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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·2d ago

Make Something Wonderful Steve Jobs in his own words There’s lots of ways to be, as a person. And some people express their deep appreciation in different ways.

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·5d ago

By John Gruber Apple Developer News, in a post titled “Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS”: We give developers powerful APIs to build incredible capabilities into their apps for Apple products...

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·9d ago

When did Google get so f-ing weird? I recently had an experience while doing a simple Google search that was so profoundly weird that it stopped me in my tracks.

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·9d ago

There they are. The Zuckerbergs. Both in black slacks and plain shoes. Both in zanily patterned shirts that look made to wick sweat. No heavy watches, no bright jewelry.

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·9d ago

By John Gruber On the new episode of The Talk Show that dropped over the weekend, Andru Edwards and I talked first about the September event Apple held three weeks ago at Apple Park, and then moved...

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·11d ago

How to use MagSafe Duo Charger with your iPhone and Apple Watch Learn how to charge your iPhone 12, iPhone 13, or iPhone 14 and your Apple Watch wirelessly with MagSafe Duo Charger.

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·11d ago

Standard paper sizes like ISO A4 are widely used all over the world today. This text explains the ISO 216 paper size system and the ideas behind its design.

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·12d ago

In 2024, Microsoft and Qualcomm kicked off a new category of Windows hardware it called "Copilot+ PCs" that set the baseline for a new wave of AI-first computers, and launched with exclusive...

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·12d ago

Amateur golfer sinks two holes-in-one in same round The odds are so impossible to grip mentally, accomplishing such a thing led everyone to offer Gary Choyka an obvious piece of advice.

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·13d ago

By John Gruber It’s Friday, and Muse is still the #1 app in the iOS App Store — that’s a full week in the top spot. Who knows if it’s a flash in the pan or not. (Remember Clubhouse? Sora?)

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·13d ago

There are a LOT of questions to ask when Mark Zuckerberg unveils new products. How do the glasses work? What do you think people will use them for? What can the AI agent actually do?

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·14d ago

At Apple, we believe privacy is a fundamental human right. That’s why we’ve built a number of features to help users understand developers’ privacy and data collection and sharing practices, and...

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·14d ago

By John Gruber The most extraordinary Apple event in the company’s modern history was the emergency press conference on Friday, 16 July 2010 to address “antennagate” — the out-of-control media...

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·14d ago

Prepare your iPhone 18 Pro Max to ship Learn how to enable Prepare to Ship on your iPhone 18 Pro Max.

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·15d ago

By John Gruber Back in the mid-2000s there was a golden era of exuberantly designed Mac apps. Paul Kafasis coined it “The Delicious Generation”, a perfect name.

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·15d ago

Amazon says it has cut off Meta’s new Muse personal AI agent from shopping on Amazon.com on behalf of customers, after attempting unsuccessfully to get the Facebook parent company to voluntarily...

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·16d ago

In May, Apple agreed to pay $250 million to settle a U.S. class action lawsuit over Siri AI's delayed launch, and the settlement website is now live.

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·16d ago

I’m now the very proud developer and owner of Strategery, the classic iOS game. I just released a brand new version of the app, available now in the App Store. You should absolutely check it out.

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·17d ago

Recent protectionist changes by the European Union further effectively exclude U.S. small businesses like mine from selling to EU customers.

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Daring Fireballby John Gruber·17d ago

Recently, journalists have sought comment from me on a series of unusual AI events. Last week, in a certain AI copyright case, the US government filed a “statement of interest” in support of AI...

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