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Mike Myersâs Skewering Portrayal of Elon Musk on SNL
Like any great caricature, Myersâs Elon Musk conveys a better sense of Musk than watching Musk himself does. A cruel and infinitely self-satisfied know-it-all, whose utter self-confidence runs counter to...
Claim Chowder: Ming-Chi Kuo on Demand for the iPhone 16 Lineup
Ming-Chi Kuo, back on Sunday September 15: Based on my latest supply chain survey and pre-order results from Appleâs official websites, Iâve compiled key data on iPhone 16âs first-weekend pre-orders...
Elon Musk, Weirdo Extraordinaire
TMZ: Seems Elon Musk is truly going to colonize Mars ... even if he has to do it himself, âcause the tech mogul just welcomed his 14 child! Elon helped...
â Why Canât We Screenshot Frames From DRM-Protected Video on Apple Devices?
This âfeatureâ accomplishes nothing of value for anyone, including the streaming services, but imposes a massive (and for most people, confusing and frustrating) hindrance on honest people simply trying to...
Matthew Green: âDear Apple: Add âDisappearing Messagesâ to iMessage Right Nowâ
Matthew Green: If you install WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Signal, Snap or even Telegram(please donât!) youâll encounter a simple feature that addresses this problem. Itâs usually called âdisappearing messagesâ, but sometimes...
Meta Apologizes for Error That Flooded Instagram With a Bit of the Old Ultra-Violence
Meghan Bobrowsky and Jeff Horwitz, reporting for The Wall Street Journal: Meta apologized Wednesday night for what it said was an âerrorâ that led to graphic and violent videos flooding...
Microsoft to Retire Skype in May
Jeff Teper, president of collaborative apps and platforms at Microsoft: In order to streamline our free consumer communications offerings so we can more easily adapt to customer needs, we will...
Meta Fired âRoughly 20â Employees for Leaking
Alex Heath, reporting for The Verge: Meta has fired âroughly 20â employees who leaked âconfidential information outside the company,â according to a spokesperson. âWe tell employees when they join the...
Framework Introduces New Laptops and First Desktop
Founder Nirav Patel, writing this week on Frameworkâs company blog: We went live this morning at the Framework (2nd Gen) Event with our biggest set of announcements yet: Framework Desktop,...
Trump Claims to Have Spoken With Starmer Regarding Apple Encryption Backdoor Demand
Ben Domenech interviewed President Trump yesterday in the Oval Office, after Trumpâs meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The Spectator has published the entire transcript, and I read it...
Jeff Bezos Takes Control of the Washington Postâs Opinion Pages; Asserts Exclusive Focus âIn Support and Defense of Two Pillars: Personal Liberties and Free Marketsâ
Jeff Bezos, in a memo he shared publicly on X: I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning: Iâm writing to let you know about a change...
What If, Indeed
Hamilton Nolan, in a 2021 piece for The Columbia Journalism Review, under the headline âBezos Has Been Hands-Off. What if That Changes?â: Bezos has given the paper the resources to...
Gene Hackman Dies at 95
Loved this remembrance by Manohla Dargis in The New York Times: When Clint Eastwood needed a performer who could persuasively go boot-toe to boot-toe with him in his brutal 1992...
â The iPhone 16e
The iPhone 16e is an iPhone for people who donât want to think much about their phone. But they *do* want an iPhone, not just any âwhateverâ phone. A just...
Washington Post: âBiden Justice Department Downplayed U.K. Demand for Apple âBack Doorââ
Joseph Menn, reporting for The Washington Post: The U.S. Justice Department told Congress in November there were no major disputes with the United Kingdom over how the two allies seek...
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Suggests UK Broke Agreement in Secretly Demanding That Apple Build iCloud Backdoor
Zac Hall, reporting for 9to5Mac: According to a letter seen by 9to5Mac, the Trump Administration is investigating whether the UK may have broken a bilateral agreement when secretly demanding that...
Downie 4
I referenced Downie twice earlier todayâââonce in my item linking to Charlie Monroe (developer of Downie) writing about the indie app business, and earlier in my post about...
Charlie Monroe: âA Few Words About Indie App Businessâ
Charlie Monroe, developer of excellent apps such as Downie and Permute: But also donât do this alone. I work 365 days a year. Last year, I worked 366 days (2024...
xAIâs Grok-3 Jumps to the Top of AI Leaderboards
Alex Heath, writing for The Verge: Just a few weeks after everyone freaked out about DeepSeek, Elon Muskâs Grok-3 has again shaken up the fast-moving AI race. The new model...
iOS Voice Dictation Bug (?) Briefly Flashes the Word âTrumpâ When You Say âRacistâ
Chris Welch, writing at The Verge: Apple has acknowledged a peculiar bug with the iPhoneâs dictation feature that briefly displays âTrumpâ when someone says the word âracist.â The Verge has...