Since the iPhone 14 went on sale, the 911 dispatch center near Kings Island amusement park has received at least six phones calls saying:
โThe owner of this iPhone was in a severe car crash...โ
Except, the owner was just on a roller coaster.
๐ by me:
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Ok, United nailed this live activity. First, you get countdown to boarding time and gate. Then, after boarding, you get seat number and countdown to flight time.
Ok, I mapped the iPhone 15 Pro Max Action Button to the NJ Transit app so I can quickly bring up my train ticket and I take it all back. This is the best button ever.
You won't find it in Apple's marketing but the Vision Pro is the ultimate cooking computer. Was one of the moments where I could really see the future...
Introducing Sora, our text-to-video model.
Sora can create videos of up to 60 seconds featuring highly detailed scenes, complex camera motion, and multiple characters with vibrant emotions.
Prompt: โBeautiful, snowyโฆ
Had my 4th demo of the Vision Pro this AM and Apple finally let us take a photo with it on.
My first three demos (1 in June, 1 in November, 1 in December) were all with the Solo Knit Band and I really felt the weight of the face computer on my face.
Today I tried the Dualโฆ
First day working at WSJ's offices with the Vision Pro on. People keep coming by, laughing at me and asking if I'm even working. First of all, I'm always working. Second of all, I'm writing my newsletter for tomorrow on a giant Mac monitor. Third of all, I can see you all naked.
I absolutely cannot believe Apple is marketing this as a feature after
@nicnguyen
and I have done multiple
@WSJ
stories and videos about how this very feature is being used by iPhone thieves across the country to permanently lock victims out of their Apple accounts. This featureโฆ
BIG NEWS: Apple is finally bringing end-to-end encryption to most of iCloud, including backups, Photos, Notes and more. Appleโs calling it Advanced Data Protection. Full story here, including my exclusive interview with Craig Federighi:
I asked my 3 year old to grab the iPad Pro with keyboard.
His response?
โItโs not an iPad. Itโs a computer.โ
And just like that an industry-wide debate is settled.
Today is one of those days where I canโt stop thinking that mobile technology and the social media apps it gave rise to are some of the worst things to happen to our world.
Dear Apple,
Who in the world requested a tap, then another tap and then a swipe to just flip the camera in FaceTime? Please, please return the flip camera button to its rightful placeโright on the main screen.
Thanks,
๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ
Bought new house.
House has smart sprinkler system.
Previous owners turned off WiFi.
Grass died becauseโฆ no WiFi.
House now has WiFi.
Grass is slowly coming back to life.
Thank you for coming to my talk, entitled โThe Circle of LiFi.โ
I have just had it confirmed by Apple:
iOS 17 WILL ALLOW FOR SETTING MULTIPLE TIMERS
We have done it everyone. Thank you for taking this journey with me.
Four years ago when we had our first son, I leaned entirely on Sony RX100 in hospital for photos.
This time around Iโm using iPhone way more than the Sony.
I guess what Iโm saying is smartphone cameras have gotten insanely good.
Oh, and we had another adorable baby boy.
When you see an Apple Maps camera backpack while on vacation in Southern California naturally you run after it so you can be in the shots / ask questions
#WWDC21
was full of Apple execs saying โgreatโ and โbest.โ
Hereโs a video roundup of what I think are the actual 10 โbestโ features coming to iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and MacOS Monterey this fall.
Me: What data was used to train Sora? YouTube videos?
OpenAI CTO: I'm actually not sure about that...
(I really do encourage you to watch the full
@WSJ
interview where Murati did answer a lot of the biggest questions about Sora. Full interview, ironically, on YouTube:โฆ
@MKBHD
Yes, Instagram, I prefer logging in via Safari and creating a shortcut on my homescreen and then repeatedly logging in. Itโs a great use of my time.
2009 - The killing of Oscar Grant is recorded in 240p with a flip phone.
2020 - The killing of George Floyd is recorded in 1080p with an iPhone 11.
My story on how the smartphone became 'a weapon that tells the story.โ
Iโve been testing the Humane AI Pin for the last few weeks. I thought it would be really cool, but it's literally not. As in, it actually gets hot. My short video review here:
Something crazy is happening around the country. Thieves are stealing iPhonesโthen peopleโs entire digital + financial lives.
How do they do it? They're watching for passcodes.
Our investigation into how a stolen iPhone can be so much more. (๐งต1/7)
On June 29, 2007 the iPhone was released to the world and so was Noah Schmick.
I traced the last 15 years of the iPhone alongside Noahโs life to see how it changed all of usโespecially the younger generation.
Watch the full
@wsj
documentary at
Best birthday present ever?!
@kgw
recruited the one and only, fake Tim Cook,
@mfriend1998
, for a special birthday message. Itโs like a Cameo but not.
Here it is. My iPhone 15 Pro Maxโs FineWoven case. Peeling edges, scratches and browning like a rotten banana.
An Apple spokesman said that the companyโs cases are engineered at the highest standard to protect iPhones.
More on this not-so-fine FineWoven case in my newsletterโฆ
@AuschwitzMuseum
My father-in-law survived Auschwitz. My grandfather survived Bergen Belsen. My grandmother survived Kristallnacht. I will do my best to amplify the important memories and legacies you share. I followed so I can do a better job of remembering everyday.
๐ธ $999 to fix a MacBook Pro at Apple.
๐ธ $325 to fix it at an independent shop.
I spent weeks running around with broken ๐ปs to figure out what the "Right to Repairโ is about.
Itโs about giving us choiceโand saving us โฑ and ๐ฐ.
๐ฉโ๐ง Column + video:
Today feels like a good day to remind everyone who follows me of something: I work for
@WSJ
. I do not work for the
@WSJopinion
. Those are two different things and there's a strong wall between them.