The AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule are out of stock at some Apple stores, suggesting a new version of Apple’s wireless router line will soon be announced.
Apple customers from New Jersey to California are being told they can’t buy Apple’s routers because they’re out of stock. It is unusual for Apple Stores, well-oiled operations that they are, to run out of stock unless there’s an update coming soon that Apple has yet to announce, MacRumors is reporting.
With Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference just a couple weeks away on June 13, a reconfigured AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule seem likely. Sure, there could be other explanations. A recent firmware update might mean Apple employees are having to patch devices before selling them. And this could just be an unrelated fluctuation in Apple’s supply line. It’s hard to know, really.
But what we do know is that Apple’s line of routers could use an update. The current $200 Airport Extreme was introduced in 2013, and offers 1.3 gigabits per second of bandwidth spread across two bands. That was great when the router was released, but is far behind similarly priced competition today.
The $130 Zyxel AC2200, for example, offers 2.2Gbps. Google’s $200 OnHub devices, which rival Apple’s routers for ease of use, offer 1.9Gbps. And if you’re willing to spend $400 on a router, you can get a lot more power than that. The Linksys EA9500, for example, offers 5.3Gbps spread across three bands.
Put simply, the Airport Extreme was once a premium router by specs, but isn’t in the current market. A refresh could change that.
The $300 to $400 Time Capsule is the same as the Airport Extreme, but offers a 1 to 2TB hard drive for Time Machine backups from Mac computers.
Ideally, a new router from Apple would match or exceed middle-end routers on the market right now. Stock running out at Apple Stores suggests such an update may be announced soon, so maybe put off that AirPort Extreme purchase until June 13.
Nearly a month after announcing the GPT-6.1 Sol model, OpenAI unveiled GPT-6.1 Terra today. The latest addition to the family focuses on computer use, visual reasoning, coding, and professional work, while costing 50% less through the API than GPT-5.6 Terra.
OpenAI says Terra can handle everything from filling out browser forms and working inside spreadsheets to interpreting technical drawings and editing videos. The company says it can also complete computer-based tasks more than three times faster than GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol.
ASUS has started selling its UGen Intel Arc Pro B70 graphics card in Europe, bringing its take on Intel’s workstation GPU to customers with a hefty €1,799 recommended price. The card is available in Germany and Austria, while ASUS lists it at CHF 1,799 in Switzerland.
Intel first introduced the Arc Pro B70 in March 2026, with its own branded model starting at $949. ASUS’s version arrives several months later with the same core GPU architecture but a different cooling design and a higher power rating. The price also places it well above Intel’s original starting point, although the two prices are not directly comparable because ASUS’s European figure includes VAT.
Anthropic has officially filed to go public, and buried inside its S-1 is a blunt warning about the technology at the center of its business. The maker of Claude AI says advanced AI could cause everything from large-scale cyberattacks and geopolitical instability to catastrophic or even existential risks for humanity.
The warnings take up a surprisingly large part of the filing. Axios notes that more than 90 pages, or roughly a third of the prospectus, focus on risk factors. Many of them warn about what could happen as AI systems become more capable and autonomous.