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By and large, iPhone owners do not care about third-party app marketplaces and they care even less about third-party browser engines. Popular demand isn’t going to come about from additional regulatory mandates or pocket-change fines imposed on Apple.

I start my morning going through nearly 250 feeds that flow into my “reader” app. Today, two quotes stood out in my early morning reading. “The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imagination. Most people spend their lives housed in dreary, grey-beige conformity, mortally a...

The best Stratechery content from the week of January 12, 2026, including what technology did for United, what it is doing to legacy media, and what it should do for Apple.

Keith Broni, writing at Emojipedia, has a good illustrated survey of how most emoji sets have converged in meaning — almost entirely toward Apple’s designs: There are several structural reasons why Apple’s designs so often become the gravitational center of emoji convergence. First, Apple is wi...

We know how the next-generation Siri is supposed to work. Apple showed it off in 2024, made commercials about it, and generally promised that AI would change the way we used our gadgets forever. And then, well, none of that came to pass. So Apple made a deal: It tapped Google's Gemini technology to ...

Dave has been taking a CPR course, probably something we all should know how to do, and he tells us a few things he's learned. Apple this week expanded their services business by offering a new Creator Bundle for a monthly subscription. Dave also got the key for his car on his phone and watch, but t...

If you love cozy, comforting flavors but don't want to have to put in a lot of effort, these tender turkey meatballs bring all the magic in one easy dish. Lean ground turkey, tart apple, and sweet dried cranberries come together in the softest, juiciest meatballs — and then they’re coated in a gloss...

My apologies to those of you hoping for another pulse-pounding post on the mechanics of belaying, but I’m going to talk about Apple again. The belaying follow-up should come out this weekend.

This week on the podcast: The two chairmen (and Myke) regroup to discuss beige accessories and Apple Creator Studio, including its icons. They then dig into what Apple could achieve by moving Siri onto Google’s foundation models. For members, we spoke about how our moms responded to iOS 26.

AI slop and price hikes may not be a winning combo when Apple Music is breathing down your neck.

For an AI loser, Apple did an awful lot of winning last year. The mess that was the Apple Intelligence rollout was embarrassing, to be sure, but through it all, the company kept doing what it does best: selling iPhones. With this week's news that it'll use Gemini models to power the long-awaited sma...

Liquid Glass is controversial, but adoption rates aren't as low as they seem.

iWork apps: Transforming from free to Freemium. The Apple Creator Studio subscription bundle announced earlier this week makes sense. We live in a world where Adobe’s Creative Suite and Microsoft Office have been subscription plays for more than a decade.…

The new Apple Creator Studio subscription bundles Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, and more for $129 per year, but one-time purchases remain available for the Mac versions, so it’s worth doing the math before subscribing.

But due to the huge corner radius in Tahoe, most of it – about 75% – now lies outside the window: Living on this planet for quite a few decades, I have learned that it rarely works to grab things if you don’t actually touch them: So I instinctively try to grab the window corner […]

X is awash with nonconsensual sexual deepfakes that blatantly violate Apple's and Google's policies, yet it and xAI's Grok remain on both companies' app stores. In open letters published Wednesday, a coalition of 28 advocacy groups, including women's organizations and tech watchdogs, are demanding C...

A new version of Sid Meier’s Civilization VII is coming to Apple devices via the Apple Arcade game subscription. Sid Meier’s Civilization VII Arcade Edition will see the latest entry of the 4X strategy game be playable on mobile devices. On iPad and iPhone, the Civ VII Arcade Edition features touch ...

Matt Richman, back in 2012: In 2009, Apple sold more iPhones than it did in 2007 and 2008 combined. In 2010, Apple sold more iPhones than it did in 2007, 2008, and 2009 combined. Last year, Apple sold 93.1 million iPhones, slightly more than it did in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 combined. The pat...

"How can one even fathom what to do with all that money?" Apple CEO sparks outrage after report uncovers staggering truth about salary: 'That's kinda surprising' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Civilization 7 is far from my favourite instalment in the long-running, time-sucking 4X strategy series. I had a hard time getting into the way it forces you to start fresh with every new era your civilization enters — it made the game feel like it lacked continuity. — Read the rest The post Civili...

Meta is under investigation in Brazil for blocking ChatGPT and Copilot on WhatsApp (pt_BR), G1. Holos. Join the fediverse (ActivityPub) using your own phone as a server. FOSS and free. Regression of Apple icons, @heliographe_studio@mastodon. “If you put the Apple icons in reverse it looks like the p...

Apple's platforms are also getting Retrocade, a library of classic arcade games.

Sid Meier's Civilization VII is headed to the Apple Arcade on February 5th, allowing you to play the strategy game across your iPhone, iPad, or Mac through the company's $6.99 / month subscription. The game has the same premise as the original PC title, where you're tasked with expanding your empire...

Apple and Google have announced a multi-year partnership to base the next generation of Apple’s foundation models on Google’s Gemini technology. This collaboration will drive future Apple Intelligence features, including an improved Siri expected later this year.

Discover why the Apple Watch is the best watch for casual cycling, with alternatives from Garmin and Google. Compare navigation, calls, music, radar alerts, and more to find your perfect cycling companion. Read the full post at The Best Watch for Cycling: Apple Watch vs Garmin Compared. Subscribe to...

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“General interest in AI PCs has been wavering for a while ..."

Well, well, well, Apple announced Apple Creator Studio today, and it's worth breaking down the announcement a bit.Apple today unveiled Apple Creator Studio, a groundbreaking collection of powerful creative apps designed to put studio-grade power into the hands of everyone, building on the essential ...

Apple’s Creator Studio takes in all its mainstay apps for a subscription price seven times cheaper than Creative Cloud.

Apple Newsroom: Apple today unveiled Apple Creator Studio, a groundbreaking collection of powerful creative apps designed to put studio-grade power into the hands of everyone, building on the essential role Mac, iPad, and iPhone play in the lives of millions of creators around the world. [...] ...

Video, audio, and image editing apps join up in one subscription on January 28.

Google Becomes the Core Intelligence Layer for Apple’s AI Strategy

There are many interesting things in the newly announced Apple Creator Studio, Apple's “Adobe suite.” For those who thought that the departure of Apple's VP of interface design was a harbinger of better times in that department, the new app icons (image above) indicate that nothing has changed. They...

Apple has just launched a new subscription bundle of creative applications for a pretty low price of $12.99 a month, or $129 a year. Called “Creator Studio”, the bundle includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Motion, Compressor, and Pixelmator Pro. Weirdly though, it also includes Pages, Keynote and ...

Apple TV's sci-fi series is part of Legendary Entertainment’s MonsterVerse and is set after 2014's Godzilla

Apple has announced Apple Creator Studio, a new software suite for Apple products that bundles popular creative apps into an all-in-one subscription service. Apple Creator Studio will be available on the App Store on January 28th, and includes access to Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Moti...

Source: Apple. Today, Apple announced Apple Creator Studio, a suite of creativity apps for the Mac and iPad combined with premium content and features for productivity apps across the company’s platforms. This collection of apps, which includes the debut of Pixelmator Pro for iPad, offers tools for ...

Back in the day, Apple had three suites of applications: iWork, which started with Keynote and Pages, then Numbers iLife, which included iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand, and for a short time, iWeb. Final Cut Studio, which was home to Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Co...

Bad news from Apple yesterday highlights OpenAI’s eroding lead

Apple is bundling Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage into a new subscription suite (with the obligatory vague promise of AI features) and revamping Pages, Numbers, and Keynote with more content, which I find interesting in many respects… First off, I’ll state...

'Monarch' Season 2 is coming. And in the first big trailer, there's a new monster called "Titan X." Here's what we know.

'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters' returns to Apple TV on February 27, and it's bringing a terrifying new Titan with it.

Wonder no longer about what the future holds for Apple’s pro apps. On Tuesday, the company announced its Apple Creator Studio subscription bundle, including Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Compressor, and MainStage as well as additional features for productivity apps Keynote, Pages, Number...

For years, Apple and Google have had a will-they-won't-they type of relationship, as far as which AI company Apple would pick to underpin its Siri virtual assistant and give it new AI-fueled personalization and agentic capabilities. Apple has spent the last year or two playing the field, reportedly ...

OpenAI and Anthropic just launched Apple Health integrations within 96 hours of each other. ChatGPT and Claude can now access your complete workout history—every run, ride, and training session you've ever logged. Here's why this matters for athletes and what it means for the future of your fitness ...

Joint statement from Google and AppleApple and Google have entered into a multi-year collaboration under which the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be based on Google's Gemini models and cloud technology. These models will help power future Apple Intelligence features, including a mor...

The deal to put Gemini at the heart of Siri is official, and it makes sense for both sides; then Google runs its classic playbook with Universal Commerce Protocol.

Giving Up The Chase