- The China-Apple Cold War Heats Up (Daring Fireball)
- Using AirPods as a Hearing Aid (Daring Fireball)
- Weeknotes 23:29 (Jeff Bridgforth)
- Weekend Project: Smashburgers in Bend Microsite with View Transitions (Chris Coyier)
- Anyone can dig up a road (Dave Rupert)
- Dissocial Media (Naz Hamid)
- Post by post. (Ethan Marcotte)
- McDonald’s at the Movies and on TV (kottke.org)
- Personality Buckets (Chris Coyier)
- How the Race Was Won (kottke.org)
- Relocating a Floating Island (kottke.org)
- Two Events (Chris Coyier)
- Why US Malls Are Dying (And European Malls Aren’t) (kottke.org)
- Bird Buddy (Chris Coyier)
- $38,000 (Chris Coyier)
- Some blogging myths (Julia Evans, via Chris Coyier)
- All of the 8,291 License Plates in America (kottke.org)
- Student-Built EV Car Goes 0-62 mph in Record 0.956 Seconds (kottke.org)
- Disney+ to Air a Real-Time Toy Story Version of an NFL Game (kottke.org)
- Tool Picks (Chris Coyier)
- Reviewing Things That Are Too Big To Review (Chris Coyier)
- Link Categorization (Chris Coyier)
- The 2023 Fall Foliage Prediction Map (kottke.org)
- Movies That Began As Short Films (kottke.org)
- My Favorite Mac Apps in 2023 (Matthias Ott)
- Paradise Lost ’06 (cabel.com)
- Wonder Is Steven Spielberg’s Blockbuster Secret Ingredient (kottke.org)
- “How Do You Know When to Cut?” (kottke.org)
- Doing Essential Things Makes Time For Everything Else (kottke.org)
- 368 Broadway: the NYC Building That Nurtured the Film Careers of Greta Gerwig, Lena Dunham, the Safdie Brothers, and More (kottke.org)
- Multi-page web apps (Jeremy Keith)
- Live Coding Interviews (Chris Coyier)
News
- ESPN’s standalone streaming channel is included in Charter and Disney’s new deal
- FDA approves Pfizer and Moderna covid vaccines with new formula
- Internet Archive appeals loss in library ebook lawsuit
- Apple’s port changing timeline
- Drop’s own-brand keyboards are getting a customizability upgrade
- The next Sims will be free and won’t replace The Sims 4
- Intel makes Thunderbolt 5 official, promising speeds of up to 120Gbps
- 10 years ago, Apple’s Touch ID finally convinced us to lock our phones
- Disney Lorcana asked Disney animators to bring their best for Disney100
- Steam just turned 20 years old and Valve is celebrating
- Flic’s Twist smart home button is now available to preorder
- Lego Venator Attack Cruiser: available Oct. 1 for Lego Insiders
- Sony’s new PS5 update includes Dolby Atmos and the ability to mute the startup beep
- Adobe Premiere Pro adds automatic ‘um’ and background noise removal
- Baldur’s Gate 3 on PS5 is a technically complicated but still enjoyable experience
- PS Remote Play now works on Google’s 4K Chromecast
- Don’t buy a Chromecast just to play PS5
- A key cold medicine ingredient is basically worthless
- Google’s emoji mashup maker is now available in Search
- Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Edge are patched for a big security vulnerability
- Bike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buy – The Verge
- Twelve South’s new HiRise 3 Deluxe is for StandBy Mode and charging all your Apple stuff
- Best gaming headsets: wired and wireless options
- The best new sci-fi and fantasy books to read in fall 2023
- Disney Parks Unveils Future Projects, Surprises at Destination D23 — Some good news in here — re-theming Test Track at EPCOT and replacing the old Dinoland U.S.A. with a tropical land in Animal Kingdom.
- Disney reportedly held talks about selling ABC
- Emoji 15.1 includes head shakes and a phoenix
- X still throttles links to Facebook, Instagram, and other competitors
Apple news
News from this week’s iPhone event.
- Apple’s Vision Pro headset is on track to ship early next year
- Apple announces Apple Watch Series 9, and it has a handy double-tap feature
- Apple’s watchOS 10 is coming September 18th
- Apple announces iPhone 15 with USB-C, a camera upgrade, and the Dynamic Island
- Apple is switching the AirPods Pro charging case to USB-C
- iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max in titanium: price, features, and release date
- Apple brings satellite-powered Roadside Assistance to the iPhone 15 and iPhone 14
- The iPhone 13 Mini is dead
- Apple is releasing iOS 17 on September 18th
- macOS Sonoma comes out on September 26th
- Apple has added Thread to the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone Pro Max
- The iPhone 15 is the first phone to (almost) support Qi2 charging
- The iPhone is getting new ringtones with iOS 17
- Apple brings Grid Forecast to Apple Home to tell you when you’re using clean energy
- Why Apple put a Thread radio in the iPhone 15 Pro
- The iPhone Mini is officially gone, long live the iPhone Mini
