Daring Fireball

My thanks to Atoms for sponsoring this week at DF. Atoms’s excellent Model 000 is a sneaker-style everyday shoe, available not just in half sizes but quarter sizes for a perfect fit. Atoms’ stretchy laces make it easy to slip the shoes on and off. Insoles…

Ben Pearson, writing for Slashfilm:…

Christopher Bing and Joseph Menn, reporting for Reuters:…

York Regional Police:…

Speaking of kowtowing to China, this one still irks me. And, at this point, likely will for the foreseeable future.  ★ 

Small bit of follow-up regarding yesterday’s item about Disney+ blocking an episode of The Simpsons in Hong Kong because it contained a joke about Tiananmen Square. The article I linked to at The Wrap claimed “Disney+ users in the U.S. may be able to…

Bobby Allyn, reporting for NPR:…

Morgan Housel, writing at Collaborative Fund:…

Steven Johnson, writing for The New York Times Magazine:…

Andi Ortiz, writing for The Wrap:…

CNBC:…

Now I’ve got a list of movies to watch (or re-watch).  ★ 

Matthew Futterman, reporting for The New York Times:…

One solid minute on the em-dash. Perfect.  ★ 

Special guest Jim Dalrymple returns to the show to discuss the past and future of Apple-centric reporting.…

David Pogue, writing for CBS News:…

Jon Porter, reporting for The Verge:…

Atoms set out to make a shoe that you’d want to wear everyday. Focused on comfort and simplicity and built with innovative materials, Atoms are designed for how you live, work and play — everyday. They are unlike any shoes you have ever worn.…

Jessica Bursztynsky, reporting for CNBC: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down as chief of the social media company, effective immediately. Parag Agrawal, the company’s chief technology officer, will take over the helm, the company said Monday.  ★ 

My thanks to Retool for sponsoring last week at DF. Retool is a new approach to programming for the modern web: they’ve unified the ease of visual programming with the power and flexibility of real code. Drag and drop a form together, and have it POST back…

Zhenyi Tan:…

I’ve got a Paperwhite that’s now a few years old. I really don’t use it much, because for whatever reason, I prefer paper books. But Jason Snell is a voracious reader of books on e-readers, and, of course, he has impeccable taste in hardware and…

For your holiday listening enjoyment: Special guest David Smith returns to the show to talk about Apple Watch Series 7 and the state of WatchOS, Apple suing NSO Group, and more.…

The solution to an ostensibly problematic duopoly is ... a single universal store? And we’re supposed to take this without laughing?

Wirecutter Union:…

Dan Petrov:…

Björn Finke, reporting for Süddeutsche Zeitung (original in German; I’m quoting here from Safari 15’s translation to English):…

Jeffifer Elias, reporting for CNBC:…

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Apple Newsroom:…