Apple killed off the baseline Mac Mini, raising the entry price of its cheapest desktop from $599 to $799. Could it pull a similar move with its cheapest laptop? In his Culpium newsletter, Tim Culpan reports that Apple is preparing a new production run of the MacBook Neo, upping the number of units to 10 million from its initial run estimated to be between 5 and 6 million. Having exhausted its supply of A18 Pro processors leftover from the iPhone 16 Pro, Apple will need to manufacture a fresh batch of A18 Pro chips for these new Neos. The cost of producing…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 21:01 GMT+2•Updated 21:04 The winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections last month, Rumen Radev, was named the country’s new prime minister on Thursday. His landslide win in last month’s parliamentary election raises hopes for a stable government in the Balkan nation, which has seen eight elections in…

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US policy makers have two choices: strategic engagement or a spiral into irrelevancyJust three years after entering the auto market, the Chinese tech company Xiaomi has made no effort to temper expectations. Best known for challenging Apple and Samsung on smartphones, Xiaomi is now positioning its new-generation SU7 electric sedan…

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