Daring Fireball

Kalley Huang and Tripp Mickle, writing for The New York Times (gift link):
Threading the needle between adding new bells and whistles toApple’s products while watching the bottom line has defined thecareful, low-profile style of Mr. Ternus, who joined Apple in2001. He is now considered by some company insiders to be thefront...

The ACLU:
Taking photographs and video of things that are plainly visible inpublic spaces is a constitutional right — and that includespolice and other government officials carrying out their duties.
However, there is a widespread, continuing pattern of lawenforcement officers ordering people to stop taking photographs orvideo in public places and harassing, detaining, and arrestingthose who fail to comply....

Apple Newsroom:
Today, Apple and Chase announced that Chase will become the newissuer of Apple Card, with an expected transition in approximately24 months.
Apple Card users can continue to enjoy the award-winningexperience of Apple Card, which includes up to 3 percent unlimitedDaily Cash back on every purchase, easy-to-navigate spendingtools, Apple Card Family, access to a high-yield Savings account,and...

Caroline Haskins, writing for Wired (News+ link, in case Wired’s paywall blocks you):
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is being used to flood X withthousands of sexualized images of adults and apparentminors wearing minimal clothing. Some of this content appears tonot only violate X’s own policies, which prohibit sharingillegal content such...