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Daring Fireball
15 Jul 22:57 • John Gruber

Eric Seufert: ‘Did Apple Just Signal a Third-Party Expansion of Apple Ads?’

mobiledevmemo.com/did-apple-just-signal-a-third-party-expansion-of-apple-ads/

Eric Seufert, Mobile Dev Memo:

The new language could simply accommodate the availability of Apple-owned services on the web and through third-party devices and operating systems; the Apple TV app, for instance, is available on smart TVs, streaming devices, and game consoles. But the addition of “other properties” is conspicuously broad and appears to give Apple the contractual latitude to distribute ads beyond its own services entirely. This would allow for a material expansion of the company’s advertising surface area.

Further, if Apple does indeed plan to expand Apple Ads to third-party surfaces, it would explain why the company did not reveal an update to its AdAttributionKit (AAK, formerly SKAdNetwork, or SKAN) attribution framework at this year’s WWDC.

That would be one way to go.

Link: mobiledevmemo.com/did-apple-just-signal-a-third-party…

Daring Fireball
15 Jul 22:57 • John Gruber

Apple Updates Advertising Services Policy With New Rules for Ads in Maps

techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/apple-quietly-reveals-how-its-maps-ads-will-differ-from-googles/

Sarah Perez, TechCrunch: In a newly published Apple Advertising Services policy, effective as of July 14, 2026, the iPhone maker shares its rules for advertising on Apple Maps. Notably, it prohibits the broad category of home services businesses, like plumbing, electrica...

Daring Fireball
15 Jul 22:57 • John Gruber

Apple Intelligence OK’d to Launch in China, Using AI Models from Baidu and Alibaba

scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3360685/china-approves-apple-intelligence-phones-alibaba-baidu-emerging-partners

Ben Jiang, reporting from Beijing for the South China Morning Post: Chinese regulators have granted Apple a long-awaited licence to roll out its artificial intelligence service on iPhones in the country, with Alibaba Group Holding and Baidu serving as technical partners....

kottke.org
15 Jul 22:06 • Jason Kottke

The Naturalist’s Library (1833-43)

Nicholas Rougeux, whose work I have featured here before, has published a complete digital edition of William Jardine’s 40-volume book series on natural history published in the early-to-mid 19th-century. As part of the project, Rougeux restored each of the more than 1300 il...

Longreads
15 Jul 21:06 • Cheri Lucas Rowlands

Welcome to Toronto, World Capital of the Urban Raccoon

Dan Werb on the understated intelligence of the animals that share our cities.

kottke.org
15 Jul 19:06 • Jason Kottke

Legibility of effort in the LLM age . “What...

Legibility of effort in the LLM age. “What software (and writing, to an extent) is missing now is legibility of effort - the ability to tell at a glance whether something took a human meaningful work.”

Rick Beato
15 Jul 19:04

Alex Lifeson on Geddy’s Best Bass Part @rush #alexlifeson #geddylee

Colossal
15 Jul 18:18 • Kate Mothes

See Peter Marlow’s ‘The English Cathedral’ at London’s Oldest Gothic Church

Between 2010 and 2011, Marlow documented all 42 Anglican cathedrals across the breadth and length of England.

Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article See Peter Marlow’s ‘The English Cathedral’ at London’s Oldest Gothic Church appeared first on Colossal.

kottke.org
15 Jul 18:00 • Jason Kottke

Lionel Messi Bathing a Baby Lamine Yamal

These have to be some of the most remarkable sports photos of all time: a 20-year-old Lionel Messi bathing a five-month-old Lamine Yamal. Two of the best football players in the world, one a Barcelona legend and another a Barca legend in the making. Both came up throu...

kottke.org
15 Jul 17:30 • Jason Kottke

Ted Gioia : “Works like the Odyssey are...

Ted Gioia: “Works like the Odyssey are ritualistic and trance-inducing. They are propelled by music and driven by rhythm. They cross a border beyond literature, and enter something more transcendent and metaphysical.”

kottke.org
15 Jul 16:45 • Jason Kottke

Good interview with Craig Mod about how he uses LLMs :...

Good interview with Craig Mod about how he uses LLMs: “using AI as a research assistant, why he keeps a tech-free zone in the mornings for deep thinking, and why he’s resisting the pull of the ‘mainlining’ AI era”.

Work Chronicles
15 Jul 16:33 • Work Chronicles

(comic) Silent listener

kottke.org
15 Jul 16:15 • Jason Kottke

The Moist Towelette Online Museum . Live moist and...

The Moist Towelette Online Museum. Live moist and prosper. 🖖💦

kottke.org
15 Jul 15:18 • Jason Kottke

The Types of People to Keep Around

Molly Burford, author of Moments to Hold Close, writes list poetry (is that a thing?) about the kinds of people that you want in your life. From Types Of People You Need To Hang On To: The friend who helps you clean your room. Those who are kind to those who can do nothing ...

Simon Willison's Weblog
15 Jul 14:54

How I tricked Claude into leaking your deepest, darkest secrets

How I tricked Claude into leaking your deepest, darkest secrets I've been impressed by the way the Claude web_fetch tool is designed to avoid data exfiltration attacks. Ayush Paul found a hole in that design. To recap: regular Claude chat is at risk of lethal trifecta attack...

Colossal
15 Jul 14:18 • Kate Mothes

Experience Ana Mendieta’s Visceral, ‘Neolithic’ Work in a Major Survey

A large-scale, immersive exhibition of her work opens today at Tate Modern.

Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Experience Ana Mendieta’s Visceral, ‘Neolithic’ Work in a Major Survey appeared first on Colossal.

kottke.org
15 Jul 14:18 • Jason Kottke

100000% this: I Hate The Way We Talk Online ....

100000% this: I Hate The Way We Talk Online. “Let’s discuss topics without feeling the need to win a non-existent argument. Hot takes? No. Engage with nuance. Show the grace you would extend offline to those you meet on these virtual streets.”

Song Exploder
15 Jul 14:12 • Hrishikesh Hirway

Key Change: Questlove on Prince

play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_6bcfc20c-2406-4963-912a-fe2d13d6f43f&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder

My guest today is Ahmir Thompson, aka Questlove, the drummer and founding member of The Roots, as well as an author, a DJ, and an Oscar-winning film director. A song that changed my life is “Double Trouble” by The Roots, and the liner notes that Questlove wrote to go with th...

Longreads
15 Jul 14:03 • Krista Stevens

The Service

"A post-mortem on New York City’s weed underground."

Longreads
15 Jul 13:03 • Cheri Lucas Rowlands

The Hydration-Break World Cup

"How much can fans conveniently forget in order to enjoy the games? The answer, evidently, is a lot."