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Jony Ive on ‘Desert Island Discs’
Desert Island Discs is a remarkably long-running BBC Radio interview program now hosted (or presented, if you will) by Lauren Laverne. The gimmick is that guests are asked to name...
Apple Shareholders Resoundingly Reject Proposal to Ditch the Company’s ‘Inclusion and Diversity’ Policies; Trump Responds With His Usual Equanimity
Michael Liedtke, reporting for the AP: Apple shareholders rebuffed an attempt to pressure the technology trendsetter into joining President Donald Trump’s push to scrub corporate programs designed to diversify its...
Yours Truly With Rene Ritchie Talking About the iPhone 16e
The advantage to having me on Rene’s show, rather than vice versa, is that he’ll push us through talking about a new iPhone model in 30 minutes. If I were...
The Talk Show: ‘Nothing Is Possible’
Special guest: Paul Kafasis. Special topics: Siri/Super Bowl nonsense, “Gulf of Mexico/America” nonsense, the iPhone 16e gets announced, and a veritable Bond villain buys the rights to the James Bond...
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Does your app get fake signups, throwaway emails, or users abusing your free tier? Or worse, bots attacks and brute force attempts? WorkOS Radar can block all this and more....
Mission Accomplished: Trump Likes Apple’s Plan, Especially the Part About Mexico That I Don’t Think Was Real
Mike Allen, writing for Axios, under the headline “Trump Manufacturing Win: Apple to Spend $500 Billion in U.S., Hire 20,000”: Trump met with Cook on Thursday in the Oval Office....
Apple Announces Plan to Spend More Than $500 Billion in the U.S. Over the Next Four Years (Which Is Probably Exactly What They’ve Been Planning to Do)
Apple Newsroom: Apple today announced its largest-ever spend commitment, with plans to spend and invest more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years. The context of...
HP Added a 15-Minute Waiting Time for Telephone Support Calls
Paul Kunert, reporting for The Register last week: HP Inc is trying to force consumer PC and print customers to use online and other digital support channels by setting a...
Sigma BF
Absolutely beautiful new camera from Sigma. Full-size sensor, interchangeable lens system, but it’s the camera design that jumps out: The Sigma BF represents a new, more intuitive way to use...
Linus Sebastian’s Thoughts After Switching to an iPhone for 30 Days
I’ve been meaning, since it came out in December, to link to this video from Linus Sebastian of “Linus Tech Tips” fame, and with the iPhone 16e dropping this week,...
Going Deep on ‘Deep’
Katy Steinmetz, writing for The Washington Post (via Mignon Fogarty): But lately, one meaning has become trendier than the rest. Close ties to artificial intelligence have led to a surge...
‘Ready’ Is the New ‘Approved’
File this one under “precise words matter”. Remember the whole thing a few weeks back, where AltStore PAL — an EU alternative app marketplace for iOS — published Hot Tub,...
The 40th Anniversary of ProVUE at Macworld Expo
Jim Rea: Forty years ago today the doors opened for the very first Macworld Expo in the Brooks Hall basement in San Francisco. For most of you this event probably...
★ Apple Pulls Advanced Data Protection From the UK, in Defiance of UK Demand for Global Backdoor
The UK’s demands are simultaneously infuriatingly offensive, mathematically ignorant (regarding the nature of end-to-end encryption), dangerous (as proven by the recent Salt Typhoon attack China successfully waged to eavesdrop on...
Yankees Loosen The Boss’s Facial Hair Policy
Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner: “In recent weeks I have spoken to a large number of former and current Yankees — spanning several eras — to elicit their perspectives on our...
Barbara Broccoli on Amazon, in Private: ‘These People Are Fucking Idiots’
Erich Schwartzel and Jessica Toonkel, reporting for The Wall Street Journal back on December 19, under the headline “Where Is James Bond? Trapped in an Ugly Stalemate With Amazon” (News+...
Leaked Image of the First Post-Humane-Acquisition Product From HP’s Printer Division
Didn’t take them long to start having an impact inside HP. (Direct link to image, for those who can’t or don’t want to see the original on X.) ★
Amazon MGM Studios Takes Creative Control Over James Bond Franchise
Alex Ritman, with blockbuster news at Variety: Amazon MGM Studios is set to take creative control of the James Bond franchise. The shock announcement — which is sure to shake...
★ Thoughts and Observations on Today’s iPhone 16e Announcement
The iPhone 16e is arguably just plain a better phone than the iPhone 15, and I think it’s almost inarguably a better value at $100 less.
‘Oh, the Humane-ity’
MG Siegler: A regular person might read that headline and think, “wow, a startup sold for nine-figures — impressive.” Of course, it’s not impressive in this case. It’s a fire...