Proton’s Tech Fines Tracker (via Ben Lovejoy): While $7.8 billion in fines sounds substantial, it represents little more than a rounding error for Big Tech. Based on free cash flow, Alphabet, Apple, Meta, and Amazon could collectively pay off all 2025 penalties in just 28 days and 48 minutes. Alphabet alone — fined more than […]

Richard Lawler (MacRumors, Hacker News, Slashdot): Apple’s biggest acquisition ever is still its $3 billion Beats buy in 2014, but now the second biggest deal is bringing in Q.ai, a four-year-old AI audio startup. Apple did not disclose the terms, but Financial Times reports that Apple is spending $2 billion on the company. It also […]

Apple (transcript, MacRumors, CNBC, Hacker News): The Company posted quarterly revenue of $143.8 billion, up 16 percent year over year. Diluted earnings per share was $2.84, up 19 percent year over year. […] “iPhone had its best-ever quarter driven by unprecedented demand, with all-time records across every geographic segment, and Services also achieved an all-time […]

Sebastiaan de With (Bluesky, MacRumors, The Verge): Some big personal news: I’ve joined the Design Team at Apple. So excited to work with the very best team in the world on my favorite products. ✌️ Great news. I wish they’d also hire Mario Guzmán. Anna Washenko: Prior to Halide, de With had done other work […]

Ben Sandofsky: Typical photo-preset apps simply swap a photo’s color palette. Halide’s Looks are capable of much more, virtue of being part of the camera itself. When you select a look, it changes the way the camera captures a photo and interprets the results. For the best results, you should pick the final look at […]