Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Apple has been updating some classic Mac icons during the macOS Tahoe beta, upsetting some longtime Mac users who prefer the original look. In beta 5, Apple changed the design of the built-in Mac ...

What if the apps you use every day suddenly felt fresher, more intuitive, and visually striking? Apple’s latest redesign of its app icons is doing just that—redefining how users interact with their ...

With macOS 26, Apple has announced a dramatically new look to their UI: Liquid Glass. Solid material icon elements give way to softer, shinier, glassier icons. The rounded rectangle became slightly ...

Susan Kare, “Sketches for Graphic User Interface Icon” (detail) (1982), ink on graph paper, on view in ‘This Is for Everyone’ at MoMA (gift of the designer, 2015, photo by the author for Hyperallergic ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at ...

Susan Kare is the artist best known for creating the original Macintosh iconography which played such an important role in making the computer appear friendly to non ...

The menu bar on a Mac tends to fill up with clutter and icons over time. Between system icons like Spotlight, the date and ...