After a week dragged down by injury-related challenges, Adam Engst previews Apple’s 13 October 2026 “Welcome Home” product launch, which is expected to debut a touchscreen home hub and updated Apple ...

Full Disk Access is a blunt instrument with a lousy interface for users and developers alike. Here’s what Apple should fix, ...

Apple has announced a home-focused product launch for 13 October 2026. Expected products include a long-rumored touchscreen ...

The free RetroMac app themes your Mac to look like System 6, Mac OS 9, or even Windows 98. Its companion browser Reframe ...

If you have an iPhone 18 Pro Max on AT&T, update to iOS 27.0.1 immediately and install new carrier settings to avoid a service-disrupting bug that may require hardware replacement.

Apple has signaled forthcoming changes to Full Disk Access in macOS, seemingly in response to risks from AI agents like Meta’s Muse accessing users’ files, mail, messages, and browsing history. How ...

Adam Engst 5 October 2026 5 comments Apple Plans to Tighten Full Disk Access Controls. Blurb: Apple has signaled forthcoming changes to Full Disk Access in macOS, seemingly in res ...

Slowing AI development and keeping humans in the loop both sound reassuring. Mark Gibbs argues that neither is a real brake. What matters are external constraints the AI cannot override, bypass, ...

ElevationLab’s AirTag Silencer lets anyone disable the safety alerts that help stalking and domestic violence victims detect hidden trackers. Glenn Fleishman is calling for an immediate recall.

Mark Gibbs is a former journalist, former CTO, longtime technology columnist, and currently exhausted observer of what the ...

In a Daring Fireball link to Marques Brownlee’s review of the iPhone 18 Pro, John Gruber responded to Brownlee’s question about why Apple doesn’t publish battery life specs in mAh, saying: In some ...