Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Apple Has Hidden the Pre-Creator-Studio Versions of Keynote, Numbers, and Pages in the Mac App Store
9to5mac.com/2026/04/13/apple-removes-old-pages-keynote-numbers-apps-for-macos/
Ryan Christoffel, 9to5Mac:
On the iPhone and iPad, Apple made the new Creator Studio features
available as updates to the existing App Store releases.
On the Mac though, the rollout was a lot more confusing.
Apple kept the old iWork apps for Mac available on the App Sto...
Authoritarian Megalomaniacs Love Gaudy Buildings
You know who else wanted to construct gaudy buildings in his own image? Here’s Timothy Ryback on Adolf Hitler’s obsession “with adding an expensive new wing to the Reich chancellery”.
The new annex, connected to the chancellery by a marble corridor hung with crystal chand...
📄 Automating Sending Webmention Requests from a Static Site
How I automatically send Webmention requests from a GitLab build pipeline for my static sites.
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Google Will Finally Begin Punishing Sites for Back-Button Hijacking in June
developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/04/back-button-hijacking
Google, on their Search Central Blog:
Today, we are expanding our spam policies to address a
deceptive practice known as “back button hijacking”, which will
become an explicit violation of the “malicious practices” of
spam policies, leading to potential spam actions.
Wh...
Cybersecurity Looks Like Proof of Work Now
Cybersecurity Looks Like Proof of Work Now
The UK's AI Safety Institute recently published Our evaluation of Claude Mythos Preview’s cyber capabilities, their own independent analysis of Claude Mythos which backs up Anthropic's claims that it is exceptionally effective at id...
This looks interesting: Quiche is a highly customizable...
This looks interesting: Quiche is a highly customizable but simple browser for iOS.
That is a good looking set of photos!
B I J A N
• bijansabet
Return visit to Prague
What a joy to be in Prague last month. I loved seeing friends, sights and the sounds of my second home. And the food! Thank you for the warm hugs and kind welcome back. I needed that more than I can put in words.
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Amazon to Acquire Globalstar, Announces Agreement With Apple to Continue Service for iPhone and Apple Watch
Amazon:
Today Amazon.com, Inc. and Globalstar, Inc. announced that they
have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon
will acquire Globalstar, enabling Amazon Leo to add
direct-to-device (D2D) services to its low Earth orbit satellite
network and ext...
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
John Calhoun on Steve Lemay
Speaking of John Calhoun, he chimed in on a Hacker News thread last month regarding his experience working with Steve Lemay at Apple:
I think Steve Lemay is a good guy. I kind of fought with him when
I was an engineer, he was a young, new designer (at Apple). But I
alway...
The Bruce Hornsby Interview
In this interview, Bruce Hornsby sits down to discuss his decades-long success in the music industry starting with his hit "The Way It Is" in 1986. Bruce demonstrates his unique style combining folk, jazz and pop into something completely his own.
My Beato Club supporters:
...
The Unreleased Rollable Smartphone!
This phone never came out. But they got really close to dropping a rollable phone JerryRigEverything teardown: https://youtu.be/vDMpANNGND4?si=ks0m5gQBYJkiiEVZ MKBHD Merch: http://shop.MKBHD.com Playlist of MKBHD Intro music: https://goo.gl/B3AWV5 ~ http://twitter.com/MKBHD http://instagram.com/MKBHD http://facebook.com/MKBHD
“ The internet known within China is a very...
“The internet known within China is a very different internet to the one known by the world at large. It is censored, regulated and structured quite differently. It is controlled and managed, rather than organic and sprawling.”
Now Online: a Treasure Trove of 1000s of Secret Concert Recordings
For decades, a guy named Aadam Jacobs has been recording live music shows. His collection of over 10,000 shows since 1984 feature the likes of Nirvana, R.E.M., The Pixies, Björk, Depeche Mode, Liz Phair, Sonic Youth, The Cure, Phish, Fugazi, and so many more. With the help...
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On the network effect of the weekend : “The...
On the network effect of the weekend: “The essential characteristic of the weekend is not just the having of a day off, but rather that other people have the day off.”
A Collection of Transit Tickets
A brand designer’s “compendium of transit tickets” from around the world. Many of these are from the 90s and 00s. Design inspiration for daaaaays.
(via meanwhile)
Tags: design
Daring Fireball
• John Gruber
Richard Moss’s 2010 Interview With John Calhoun on the Origins of Glider
macscene.net/d/4678-interview-john-calhoun-on-the-origins-of-glider-part-1
Richard Moss, back in 2010:
John Calhoun’s Glider games hold a special place in the history of
Mac gaming, acting almost as an icon of the platform through much
of the 1990s. They spawned a hugely dedicated fan base, which
produced a ridiculous amount of original content...
China calls US blockade of Iranian ports 'dangerous'
China has described the US blockade of Iranian ports as "irresponsible and dangerous". The measure came into force on Monday, after peace talks failed over the weekend. Beijing's foreign ministry said Washington's actions would undermine the current ceasefire and further je...