Apple
On Television
Mixed Débuts on Apple TV+ in “The Morning Show” and “Dickinson”
Jennifer Aniston and Steve Carell’s depiction of a #MeToo crisis is a pricey, glum misfire, while Emily Dickinson’s makeover is a sweet and original surprise.
On Television
“Dickinson,” from Apple TV+, Is Deeply Weird and Dazzles Gradually
The show imagines the young Emily Dickinson coming of age in antebellum Massachusetts, like a figure in some emo Brontë fever dream.
Shouts & Murmurs
New Apps from the Developers of Find My Friends
Point Out My Future Ex, Spot the Unencouraging Mom Text, and more.
Dept. of Design
For Better and Worse, We Live in Jony Ive’s World
The ultimate consequence of Ive’s designs for Apple has been the slow ransacking of the physical world.
The Political Scene Podcast
Will the Government Get Tough on Big Tech?
Sue Halpern on antitrust investigations, and why tech giants are now asking the government to regulate them.
Annals of Technology
Mark Zuckerberg, Elizabeth Warren, and the Case for Regulating Big Tech
The E.U.’s Commissioner for Competition and Senator Warren see Big Tech as a threat to competition, consumer choice, and fairness in the marketplace.
Cupertino Postcard
Tim Cook’s Big Apple Circus
With ambient music and themed pastries, the tech giant cheerily took Big Bird, Oprah, and the journalism business under its tent.
Double Take
Sunday Reading: The Birth of Tech
From The New Yorker’s archive, pieces from the early days of tech culture, when going online was a novelty.
Cultural Comment
What We’ve Learned from Dieter Rams, and What We’ve Ignored
The designer’s “less, but better” philosophy has been adopted by Silicon Valley—but as an aesthetic rather than as an ethic.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Lisa Brennan-Jobs on the Shadow of Steve Jobs, and Rick Bass in the Wilderness
The tech mogul’s daughter discusses her new memoir, “Small Fry,” and, in Montana, a hiking trail pits nature lover against nature lover.
Shouts & Murmurs
Apple Emotional Support
It’s time for you to meet new people, so schedule an appointment at the Genius Bar. Every Genius is a great listener and will act interested in your problems for twelve to fifteen minutes!
Comment
Alex Jones, the First Amendment, and the Digital Public Square
How should we challenge hate-mongering in the age of social media?
Daily Cartoon
Daily Cartoon: Friday, August 3rd
Cultural Comment
The Woman Who Gave the Macintosh a Smile
Susan Kare designed the suite of icons that made the Macintosh revolutionary—a computer that you could communicate with in pictures.
Annals of Appearances
The Nightmare Faces of Apple Engineering and Cindy Sherman’s Instagram
Tech
The iPhone X and Apple’s Mundane Vision of the Future
Ten years ago, with the launch of the original iPhone, Steve Jobs proclaimed a revolution. So why wasn’t Tuesday’s event more exciting?
Shouts & Murmurs
Some Questions You Can Ask Me Instead of Siri
Shouts & Murmurs
Possible Reasons My Credit Card Was Declined at the Apple Store
Currency