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We’ve talked on a number of occasions about the problem with USB-C cables: namely, they all look alike but can have very different capabilities. Google addressed this issue in Chrome OS several years ago, and we suggested at the time that Apple should copy it. That hasn’t yet happened, but there’s now a free Mac

Update 7/13: Fable 5 access on all paid plans has been extended once more through Sunday, July 19. Anthropic announced today that it is expanding Claude Cowork capabilities from the desktop app to the web and mobile. Claude Cowork on mobile and the web will start as a beta feature with a gradual rollout on

The European Union is proposing to ban under 13 year olds from using social media apps, with a plan for “phased and gradual access” for teenagers. While most social media apps claim to have a minimum age of 13, this is extremely poorly enforced. The EU proposal would give this the force of law, as

An open letter written by Tim Cook back in 2014 contrasted Apple with ad-funded services where customers are the product. That letter has been removed from the company’s website ahead of ads coming to Apple Maps for the first time. Apple commenter John Gruber has suggested that incoming CEO John Ternus should pull the plug

Apple has acquired certain assets and hired employees from SigScalr, the company behind the observability app SigLens. Here are the details. Whenever Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, or Microsoft makes acquisitions or takes other actions that fall within the scope of Europe’s Digital Markets Act, it must notify the European Commission, which publishes details of

Epic has submitted its opposition to Apple’s latest request to pause lower-court App Store commission proceedings while the Supreme Court reviews part of the case. Here are the details. A few days ago, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers agreed to hear Apple’s bid to pause the proceedings that will consider what commission, if any, Apple can

Apple stock slid significantly downwards in the wake of the WWDC keynote, with some attributing that to disappointment in the company’s AI announcements. While we disagreed with that analysis, investors do now seem to be welcoming the company’s caution when it comes to AI spending, with the stock rallying 15% since that June low …

According to a new Counterpoint Research report, Apple grew iPhone shipments by 3% year over year and captured a record 20% share of global smartphone shipments despite an industry-wide downturn. Here are the details. Counterpoint Research says that during the second quarter of 2026, Samsung led the global smartphone market with a 24% shipment share,

Despite facing its second trade secret theft lawsuit in a little more than a year over its hardware ambitions, OpenAI still plans to unveil its first product this year and release it in 2027, Bloomberg reports. Here are the details. Last Friday, Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the company and several former Apple