Yesterday
- ★ Retraction: The App Store Rejection of the Week That Was, in Fact, a Correct Rejection
- Corrupt Minds Think Alike
- Maybe ‘Steal Underpants by Blowing a Fortune on AI Tokens’ Is, in Fact, Not a Good Business Plan
- iPod’s circular apps
- Score the A16 iPad for Its Best Price Since June's Hike
- Top Stories: Apple's September Announcements, MacBook Air Shortages, and More
- Claude Code Adds Cross-Session Messaging on macOS
- iPhone 17 Prices Could Rise as Soon as Monday, Rumor Claims
August 7
- The first notch is magical
- OpenAI Delays Next Major AI Model 'Astra' Over Critical Hacking Concerns
- iOS 26 Gets First Jailbreak Thanks to Dopamine
- Simon Willison on Blogging
- Google Earth Retracts AI Tool for Making Fake Satellite Images After It Was Immediately Abused Upon Release
- Some New Data Centers Are Necessary
- Apple Rumored to Launch Three New 'Ultra' Products by Early Next Year
- An AI Model From Meta Also Hacked Another Company During Testing
- Meta: Introducing Muse Code and Muse Spark 1.2
- App Store Review Times Are Failing to Meet the AI-Driven Influx of Submissions
- Leadership Shake-Up at Google DeepMind
- ‘Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop’
- ★ App Store Rejection of the Week: Dark Hours
- The MacRumors Show: iPhone Air 2 - What Changes After a Difficult First Year
- Apple Flags Discovery Delays in Its Lawsuit Against Jon Prosser
- Seeing like a state
- Meta Ordered to Pay $942 Million in New Mexico Child-Safety Lawsuit
- “Solving a largely imaginary user goal”
- Apple Captures 65% of Global Premium Smartphone Market
- Apple Testing iOS 26.6.1 Update for iPhones
- AirPods Pro 3 for $189.99, $25 Best Buy Gift Card With MacBook Neo, and More Apple Deals This Week
- Apple Account Card Expands Again: What It Is and What It Isn't
- Mac Pro Turns 20 Today, Five Months After Apple Killed It
- iOS 27's New Compact Clock Gives Your Wallpaper Room to Breathe
August 6
- iPhone 18 Pro and Foldable iPhone Could Sell Out Fast Due to Memory Shortage
- Gurman on OpenAI’s Device: ‘A Doughnut-Shaped Speaker That Costs Over $300’
- Original iPhone Loses Its Last Cellular Network as T-Mobile Kills 2G
- Google Maps Can Now Order Your Dinner and Track Your Train Delays
- “Microsoft’s most ambitious attempt to reinvent the start screen”
- Madden NFL 27 Arcade Edition Now Available on Apple Arcade
- BMW Owners Angry Over Spider-Man Ads Appearing on Dashboard Screens
- OpenAI Files 28-Page Motion to Dismiss Apple’s Lawsuit (PDF Link)
- OpenAI's ChatGPT Speaker Will Be Hockey Puck-Sized and Cost Over $300
- Brendan Leonard: ‘Do It 14,000 Times Slower With This One Trick’
- Free ChatGPT Users Get Unlimited Text Chats and GPT-5.6 Luna
- Add a Shortcut to Control Center to Open the Current App’s Preferences in the Settings App
- Apple Releases macOS Tahoe 26.6.1 With Security Fixes
- BMW Executive in 2023: No Plans to Sell in-Vehicle Ads
- StopTheScript Is a Dickover Killer
- BMW Has Put a Spider-Man Ad on the Dashboard Display of Owners’ Cars
- Last Day for Up to $350 Amazon Gift Card With Samsung Galaxy Pre-Orders
- Apple Raises Trade-In Values for iPhone, Mac, and More
- iPhone 18 Pro Launching Next Month With These 12 New Features
- Apple Scrambling to Secure Memory Ahead of iPhone 18 Pro Launch
- Amazon Takes Up to $190 Off M5 MacBook Air With Best Deals Since Price Hike
- Apple Account Card in Wallet Now Available in Four More Countries
- AirPods Pro 3 Drop to One of the Best Prices of the Year So Far at $189.99
- Apple's Bid to Use Chinese Chipmaker as Leverage Backfires
- OpenAI Asks Judge to Dismiss Apple's Trade Secrets Lawsuit
August 5
- Meta's New Mac Coding Agent Costs Up to 20x Less If You Let Meta Train on Your Data
- Disney+ Could Get a Free Ad-Supported Tier
- Shawn Smucker: ‘Please Use AI’
- Xcode’s clever minimap
- Matthew Green on Anthropic’s New Cryptanalysis Results
- “It’s unclear how Sopwith escaped to the general public.”
- SpaceX Plans Starlink Mobile Service to Compete With Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile
- Uh, I’m Pretty Sure People Would Know
- Sam Altman, Definitely Not a Ghoul
- David Pogue: ‘Alexa+ Is a Buggy Embarrassment’
- Ted Lasso Season 4 Now Streaming on Apple TV
- Sunbird's iMessage for Android App Returns to the Google Play Store
- Apple News Ad of the Week
- Apple's iCloud Private Relay is Leaking Users' Real IP Addresses
- Apple Watch Ultra 3 Deals Return: Grab $99 Off Before They're Gone
- Apple Vision Pro Speeds Up Surgery by Almost 20%
- Paul Thurrott Reviews the HP OmniBook Ultra 14, With Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2
- Hacker News Thread on OpenAI’s ‘Apple Is Getting This Wrong’ Post
- MacBook Pro, AirPods, and More Discounted in Best Buy Back to School Event
- Foldable Smartphone Sales to Rise 20% This Year Due to 'iPhone Ultra'
August 4
- CarPlay is Coming to Pontoon Boats
- ★ OpenAI Responds to Apple’s Lawsuit and Motion for Preliminary Injunction: ‘Apple Is Getting This Wrong’
- Everything Apple Is Expected to Announce in September
- Telegram CEO Says Extortionist Manipulated Apple Into App Store Removal
- Apple Limits Bug Bounty Submissions After Flood of AI Slop
- When commit means cancel
- Apple Releases New AirPods Beta Firmware With iOS 27 Features
- Yours Truly on TBPN Yesterday
- Apple Starts Preparing for September iPhone Event
- Apple Seeks Preliminary Injunction Against OpenAI in Trade Secrets Case
- Bending Spoons to Buy Airtable for $1.3 Billion
- Bigger Displays Rumored for Next Year's iPhone Models
- “Some guy named Paul”
- Apple Card Now Fast-Tracks Booking.com Perks With Just One Trip
- WhatsApp Adds '@ all' Mentions and Poll Upgrades to Group Chats
- Amazon Discounts New M4 iPad Air Models by Up to $69
- Apple's Annual India Sales Surpass $10 Billion for First Time
- OpenAI Posts Public Rebuttal to Apple's Trade Secrets Lawsuit
- Telegram Briefly Removed From App Store
August 3
- TerminalWidget 1.0
- Apple Plans iPhone-to-Windows Copy and Paste in EU After Microsoft Request
- [Sponsor] MCP vs. REST: The Right Way to Connect Agents to Your API
- Apple Will Judge Your Mustache Authenticity at Its Ted Lasso Look-Alike Contest
- John Ternus Has Rehired Former Hardware VP Laura Legros
- The Information on Apple’s Unusual Use of iCloud for Confidential Work
- Apple's Next CEO Adds Retired Hardware Executive to His Team
- Om Malik’s Final Essay: ‘The Myth, the Mythos and the Man’
- Fitbit Data Can Finally Sync to Apple Health
- Apple Pay Launches in the Philippines
- Apple's iCloud File Sharing Left Ex-Employees With Access to Secret Documents
- ★ Why Apple Requires a Cellular Account Through a Big Three Carrier to Lease an iPhone
- Ulysses S. Grant on the Future Dividing Line
- “As a Windows user, it’s a very surreal way to install a program.”
- Truth Social Launches Paid Early Access to Trump Posts
- India Moves to Extend Tax Break Apple Lobbied For
- Apple Launches New Legal Challenge Against UK Backdoor Demand
- Leagues Cup 2026 Kicking Off on Apple TV
- Apple's Smart Glasses Could Become Its Next Health Device
- AirPods With Cameras Could Arrive Sooner Than Expected
- Amazon Doubles Down on 2026 MacBook Pro Discounts, Some Prices Now Lower Than July
- Apple Acquiring Materials Science Company PlasmaSolve