Daring Fireball

Apple Newsroom, in an Apple Newsroom post Monday:
According to EU regulators, the DMA requires Apple to give any AIsystem nearly unlimited access to a user’s device, as well as theability to act on that access autonomously without a user’songoing visibility and control. That includes the ability to...

Steven Spielberg, on The Rest Is Entertainment on YouTube:
I approached Cubby Broccoli after Jaws was a big hit. I’d alwayswanted to make a James Bond film from the day I saw Dr. No, so Icalled Cubby after Jaws and volunteered. I said, “If you need adirector, I would love to direct one.” And he said no. And...

Chance Miller, at 9to5Mac on Monday:
Apple’s Siri team, led by Craig Federighi, held a post-WWDCkeynote tech talk with members of the press this afternoon totalk through iOS 27 and the new Siri AI. During the talk,Federighi shared more details about Apple’s collaboration withGoogle. Federighi...

Perhaps the worst UI crime in MacOS 26 Tahoe was the inexplicable decision to add inscrutable, distracting icons next to every item in the menu bar. You will recall Jim Nielsen writing about it, rightly describing it as exactly the sort of thing that...