Apple's Touch Bar looked like the future, but things didn't go to plan. Here's what happened behind the scenes after its ...

Just over seven years after it was introduced, the Touch Bar has now been fully discontinued on all new MacBooks sold by Apple, marking the end of an era for a hardware feature that was loved by some ...

Commentary: Apple's Touch Bar was an expensive gimmick, and I hated it as much as the disastrous butterfly keyboard. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

After seven sad years, Apple has finally killed the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. What could have been an iconic mark for Apple became a PR crisis until the company moved away from this design entirely ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

The Flexbar might succeed where Apple’s Touch Bar failed with more customizability, including an app for designing your own buttons and shortcuts. The Flexbar might succeed where Apple’s Touch Bar ...

I know what you’re thinking. For the past five years, we’ve questioned, lambasted, and otherwise reviled the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar. And now that it’s gone for—checks notes—a little over a week, we ...

Apple's latest refresh to the Mac line this week claims a victim — the 13-inch MacBook Pro, and with it, something we're actually quite sorry to see go: the much-maligned Touch Bar. While there were ...

Flexbar is a cool accessory for Mac nerds who miss the Touch Bar. I’ve been using Flexbar with my Mac for the past few months. Let’s look at how it compares to the original Touch Bar and whether it’s ...

Apple’s controversial Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro is reportedly in its final days, according to some recent rumors. What do you think about the OLED bar on the Macs? Introduced with the redesigned ...