The Talk Show With John Gruber

Special guest Guy English returns to the show. Topics include Tim Cook’s five year anniversary as Apple CEO, Steven Levy’s behind-the-scenes look at Apple’s AI and machine learning efforts, Apple’s decision to change the pistol emoji from a realistic revolver to a toy squirt gun, and the demise of Vesper. Also: our favorite Looney Tunes characters. Sponsored by: Casper: An obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. Use code thetalkshow for $50 toward your mattress. Warby Parker: Boutique-quality, vintage-inspired glasses at a revolutionary price. Try up to five pairs at home for free. Fracture: Your pictures, printed directly on glass. Links: WASD 6-Key Cherry MX Switch Tester. Tim Cook's excellent interview in The Washington Post. Jan Dawson: "Five Years of Tim Cook's Apple in Charts". Steven Levy: "An Exclusive Inside Look at How Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Work at Apple". Levy's excellent books, The Perfect Thing (about the iPod) and In the Plex (about Google's inner workings). Andy Hertzfeld's book on the development of the original Macintosh, Revolution in the Valley, and the website with much of the same source material, Folklore.org. Yours truly: "Vesper, Adieu". Brent Simmons: "Last Vesper Update", "More Notes on Vesper", and "Why Vesper Didn’t Start as a Web App". Yours truly: "Apple and the Pistol Emoji". Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. “The High and the Flighty” — classic Looney Tunes Foghorn Leghorn short. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Jason Snell returns to the show. Topics include the latest rumors regarding the upcoming new iPhones and MacBook Pros, Rick Tetzeli’s cover story for Fast Company on Tim Cook’s Apple, and the connection between baseball and mechanical keyboards. Sponsored by: Boom for iOS: Music player app that redefines the way you listen to music on your iPhone or iPad. Free download. Fracture: Your pictures, printed directly on glass. Eero: Finally, Wi-Fi that works. Use code thetalkshow for free overnight shipping. Links: Six Colors. Upgrade episode 101: "It Works Great in California". Mark Gurman's report for Bloomberg on this year's new iPhones. Gurman on new MacBook Pros. UX Magazine: "The Impossible Bloomberg Makeover" -- why Bloomberg terminals have an inscrutable UI that they won't change. WASD Keyboards. The Apple IIgs keyboard. Leopold keyboards. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Wall Street Journal columnist Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include media gossip on Eddy Cue negotiations with cable TV companies, Apple’s aging notebook lineup, Apple’s upcoming product announcement event, the Windows 10 upgrade fiasco, and our sweaty feet. Sponsored by: Fracture: Your pictures, printed directly on glass. Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. Igloo: An intranet you’ll actually like. Try Igloo for free. Links: The HyperDrive USB-C 5-in-one hub for the new MacBooks. Toms shoes. Joanna on the $50 (with lock-screen ads) Blu R1 HD phone from Amazon. Joanna on the Windows 10 upgrade. The WSJ on Apple’s “hard-charging” negotiations with TV networks (and Eddy Cue’s apparel). This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Special guest Glenn Fleishman returns to the show. Topics include security vulnerabilities on MacOS and iOS, ransomware, counterfeit products and outright fraud on Amazon, and online harassment and “free speech”. Sponsored by: Boom 2: System-wide volume booster for Mac, 33 percent off for a brief time. Casper: An obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. Use code thetalkshow for $50 toward your mattress. Fracture: Your photos printed directly on glass. Save 10 percent on your first order. Links: Glenn Fleishman, writing for Macworld on recent image processing bugs in MacOS and iOS. Motherboard: “How Sony, Microsoft, and Other Gadget Makers Violate Federal Warranty Law”. New Ransomware Takes Your Money, Deletes Files Anyway. John Norstad, developer of the fantastic early-1990s Mac anti-virus utility Disinfectant. F-Secure tests the customer service of ransomware pirates. isbn.nu: Glenn’s long-standing book search and price comparison site. Glenn’s two new books on Slack: Take Control of Slack Basics and Take Control of Slack Admin. Randi Harper’s Good Game Auto Blocker utility for Twitter. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include parenting thoughts on controlling the amount of time our kids spend playing games and watching YouTube and Netflix, why Google's apps for iOS are better than their apps for Android, Chromebooks in schools, Windows Phone's bright future, Pokemon Go, and more. We also insult the driving abilities of people from Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Canada. Sponsored by: Wealthfront: An automated, passive, low-cost investment solution. Ministry of Supply: Dress smarter. Work smarter. Audible.com: With Audible, you’ll find what you’re looking for. Get a free 30-day trial. Links: Ingress -- Niantec's augmented-reality mobile game that preceded Pokemon Go. Tim Bray on Ingress. Dieter Bohn: "Google Is Making Better Apps for the iPhone Than for Android" Yours truly on Peter Kafka's Recode Media podcast. Samantha Bee's appearance on Recode Media. Spark — excellent third-party email client for iOS. Analyst in 2011 predicts Windows Phone will eclipse Android by 2013. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Special guest Nilay Patel joins the show. Topics include The Verge and Recode (and the state of the media industry at large), what’s going on with the lack of updates to professional Mac hardware, and, of course, Apple’s purported removal of the headphone jack on the upcoming new iPhones. Sponsored by: Eero: Finally, Wi-Fi that works. Use code THETALKSHOW for free overnight shipping. Harry’s: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code TALKSHOW for $5 off your first purchase. Casper: An obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. Use code THETALKSHOW for $50 toward your mattress. Links: Nilay Patel: “Taking the Headphone Jack Off Phones Is User-Hostile and Stupid”. Cory Doctorow: “Phones Without Headphone Jacks Are Phones With DRM for Audio”. Yours truly: “Headphone Jacks Are the New Floppy Drives”. Jason Snell: “Searching for a Good Reason to Remove the Headphone Jack”. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Marco Arment returns to the show. Topics include WWDC 2016, Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi's appearance on the live episode of this show during WWDC, the purported removal of the standard headphone jack from the upcoming new iPhones, and more. Sponsored by: Wealthfront: An automated investment service with over $3 billion in client assets under management. Ministry of Supply: Dress smarter. Work smarter. Audible.com: With Audible, you’ll find what you’re looking for. Get a free 30-day trial. Links: The Talk Show: Live From WWDC 2016. Diagram comparing USB-C to Lightning. Apple Insider: "Apple Pulls Legacy Non-Retina MacBook Pro From Retail Store Displays". Apple discontinues the Thunderbolt display. Lil Wayne pours two bottles of champagne on his Samsung Galaxy S7. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco, John Gruber is joined by Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi to discuss the news from WWDC: WatchOS 3, MacOS 10.12 Sierra, iOS 10, and more. Video of the show, and a complete transcript, is available here. Sponsored by: MailChimp: Send better email. Microsoft: Tools and services for any developer, any app, any OS. Really. Meh.com: A new deal every day at midnight Eastern. Links: Yours truly: "Brief Thoughts and Observations Regarding Today’s WWDC 2016 Keynote". Apple Previews iOS 10. Apple Previews MacOS Sierra. Apple Previews WatchOS 3. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Dan Frommer returns to the show. Topics include Jeff Bezos’s and Elon Musk’s appearances at last week’s Code 2016 conference, Apple’s changes to the App Store (subscriptions for all app categories, search ads, and huge improvements to app review approval times), and, of course, our expectations for WWDC 2016 next week. Sponsored by: Wealthfront: An automated investment service with over $3 billion in client assets under management. Eero: Finally, Wi-Fi, that works. Use code thetalkshow for free overnight shipping. Harry’s: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code talkshow for $5 off your first purchase. Links: Full video of Walt Mossberg’s interview with Jeff Bezos at Recode’s Code 2016 last week. Full video of Mossberg and Kara Swisher’s interview with Elon Musk. MacDailyNews: “Apple to Deliver iMessage to Android at WWDC”. Motion Stills: new iPhone app from Google that makes Live Photos way better. Mark Bergen’s report for Recode on Mercedes-Benz’s advanced self-driving car initiative. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Merlin Mann returns to the show to talk about artificial intelligence and Eddy Cue’s flip-flops. Sponsored by: Meh: The daily deal site from the crew that created Woot. Meh: Funny content and videos, too — every day. Meh: Not sure what else to say. Links: Eddy Cue celebrating on court with Stephen Curry after the Golden State Warriors won the NBA Western Conference finals. Apple’s purported upcoming standalone Siri device might have a camera. The Talk Show in iTunes. Reviews are much appreciated. The AI Effect: “It’s part of the history of the field of artificial intelligence that every time somebody figured out how to make a computer do something — play good checkers, solve simple but relatively informal problems — there was chorus of critics to say, ‘That’s not thinking’.” System 7 Macintosh Basics Demo. Canary: Real-time streaming video camera for your home. Merlin’s got one and likes it.