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For $200 more, you can get a MacBook Air

It was January 2008, and Steve Jobs had just pulled the MacBook Air out of a manila envelope onstage at Macworld. Within minutes, Windows PC executives everywhere lost their minds. They grabbed the nearest office envelope, tried to shove in their plastic laptops, and tore straight through the paper. Engineers were summoned. Assistants were dispatched […]

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The mad dash to build the future of multimedia

It’s 1989. To play a video, listen to a song, or show photos on a desktop computer requires bolting on expensive hardware, built by a different company, using different software. There are no standards, no portability, no sharing. Tyler Peppel, Apple product marketer: It should have been a natural area for Apple to be in, […]

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The origin story of Apple’s long-running relationship with FoxConn

In 2025, Patrick McGee published Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company, a deeply-reported look at the tech giant’s investment in – and growing reliance on – China. The following excerpt, pulled from Chapter 9 of Apple in China, examines the company’s relationship with Foxconn, today the infamous builder of iPhones. Foxconn […]

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Vivo launches X300 Ultra flagship ‘designed for professional photography’

Vivo has launched the X300 Ultra in China today, the company’s latest flagship that really puts the “camera” in cameraphone. The device is “designed for professional photography,” according to Vivo’s press release, and features a set of Zeiss camera lenses that are optimized for specific shooting styles, including telephoto close-ups, wide-angle, and videography. My colleague […]

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KitchenAid redesigned its iconic mixer so you can set an exact speed

KitchenAid calls its new Artisan Plus Stand Mixer the biggest upgrade to the appliance since 1955. If you’ve ever been frustrated by the limited speed settings on the brand’s iconic mixers, you might agree. Not only does the new Artisan Plus introduce an additional half-speed setting for gently folding and incorporating ingredients like egg whites […]

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Steve Jobs and the greatest run of products in tech history

“I’m pleased to report to you that Apple’s back on track.” It was May of 1998, and Steve Jobs was about 10 months into his second stint leading the company he’d cofounded more than two decades earlier. (It was also a bit more than a decade after that company forced him out.) Jobs took the […]

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Bluesky’s new app is an AI for customizing your feed

The latest app from the team behind Bluesky is Attie, an AI assistant that lets you build your own algorithm. At the Atmosphere conference, Bluesky’s former CEO, Jay Graber, and CTO Paul Frazee, unveiled Attie, which is powered by Anthropic’s Claude and built on top of Bluesky’s underlying AT Protocol (atproto). Attie allows users to […]

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Can my favorite Game Boy gadget tell fake cartridges from real?

The $50 Epilogue GB Operator has a brand-new trick up its sleeve. In addition to backing up Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance cartridges and saves to a PC, it can now plug into your phone with a brand-new Retrace app for Android and iOS. The idea: check if cartridges are legit, […]

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