Apple finally killed the Home button with the iPhone 16e. I won’t miss it. Much. But as I wrote for Stuff, there are still things it did better than anything else. And its replacement is dreadful.

Adobe Photoshop has turned 35. I remember first seeing a copy at school, in a new graphics building that had a handful of tiny Macs. And I’m sure I could have written something sensible about this landmark, but I instead wrote something far more fun for Stuff.

People are wearing their Apple Watches on their ankles. So I asked whether you should. And immediately recognised having set off the Betteridge’s Law of Headlines klaxon. Still, it was an interesting thought experiment. 

AI is blurring facts and fiction. For TapSmart, I explored ways to use an iPhone to unmask truth in an age of AI.

Speaking of AI, Ai Pin is dead. And the ‘important update’ for customers is a doozy. My favourite bit: “We understand this transition may be difficult.” Note that the actual ‘transition’ is from a working product (after a fashion – Ai Pin was shit) to a piece of e-waste that you’ll barely be able to do anything with beyond checking the battery level. Looks like I wasn’t far off back in 2023: “I worry AI Pin is a feature wrapped around an ideology, masquerading as a product.”

New Lego never stops coming. My best upcoming Lego sets feature for Stuff got some new entries recently, including a massive new Ninjago set and a brick-built take on van Gogh’s Sunflowers. Which, despite being Lego, is still marginally cheaper than it would be to buy the original.