60Hz hurts: I’m not surprised the iPhone 17e won’t have a great display, but that still sucks. And, yes, I did spend far too long making Liquid Glass text for that Stuff column’s pic. And, yes, I did feel grubby afterwards.

Is it still OK to use Google search? Probably? But I’d argue people should now look further afield. This piece explores how on an iPhone.

Apple is reportedly ‘delaying’ the iPhone 18. I outline why that’s good for Apple but not for you.

Exercise! That’s a thing. Definitely a thing that people want to start doing more when the new year rocks up. These iPhone trackers should help you meet your goals.

Love photography and iPhones? Or know someone who does? If either of those crosses over with a moment for sending or receiving gifts, check out my iPhone photographer gift guide (for Amateur Photographer).

Lego Pokémon is on the way. And also ludicrously expensive. But there is one set that’s not wallet-punchy, and a new – surprisingly affordable – Zelda set is on the way too. Check both out in my upcoming Lego refresh for Stuff.

Pico-8 is great. Pico-8 not running natively on Android is not great. Which is why it’s great that it DOES now run natively. Hurrah! (And there’s even initial ES-DE integration too.)

Wikimedia Enterprise has partnered with AI. “In the AI era, Wikipedia’s human-created and curated knowledge has never been more valuable” says cherished online encyclopaedia selling its soul to the slop machine. But all the AI companies were scraping Wiki anyway and regurgitating it in their output. So Wiki may as well make some cash rather than not. But this still feels… bad. And I’ll bet it turns at least some contributors off Wiki entirely.

Apple UI design is broken, part 4,397. Having kept my iMac off Tahoe and using Moom for 90%+ of my window management, I hadn’t realised that we’d now reached the point where you can’t drag a macOS window corner to resize it. You have to drag empty space next to the window corner. Good grief. Norbert Heger explains. Apple’s new UI head has a lot of work to do… (Related: Héliographe jokes that if you “put the Apple icons in reverse it looks like the portfolio of someone getting really really good at icon design”. Hashtag funny because it’s somewhat true.)

Apple Creator Studio is weird. Jason Snell has a good take on why it’s deeply odd that Apple has welded its office suite to a creative bundle. 

I’m in two minds about the sub myself, and not thrilled about the direction Apple’s taking. Sure, some products are still available as one-time purchases, but only on Mac, and not even all of them. (From what I can tell, Pixelmator Pro 4.0 is Creator Studio-only.) Apple’s also killed the iPhone version of Pixelmator entirely (although, to be fair, Pixelmator Team had done little with it for years), and Photomator’s long-term survival prospects are unclear. 

Apple locking specific features behind the sub isn’t a good sign either. And it’s nonsensical in certain cases, such as having to buy a bundle that includes audio workstation Logic if you want access to AI features in Apple’s spreadsheet app, Numbers.

Bandcamp comes out against AI. While Spotify raises prices and says AI-gen audio slop is actually perfectly fine, Bandcamp states “Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp” and that using AI to “impersonate other artists or styles is strictly prohibited”. Good.