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Daring Fireball: Complying With ‘Demand’ From Trump Administration, Apple Removes ICEBlock From App Store
It’s rather chilling to consider what Apple would have done if the Trump administration had “demanded” a list of device IDs and user identities for everyone who had installed ICEBlock. Or what Apple *will* do if such a demand pops into one of their dimwitted but cruel minds.
MLB average game time under three hours for third straight year
The average length of nine-inning MLB games continues to fall well below the three-hour mark. Nine-inning games during the 2025 season have, on average, clocked in at 2 hours, 38 minutes through Thursday, marking the third straight season in which the average game time was 2:40 or shorter.
Let’s check in with HP employee Imran Chaudhri. | The Verge
Remember the Humane AI pin? And that serious-as-a-heart-attack TED talk about the future of computing? Well, Qualcomm featured Chaudhri in its Snapdragon Summit keynote today, where he’s talking less about lasers you wear on your shirt and more about the amazing battery life on the OmniBook 5 series. How it started, how it’s going, etc. etc. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/Screenshot-2025-09-24-at-3.07.55%E2%80%AFPM.png?quality=90&strip=all]
William Safire Orders Two Whoppers Junior - The Onion
NEW YORK–Stopping for lunch at a Manhattan Burger King, New York Times ’On Language’ columnist William Safire ordered two "Whoppers Junior" Monday. "A majority of Burger King patrons operate under the fallacious assumption that the plural is ’Whopper Juniors,’" Safire told a woman standing in line behind him. "This, of course, is a grievous grammatical blunder, akin to saying ’passerbys’ or, worse yet, the dreaded ’attorney generals.’" Last week, Safire patronized a midtown Taco Bell, ordering "two Big Beef Burritos Supreme."
Intel Is Seeking an Investment From Apple as Part of Its Comeback Bid - Bloomberg
Intel Corp. has approached Apple Inc. about securing an investment in the ailing chipmaker, according to people familiar with the matter, part of efforts to bolster a business that’s now partially owned by the US government.
Memory Integrity Enforcement: A complete vision for memory safety in Apple devices - Apple Security Research
Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) is the culmination of an unprecedented design and engineering effort spanning half a decade that combines the unique strengths of Apple silicon hardware with our advanced operating system security to provide industry-first, always-on memory safety protection across our devices — without compromising our best-in-class device performance. We believe Memory Integrity Enforcement represents the most significant upgrade to memory safety in the history of consumer operating systems.