Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, argued in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece that artificial intelligence should be distributed widely to empower individuals rather than concentrated among a few powerf…
A U.S. district court has dismissed Google's lawsuit against SerpApi, which scraped Google search results to train AI models, ruling that Google failed to show copyright holders authorized it to act. …
The U.S. should pass a law making data collection for training models fair use and barring terms of service that forbid distillation, argues Ben Thompson on Stratechery. He also suggests Alibaba's rel…
OpenAI's decision to merge Codex into ChatGPT and rename the combined app has drawn sharp criticism from analysts, with MG Siegler calling the rollout a 'colossal fuck-up' and John Gruber arguing the …
Software engineer Nate Meyvis argues against the view that large language models make code a mere 'materialized view' of ideas, citing Hyrum's Law, platform differences, and performance concerns. He e…
The new logo for President Donald J. Trump International Airport, formerly Palm Beach International Airport, appears to be generated by AI, featuring crooked stars and other sloppy details, as noted b…
OpenAI's new ChatGPT Mac app, a 'Super App' merging ChatGPT and Codex, has been criticized for its confusing UI, poor performance as an Electron app, and clunky 'ChatGPT Work' branding that misleads u…
John Gruber reflects on his experience with the proto-chatbot ELIZA, calling it a "selfless void" and arguing that people who considered it a useful confidant "suffered-a-permanent-head-injury wrong."…
John Gruber criticized Claude's desktop app for being 800 MB, calling it an 'inside job' and comparing its construction oversight to a hammer manufacturer overseeing a building. He also slammed Meta a…
Anthropic's Claude Mac app is built with Electron instead of native code, a decision tech commentator John Gruber attributes to engineering lead Felix Rieseberg, a co-maintainer of Electron. Gruber's …
Anthropic's Claude desktop app for macOS remains a poorly received Electron-based application, drawing criticism from UI designers and tech commentators like John Gruber for its lack of native Mac int…
Senator Bernie Sanders falsely claimed Apple spent $310 billion on stock buybacks last year, when SEC filings show the actual figure was $89 billion. John Gruber criticizes Sanders for economic ignora…
Om Malik, renowned tech journalist and investor, died two days ago after a long battle with a heart condition. Known for his keen analysis, generosity, and acerbic criticism, he was a fixture at Apple…
John Gruber of Daring Fireball joined the MacBreak Weekly panel to discuss Apple's new Siri AI following WWDC, sharing his real-life experience that the new Siri is really good. The episode also cover…
John Gruber and Anil Dash join The Vergecast to discuss the origins and widespread adoption of Markdown, which has become the standard for plain text formatting in LLM agentic systems. Gruber attribut…
Apple's iOS 27 update introduces four new features to the Notes app, including Siri AI integration for generating notes, Markdown copy-and-paste, divider lines, and section links. The update is curren…
John Gruber hosted a live edition of The Talk Show at WWDC 2026 in San Jose, with guests Joanna Stern and Nilay Patel discussing Apple's announcements. The episode is available on-demand with immersiv…
Ben Bajarin discussed Apple's artificial intelligence strategy and the broader AI compute industry in a Stratechery interview, focusing on developments from WWDC. The conversation examined how Apple i…
Apple has removed the controversial icons from menu items in MacOS 27 Golden Gate, reversing a widely criticized design change introduced in MacOS 26 Tahoe. The updated Human Interface Guidelines now …
Google has purchased compute capacity from SpaceX, while Broadcom's earnings outlook and Apple's political maneuvering around AI are shaping the tech landscape. The deals signal bullish momentum for N…