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Monday, 10 August 2026. Zac Hall at 9to5Mac has a good rundown of new features and changes in beta 5.
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Blog 3 months ago
Alex Micek on BMW's iDrive 'Special Surprises'
Alex Micek: In the future, I will feel angry if my car strands me on the side of the road. I will feel angry if the motor brushes fail expectedly. I will feel angry if it leaks water. By contrast, I don't feel anger when the car tricks me into seeing an a
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Blog 3 months ago
BMW Probably Paid Sony for the Spider-Man Dashboard Ads, Not the Other Way Around
This didn't occur to me but should have - BMW paid Sony to place BMWs throughout the new Spider-Man: Brand New Day movie. They're not just in the movie but part of the story. So it's probably the case not that Sony paid BMW to put Spider-Man animations in
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Blog 3 months ago
Mark Zuckerberg Posts 6,500-Word AI Essay
Two weeks ago Zuckerberg published a 1,000-word essay, "The AI Future Is for Everyone". This week he published an expanded 6,500-word version of the essay on Meta's website. Somehow it almost says nothing more than the original. This tidbit, however, stru
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Blog 3 months ago
The Talk Show: 'Getting the Snack Right'
Chance Miller returns to the show. Topics include iOS 27's progress over summer, live baseball in Vision Pro, the RAM crisis, Apple's trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI and io, and the EU/DMA situation. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first
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Blog 3 months ago
Netflix Has Peaked
Andrew Sharp, writing at Sharp Text last month after Netflix's earnings, asking "Is Netflix Washed Now?": I offer this observation as a swirl of heightened anxiety surrounds the company, so let me clarify one thing up front: I'm not predicting imminent do
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Blog 3 months ago
Sponsor Drata
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Blog 3 months ago
What's New in iOS 27 Beta 5
Zac Hall at 9to5Mac has a good rundown of new features and changes in beta 5. Some app icons got tweaks (the Siri app in particular looks much cooler now), and a bunch of the existing American and British Siri speaking voices now have the Pace and Express
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Blog 3 months ago
'Friday Night Baseball' Will Start Broadcasting Games Live, in Apple Immersive, on Vision Pro
Apple Newsroom: For the first time, baseball fans can take in all the action of "Friday Night Baseball" live in Apple Immersive on Apple Vision Pro, leveraging 3D video recorded in 8K with a 180-degree field of view. On August 28, viewers with Vision Pro
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Blog 3 months ago
Michael Tsai on My Retraction of the Astrology/Astronomy App Store Rejection Story
Michael Tsai: I'm really unhappy about this, both for my role in spreading a false story and because I think it will hurt the cause of reforming App Review. I know there are many crazy rejections and have experienced some first-hand. This story was believ
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Blog 3 months ago
'The Problem With Vibe-Coded Flattery'
Ernie Smith at Tedium: I'm seeing email after email suggesting these users built a thing they're truly passionate about. But if we can't trust that this passion is real, legit, and from the heart, we're in trouble. Take a step back. Is this thing you buil
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