really just happen?

Tucked away in a recent macOS Sequoia update, Apple has quietly rolled out a l […]

When I first reported a serious voice assistant bug affecting Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, I believed it was device-specific. After a phone or WhatsApp call, the “Hey Meta” assistant would go silent — and would […]

Each May, Apple marks Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) with a series of announcements showcasing its commitment to disabled people. A few weeks later, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) sets t […]

When I first started using Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, they transformed my daily life. As someone with a quadriplegic disability, the ability to access messages, make calls, and interact with the world using just […]

Meta is gearing up to unveil its much-anticipated Hypernova smart glasses, an advanced wearable expected to launch as early as the end of the year. Following the success and growing adoption of the Ray-Ban Meta […]

The European Union’s recent ruling on interoperability under its landmark Digital Markets Act (DMA) is being framed as a privacy battleground by Apple. In a carefully worded post last week, the company warned t […]