What is Apple?

Apple is a technology company known for products like the MacBook Air and its in-house NPUs. The material tracks Apple’s business practices, product competition, security updates, materials science challenges, and supply chain issues.

• Mar 2026 - David Heinemeier Hansson said Apple’s actions inspired him to explore new terrain, leading him to build his own Linux distribution.
• Mar 2026 - Gavin de Becker said that when Apple puts out a security update that breaks an exploit, thousands of people immediately work on the next exploit.
• Apr 2026 - Jon McNeill noted that Microsoft store salespeople selling a slate next to a MacBook Air know how to sell.
• Apr 2026 - A guest stated that Apple has had NPUs on device for four or five years, but real edge computing from Apple has not yet been seen.
• Jun 2026 - Joseph Krause said there is no one model that can oneshot a new material that ends up in an iPhone, as materials do not work that way.
• Jun 2026 - Nathaniel Whittemore said Apple has petitioned the Trump administration for clearance to buy memory from Chinese supplier CXMT, a company on the Pentagon’s blacklist due to alleged ties to the Chinese military.