The most prominent feature is the ability to use a record pattern on the left-hand side of a local variable declaration. This allows you to "destructure" an object and initialize multiple variables in a single statement.
Traditional way:
Point p = getPoint();
int x = p.x();
int y = p.y();
Enhanced way:
Point(int x, int y) = getPoint();
This also supports nested patterns, allowing you to reach deep into an object hierarchy in one go:
Circle(Point(int x, int y), double radius) = getCircle();
* Pattern Matching in Enhanced for Loops
You can now use these same record patterns in the header of an enhanced for loop to extract data from every element in a collection or array.
for (Circle(Point(int x, int y), double radius) : circles) {
// Directly use x, y, and radius here
}
1. Default (recommended) Opus 4.6 · Most capable for complex work
2. Opus (1M context) Opus 4.6 with 1M context · Billed as extra usage · $10/$37.50 per Mtok
3. Sonnet Sonnet 4.6 · Best for everyday tasks
4. Sonnet (1M context) Sonnet 4.6 with 1M context · Billed as extra usage · $6/$22.50 per Mtok
> As I wrote a month ago, Apple is due for a major management shake-up and the spotlight is squarely on John Ternus as Tim Cook’s successor as CEO. But I don’t get the sense anything is imminent as the FT is claiming.
DHS Proposal: Weighted Selection Process for Registrants and Petitioners Seeking to File Cap-
Subject H-1B Petitions [1]
Summary:
USCIS would use the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) wage levels for the relevant job classification (SOC code) and location to determine how many times a registration is entered into the selection pool.
Registrations would be weighted like this:
• Wage Level IV → 4 entries
• Wage Level III → 3 entries
• Wage Level II → 2 entries
• Wage Level I → 1 entry
A “unique beneficiary” is counted once toward numerical allocations, no matter how many registrations are submitted for them or how many entries they get in the weighted pool.
That’s fine and all, but if this is the direction they’re taking, why not just call it AppleOS 26 across all platforms? Even if each platform gets a “specialized” version.
Part of me wonders if this is related to the EU CRA. It mandates software support lifecycles. It’s a lot easier to say xxxOS 26 is supported until 2032, 27 until 2033, etc as opposed to iOS 19 is supported until 2032, macOS 15 is supported until 2033, etc etc
> I hereby order the Attorney General not to take any action on behalf of the United States to enforce the Act for 75 days from the date of this order, to permit my Administration an opportunity to determine the appropriate course of action with respect to TikTok.
> I further order the Attorney General to issue a letter to each provider stating that there has been no violation of the statute and that there is no liability for any conduct that occurred during the above-specified period
> While the court today decides that the Act's divestment mandate survives a First Amendment challenge, that is not
without regard for the significant interests at stake on all sides. Some 170 million Americans use TikTok to create and view all sorts of free expression and engage with one another and the world. And yet, in part precisely because of the platform's expansive reach, Congress and multiple Presidents determined that divesting it from the PRC's control is essential to protect
our national security.
To give effect to those competing interests, Congress chose divestment as a means of paring away the PRC's control-and
thus containing the security threat—while maintaining the app and its algorithm for American users. But if no qualifying divestment occurs—including because of the PRC's or ByteDance's unwillingness-many Americans may lose access to an outlet for expression, a source of community,
and even a means of income.
Congress judged it necessary to assume that risk given the grave national-security threats it perceived. And because the record reflects that Congress's decision was considered, consistent with longstanding regulatory practice, and devoid of an institutional aim to suppress particular messages or ideas,
we are not in a position to set it aside.
