If you’re joining the new Digg for the first time today, you might as well join the new /apple community that I’ve started! techcrunch.com/2026/01/1…

Why has no one modded an original iPod Shuffle to have a USB-C connector and a zillion gigs of storage? That combo would be an awesome offline gadget. Throw Bluetooth in there too while you’re at it.

Any sort of consternation around the Apple and Google deal for Gemini in Siri is severely misplaced. Apple hasn’t lost. If anything, this is a modern day “Microsoft” moment where they get a much needed boost from their top competitor. They’ll productize Gemini better than anyone else.

The Macintosh iPhone case from Spigen arrived. It is indeed as awesome as it looks online. Sadly doesn’t come in the same kind of Apple-style box that I saw in influencer content though.

It seems like these new icons were designed so that they could form a rainbow marketing image rather than as actual usable, beautiful icons for your dock. Each one has almost entirely lost its identity. Some make no sense at all. These are the first Liquid Glass era designs that I truly dislike.

I’ve wanted Pixelmator Pro on iPad for years. Cannot wait to give this a shot. 9to5mac.com/2026/01/1…

Can someone please make a clear iPhone case that doesn’t easily accumulate dust and gunk along the edges? Apple’s cases are particularly bad offenders but I’ve yet to find a third-party option that doesn’t also have this issue to some degree!

My new (old) Pebble Time arrived. Truly the most playful OS ever on a wearable. Still so, so, so good. My unit’s also a kickstarter edition!

Not sure I’ve ever ordered a phone case as quickly as I did this one. Leave it to Spigen. www.spigen.com/products/…

I very much want Anthropic to set up a scrappy team for a side project to build a do-it-yourself operating system based entirely around Claude Code and Cowork. claude.com/blog/cowo…

learning that a lot of people who act like they know things, don’t actually know anything about how Apple’s AI or Gemini work

Gemini x Siri officially confirmed, I’m both relieved and very excited www.cnbc.com/2026/01/1…

the pokémon x lego collab is absolutely wonderful, especially love the pokémon center and badge collection mini sets www.pokemon.com/us/pokemo…

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