Dave Mark

Thinking more of a modeless interface, then diving into a sub screen which you then have to return from.

Maybe the on boarding will fix it. But I did find the whole thing confusing. But I love the concept. My issue I think is more with navigation into and back out of the songs. Maybe instead of a I heard it button it could simply be a big play button with the classic navigation and scrubbing

Could not find the checklist. Onboarding will fix.

Some songs I thought I knew, wanted to scrub to the chorus to verify. IMO, a must have.

Also, think the top view should be easy to understand, either contain the checklist, or have a very obvious path to the checklist, be very easy to return to.

Watch Brain-Controlled iPad in Action for the First Time For the first time, an individual has been seen publicly controlling an iPad entirely through thought, thanks to Apple's new brain-computer...

Apple's brain-computer interface protocol, combined with Synchron's implantable device allows ALS patient to control his iPad and iPhone.

Jump to 1:56 in embedded video to see the device implanted, WITHOUT brain surgery.

Lovely science at work!

www.macrumors.com/2025/08/04/w...
#Apple #Science

Ran the beta. Interesting. Not quite sure I get the goal here. Not sure about the flow through the app. I do think this is an app. I’d be interested in though. One comment: there does not appear to be away to scrub through the song. To jump to the chorus, say or just advance five seconds.

My Apple Pencil battery died.

Though I COULD use a Dremel tool to saw the entire length of the pencil, solder in a new battery, in practical terms, there's no way to do this without DESTROYING the Apple Pencil.

This lack of repairability of my Apple gear is maddening.

😡

#Apple #RightToRepair

New Dalrymple Report is live!😎

MacBook Air sales, a bewildering array of choices. Steve Jobs faced just such an array when he came back to Apple. Lots and lots more...

Dig in, and thanks for listening. 🙏🏻❤️

www.loopinsight.com/2025/08/01/t...
#Apple #TheDalrympleReport

LLM Leaderboard - Comparison of over 100 AI models from OpenAI, Google, DeepSeek & others | Artificial Analysis Comparison and ranking the performance of over 100 AI models (LLMs) across key metrics including intelligence, price, performance and speed (output speed - tokens per second & latency - TTFT), context...

"LLM Leaderboard - Comparison of over 100 AI models from OpenAI, Google, DeepSeek & others"

Comparing things like:

- Intelligence
- Output speed (tokens/s)
- Latency
- Price ($ per M tokens)

Only mention of Apple in the finest of fine print.

artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards...
#AI

We discussed this very thing at our monthly book club last night. “Witchmark” was last month‘s book, Tamsyn Muir’s “Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower” was this month’s book. Your take relevant to both.

Mark Zuckerberg's take on "Personal Superintelligence".

This is where Meta is going. Short and worth reading.

www.meta.com/superintelli...
#AI #Meta

YouTube video by Apple TV Pluribus — (202) 808-3981 | Apple TV+

Apple Marketing shares a real phone number into their latest "Plur1bus" teaser.

Plur1bus is the highly anticipated new Apple TV+ series from "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" creator Vince Gilligan.

And if you want to call the number:

(202) 808-3981

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQFs...
#Apple

RIP Ryno… 🥲⚾️🧢

#MLB #Cubs #Chicago

YouTube video by Unitree Robotics Unitree Introducing | Unitree R1 Intelligent Companion Price from $5900

Home robot for $5900:

- Weighs about 25kg (55lbs)
- Can run, somersault, not sure about doing the dishes

Movement is there. Tasks are coming. Watch the video below. Feels like we are a year or two away from this hitting early adopters...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Q4...
#Science #AI

Tom Lehrer - National Brotherhood Week

Very sorry to hear about the death of Tom Lehrer at age 97. The cleverest, funniest singer/songwriter of all time, even if he lost interest in the whole business pretty quickly? www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlJ...

New Dalrymple Report is live!😎

Lots of good stuff this week, but don't miss Jim's Ozzy memories. We also talk captions, Apple's new AppleCare One, some new Apple anti-spam, anti-phishing tools...

Dig in, and thanks for listening. 🙏🏻❤️

www.loopinsight.com/2025/07/25/t...
#Apple #TheDalrympleReport

Want to install one of the new Apple public betas?

Start here...

beta.apple.com
#Apple

YouTube video by Apple Support How to add or remove a device from AppleCare One | Apple Support

Apple Support video details adding products to AppleCare One.

Note: Drops and spills are covered for all devices, but theft and loss is only covered for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch. No theft and loss coverage for Macs.

Important detail when you do your math.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOXF...
#Apple

Robotic neck surgery replaces heart valve without chest incision In a surgical first, doctors replaced a heart valve through a neck incision using robotics, avoiding chest cuts and speeding recovery.

"Robotic neck incision replaces heart valve with no chest opening in world first"

They replaced an actual heart valve without cracking the chest, no scalpel to the sternum.

SCIENCE!!! 🔥

interestingengineering.com/health/robot...
#Science #Medicine

Apple needs a consistent interface across all OSes.

This includes visionOS, which needs changing backgrounds to show through the UI.

Difficult design problem. How to make Liquid Glass readable with ever changing background?

Not sure any "static" design will work universally.

#Apple #Design

Apple introduces AppleCare One, streamlining coverage into a single plan Apple today unveiled AppleCare One, a new way for customers to cover multiple Apple products with one simple plan.

"Apple introduces AppleCare One, streamlining coverage into a single plan with incredible value"

- $19.99 per month
- Protect up to three products
- Add more for $5.99 per month each
- Unlimited repairs for accidents

$19.99/mo is $240/yr. Worth it?

www.apple.com/newsroom/202...
#Apple

This is the iOS 26 beta 4 Weather app.

Look at the 3 Liquid Glass buttons at the bottom of the image.

Can’t see them? Can’t read them? Yeah, that’s a problem. 😑

#Apple #Design

Ozzy Osbourne Dead at 76, Just Weeks After Black Sabbath’s Final Concert Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath singer, died at 76.

Dammit.

RIP, Ozzy. 🎤 😢

www.billboard.com/music/rock/o...
#music

Diffusive vs disruptive? Long ago. Fascinating talk

‘The Cosby Show’ Star Malcolm-Jamal Warner Dies From Accidental Drowning at 54 The Emmy-nominated actor and director played Theo Huxtable on the long-running Bill Cosby comedy.

“‘The Cosby Show’ Star Malcolm-Jamal Warner Dies From Accidental Drowning at 54”

Damn. Bright light, taken too soon.

🥲

www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/m...

#RIP

Netflix’s first show with generative AI is a sign of what’s to come in TV, film The Eternaut debuted on Netflix with a generative AI-assisted scene.

Netflix used generative AI to create scene of a building collapsing for the show "The Eternaut".

Sign of things to come for TV, film.

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
#AI #Movies #Film #TV

A tour of Microsoft's Mac Lab from 2006. Lots of pictures.

As a reminder, Office 2004 was still the current version in 2006, and the final version of Office to be built exclusively for PowerPC.

Apple history buffs, enjoy...

davidweiss.blogspot.com/2006/04/tour...
#Apple #Mac #Microsoft #History

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AI app idea:

- I build list of shows I want to watch
- AI scours services to find out what is available where
- AI builds schedule, tells me which services to subscribe to/cancel, minimizing cost

I asked Alexa+ where to watch a number of shows, she got most of them. So an LLM prompt?
#AI

New Dalrymple Report is live!😎

Really fun show this week. watchOS gestures, Emmys, Apple TV keyboard tip, lots more.

Dig in, and thanks for listening. 🙏🏻❤️

www.loopinsight.com/2025/07/18/t...
#Apple #TheDalrympleReport

YouTube video by Apple Apple Intelligence | Clean Up Photos: Cat | iPhone 16

Strange, yet compelling, new ad from Apple.

This is an Apple Intelligence brag. Compare this to the now deleted ad where Siri knew who you met at that thing last week and reminded you of their name.

At least this version shipped, yeah?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6RX...
#Apple