Long Reads/

2mos ago

Leaked Tata files point to split iPhone 18 Pro modem strategy

AppleInsider says Tata documents list Qualcomm parts for U.S. iPhone 18 Pro models, while non-U.S. versions appear heade...

By June Castellano

2mos ago

Large Hong Kong study finds no Tylenol-autism link

JAMA Internal Medicine study of more than 700,000 mother-child pairs found no causal signal between prenatal acetaminoph...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

SpaceX backs 180-day phone unlocking rule in FCC fight with Verizon

SpaceX urged the FCC to require automatic phone unlocking after 180 days, putting Starlink’s cellular ambitions against...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

2mos ago

Tata leak exposes alleged iPhone 18 Pro supplier maps and test photos

Reuters says files posted by World Leaks include Apple supplier lists, component details and photos tied to unreleased i...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

2mos ago

Antitrust push targets state and foreign action against Big Tech

Cory Doctorow and Tyler Clark argue US states can help foreign regulators enforce antitrust cases against American tech...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

Bricks & Minifigs says it wants a deal while RICO suit remains

BAM Franchising says it wants to resolve Bryan Mansell’s Lego dispute, even as its lawsuit accusing him of racketeering...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

Meta’s AI rebuild is pushing engineers into labeling work

Meta engineers are being reassigned, monitored and measured on AI use as leadership tries to reset the company’s model-b...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

Meta whistleblower sues after silence order reaches the stage

Sarah Wynn-Williams is trying to void Meta contracts used to restrict discussion of her memoir, after the company said a...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos 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

2mos 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

2mos 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

2mos 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