Pixel Envy
A Slot Machine in Every Pocket
NetNewsWire Updated With Liquid Glass Support
Apple ‘Honours’ Martin Luther King While Working Against His Legacy
Tim Cook Attends Screening of Propaganda for Authoritarian’s Wife
FTC Appeals Ruling in Meta Monopolization Case
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Unsung
Backseat Software
TikTok U.S. Prompts Users to Allow More Permissive Tracking, Advertising
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Two Major Studies of 125,000 Children Indicate the Social Media Panic Doesn’t Hold Up
Court Rules TikTok Can Continue to Operate Offices in Canada
New Version of Siri May Run on Google Servers
User Agency and Updates
Two Small iOS 26 Usage Share Updates
A Lament for Aperture, the App We’ll Never Get Over Losing
‘Your Search Button Powers My Smart Home’
A Canadian’s Call to Arms
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‘Every Data Centre Is a U.S. Military Base’
Apple to Use Gemini to Provide Foundation for Some Apple Intelligence Features
⌥ The Exact Same Things Were Said About Smart Glasses Ten Years Ago
Adequate Red Teaming of A.I. Models Requires Better Policy
⌥ Updating the Record on iOS 26 Usage Share
Wishing for a More Flexible Apple Display Strategy
Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai Are Cowards
MacRumors Stats Echo Slow iOS 26 Uptake
Possible Inaccuracies in StatCounter’s Safari-Based Version Number Reporting
The Telegram Group Jailbreaking Grok
iOS 26 Adoption Reportedly Lagging iOS 18 in Same Timeframe, According to StatCounter
Duolingo Displayed Ads in Live Activities, Dynamic Island
CSAM Generator xAI, Run by Elon Musk, Raises $20 Billion
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
A Viral Reddit Post About Food Delivery Apps Was an A.I. Scam
MacOS Tahoe Menu Icons Are Inconsistent, Confusing, and Illegible
Google Adds Generative Features to T.V. Sets, For Some Reason
⌥ What Is Happening in A.I. Advertising?
⌥ CakeGPT
Hidden Dangers of Age Verification
Liquid Glass Whiteout Conditions
Blacksky Algorithms Announces One-Click PDS Deployment Coming Soon
Meta Effectively Cancels Horizon O.S. Third-Party Headsets
‘Fetch’ Is Not Happening on Android
I Guess ‘Fetch’ Is Happening
Google Sues SerpApi
TikTok’s Future in Canada Looks Red, White, and Blue
TikTok’s Lawless Days to End in January as U.S. Business Will Be Spun Off
MSC Cruises Bans Smart Glasses in Public Areas to Curb Covert Recording
Four Winners and Losers of Apple’s 2025
From 2022, on Google’s Account Locking Practices
In the Non-Clickbaitiest Way, I Ask: Can Redeeming an Apple Gift Card Put Your Account at Risk?
Screen Sizes Is a Great Apple Device Reference
Reuters: Meta Tolerates Rampant Ad Fraud From China to Safeguard Billions in Revenue
Locked Out of an Apple Account
Boom Says Its Hypothetical Jet Engine Can Provide ‘Clean’ Electricity
Apple Releases 26.2 Operating System Updates
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Me, on ‘People and Blogs’
Instagram and Facebook Users in Europe to Get Option of Sharing Less Data
Let’s Encrypt Turns Ten
⌥ Fault and Responsibility
Generative Clickbait, Brought to You by Google and Meta
Icons in Menus
How a User Interface Degrades Over Time
Toronto Reduced Pedestrian Deaths With Normal, Boring Strategies
Edmonton Police Preempt Privacy Commissioner in Facial Recognition Bodycam Deployment
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The European Commission Should Not Be Advertising on X in the First Place
Meta Plans Deep Cuts to Metaverse Efforts
Lisa Jackson and Kate Adams Out at Apple, Jennifer Newstead to Join
Waymo Data Indicates Dramatic Safety Improvements Over Human Drivers, So It Is Making Its Cars More Human
Video of Alan Dye’s Exit
Alan Dye Out at Apple
Microsoft Lowers A.I. Software Growth Targets
‘Mad Men’ on HBO Max, in 4K, Somehow Lacking VFX
John Giannandrea Out at Apple
⌥ A Questionable A.I. Plateau
An App Named Alan
Threads Continues to Reward Rage Bait
⌥ Moraine Luck
OpenAI’s House Counsel to Be Deposed Over Deleted Pirated Material
Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s A.I. Era
Web Development Tip: Disable Pointer Events on Link Images
‘The iPad’s Software Problem Is Permanent’
Polarization in the United States Has Become the World’s Side Hustle
Meta’s Accounting of Its Louisiana Data Centre ‘Strains Credibility’
A.I. Mania Looks and Feels Bigger Than the .Com Bubble
We Need to Stop Talking About the Erosion of Privacy as Though It Is Inevitable
European Commission Proposes Sweeping Changes to A.I. And Privacy Policies
A.I. Competition Might Not Disrupt Google
To Be Clear, Instagram Was Acquired to Eliminate a Competitor, and That Was Fine With the FTC
Sketch ‘Copenhagen’ Update Adds Custom Liquid Glass Implementation
Meta Prevails in U.S. Antitrust Case
Alberta Government Invokes Notwithstanding Clause to Override Legal Challenges to Anti-Trans Legislation
Testing Microsoft’s Copilot Ads
The Mac Pro Is, Quite Obviously, ‘On the Back Burner’, According to Mark Gurman
⌥ Hit by a Truck
Financial Times: ‘Apple Intensifies Succession Planning for CEO Tim Cook’
Needy Software
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Apple Data Detectors Reroute Parcel Tracking Through an Apple Web Service
In 2002, Last.fm Was the Cutting Edge of the Social Web
The Consumer Welfare Standard and E-Book Pricing
Apple-Funded Study Finds DMA-Motivated Changes Save Developers Over €20 Million in Commission Fees in Three Months
Google Introduces Private A.I. Compute
The Slow Fight for Control Over In-Car Technology
Meta to Discontinue Like and Comment Buttons on Third-Party Websites
Google Chrome Feature Makes A.I. Cheating Easier, Teachers Say
Canada Has Lost Its Measles Elimination Status
Five Years of Apple Silicon Macs
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Meta Is Earning a Fortune on a Deluge of Fraudulent Ads
Lawsuits Allege OpenAI Encouraged Suicide and Harmful Delusions
Michael Tsai Asks a Good Question About Live Translation in the E.U.: What ‘Additional Engineering’?
FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Archive.today
German State Completes Migration Away From Microsoft Exchange and Outlook
MIT Sloan Quietly Shelves A.I. Ransomware Study
The CAPTCHA Is Changing and, for Many, Increasingly Invisible
Apple Says AirPods Live Translation Is Coming to the E.U. Next Month
A Profile of Common Crawl
Apple Recreated the App Store on the Web with No Way to Download or Buy Apps
The Information Is Reticent to Break Uncomfortable News
U.S. Tech Companies Ramp Up Lobbying Efforts Against E.U. Regulations
International Criminal Court to Switch From Microsoft Office to openDesk
⌥ How Long Will My MacBook Pro Last?
Liquid Glass HDR
iOS Keyboard Bugs
Conservapedia Still Exists
A Profile of Setlist.fm
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan Lies About A.I. Leading to Shorter Work Weeks
Colorado Police Officer Caught on Doorbell Camera Talking About Surveillance Powers
Apple’s Tedious and Expensive Procedure for Replacing the Battery in the New MacBook Pro
Reddit Sues Perplexity and Three Data Scraping Companies Because They Crawled Google
Apple Threatens to Withdraw App Tracking Transparency in Europe
The Verge Delivers a Bad Article About Ring
App Store Restrictions Face Scrutiny in China, U.K.
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Atlas
Federico Viticci’s M5 iPad Pro Review
Long Lines for Election Day in Alberta
The Blurry Future of Sora
I Bet Normal Users Will Figure Out Which Power Adapter to Buy
Latest Beta of Apple’s Operating Systems Adds Another Translucency Control
NSO Group Banned From Using or Supplying WhatsApp Exploits
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The New MacBook Pro Is €35 Less Expensive in E.U. Countries, Ships Without a Charger
OpenAI and Nvidia Are at the Centre of a Trillion-Dollar Circular Investment Economy
The New ‘Foreign Influence’ Scare
More on Liquid Glass
Meta Takes a Principled Stance Against Having Principles
D’Angelo Dies Aged 51
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Apple Has Discontinued the Clips App You Probably Forgot About
Canadian Liberals Introduce Second, Less-Controversial Border Bill, but Still Want to Pass the First One With Creepiness Intact
‘How Did Somebody Make This?’
‘Give Me a Single Reason Why Sora 2 Should Exist’
Apple Is Helping the U.S. Government Chill Speech on ICE
Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the E.U.
U.S. State Department Wants to Use Tech Companies as Leverage Over European Policy
The Antennagate Code Patch
Cory Doctorow Turned His Word of the Year Into a Whole Book
The Future of the Sneaker Business First Requires a Future
Microsoft Uses a Thousand Words to Justify Some New Office Icons
How Writing Leads to Thinking
Bending to U.S. Government Pressure, Apple, Google Remove ICE Reporting Apps
Liquid Glass; Why Now?
Lawyers Caught Using A.I. Explain Why They Did It
U.K Demands Access to British Citizens’ End-to-End Encrypted iCloud Data
⌥ On Liquid Glass
That Secret Service SIM Farm Story Is Bogus
Google Provides Feedback on the Digital Markets Act
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Settles With Amazon Just Two Days Into Trial
Privacy Commissioner of Canada Releases Findings of Investigation Into TikTok
Apple Attempts to Rally Users Against E.U. Digital Markets Act
Australian Opposition Parties Encourage Migration to Forthcoming U.S. Version of TikTok
Patreon Will Automatically Enable Audience Irritation Features Next Week
Setting Up a New Apple TV Is Still Not Good
U.S. Secret Service Busts Giant SIM Farm in New York
‘How A.I. Helped Locate a Viral Video’s True Origin’ Was by Ignoring A.I.
Amazon to End Inventory Commingling
Meta’s Steak Sauce Demo Should Have Been Dumber
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Sues Live Nation and Ticketmaster
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Meta’s Whiffed Its Live Demos at Connect