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2026
- The new Siri annoys me just as much as the old Siri, just in different ways
- The people holding up the internet↗
- Indie developer spotlight: Sindre Sorhus
- Booking dot redundant↗
- A font built from classic Commodore 64 keycap lettering↗
- Spotify opens new front in war on fair use↗
- The Rebound 619: How Am I Supposed To Launder This Money?!↗
- Indie developer spotlight: AltStore’s Riley Testut can feel Cupertino thawing
- Resurrecting iChat audio and video conferencing↗
- Apple should consider a less tight-lipped approach on occasion
- Claude writes code; I author the apps
- The Universe, Controlled is my love letter to Flight Control
- Vibe-coded apps: The vibes are good for people with specific needs
- Lex on Tech on shirts
- Indie developer spotlight: James Thomson
- David Smith brings back his Developing Perspective podcast↗
- Amazon unveils new Kindles and the Kindle Click
- Small ways the App Store could be improved for developers↗
- Indie developer spotlight: Tangwan’s Sundial shows you where you are in time
- The Rebound 618: Green Man and The Lime↗
- Thank the Lord: The new Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K finally ditches micro USB↗
- Hidden gems comes to Best-o-Masto on the web↗
- Indie developer spotlight: Marcos Tanaka
- Bringing coffee on an interview: The huge debate that was actually started… by my dad.↗
- Bose’s new noise cancelling wired earbuds↗
- The App Store review process needs fixing
- Matt Birchler’s phone is clearly listening to him↗
- Apple owes Taction $5.7B after losing haptic feedback IP trial↗
- One month of Lex on Tech
- A few great reads
- Fifteen years later, the Apple Cards origin story
- The iPhone 4 ‘Antennagate’ press conference Q&A — finally↗
- The Rebound 617: HairTag↗
- Who’s Got All The Money? — App Store Connect earnings on your Mac↗
- Every User Lies↗
- Indie developer spotlight: Carter Fort built Coax so your local library is always “on”
- Iconfactory Tapestry 2.0: What you’ve always wanted↗
- M6 Mac mini review: Tiny, pricey, and powerful↗
- Indie developer spotlight: Jared Sorge
- This gadget—and free software—makes e-reading fun again↗
- It’s shocking that Apple hasn’t improved the new iPhone setup experience
- Ask Lex: What discontinued Apple product do you wish were brought back?
- You should listen to Heavyweight
- Apple’s short-term iPhone Duo misstep
- “I promised I‘d find it.”↗
- 125 tests of the new AI Siri↗
- “Insert your favorite nursery rhyme.”↗
- Homebrew 7.0.0↗
- The Rebound 616: I’m Down With A P P↗
- Indie developer spotlight: Alexander Käßner’s MeterStats helps track your home’s utilities
- The spice drawer↗
- Ringing your iPhone’s alarm through Bluetooth earbuds
- Apple’s weirdest iTunes walk-back turns 12 today↗
- All hail the Genius Bar - 512 Pixels↗
- Strategery is back, and I’m the developer
- Indie developer spotlight: Martin Höller
- Indie developer spotlight: Greg de J
- The iPhone Air has not sold well↗
- Puzzling Snapshots is a few minutes of photographic zen
- The Rebound 615: What’s Wrong With You Guys?↗
- Apple’s 95-second recap of this week’s iPhone Duo / 18 Pro event↗
- I forgot just how powerful Feedbin is
- Apple’s new Polishing Cloth gained more compatibility↗
- Jason Snell: John Ternus enters, with folding phones and AI watches↗
- Apple raises prices of iPhone 16, iPhone 17, iPhone Air, and iPhone 17e↗
- Time To Go helps you figure out time zones from your Mac’s menu bar
- Apple unveils iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone Duo, AirPods 5
- A new Wordle-inspired game from Lex.Games
- The apps I use to lose weight
- Migrate to Apple Passwords from your current secret-keeper↗
- Indie developer spotlight: Marc Edwards and the Bjango team
- Mark Gurman: Apple’s foldable iPhone marks biggest design shift in nearly 20 years↗
- Indigo 1.3↗
- Ricky Mondello on switching password managers in 2026↗
- Streaks considered harmful
- Paku offers a high quality look at air quality
- McKinley is a real editor for SF Symbols
- Nitter and XCancel are back↗
- Ask Lex: Is it still possible to be a big-time Apple fan?
- Deep Green 2.1 is elegant, free chess for iPhone and iPad
- Indie Developer Simulator↗
- Ask Lex: Where is social media headed?
- CNN: How smart underwear is tracking people’s farts↗
- Retrogram offers beautiful and clever word games
- TiVo will make automatically skipping ads a subscription service
- Indie developer spotlight: Greg Pierce
- TestFlight reviews are bad for everybody
- ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are down↗
- Nvidia buys Hugging Face for $12.9 billion↗
- Indie developer spotlight: Rafa Conde
- How I aim to prevent typos and grammar mistakes on Lex On Tech
- 1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project↗
- The Rebound 614: That’s People↗
- Shareshot 2 makes your screenshots look good for free
- Why LexOnTech exists; why LexOnTech memberships exist
- Marco Arment on what his role with Overcast is
- Dyson’s first toothbrush puts a camera in your mouth, flosses for you↗
- Myke Hurley on three narratives from the John Ternus executive profile↗
- Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
- Too Good To Go is an awesome app for cheap food
- MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario↗
- Indie developer spotlight: Casey Liss
- Apple leadership↗
- Jason Snell’s productivity picks↗
- Everything’s a subscription, that sucks, but maybe it also doesn’t
- Tim Cook’s memo to staff on his last day — and his misfired message to all of us↗
- Assistive Access isn’t just for people who need Assistive Access
- Indie developer spotlight: Ben Rice McCarthy
- Indie developer spotlight: John Siracusa
- Star-crossed problems: Rating and reviewing apps
- ‘Here’s What’s Coming’↗
- StoryLogic lets you enjoy audiobooks with maximum accessibility
- Stephen Robles reviews the new Apple Polishing Cloth↗
- Some random thoughts on random numbers
- Indie developer spotlight: Colin Weir
- Dave Barry on modern technology and apps at the speed of carrier pigeon↗
- Some housekeeping and some semi-frequently asked questions, answered
- Matthew Haughey’s Big Walk game review↗
- Panic is refunding tariff fees paid by Playdate owners↗
- Safari should let you see and remove individual cookies more easily
- Logging into two Claude accounts at once
- On This Day
- Meta to pay up to $17.1 billion over claims it harmed youths↗
- X cancels XCancel↗
- Four things John Ternus should do
- Good Tag - Simple and powerful MP3 tagging for the Mac↗
- Mimestream is great
- Pocket Run Pool is still a great iOS game