Abstractions

Apple announces new products, including the iPhone 18 Pro and its first folding phone, the iPhone Duo. You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Apple announces M6 & M5 Ultra processors along with new Mac Mini and Mac Studio computers, Walmart finally caves and will support Apple Pay, and France bans unsolicited marketing phone calls. 🔗 Links Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra Apple M6 and M5 Pro Mac mini Apple introduces Mac Studio with M5 Max & Ultra Walmart finally caves, will support Apple Pay France bans unsolicited telemarketing calls You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

A promotional video for new AirPods appears to have been leaked, BMW shows ads to drivers on its car dashboard screens, and there is a correct orientation when putting down your case-less phone. Mario meets Pareto MacOS 26.7 Tahoe Release Candidate Contains a Video Demonstrating Camera-Equipped AirPods in Action BMW Has Put a Spider-Man Ad on the Dashboard Display of Owners’ Cars iDrive Ads You Don’t Need to Worry About Scratching Your iPhone Camera Lenses You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Safari has one major advantage over Chrome, Hugging Face fends off a cyberattack by a rogue language model, and OpenAI will reportedly ship a ChatGPT device replete with speaker, microphone, and camera. 🔗 Links Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” is set today (2026-08-04) There Will Come Soft Rains (PDF) Timeline of Fictional Future Events Neonomicon by Alan Moore Chrome’s glaring lack of window/tab session isolation Safari’s support for web platform features is… not great Chrome is bad Google settled a class-action lawsuit for $5 billion in which it was accused of collecting user data in Chrome’s incognito mode Helium web browser Request for session/storage/cookie isolation in Chromium in… 2013 StopTheScript Scorched Earth, video game classic Language model breaks out of sandbox and breaks into Hugging Face OpenAI’s accidental cyberattack against Hugging Face is science fiction that happened Security incident disclosure — July 2026 Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: A Technical Timeline of the July 2026 Incident OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation OpenAI’s New Device Will Be Hockey Puck-Sized and Cost Over $300 You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

MacOS upgrade shenanigans continue, SpaceX loses billions in first “earnings” report, LLMs are surprisingly good at financial advice, and Dan describes his new high-fidelity audio system. 🔗 Links LLM2Human Clinic Iris Photos app for MacOS MacOS Safari standalone installer downloads from Apple SpaceX’s first-ever earnings report comes as stock hits new all-time low AI debt orgy can’t last forever, while hidden borrowing has exploded to $1.65 trillion AI Economics for Dummies AI financial advice is surprisingly good LLMs reward expertise Arcam A25 integrated amplifier Dali Sonik 5 floor-standing speakers You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.