Daring Fireball

Nathaniel Weixel, reporting for The Hill:…

To say that Samsung has no shame just isn’t enough. It’s embarrassing to watch.…

Of course Samsung will follow Apple’s lead in this regard. It really is the right thing to do, but of course they wouldn’t go first. And of course, in the meantime, Samsung social media accounts are cracking wise about Apple not including power adapters…

Matt Birchler captures the incongruity of Apple’s pitch that they don’t need to include chargers in the iPhone box anymore because everyone has so many chargers already, but their new MagSafe charging only works at full capability with the new 20W adapter…

Juli Clover, writing for MacRumors:…

My thoughts on the electoral implications of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court last night.  ★ 

Interesting (and repulsive) visualization from The New York Times of Trump’s lies and misinformation in a recent stump speech. Black and white and red all over.  ★ 

Om Malik:…

Basic Apple Guy:…

Julie Wernau, James V. Grimaldi, and Stephanie Armour, reporting not for The Onion, I swear, but for The Wall Street Journal (News+):…

An outfielder boots an easy ball, a baserunner heading home trips and falls and starts crawling back to third until he realizes his coach is frantically telling him to turn around and go the other way again, a catcher who doesn’t even know where the ball he…

My thanks to Infolio for sponsoring this week at DF. Infolio is a new, no-nonsense task management and collaboration app for smaller teams and individual use, designed with those working remotely in mind. Views include Kanban boards, table view with custom…

Juli Clover, reporting for MacRumors:…

If you plan to never or seldom use your iPad with a hardware keyboard and trackpad, I don’t think you’re missing that much with Touch ID instead of Face ID. If you do plan to use a keyboard and trackpad, however, you’re missing a lot.

William McRaven, in an op-ed for that left-wing rag The Wall Street Journal:…

Aris Folley, reporting for The Hill:…

There’s a lot that was obviously wrong and dumb about Quibi. One thing I didn’t know until today is that a lot of its dumb-seeming gimmicks were just attempts to circumvent Writers Guild and Screen Actors Guild rules so they could cheat writers and actors…

This is easily the most-predictable yet still newsworthy entertainment industry news in recent memory.…

Zoë Bernard and Cory Weinberg, reporting for The Information:…

So when you see that the new iPhone 12 and 12 Pro have 6.1-inch displays, 12 years of iPhone experience are going to make you think these are iPhone XR/11-sized devices. They’re not. In hand, in pocket, and to the eye, they feel and look like iPhone X/XS/11…

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I think Sting said it (well, sang it) best.  ★ 

Chris Welch, The Verge:…

The “I Will Vote” website is a great resource (along with Vote.org, which I’ve had linked in my election countdown up in the corner). Today is the voter registration deadline in a bunch of states, including my home state of Pennsylvania. It’s a good…

My thanks to Kandji for sponsoring last week at DF. Kandji is an Apple device management (MDM) solution built exclusively for IT teams at businesses that run on Apple platforms.…

The 2020 iPhone lineup.

One of the best commercials I’ve ever seen.  ★ 

The New York Times Editorial Board:…

Sean Hollister, writing for The Verge:…

Tyler Kepner, writing for The New York Times:…