The fifth episode of Magical & Revolutionary is now available. I'm joined by Casey Liss, known for the Accidental Tech Podcast , Analog(ue) , Liss is More , Callsheet, as well as some other apps . Naturally, they also discuss fast food, cars, and a specific early 2000s sitcom...
Zack Whittaker for TechCrunch: Apple has sent out a new batch of notifications to customers who it suspects have been targeted with spyware capable of hacking into their devices. The tech giant sends out these notifications on occasion to alert its customers that their iPhones, iPads, or Macs might have been compromised with spyware typically […]
No One’s Happy (via Matt Birchler): Most native apps collect far more data than their website equivalents ever could. They request permissions to hardware, sensors, and background processes that browsers deliberately restrict. The third-party software embedded in these apps frequently transmits your location, device identifiers, and behavioral data to third parties before you even see […]
John Gruber paraphrasing a report from Aaron Tilley at The Information: If you use your personal Apple ID, you get a magic “Apple Work” folder in iCloud Drive. When you leave Apple, that “Apple Work” folder disappears. But any other files or folders that were shared with you that were outside that magic folder are […]
“Apple’s most valuable asset is its brand. Not its real estate, not its intellectual property, not even any particular product. Even the mighty iPhone has no value if, over time, the traits that differentiate it from competitor products are erased. Apple’s brand has always stood for higher quality products—you pay more, but you get more.”
The fourth episode of Magical & Revolutionary is now available. I'm joined by D. Griffin Jones, known for writing at Cult of Mac , Extra Ordinary (his own blog), and collecting all sorts of vintage computers...
Mark Zuckerberg for The Wall Street Journal (via John Gruber): It is surprising that the discourse from many of those who are developing artificial intelligence is so filled with doom. I don’t understand why anyone who believes that AI will eliminate most jobs and much of humanity’s relevance would rush to build that future. The […]
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2026 third quarter ended June 27, 2026. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $109.4 billion, up 16 percent year over year. Company gross margin was 50.1 percent, including a favorable impact of approximately 2 percentage points from tariff refunds. Diluted earnings per share was $2.02, up 29 percent year over year, and included a favorable…