# MacAnorak
> An independent, UK-based site for essays and investigations on Apple, AI, privacy and wider tech, with the footnotes to prove it.
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## Pages
- [About MacAnorak](https://macanorak.com/about.md) - Hi, I'm Alexander Cohen, founder and writer of MacAnorak, an independent, UK-based place for my essays and investigations on Apple, AI, privacy and wider tech. I'm a trained psychologist who writes about technology. I'm naturally interested in things that don't quite make sense. Sometimes the answe…
- [Contact](https://macanorak.com/contact.md) - 📩 Post Box — Comments and correspondence are always welcome. You can reach me at hello@macanorak.com. 🚦 Signal Failure — Spotted a typo or something that’s not quite right? Let me know. I’m always happy to put things right. 🚉 Platforms — Bluesky, X, RSS.

## Posts
- [iPhone Duo Day One: Cracked Screens, a Failed Durability Test and What We Still Don’t Know](https://macanorak.com/iphone-duo-day-one-cracked-screens-a-failed-durability-test-and-what-we-still-dont-know.md) - Cracked screens, jammed hinges and a crease that deepens. It’s too early to call it a design flaw, but the iPhone Duo is already raising questions.
- [iPhone Duo Reviews: Two Faces, Two Verdicts](https://macanorak.com/iphone-duo-reviews-two-faces-two-verdicts.md) - The iPhone Duo’s reviews are in. I called it a 'Janus phone'. The verdicts suggest that the face I worried about might be the one people like best.
- [Everything Everywhere All at Once: What Happens When Friction Stops Being a Safeguard?](https://macanorak.com/everything-everywhere-all-at-once.md) - Self-replicating AI, bioweapons research and AI-ported games share one problem: friction is eroding.
- [Big Things Come in Small Packages: What the iPhone Duo Learns From the iPhone mini](https://macanorak.com/big-things-come-in-small-packages-what-the-iphone-duo-learns-from-the-iphone-mini.md) - The iPhone mini had the right idea and the wrong pitch. The iPhone Duo might be getting the pitch right.
- [The Lookalike Problem: Who Can Tell Which AirPods Have Cameras?](https://macanorak.com/the-lookalike-problem-who-can-tell-which-airpods-have-cameras.md) - A Fast Company piece applies the argument I made about the Apple Watch to Apple's camera AirPods.
- [Apple's HomeView Brings Back the  Sunflower](https://macanorak.com/apples-sunflower-returns.md) - Apple’s HomeView echoes the iMac G4's dome and steel stem, but not its arm. The sunflower is in the software.
- [The iPhone Duo Has Two Very Different Faces. You Might Not Like Which One You See](https://macanorak.com/the-iphone-duo-has-two-very-different-faces-you-might-not-like-which-one-you-see-2.md) - Nano-texture has always been an option you chose at checkout. On the Duo’s inner screen, there is no choice.
- [What Are the Monkeys Typing?](https://macanorak.com/what-are-the-monkeys-typing.md) - We can see what increasingly capable AI systems do. We can’t reliably tell why.
- [America.gov's Chatbot Contradicted Trump. Then It Stopped Talking Politics.](https://macanorak.com/america-govs-chatbot-contradicted-trump-then-it-stopped-talking-politics.md) - Within hours of launch, the White House's new chatbot was refusing questions it had just answered. It also had a Minecraft easter egg.
- [Studio Display XDR Scrolling Stutter on the M5 Pro MacBook Pro: What's Going On, and a Workaround](https://macanorak.com/studio-display-xdr-scrolling-stutter-on-the-m5-pro-macbook-pro-whats-going-on-and-a-workaround.md) - Scrolling at 120Hz on the Studio Display XDR is choppy for some M5 Pro owners. Low GPU clock speeds appear to be part of the problem.
- [Norway's Smart Glasses Ban May Not Stop at Glasses. Apple Should Take Note](https://macanorak.com/norway-moves-to-ban-smart-glasses-apple-is-reportedly-making-some.md) - Norway has become the first major country to propose a temporary ban on smart glasses in selected public places. That's very relevant given my recent pieces on Apple's Audio Intelligence features and the rumoured Visual Intelligence features in future AirPods Pro. Norway's centre-left government sa…
- [A Wolf in Terrycloth Clothing: AI Agents Want Access to Your Life](https://macanorak.com/a-wolf-in-terrycloth-clothing.md) - Muse, Dots and the new generation of always-on agents are changing what it means to give software access to your life.
- [Apple's iPhone Duo Has a Cover Layer. For $19, You Can Get Another One. Just Don't Replace It Yourself](https://macanorak.com/apples-foldable-has-a-cover-layer-for-19-you-can-get-another-one-just-dont-replace-it-yourself.md) - I was pretty excited for the iPhone Duo, but I must say my excitement has been dimmed quite significantly by the discovery that the iPhone Duo's nano-texture inner display will have some sort of screen protector which, in typical Apple vernacular, they’re calling a “cover layer”. In an interview wi…
- [The UK Government Wants a “Very Active Interventionist State” Online](https://macanorak.com/a-very-active-interventionist-state.md) - A Secretary of State says protecting children online is only a “staging post.” How far down this road does the UK want to go?
- [Neo. Duo. CEO. Apple's 2026 roadmap, apparently](https://macanorak.com/neo-duo-ceo-apples-2026-roadmap-apparently.md)
- [Vision Pro Is Alive!!! (Barely…)](https://macanorak.com/vision-pro-is-alive-barely.md) - Good news: Apple's working on a new Vision Pro. Bad news: it's reportedly on "life support".
- [AI Safety: Hoax, Psyop, or Product Launch?](https://macanorak.com/ai-safety-hoax-psyop-or-product-launch.md) - A few uncomfortable things happened while everyone was busy arguing about whether to be uncomfortable.
- [The Price of a Data Centre in Hazle Township — $10K per Household. Mr Burns Would Be Proud](https://macanorak.com/mr-burns-would-be-proud-the-price-of-a-data-centre-in-hazle-township-10k-a-household.md) - A township that has already turned down a data centre is being offered $10K per household to change its mind.
- [Lawsuit Claims Contractors for OpenAI Are Reading Users' Chats](https://macanorak.com/lawsuit-claims-contractors-for-openai-are-reading-users-chats-2.md) - OpenAI is being accused of routing some ChatGPT prompts to contractors who read, summarise and score them.
- [New Mac mini M6 and M5 Pro Have Unremovable SSDs](https://macanorak.com/new-mac-mini-m6-and-m5-pro-have-unremovable-ssds.md) - Apple has removed the removable SSD module that was present on the M4 / M4 Pro. The NAND is soldered directly onto the logic board.
- [Apple's ‘Audio Intelligence’ Features May Test Eavesdropping Laws](https://macanorak.com/apples-audio-intelligence-features-may-test-eavesdropping-laws.md) - US federal law sets a baseline of one-party consent. You can record a conversation you're part of without telling the other person. But several big hitter states — including California and Florida — require all parties to consent.
- [Watch What You Say: Apple’s AI Watch Has a Privacy Problem](https://macanorak.com/watch-what-you-say.md) - Apple's new Audio Intelligence features protect your privacy. What about everyone else’s?
- [Two-Tier Encryption in the UK](https://macanorak.com/two-tier-encryption-in-the-uk.md) - Alice and Bill have identical Apple devices. Only one gets Apple’s strongest iCloud protection.
- [Vision Pro, Meet Touch Bar: Apple’s Problem With Finishing the Future](https://macanorak.com/vision-pro-meet-touch-bar.md) - Apple keeps building the future, then losing its nerve to finish it.
- [Apple’s AirPods Cameras Have a Problem No Technical Explanation Can Fix](https://macanorak.com/dont-worry-theyre-not-really-cameras.md) - Apple’s AirPods camera problem won’t just be the cameras.
- [Apple, Put Down the Screen and Bring Back the Live Keynote](https://macanorak.com/put-down-the-screen-apple.md) - Why I think Apple needs to get back on stage.
- [Macintoshes and Anoraks](https://macanorak.com/macintoshes-and-anoraks.md) - Under the hood of the MacAnorak name.

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