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Reuters:…

From the European Commission’s announcement today, “Commission closes investigation into Apple’s user choice obligations and issues preliminary findings on rules for alternative apps under the Digital Markets Act”:…

Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin, reporting for The New York Times:…

The European Commission:…

Kalley Huang and Erin Woo, reporting for The Information (via Ed Zitron, who summarized it on Bluesky):…

Larry David, in a column for The New York Times:…

Just in case you haven’t had enough of me on various recent podcasts, I had the pleasure of joining hosts Dan Barbera and Hartley Charlton on The MacRumors Show, talking mostly about Apple Intelligence and the future of the Vision platform. Fun!  ★ 

Radek Sienkiewicz:…

Jeff Stein, Elizabeth Dwoskin, and Cat Zakrzewski, reporting for The Washington Post:…

Special guest Glenn Fleishman returns to the show for episode 420 on 4/20, but everyone’s sober, I swear. Topics include Trump’s dumb tariffs and Glenn’s smart new edition of his book Six Centuries of Type & Printing.…

My thanks to Dekáf Coffee Roasters for sponsoring last week at DF. Dekáf started with a simple question over a late-night cup of decaf: why do coffee lovers who skip the caffeine have to skip the craft too?…

Weekly sponsorships have been the top source of revenue for Daring Fireball ever since I started selling them back in 2007. They’ve succeeded, I think, because they make everyone happy. They generate good money. There’s only one sponsor per week and the…

CNN:…

Kim Mackrael and Sam Schechner, reporting for The Wall Street Journal (News+ link):…

Brian X. Chen, in a column at The New York Times headlined “Why a Tariff-Inflated $2,000 iPhone Is Nothing to Fear”:…

Glenn Fleishman:…

Josh Kovensky, reporting for TPM:…

Dennis McLellan, writing for the Los Angeles Times (News+ link):…

Wes Davis, The Verge:…

Dana Mattioli, reporting for The Wall Street Journal (main link is a gift link; also, here’s a News+ link):…

Jessica Lyons, reporting for The Register:…

You will recall that in September 2022, Figma entered into an agreement for a $20 billion acquisition by Adobe, but abandoned the deal 15 months later.  ★ 

Samuel Axon, writing for Ars Technica:…

Coffee has always been about bringing people together. For us, it started with a simple question over a late-night cup of decaf: why do coffee lovers who skip the caffeine have to skip the craft too?…

Seth Godin:…

My thanks to WorkOS for sponsoring last week at DF. Modern authentication should be seamless and secure. WorkOS makes it easy to integrate features like MFA, SSO, and RBAC. Whether you’re replacing passwords, stopping fraud, or adding enterprise auth, WorkOS…

Bill Maher personifies the difference between a liberal (which he is) and a leftist (which he isn’t). But he’s been a stridently vocal critic of Trump since long before Trump even ran for president. Maher was the first person on television to correctly…

Crackerjack essay by Chuck Wendig:…

Vanity Fair published an excerpt from Chris Whipple’s new book on the final years of Joe Biden’s presidency, under the headline “Did Aides Cover Up His Mental State — or Was It Group Delusion?” (News+ link):…

Jamelle Bouie, writing at The New York Times (gift link):…