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Today marks the 100th anniversary of the largest man-made, non-nuclear explosion in history.

This has been a remarkable series I have enjoyed immensely. Anyone who is a fan of movies and wants to understand how what occurs on screen is painstakingly created should watch these videos.

Many of us are justifiably skeptical about Consumer Reports and their tests of Apple products in general but many others rely on them for help in making purchase decisions.

I’m not a huge fan of the actual photos taken – I’ve been to the places shot and the photos seem washed out, colour-wise, but that may be the photographer’s editing – but the detail in the shots is remarkable.

This footage is so amazing, I’m tempted to call it fake. But it’s not and it’s spectacular.

This seems to be such an odd story. Ireland doesn’t want the money. Apple doesn’t want to pay the money. But the rules of the EU dictate the settlement.

Apple and Cook are walking a fine line between their corporate culture of user privacy and the Chinese government’s desire for control over those same users.

A “super blue blood moon”? Come on. They’re just making stuff up now.

Om Malik talking about how a simple sound brought back powerful memories of his grandfather:

But to me, AI as we know it is nowhere close to having the intelligence of the human mind. I suspect my brain took random bits of metadata stored in my mind and constructed a good enough memory to bring a tear and a smile to my face.

That’s an interesting point. I can’t imagine that AI would be able to bring such an emotional response to something as simple as a sound that takes us back in time.

After some friendly nudging by Dave Mark and I (and others), Rich Mogull comes up with his usual great explanation and cuts through the FUD.

This is incredible. Voyager 1 is 13 billion miles away, running on ancient computer code and JPL was able to use dormant thrusters to give it a nudge.

Mind. Blown. I can barely add 2+2 in Excel and this guy is creating art with it.

Chills. Two of my favorite singers playing with one of my favorite guitarists on an amazing song.

Great post and, now that I have an iPhone X, I’m really looking forward to using it with the Halide app and shooting and editing in RAW as I do with my DSLR.

Most people only know of Orson Welles from his movies – Citizen Kane is arguably the greatest film of all time – but he started as a director of groundbreaking stage plays and radio dramas.

Apple is continuing along a path that will take them to the Apple Watch becoming the preferred device for health monitoring.

Keith Enevoldsen: This pictorial periodic table is colorful, fun, and packed with information. In addition to the element’s name, symbol, and atomic number, each element box has a drawing of one of the element’s main human uses or natural occurrences. … Continued

Like many people, I love trains but they aren’t the most efficient form of travel. If I had all the time and money in the world (many of these trips are not cheap), I’d definitely travel by train.

Even though I’m directionally challenged, I love maps, especially ancient ones. While this is not a light read, check it out for the map illustrations alone.

I always love interviews with Ive.

Pixelmator has been teasing us for a long time about this app and it’s finally here. I’m looking forward to testing it out.

How many of you will say, “Cool!” and how many will say, “Who’s Jim Rockford?”

I’ve got a (new!) 12-year-old and I really wish I could get him to one of these sessions. I’ve heard a lot of good things about them.

Shawn joins me this week to discuss the iPhone X cameras and how it compares to traditional cameras on the market.

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Apple said it is working to fix an issue that allows someone to login as a root user when they have access to your machine. […]

I’m officially old. Not only do I not own any of these albums, I’ve never even heard of three-quarters of the listed bands.

I bet when you woke up you didn’t think you’d be reading a really interesting story about panda sex today, did you?

It will be interesting to see how these are received by average users unfamiliar with the technology.

One of the things I’ve seen people talking about is the much improved low light capability of the iPhone X. This is a good description of what happens in low light with the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone X and how the X deals with it much better.

I remember when this happened in 2012 and thinking was a really weird story. This oral history shows it was even weirder than I imagined.