1mo ago
Valve says the Steam Machine will not get console-style subsidies
The $1,049 Steam Machine is priced near cost, Valve says, because it does not want to use cheap hardware to push a locke...
By June Castellano/section
Long Reads/
1mo ago
John Moltz joins The Talk Show for Apple price and macOS beta talk
John Gruber’s latest episode features John Moltz on Apple hardware price hikes, macOS 27 beta UI changes, and a stack of...
By Theo Lindgren
1mo ago
Apple’s squircle icon rule draws fire from Mac developers
Rogue Amoeba’s Paul Kafasis, John Siracusa and John Gruber say Apple’s uniform app-icon shape hurts recognition and deve...
By June Castellano
1mo ago
Gnome puts GIF search and creation in the Mac menu bar
The $7 app searches online and local GIFs, copies results to the clipboard, and can make new GIFs from images, text, emo...
By Theo Lindgren
1mo ago
Supreme Court takes Apple petition in Epic contempt fight
The justices granted Apple’s certiorari petition in Apple v. Epic Games, but only on the first question Apple presented.
By Mara Chen-Doyle
1mo ago
Valve says it will not sell Steam hardware at a loss
Valve told The Verge that subsidized hardware conflicts with its view of an open PC gaming ecosystem.
By June Castellano
1mo ago
Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship as three conservatives dissent
TPM reported a 6-3 ruling preserving birthright citizenship, while its editor said the dissents reinforced his case for...
By Mara Chen-Doyle
1mo ago
Supreme Court treats Google geofence warrant as a Fourth Amendment search
The justices revived Okello Chatrie’s challenge while Google’s later location-data changes may limit similar warrants to...
By Mara Chen-Doyle
1mo ago
Hackers say Meta’s AI support bot handed over Instagram accounts
404 Media reports attackers used Meta’s AI account-recovery assistant to attach new emails to high-profile Instagram acc...
By June Castellano
1mo ago
MG Siegler says Meta repeatedly banned his WhatsApp account with no explanation
The Spyglass writer says WhatsApp bans tied to a username change exposed a blunt Meta account system with real-world con...
By Theo Lindgren
1mo ago
Wikipedia bars Larry Sanger after off-site organizing dispute
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger was banned after trying to rally supporters around a proposed project on viewpoint div...
By June Castellano
1mo ago
5G cost Apple devices up to 2.5 hours of battery in WSJ test
Wall Street Journal testing found Apple devices lasted longer on LTE, prompting John Gruber to argue many iPhone users s...
By June Castellano