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Daring Fireballby John Gruber4 Sept 2026
A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the United States and Canada.
Daring Fireballby John Gruber4 Sept 2026
3rd September 2026 - Link Blog GPT‑6 Astra (via) GPT-6 Astra is "rolling out today to a limited set of organizations and over the coming days will become available to all ChatGPT Plus, Pro...
Daring Fireballby John Gruber3 Sept 2026
MapQuest tops Apple, Google Maps in downloads after refusing Trump’s ‘Lake America’ change MapQuest has surged in popularity on the app charts after the mapping service said it would not rename...
Daring Fireballby Daring Fireball Department of Commerce1 Sept 2026
How to let AI agents act on behalf of users without handing them access tokens Agents that call third-party APIs on behalf of users normally hold the OAuth access token.
Daring Fireballby John Gruber29 Aug 2026
By John Gruber Jason Snell, writing at Six Colors, has an exemplary review of the experience: I didn’t mind the reduced pace of the NBA broadcast, which toggled between cameras under each basket...
Daring Fireballby John Gruber28 Aug 2026
“Vendors and rare books experts are increasingly worried that these artifacts may be under threat of destruction by generative AI companies seeking to feed their ravenous technology with new texts.
Daring Fireballby John Gruber28 Aug 2026
By John Gruber Jackie Llanos and Jenna Monnin, reporting for NOTUS: President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order meant to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” taking his apparent jab...
Daring Fireballby John Gruber28 Aug 2026
By John Gruber You saw the news last week, I’m sure, that both of the major mapping-app providers, Google and Apple, have updated their maps to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America”.
Daring Fireballby John Gruber28 Aug 2026
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order meant to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” taking his apparent jab at Canada one step further as a trade war between the two countries...
Daring Fireballby John Gruber27 Aug 2026
Crank-driven handheld Playdate maker Panic emailed customers this week to spread some good news: The company received tariff refunds from the United States government, and is passing that along to...
Daring Fireballby John Gruber27 Aug 2026
Lectronz is a marketplace for open-source hardware makers and DIY electronics. Most of our sellers are not factories or well-funded start-ups.
Daring Fireballby John Gruber26 Aug 2026
The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a heuristic in systems thinking coined by the British management consultant Stafford Beer,[1] who stated that there is "no point in claiming...
Daring Fireballby Daring Fireball Department of Commerce25 Aug 2026
John Gruber, Daring Fireball 2025 and 2026 4.8 on the App Store Finalist started three years ago as the planner I couldn't buy: one page that holds the whole day the way a good paper planner does...
Daring Fireballby John Gruber24 Aug 2026
By John Gruber Wesley Hilliard, reporting for AppleInsider last week: A report from Irish Independent detailed the European Commission’s response to Apple’s new business terms for the EU.
Daring Fireballby John Gruber21 Aug 2026
When we think about convenience, we think about a lot of things, but making shopping feel simpler and more seamless from start to finish is a big part.
Daring Fireballby John Gruber21 Aug 2026
By John Gruber It occurred to me last night that I’d gotten less feedback regarding recent posts than usual.
Daring Fireballby John Gruber21 Aug 2026
Decentralized social network Bluesky was one of the bigger beneficiaries of the exodus from Elon Musk’s X in November 2024, following the U.S. elections.
Daring Fireballby John Gruber21 Aug 2026
Sometimes I take a screenshot of a post I like, either to send it to friends/meme channel or to save a “durable” copy.
Daring Fireballby John Gruber19 Aug 2026
By John Gruber Sometimes a small change can make a big impact. That’s especially true for Apple’s latest TestFlight update for users with a lot of pre-release software.
Daring Fireballby John Gruber18 Aug 2026
Apple is pushing back against the Department of Justice’s bid to overturn a court decision allowing the company to seek documents from more than a dozen federal agencies. Here are the details.
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