Apple Kicks Off its Golden Anniversary with an Unforgettable Concert in Grand Central Station

On Thursday afternoon, I wandered over to Grand Central to pick up lunch. Immediately after walking into the terminal I noticed that the Apple Store that overlooks the main hall was closed off and now flanked by production lighting equipment. I found that particularly odd given that the day before …

50 Years Later, Apple Has Finally Delivered Steve Jobs' Bicycle for the Mind

The MacBook Neo is the computer that Steve Jobs always wanted to make. It’s the first notebook Apple’s ever shipped that starts at $499 and doesn’t compromise on any of the essential components that make a Mac, a Mac. Bicycles are one of the most accessible forms of transportation …

The New Apple Finally Begins to Emerge

It’s official. Apple’s added Steve Lemay and Molly Anderson to their executive leadership page. After much drama following Alan Dye’s departure, the company has decided to not only elevate the two designers but give them the kind of platform that they deserve. They’re now …

Stumbled across an absolutely fantastic new Reddit client, closest thing to Apollo yet I think… apps.apple.com/app/id675…

Fantastic interview with Tony Fadell. Touches on practically everything. If it doesn’t make you wish he was running Apple… youtu.be/CWdCys0cn…

I’ve really been completely turned around on Tahoe. Only looks truly good in dark mode, with tinted glass, and a dark wallpaper. Otherwise it’s sort of a mess. I loved it at first but over time really soured on it. Hope macOS 27 peels much of it back, or at least takes steps to refines the changes.

If you watch anything this week, make sure it’s this interview with Dario Amodei and Demis Hassabis at Davos from earlier today. It’s essential viewing if you have even the slightest interest in AI. The two of them are just captivating. I’m also mildly freaking out that they both …

I really wish the new Digg had somehow been built on AT or ActivityPub so that it would grow faster, feels quiet even with the doors open

Cannot believe how much better Claude Code makes vibe coding iOS apps. It’s unbelievable how much more you can do than the inline Xcode chat.

I’m starting to see a ton of iPhone Airs and it’s making me wonder if the theory that it was going to be a late bloomer might hold water.

If you’re joining the new Digg for the first time today, you might as well join the new /apple community that I’ve started! techcrunch.com/2026/01/1…

Why has no one modded an original iPod Shuffle to have a USB-C connector and a zillion gigs of storage? That combo would be an awesome offline gadget. Throw Bluetooth in there too while you’re at it.

Any sort of consternation around the Apple and Google deal for Gemini in Siri is severely misplaced. Apple hasn’t lost. If anything, this is a modern day “Microsoft” moment where they get a much needed boost from their top competitor. They’ll productize Gemini better than anyone else.

The Macintosh iPhone case from Spigen arrived. It is indeed as awesome as it looks online. Sadly doesn’t come in the same kind of Apple-style box that I saw in influencer content though.

It seems like these new icons were designed so that they could form a rainbow marketing image rather than as actual usable, beautiful icons for your dock. Each one has almost entirely lost its identity. Some make no sense at all. These are the first Liquid Glass era designs that I truly dislike.

I’ve wanted Pixelmator Pro on iPad for years. Cannot wait to give this a shot. 9to5mac.com/2026/01/1…

Can someone please make a clear iPhone case that doesn’t easily accumulate dust and gunk along the edges? Apple’s cases are particularly bad offenders but I’ve yet to find a third-party option that doesn’t also have this issue to some degree!

My new (old) Pebble Time arrived. Truly the most playful OS ever on a wearable. Still so, so, so good. My unit’s also a kickstarter edition!

Not sure I’ve ever ordered a phone case as quickly as I did this one. Leave it to Spigen. www.spigen.com/products/…

I very much want Anthropic to set up a scrappy team for a side project to build a do-it-yourself operating system based entirely around Claude Code and Cowork. claude.com/blog/cowo…

learning that a lot of people who act like they know things, don’t actually know anything about how Apple’s AI or Gemini work

Gemini x Siri officially confirmed, I’m both relieved and very excited www.cnbc.com/2026/01/1…

the pokémon x lego collab is absolutely wonderful, especially love the pokémon center and badge collection mini sets www.pokemon.com/us/pokemo…

Why Does a Smartwatch that was Dead for 10 Years Still Have the Best Software Ecosystem?

I love smartwatches. In fact I’ve loved wrist worn tech since I was a little kid. I’ve owned more than a dozen Apple Watches, several Android Wear based watches, a variety of fitness-focused devices, and of course several Pebble watches. I’m well versed in all of the major wearable …

My Favorite Palm Prē Wallpapers, Better Than Ever

I am constantly changing my wallpapers and home screen layouts across my fleet of devices. If you know me well, you know that I am never satisfied with one particular configuration. The other day I was trying to find a great wallpaper that matched well with the orange casing of my iPhone 17 Pro …