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Sebastiaan de With

@sdw
297 posts –
2026-09-17
A deep look into Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography https://security.apple.com/...
2026-09-17 View on X
The Verge

iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max review: manual camera exposure controls and image quality improvements, but $100 more than the 17 Pro and expensive storage tiers

Last week, Apple announced an iPhone unlike any it has made in the past.  An iPhone that has seemingly already led several …

A deep look into Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography https://security.apple.com/...
2026-09-17 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple publishes a technical breakdown of the architecture for the iPhone 18 Pro's Reference Image camera mode; the chain of trust begins during manufacturing

security.apple.com/blog/apple- r...@cachiporra:holy fucking shit they might have done it - fully anonymous, the sensor has its own key, the sensor/phone pairing is verifiable, it's...

2026-09-16
A deep look into Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography https://security.apple.com/...
2026-09-16 View on X
The Verge

iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max review: manual camera exposure controls and image quality improvements, but $100 more than the 17 Pro and expensive storage tiers

Last week, Apple announced an iPhone unlike any it has made in the past.  An iPhone that has seemingly already led several …

A deep look into Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography https://security.apple.com/...
2026-09-16 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple publishes a technical breakdown of the architecture for the iPhone 18 Pro's Reference Image camera mode; the chain of trust begins during manufacturing

A new post on Apple's Security Research blog details the fascinating tech, architecture, and thinking behind the iPhone 18 Pro's new Reference Image camera mode.

2026-06-26
So saddened to hear of the passing of @om. He was a true creative force, a wonderful friend and beautiful mind. [image]
2026-06-26 View on X
On my Om

Om Malik, a longtime technology writer, the founder of Gigaom, and a partner at True Ventures, died on Wednesday at 59

Om Malik passed away on June 24, 2026, at Stanford Hospital after a long health journey with his heart.  He was surrounded by family and friends.

2026-03-04
I vividly remember getting my first MacBook and how much it inspired me to become a designer. Really cool to think about how many people who will get to know the Mac with MacBook Neo!
2026-03-04 View on X
Tom's Hardware

Apple unveils the $599+ MacBook Neo, with a 13-inch Liquid Retina display, an A18 Pro chip, side-firing speakers, a 1080p webcam, two USB-C ports, and Touch ID

Apple debuts a new entry-level MacBook at just the right time  —  Apple finally took the wraps off its long-rumored budget laptop.

I vividly remember getting my first MacBook and how much it inspired me to become a designer. Really cool to think about how many people who will get to know the Mac with MacBook Neo!
2026-03-04 View on X
Engadget

MacBook Neo hands-on: it doesn't feel budget, with an aluminum body and weighing 2.7 lbs like the Air, but it has a flimsy keyboard and no option above 8GB RAM

Devindra Hardawar /Engadget:

2026-01-29
Some big personal news: I've joined the Design Team at Apple. So excited to work with the very best team in the world on my favorite products. ✌️ [image]
2026-01-29 View on X
9to5Mac

Sebastiaan de With, co-founder of iPhone camera app Halide and who previously freelanced for Apple, says he has joined Apple's Human Interface Design team

Halide and Lux co-founder and designer Sebastiaan de With announced today that he is joining Apple's human interface design team.

Some big personal news: I've joined the Design Team at Apple.  —  So excited to work with the very best team in the world on my favorite products.  ✌️ [image]
2026-01-29 View on X
9to5Mac

Sebastiaan de With, co-founder of iPhone camera app Halide and who previously freelanced for Apple, says he has joined Apple's Human Interface Design team

Halide and Lux co-founder and designer Sebastiaan de With announced today that he is joining Apple's human interface design team.

2025-12-04
this post by Alan Dye on instagram seems almost designed to offend. The horrible “Create Mode” typesetting. Using a Steve Jobs quote to refer to going to Meta. Yikes [image]
2025-12-04 View on X
Bloomberg

Apple confirms that VP of Human Interface Design Alan Dye is leaving the company to join Meta; Tim Cook says Apple UI Designer Stephen Lemay will replace Dye

Meta Platforms Inc. has poached Apple Inc.'s most prominent design executive in a major coup that underscores a push …

this post by Alan Dye on instagram seems almost designed to offend. The horrible “Create Mode” typesetting. Using a Steve Jobs quote to refer to going to Meta. Yikes [image]
2025-12-04 View on X
Daring Fireball

Apple replacing Alan Dye with career designer Stephen Lemay may fix Jony Ive's mistake of putting Dye, who has a brand and ad background, in charge of UI design

In my post earlier today on the then-breaking news that Alan Dye has left Apple to join Meta as chief design officer (a new title at the company 1), I wrote:

2025-11-26
The only meaningful distinguishing quality in AI right now as models become a commodity is being better at making new / great interfaces. The OpenAI team is very good at this:
2025-11-26 View on X
9to5Mac

OpenAI merges ChatGPT's voice mode directly into the main text chat interface by default; users can still switch back to the original, separate voice mode

here's how Aman Kumar / PhoneArena : OpenAI has finally addressed a major problem with ChatGPT's voice mode feature NDTV Profit : ChatGPT Voice Now Built Into Main Interface: What'...

2025-10-15
New M5 iPad Pro camera seemingly still does not do Apple Log or ProRAW. Understandable but kind of a bummer. [image]
2025-10-15 View on X
Apple

Apple debuts its M5 chip, with a 10-core GPU, a Neural Accelerator in each core, offering 4x+ the performance of M4, and a 10-core CPU with six efficiency cores

M5 delivers over 4x the peak GPU compute performance for AI compared to M4, featuring a next-generation GPU with a Neural Accelerator …

2025-09-26
@alexandr_wang should've called it Trough, the kind pigs eat their slop out of
2025-09-26 View on X
Reuters

Meta rolls out Vibes, a platform where users can create and share short-form, AI-generated videos, in the Meta AI app and on the meta.ai website

Meta Platforms (META.O) launched a new feed of AI videos, called Vibes, as the social media giant looks to fast-track work on artificial intelligence technology.

2025-09-11
I think I might have to do... two camera reviews this year [Pictures of iPhone Air camera plateau and iPhone 17 Pro]
2025-09-11 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Interviews with Tim Cook, Apple VP of Industrial Design Molly Anderson, and others about iPhone Air design choices, cross-body straps, the iPhone Pro, and more

As Apple releases its lightest, leanest iPhone ever, the company explains the thinking behind its ultra-slim design, which has buyers deciding between capacity and chic

2025-09-10
iPhone 17s get a square, doubled-size front-facing camera sensor. Makes a ton of sense, and will get a ton of use. [image]
2025-09-10 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple announces the $799+ iPhone 17, featuring an A19 chip, a larger 6.3" display and 120Hz ProMotion support, improved brightness of up to 3,000 nits, and more

release date, price, specs, colors and all the upgrades Taras Buria / Neowin : iPhone 17 finally gets ProMotion, larger display with always-on support, new cameras, more Moneycontr...

iPhone 17 Pro is going to be a camera beast. ProRes RAW, 48MP cameras all around, overhauled processing pipeline for digital zoom, vapor chamber cooling for extended shooting. Can't wait to try this thing out. [image]
2025-09-10 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple unveils iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, with an aluminum unibody design, vapor chamber thermal management, Ceramic Shield 2 glass, and three 48MP rear cameras

in hindsight — unwise move to titanium with the iPhone 15 Pro and fixing the overheating issues of the past two models. Marques Brownlee / @mkbhd : No black pro phone is killing me...

No black color for the iPhone 17 Pro. Black phone people in shambles [image]
2025-09-10 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple unveils iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, with an aluminum unibody design, vapor chamber thermal management, Ceramic Shield 2 glass, and three 48MP rear cameras

in hindsight — unwise move to titanium with the iPhone 15 Pro and fixing the overheating issues of the past two models. Marques Brownlee / @mkbhd : No black pro phone is killing me...

No other company has mastered camera transitions that are this smooth. Super impressive considering it is switching between 3 cameras.
2025-09-10 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple unveils iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, with an aluminum unibody design, vapor chamber thermal management, Ceramic Shield 2 glass, and three 48MP rear cameras

in hindsight — unwise move to titanium with the iPhone 15 Pro and fixing the overheating issues of the past two models. Marques Brownlee / @mkbhd : No black pro phone is killing me...

I did not expect the iPhone Air to be so shiny. Looks gorgeous. Having the ‘nicest iPhone’ not necessarily be the ‘Pro’ lets Apple make the Pro more focused on big cameras, battery life, etc. — a great choice. Gonna be hard to pick one over the other. [image]
2025-09-10 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple announces the iPhone Air, with eSIM-only worldwide, a 5.6mm design, an A19 Pro chip, an N1 chip for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and a Center Stage front camera

a great choice. Gonna be hard to pick one over the other. [image] @ijustine : New iPhone 17 Air is soooo thin, wow.  Feels like the first MacBook Air announcement.. #AppleEvent ......