Bluesky’s Active User Base Is Shrinking, and Remains Tiny Compared to Threads and Twitter/X
Aug 21, 2026, 9:36 am By John Gruber
Sarah Perez, writing at TechCrunch last week: Decentralized social network Bluesky was one of the…Bluesky Is Full of Anti-AI Zealots
Aug 21, 2026, 8:52 am By John GruberMike Masnick, in a thread on Bluesky: Multiple people I know have told me that they love the idea…How Bluesky and Threads Sneak Their Logos Into iOS Screenshots
Aug 20, 2026, 11:03 pm By John GruberBluesky and Threads both pull the same trick: When you take a screenshot on iOS of an individual…★ Apple and European Commission Reach Agreement on App Payment Terms Under DMA, With Apple Conceding Very Little
Aug 20, 2026, 11:12 am By John Gruber
Apple Newsroom, on Tuesday: Apple today announced changes to its business terms for apps in the…Gurman Says No Camera-Equipped AirPods Until 2027
Aug 19, 2026, 10:28 pm By John GruberMark Gurman, Bloomberg: Earlier this week, a developer version of a Mac computer software update…Disney’s ABC Sues Trump’s FCC Over Challenge to Its Broadcast License
Aug 18, 2026, 6:39 pm By John GruberJoe Flint, reporting for The Wall Street Journal (gift link): Walt Disney’s ABC has sued the…Organized Thieves Are Targeting AI Server Chips With Violent Highway Hijackings
Aug 18, 2026, 2:49 pm By John Gruber
Paresh Dave and Aarian Marshall, reporting for Wired (News+ link in case Wired hits you with their…‘Dickover’ Makes It Into The Guardian
Aug 18, 2026, 12:03 pm By John Gruber
Stuart Heritage, writing for The Guardian, under the splendid headline “Dickovers, Baggravation and…OpenAI Pot Complains That Google Kettle Is Black
Aug 18, 2026, 10:54 am By John Gruber
Thibault Sottiaux, the OpenAI genius in charge of Codex and the new ChatGPT Homer Simpson car, on…★ Follow-Up Thoughts on Watermarking Schemes for AI-Generated Text
Aug 17, 2026, 8:55 pm By John Gruber
Some follow-up to this weekend’s stemwinder “Anthropic’s ‘Watermark’ Text Adulteration in Claude Is…Apple TV Still Has No Start Date for ‘The Savant’
Aug 17, 2026, 5:55 pm By John Gruber
The Savant is a political thriller series starring Jessica Chastain that was supposed to debut a…No Update Since Early July Regarding Siri AI Coming to the EU, Ever
Aug 17, 2026, 5:43 pm By John GruberThe Financial Times, back on July 1, with the transcontinental byline “Michael Acton in San…★ Anthropic’s ‘Watermark’ Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing
Aug 16, 2026, 3:26 pm By John Gruber
When I wrote this week about Anthropic’s announcement that all Claude models, worldwide, would soon…The Information Profiles Cami Clark, Dario Amodei’s Wife, Ivanka Trump’s Friend, One-Time Would-Be Pornographer, and Anthropic’s ‘First Lady’
Aug 16, 2026, 1:36 pm By John GruberCory Weinberg, Jemima McEvoy, Jessica E. Lessin, and Stephanie Palazzolo, writing for the…‘Anthropic’s Weak Watermarks Appease a Weak Law’
Aug 16, 2026, 1:07 pm By John GruberJames Padolsey, on the Claude-text-watermarking-to-comply-with-an-EU-regulation imbroglio: The same…Trump Administration ‘Not in Favor’ of Apple Using Chinese RAM
Aug 16, 2026, 12:34 pm By John GruberThe Wall Street Journal (gift link): To help alleviate the supply crunch, Apple is looking to…XCancel — An Unofficial Twitter/X Mirror
Aug 16, 2026, 10:33 am By John GruberXCancel: XCancel is an instance of Nitter. Nitter is a free and open source alternative Twitter…★ You Don’t Need to Worry About Scratching Your iPhone Camera Lenses
Aug 14, 2026, 1:16 pm By John Gruber
Following up on my post yesterday about modern iPhones and scratch resistance, and my personal…Google’s ‘Material 3’ Design Write-Up Is 93.3 Percent Embarrassing
Aug 14, 2026, 12:33 pm By John Gruber
This page from Google Design on their “Material 3” UI language came to my attention after my snarky…Ceramic Shield 2 Is the Real Deal
Aug 13, 2026, 11:46 am By John Gruber
Philip Michaels, writing last September for Tom’s Guide: iPhone 17 torture test videos done by…
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