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**TL;DR:** My last post about testing TinyGPU attracted some interest. This is the follow-up. The Blackwell card is detected and the driver loads, but NVIDIA's GSP firmware fails to boot through TB5 (known issue, I'm working with tinygrad on it). While debugging that, I went down a rabbit hole and discovered that Apple's RDMA subsystem accepts Metal GPU buffers for zero-copy network transfers — something nobody has documented. I also found hidden `ibv_reg_dmabuf_mr` symbols in Apple's libibverbs that suggest GPUDirect RDMA might be possible on macOS without any kernel modification. Here's eve...

Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit for overpromising the arrival of Siri's AI features.

Apple discontinues high-memory Mac Studio configurations (256GB, 512GB), limiting local LLM inference options to 96GB max.

Microsoft announces agentic business model shift; Apple faces chip/memory constraints despite Mac AI gains.

Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accused it of misleading customers about the availability of its Apple Intelligence features. The proposed settlement would apply to people in the US who purchased all models of the iPhone 16 and the iPhone 15 Pro between June 10th, 2024 and March 29th, 2025. The settlement will resolve a 2025 lawsuit, alleging Apple's advertisements created a "clear and reasonable consumer expectation" that Apple Intelligence features would be available with the launch of the iPhone 16. The lawsuit claimed Apple's products "offered a ...

The next update to Apple's operating systems could allow users to choose their preferred AI model for running Apple Intelligence. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to allow third-party chatbots to power its AI features system-wide in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, all expected for this fall. In addition to running Siri, compatible third-party AI models, called "Extensions," will also now be able to run other Apple Intelligence features like Writing Tools and Image Playground. According to Gurman, Apple will also allow users to choose different Siri voices for different...

MTPLX inference engine achieves 2.24× throughput speedup for MTP-equipped models on Apple Silicon M5 Max via rejection sampling.

At TechCrunch's sold-out StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on Thursday night, we covered a lot of ground in a short time, beginning with the question everyone in the industry is asking right now: in a world where rival Cursor is reportedly in talks to be acquired by SpaceX for $60 billion, is Replit also bound to sell?

Apple's support app includes claude.md files, indicating internal Claude integration or documentation.

Apple said it will be supply-constrained on Mac mini, Studio, and Neo in the next quarter, too.

John Ternus, Apple's incoming CEO, is a hardware guy, signaling Apple may be putting devices back at the center of its strategy.

A new era is on the way for Apple as Tim Cook plans to step down from his CEO role in September, handing the reins to hardware chief John Ternus. Ternus may be inheriting one of the most durable businesses in tech, but he’s also stepping into a very different ecosystem than the one Cook spent decades shaping. The App […]

Stratechery weekly digest covering Tim Cook's Apple departure, Cursor IDE, SpaceX developments, and geopolitical competition.

Apple’s sold-out Mac mini is spawning marked-up eBay listings as demand surges for the compact desktop, now favored for running local AI models and tools.

We knew at some point Tim Cook would step down from his position as Apple's CEO. Over the last year, it has become increasingly obvious that John Ternus was his likely successor. The news this week was still a surprise, though - and this year's succession could lead to some important changes at the most influential company in tech. Verge subscribers, don't forget you get exclusive access to ad-free Vergecast wherever you get your podcasts. Head here. Not a subscriber? You can sign up here. On this episode of The Vergecast, David and Nilay are joined by Daring Fireball's John Gruber to talk ab...

Tim Cook plans to step down from his CEO role in September, handing the reins to hardware chief John Ternus. Ternus may be inheriting one of the most durable businesses in tech, but he’s also stepping into a very different ecosystemthan the one Cook spent decades shaping. The App Store’s 30% cut is under pressure, the behind-the-scenes power Apple once […]

Maggie Appleton on social signaling benefits of public learning via blogging and podcasting.

Commentary on Apple's John Ternus appointment and its implications for hardware-AI strategy, with tangential reference to SpaceX-Cursor partnership.

Apple's top job comes with almost unrivaled power and money, but it comes with plenty of baggage, too.

Less than a year ago, Apple made headlines for a lack of AI announcements at its annual WWDC event. Ten months later, the company has announced that hardware executive John Ternus will succeed longtime CEO Tim Cook as chief executive - and the official release doesn't mention AI once. Ternus, currently Apple's SVP of hardware engineering, will take over as CEO on September 1st, after Cook's decade and a half in the role. Ternus is a 25-year veteran of the company and the first Apple CEO in about 30 years to come from the hardware sector. According to Apple, he's led hardware engineering work ...

Tim Cook's departure as Apple CEO analyzed through lens of timing and business cycles; not AI-specific.

John Gruber commentary on Apple's declining app ecosystem advantage as third-party developer motivation wanes.

Amazon's acquisition of Globalstar satellite network positioned as infrastructure play with implications for Apple ecosystem.

Today, we're previewing the fastest way to run Ollama on Apple silicon, powered by MLX, Apple's machine learning framework.

Apple's Xcode now supports Claude Agent SDK for developer integration.

Claude integrates into Apple Xcode with general availability for iOS/macOS developers.

OpenAI and Apple announce partnership to integrate ChatGPT into Apple devices and services.