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    #590: Nooooo (Marked as Resolved)

    February 12th, 2026 · 67 minutes

    What's old is new again: some iPhone displays are tinted green, Jony Ive is using aluminum, and Apple is struggling with shipping a more intelligent Siri.

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    Links and Show Notes

    [iOS 26.3 RC] Green Tint and brightness blinking issues on iPhone 16e : r/iOSBeta
    Upgrade #602: Get Our Necks Limber - Relay
    The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra’s privacy display could be the biggest upgrade in years – here’s how it works | TechRadar
    Mac Power Users #835: Farewell, Stephen - Relay
    The One Where I Announce I’m Stepping Back From Mac Power Users - 512 Pixels
    Mac Power Users #464: Stephen... Who? - Relay
    Why has Apple bought a database company? – Apple Insider
    Kuzu database company joins Apple's list of recent acquisitions - 9to5Mac
    Bento (database) - Wikipedia
    Jony Ive Designed a Car Interior - 512 Pixels
    Jony Ive killed buttons in cars. Now he's fixing it. - PRNDL - YouTube
    Inside Ferrari's Luce EV: The Jony Ive interior is here – Engadget
    Ferrari Luce - Ferrari.com
    Jony Ive is done working with "a**holes" - by Alex Heath
    Apple’s iOS 26.4 Siri Update Runs Into Snags in Internal Testing; iOS 26.5, 27 - Bloomberg
    Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding - Apple
    Displaying static and interactive snippets | Apple Developer Documentation