Everything in this picture came out of the same hill. The vines grow in a thin skin of clay over limestone, the houses are cut from that limestone, and the bell tower stands on top of a church that…
The guide in the purple cardigan has a microphone curled against her cheek, and the young man in the grey hoodie has a receiver tucked in his ear. Between them hangs a painting that could have used…
A tub of plums landed on the counter this morning. They’re too good to just eat over the sink, so there’s going to be a tart. Soon. Look at that dusty white coating. That’s the bloom, a natural wax…
Overnight into Thursday morning. The memory squeeze reached end-customer pricing in China, two card networks sat down with Ant to write rules for agent payments, and Anthropic’s model access became a…
There are now more than 10 million Israelis. The Central Bureau of Statistics put the country’s population at about 10,305,000 in its annual figures released ahead of Rosh Hashanah. Take out the…
Apple put a microphone on your wrist that listens continuously, holds the last fifteen seconds of whatever was said near you, and can write a summary of the conversation you just had. That shipped on…
Apple raised the entry price of the iPhone 18 Pro by $100, to $1,199 for 256GB. Every write-up led with that figure. The number that matters sits three rows further down the storage table. Inside the…
Micron slipped on Thursday because a private company that has run about 2,000 wafers in its whole life said it can help end the memory shortage. That’s the trade. Kepler Computing came out of stealth…
A day of wire traffic, sorted. Apple took the consumer slot, but the money moved in orbit, in private credit, and in defense. Apple unveiled the iPhone Duo, the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, Apple Watch…
Apple folded a phone and raised prices across the board. Underneath that, a memory startup came out of stealth with half a billion dollars and a claim that should worry a few people in Hsinchu. Apple…