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A working Apple-1 computer known as the 'Hatfield' unit sold at a Bonhams online auction for $1,148,200, up from $686,000 when it last changed hands in 2013. The machine, named for original owner Fred Hatfield, includes a motherboard signed by Steve Wozniak and a letter signed by Steve Jobs offering to trade the Apple-1 for an Apple II after Hatfield complained about limited software.
Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney has released a four-hour biographical documentary titled 'Musk' that portrays the tech mogul as a stock-pumping promoter rather than a visionary inventor. Before its release, the film reportedly drew Musk's anger and the threat of a defamation lawsuit, along with unconfirmed rumors that Universal Pictures hesitated over international theatrical distribution.
Steven Levy recalls Apple's October 2001 launch of the iPod, which Steve Jobs told him would be 'a landmark product,' and traces its gradual discontinuation through 2014, 2017 and 2022 as the iPhone absorbed its functions. He argues the iPod's death became inevitable once Jobs unveiled the iPhone in January 2007, folding 'the best iPod ever' into a multipurpose device.
Apple CEO John Ternus and Executive Chairman Tim Cook each published social media posts on X marking the 15th anniversary of Steve Jobs' death. Ternus credited Jobs with instilling attention to detail that still guides Apple's work, while Cook described Jobs as someone who changed the world and his own life forever.
Marking 15 years since Steve Jobs died on October 5, 2011, a retrospective recalls his influence on technology and retail. It draws on Ron Johnson's new book 'Shop Different,' which recounts how Jobs and Johnson developed Apple's retail philosophy, including Johnson's proposal that Apple should 'love its customers.' The piece also notes Jobs later used the phrase 'We love our users' during the 2010 'antennagate' press conference.
According to the report, Apple hardware chief John Ternus is engaging closely with the company's design lab in a manner reminiscent of Steve Jobs' tight collaboration with Jony Ive. This contrasts with Tim Cook's reported practice of visiting the design team only about once a month after becoming CEO, delegating more to specialists.
A writer researched the origin of the oft-cited line 'the only intuitive interface is the nipple, after that it's all learned,' commonly attributed to Bruce Ediger. Tracing Usenet archives, the earliest related idea appears in an August 1994 post by Scott Francis, with a closer wording posted by Jay Vollmer in January 1995, before Ediger began using and refining variants of the phrase from February through April 1995.
Jotform founder Aytekin Tank reflects on building his leadership approach after launching the company in 2006 without prior management experience. He says he eventually rejected both authoritarian and hands-off models, instead developing a style rooted in hiring good people, vulnerability, and quiet empathy rather than charisma.
A former project manager at Apple's print-and-fulfillment partner has described the 2011 Cards app — a Steve Jobs-driven project internally code-named Speed Racer — as marred by mismanagement and operational chaos. The source, who asked to remain anonymous even 15 years later, shared the account with a former Macworld writer who had covered Cards at the time and previously clashed with Apple over how the app's letterpress cards were described.
A satirical piece presents a 'Skill.md' file that instructs readers to roll a six-sided die to determine which stereotypical Hacker News comment to post, regardless of the article's actual content. Each of the six outcomes parodies a familiar commenter archetype, from the nitpicker who quotes a tangential weak sentence to the Silicon Valley name-dropper and the credentialed pedant who gets the concept wrong anyway. The piece functions as comedic commentary on recurring patterns in online tech-forum discourse rather than a real software tool or news event.
A previously unreleased 47-minute recording of the press Q&A following Apple's 2010 emergency press conference on iPhone 4 antenna issues has been posted by a YouTube channel called Sir Mix-A-Lot Rare Music. The session, held after Steve Jobs addressed signal-drop complaints by offering free cases or refunds, included Jobs, then-COO Tim Cook, and hardware engineering SVP Bob Mansfield answering reporters' questions. Until now, only written accounts of the Q&A existed publicly.
Ron Johnson, who led Apple's retail division from 2000 to 2011, has published a new book titled 'Shop Different: How Retail Revealed Apple's Genius,' co-written with Zander Nethercutt. The book details his collaboration with Steve Jobs to design the Apple Store concept and grow it into one of the most profitable retail operations globally. Johnson also recently appeared on 9to5Mac's Overtime podcast to discuss the book and the store's early history.