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Adolph Reed remembers the dismantling of Confederate statues in New Orleans, which took place days after his mother’s funeral.

It picks up where antitrust suits have left off.

You’ll have to ask outgoing CEO John Foley.

Apple's Safari and WebKit team has asked for feedback on Twitter amid criticisms of the browser's bugs and missing support. Jen Simmons, an...

Capital B was born from a racial justice reckoning.

Today Fantastical released version 3.6 with several big updates: Openings This lets you create a link where Fantastical’s web server can see your availability but not your appointments and then let folks schedule appointments with you against that. This is the first time I’ve seen someone pull off a feature like this without requiring you... Continue reading →

Here’s why Google is making the shift, what it portends for advertisers and publishers, and the questions marketers and publishers should be asking as they assess Topics’ long-term implications.

Welcome to this edition of Weekly Musings, where each Wednesday I share some thoughts about what's caught my interest in the last seven d...

Dig through the rabbit holes of your past.

"We counted all the native advertisements between 2014 and 2019 we could find from The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal."

You can still share your own address, though.

Its influence will live on.

In India, instant deliveries come with a human cost.

No, it’s not really a surprise at this point that the much-talked-about deal between NVIDIA and ARM has been called off. It was clearly a bad move for the industry, as it would have made every company in the field dependent on a firm that is arguably a direct competitor.The European Union, the United States, and United Kingdom each pushed back against the deal, which started at a valuation of $38.5 billion, but continued to grow in value as ARM’s stock soared during the pandemic. But the signs …

Calendar app Fantastical has added new and redesigned scheduling features that should improve short-term and long-term event planning for many of its users. Openings is a brand new feature for letting others know when they can schedule time on your calendar. Fantastical’s Calendly-like meeting organizing system has been refined too, and the app now includes

Their designs took off, and then the imitators arrived.

Apple's Shortcuts app can quickly and easily run a host of tasks on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch.

I loved this tweet from developer Jordan Morgan highlighting the potential of Shortcuts as a programming tool for the masses – I am definitely one of those people who doesn't have any engineering experience or knows how to code; instead, I've learned entirely through Shortcuts.I hope more people continue to realize how Shortcuts lets them take advantage of the power of programming without even aiming to become a developer at all – it's programming for the people instead:

It’s time for our annual look back on Apple’s performance during the past year, as seen through the eyes of writers, editors, developers, podcasters, and other people who spend an awful…

I had a couple people mention that they are getting either a 404 page when they click the "Discuss..." link in my post signature or they ...

Peacock is one options, but you have tons of others.

Hands-off around COVID misinformation, but hands-on around racial slurs

A new feminist history of women and exercise glosses over the darker side of fitness culture.

A huge change for iOS power users

A potential recipe for harassment.

We translate what the big platforms have said this week

Apple News is introducing its first daily local newsletter for the Bay Area and is actively exploring expanding the offering to other cities. The Bay Area daily local newsletter, which is reminiscent of a daily local paper, includes top stories across local news, sports, politics, dining and more. …

In the last month, I have expanded a little over 1,000 snippets in TextExpander. And given the complexity of those snippets, it has saved me over two hours w...