David Pogue: ‘Alexa+ Is a Buggy Embarrassment’
Aug 5, 2026, 4:56 pm By John Gruber
David Pogue, at Pogue’s Posts: Amazon’s “50+ things to try” list mentions that Alexa can “find a…Apple News Ad of the Week
Aug 5, 2026, 3:29 pm By John Gruber
I look forward to this level of class and brand prestige coming to Apple Maps. ★Paul Thurrott Reviews the HP OmniBook Ultra 14, With Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2
Aug 5, 2026, 11:41 am By John Gruber
Paul Thurrott: We didn’t need more evidence that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 compute platform is…Hacker News Thread on OpenAI’s ‘Apple Is Getting This Wrong’ Post
Aug 5, 2026, 10:57 am By John GruberThere’s an old adage that you should never bring a knife to a gunfight. My take on OpenAI’s…★ OpenAI Responds to Apple’s Lawsuit and Motion for Preliminary Injunction: ‘Apple Is Getting This Wrong’
Aug 4, 2026, 6:51 pm By John Gruber
OpenAI published an unbylined blog post overnight, responding in public — but not yet in court — to…Yours Truly on TBPN Yesterday
Aug 4, 2026, 2:34 pm By John Gruber
TBPN seems like a show I wouldn’t enjoy guesting on, but I actually it very much. ★Apple Seeks Preliminary Injunction Against OpenAI in Trade Secrets Case
Aug 4, 2026, 12:02 pm By John GruberReuters: Apple on Monday asked a U.S. judge for a preliminary injunction barring two former…Bending Spoons to Buy Airtable for $1.3 Billion
Aug 4, 2026, 11:13 am By John Gruber
Ivan Mehta, reporting for TechCrunch: In its first acquisition since going public last month,…TerminalWidget 1.0
Aug 3, 2026, 10:32 pm By John GruberNew app from Brett Terpstra: TerminalWidget lets you send output from commands, scripts, APIs, and…The Information on Apple’s Unusual Use of iCloud for Confidential Work
Aug 3, 2026, 5:45 pm By John GruberAaron “Homeboy” Tilley, reporting for The Information (paywalled without gift links, alas): When…Om Malik’s Final Essay: ‘The Myth, the Mythos and the Man’
Aug 3, 2026, 4:34 pm By John Gruber
Om published this on Monday June 7 — the day of the WWDC keynote. He sent me a note about it, that…★ Why Apple Requires a Cellular Account Through a Big Three Carrier to Lease an iPhone
Aug 3, 2026, 1:19 pm By John Gruber
Following up from last week, when I asked: When you lease an iPhone through Apple Upgrade, you need…Ulysses S. Grant on the Future Dividing Line
Aug 3, 2026, 1:14 pm By John Gruber
Ulysses S. Grant, in 1875: Where the citizen is sovereign and the official the servant, where no…Truth Social Launches Paid Early Access to Trump Posts
Aug 3, 2026, 12:00 pm By John Gruber
Bobby Allyn, reporting for NPR: Trump Media & Technology Group is now shopping to traders and…Boris Cherny on Trying to Get Claude Code to Rewrite the Claude App
Aug 2, 2026, 5:01 pm By John Gruber
Boris Cherny, head of Claude Code at Anthropic, was interviewed by Diana Hu on stage at Y…Agent Fone
Aug 2, 2026, 2:43 pm By John Gruber
My thanks to Agent Fone for sponsoring last week at DF. Agent Fone is a crazily ambitious new…The Apple Upgrade Situation
Aug 1, 2026, 12:30 pm By John Gruber
Michael Lopp, at Rands in Repose: I have felt since it was announced that the Apple iPhone Upgrade…Apple Q3 2026 Results
Aug 1, 2026, 12:15 pm By John Gruber
Jason Snell: On Thursday, Apple announced record third-quarter earnings, with total revenue of…The Talk Show: ‘What’s in Louie’s Wallet’
Jul 31, 2026, 6:50 pm By John GruberLouie Mantia returns to the show to talk about the state of UI and icon design on Apple’s…★ Temu Is a Comically Bad App
Jul 31, 2026, 2:27 pm By John Gruber
Cabel Sasser on Mastodon: the temu app will be studied for generations. i opened the app, and…
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