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nytimes.com/2024/08/04/us/politics/robert-f-kennedy-jr-bear-central-park.html
I knew RFK Jr. was nuts but I had no idea this nuts. You really ought to watch Kennedy’s own video, which, I swear, costars Roseanne Barr. That’s his side of the story, for chrissake. Jiminy.
But. This whole thing — to wit, that it was this shithead RFK Jr. who did this a decade ago, and that it’s coming out 93 days before an election in which he’s a possible Nader-esque siphon-off-some-votes-from-the-fellow-nutjobs spoiler — might be the funniest story ever.
Link: nytimes.com/2024/08/04/us/politics/robert-f-kennedy-jr-bear…
sixcolors.com/post/2024/08/apple-results-quarterly-record-all-time-high-in-services/
Jason Snell, at Six Colors on Thursday:
On Thursday, Apple announced results for its financial third quarter. Total company revenue was $85.8 billion, a record for its fiscal third quarter, which is traditionally the company’s quietest quarter. Services revenue reached an all-time revenue high of $24.2 billion.
iPhone revenue was down 1%, iPad revenue spiked 24% after major new product releases, and Mac revenue ticked up 2%.
Check out our transcript of Apple’s quarterly conference call with analysts and our video recap of the results.
Link: sixcolors.com/post/2024/08/apple-results-quarterly-record…
nymag.com/intelligencer/article/bloombergs-risky-embargo-breaking-evan-gershkovich-scoop.html
Daring Fireball
• Daring Fireball Department of Commerce
Christina Warren (a.k.a. “Mary Brown”) returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s new iOS 18.1 and MacOS 15.1 betas (featuring Apple Intelligence), a little reminiscing about Gil Amelio and Steve Jobs, and the bizarre saga of TUAW, resurrected as a zombie AI slopsite.
Sponsored by:
Look closely.
macrumors.com/2024/07/30/tim-sweeney-find-my-creepy-surveillance-tech/
Interesting new site, offering AI-powered answers to WWDC-related developer questions. Ask a question, it tries to answer (some answers seem great, some not), and offers links to relevant WWDC sessions.
The small print at the bottom of the page disclaims “Ask WWDC is not affiliated with Apple Inc.” Instead it’s the work of developer Matt Spear, using a new tool he’s building that aims to allow anyone to build a similar “ask site”.
Link: askwwdc.com/
apple.com/newsroom/2024/07/apple-maps-on-the-web-launches-in-beta/
about.fb.com/news/2024/07/open-source-ai-is-the-path-forward/
404media.co/google-is-the-only-search-engine-that-works-on-reddit-now-thanks-to-ai-deal/
Daring Fireball
• Daring Fireball Department of Commerce
workos.com/?utm_source=daringfireball&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=q12024
My thanks to WorkOS for sponsoring last week at Daring Fireball. WorkOS is a modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. Start selling to enterprise customers with just a few lines of code. Ship complex features like SSO and SCIM (pronounced skim) provisioning in minutes instead of months.
Today, some of the fastest growing startups are already powered by WorkOS, including Perplexity, Vercel, and Webflow.
For SaaS apps that care deeply about design and user experience, WorkOS is the perfect fit. From high-quality documentation to self-serve onboarding for your customers, it removes all the unnecessary complexity for your engineering team.
Link: workos.com/?utm_source=daringfireball&utm_medium=display…
developers.googleblog.com/en/google-url-shortener-links-will-no-longer-be-available/
theverge.com/2024/7/19/24201717/windows-bsod-crowdstrike-outage-issue
I don’t post many affiliate links but here’s a great one: Amazon has second-gen AirPods Pro for just $169 for Prime Day, discounted a full third from the usual price of $249. AirPods Pro are not just my favorite earbuds ever, they’re one of my favorite products ever, full stop. Buy through this link and I’ll get rich.
Link: amzn.to/3Y8cRVv
Daring Fireball
• Daring Fireball Department of Commerce
workos.com/?utm_source=daringfireball&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=q12024
With WorkOS you can start selling to enterprises with just a few lines of code. It provides a complete User Management solution along with SSO, SCIM, and FGA. The APIs are modular and easy-to-use, allowing integrations to be completed in minutes instead of months.
Today, some of the fastest growing startups are already powered by WorkOS, including Perplexity, Vercel, and Webflow.
For SaaS apps that care deeply about design and user experience, WorkOS is the perfect fit. From high-quality documentation to self-serve onboarding for your customers, it removes all the unnecessary complexity for your engineering team.
Link: workos.com/?utm_source=daringfireball&utm_medium=display…
One of the all-time great talk show guests.
apple.com/newsroom/2024/07/apple-introduces-homepod-mini-in-midnight/
