Whole event week in one place
- Apple event pages now list every product Apple announced that week, not just on the day.
- Fewer stories land in the wrong group.
Recent Changes
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October 31, 2026
October 29, 2026
Event newsletter coverage fixed
- Special editions left out news coverage when a product had a long name, and showed only Apple's announcement. Fixed.
October 14, 2026
Bug fixes
- Bug fixes around topics and keywords.
Recent Headlines cleanup
- Fixed empty entries on the Recent Headlines page.
- Dates on phones spell out the month.
October 13, 2026
A quieter newsletter signup
- The "are you human" check is gone from the signup box. It now gets a short page of its own, and most readers pass through it without doing anything.
October 11, 2026
A newsletter on Apple event days
- On the evening of an Apple event, subscribers get a special edition. What Apple announced, the best coverage of each product, and where to order on Amazon.
- The Friday digest is unchanged.
October 9, 2026
Apple events, front and center
- An upcoming Apple event now shows at the top of the home page with a countdown.
- Add it to your calendar from there, Apple or Google.
- On the day, Apple's own announcements are pinned at the top as they post, and stay for a week.
- When Amazon lists the new products, they appear right under the announcements.
- Event pages now have the regular sidebar and spell out dates in full.
September 19, 2026
A page for what's new
- This page. Every change a reader might notice gets a short note here.
- Find it in the footer next to Privacy Policy.
Automated traffic turned away
- Scripts that reload the home page hundreds of times an hour now get blocked.
- Crawlers from hosting networks now have to pass a browser check.
Easier reading on your phone
- Headlines are bigger and use a typeface made for screens.
- The source and date sit on the same line as the headline.
- Long headlines are no longer cut short.
- Fixed a bug that let the page scroll sideways.
- The search box now fits on the screen.
Headlines you've read turn gray
- Come back to the list and you can see where you left off.
September 18, 2026
The Loop is back
- Our link to The Loop broke at the end of August. Fixed.
Better story grouping
- Unrelated articles were being added to older story groups. Fixed.
- Some stories were skipped because of words in their titles. Fixed.
August 17, 2026
Story grouping outage fixed
- Story grouping was down from August 8 to 17 after a software upgrade. Fixed and caught up.
August 8, 2026
Unsubscribe link works
- The unsubscribe link in our emails did not work. Fixed.
Archive pages were missing a day
- Monthly archive pages left off their last day. Fixed.
July 27, 2026
Fewer off-topic links
- A story about an African safari showed up under the Safari topic. Fixed.
- Brand names now have to be capitalized to count.
July 6, 2026
Search by date
- Search can be limited to today, this week, this month, or this year.
Share previews
- Links shared on social media now show a preview image and headline.
July 5, 2026
Story pages get a summary
- Each story page opens with a short "At a Glance" summary.
- It is written by AI and labeled as such.
Monthly archives
- Browse past stories by month from the archive pages.
Story links are permanent
- A story's web address no longer changes when its headline is edited.
- Old addresses redirect to the new one.
Accessibility fixes
- Better contrast, keyboard navigation, and screen-reader labels across the site.
July 3, 2026
Email newsletter
- Sign up for a weekly email of the week's headlines.
- The signup box is under the masthead and in the sidebar.
- Emails are built to read on a phone.
Paywalled articles sort normally
- Articles from paid sources are marked with $ and now sort with the rest.
Accessory deals
- A daily Top Pick accessory deal appears in the sidebar and the newsletter.
- We may earn a commission on purchases.
April 27, 2026
Fewer junk links
- Affiliate tracking links no longer show up as articles.
April 5, 2026
Bigger stories rank higher
- Stories and articles on the home page are now ordered by importance, not just time.
April 4, 2026
Back button returns you to your place
- Tap Back after reading a story and the list opens where you left it.
March 29, 2026
Paid sources are marked
- Articles from sources that need a subscription show a $ sign.
- A checkbox in the sidebar hides them.
Cleaner story groups
- A story group needs at least three recent articles to appear on the home page.
- Podcast episodes no longer get mixed into story groups.
March 24, 2026
Sponsored posts removed
- Sponsored posts from source sites are no longer shown.