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We’ve all been bombarded by news alerts on Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel report today. I’ve spent most of my day reading it. I strongly suggest all of you do the same.…

Hard to summarize this massive Wired cover story by Nicholas Thompson and Fred Vogelstein other than that Facebook is a terrible company run by terrible people, particularly Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg. We all have a lot of reading on our hands with…

Mike Spies, reporting for The New Yorker:…

Amazon:…

Rob Price, reporting for Business Insider:…

Kurt Wagner, writing for Recode:…

Not a great week for Apple, really.  ★ 

South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg’s campaign for the Democratic nomination in 2020 has gotten a lot of attention in recent weeks. I’m not yet picking a favorite in the race, but he’s certainly a compelling candidate, and an openly gay major party candidate…

This piece by Ron Amadeo at Ars Technica was published in December, but I think accurately captures the state of 5G for 2019:…

Points to Patrick Thornton for calling this back in February: Some people are calling this ambitious. That’s only something that someone who has never built products would say. The correct term for the Galaxy Fold is prototype.  ★ 

Dieter Bohn’s review unit broke after just two days:…

Now is the time that fundamental early decisions for those 2020 iPhones need to be made, and it seems painfully clear that Apple determined they could not count on Intel.

Guilherme Rambo, writing for 9to5Mac:…

Intel news release:…

Guilherme Rambo, writing at 9to5Mac, has a veritable mountain of leaks regarding iOS 13 and MacOS 10.15. A few that caught my eye:…

Apple Newsroom:…

Agenda is an elegant note taking app (macOS and iOS) with a strong focus on dates. It has tight integration with your calendars, and — coming in a few weeks — will offer that same experience for Reminders. Add reminders to your task lists, edit the due…

My thanks to Jamf for sponsoring last week at Daring Fireball. For many people, I.T. is a task and not a career. It’s time to get your nights and weekends back. Finally.…

Following Monotype’s marketing, yesterday I described Helvetica Now as “the first new version of Helvetica since Helvetica Neue 35 years ago”. As a few type-minded readers pointed out, this ignores Christian Schwartz’s 2010 Neue Haas Grotesk, which is…

Daniel Newman, writing for MarketWatch, with “7 reasons investors should worry” about Apple:…

Ken Case, writing on The Omni Blog:…

Nilay Patel, on Foxconn’s response to The Verge’s investigation into their Wisconsin scam:…

In-depth investigation by Josh Dzieza for The Verge:…

BBC News:…

$7 is really quite a deal — both by Netflix’s current prices and Disney’s own. $7 is about what it costs for a small box of popcorn and a bottle of water at Disney World.

Monotype has released the first new version of Helvetica since Helvetica Neue 35 years ago:…

Alex Bonilla, writing at the Sports Reference Blog:…

Martin Feld, writing at Lounge Ruminator:…

Alan Sytsma, writing for Grub Steet:…

Speaking of early 90’s Apple code names, it’s always fun to revisit the story of Carl Sagan and the Power Mac 7100.  ★