Apple's week January 10: CES, Chase, & reorganization
CES was a borefest filled with AI slop and Apple-adjacent home and iPhone accessories, so I won't waste anyone's time recapping that. It's been a tough week full of difficult news, so I want to look forward to my plans for 2026 and my yearly theme: reorganization.
But first: RIP Renee Good. Fuck ICE.
Here's the news for the week:
- DHS is lying to you
- Mooncool e-bike review
- Samsung's crease-proof folding display
- Weird CES stuff
- Don't give ChatGPT your health data
- JPMorgan Chase takes over issuing Apple Card
Quick tech thoughts
My mind is elsewhere, and I've been beating these dead horses for months, so I'll make this fast.
First, seeing Samsung's "crease-proof" display at CES makes me think we're years away from that technology actually releasing. CES is a proverbial graveyard where almost everything you see revealed there will inevitably be delayed or compromised by release (unless you're one of those rare companies showing off a shipping product).
We're well into January, and we've yet to hear about the fall iPhone lineup being finalized. Those reports come in usually by February, so if the iPhone Fold is coming, we should be hearing about production prep soon.
This shouldn't need repeating, but don't give ChatGPT your Apple Health data. It's wild to me how quickly this news has turned into "Apple is letting ChatGPT get user health data" or some variation of that. Long story short, this is just ChatGPT taking advantage of existing APIs, not an official Apple integration.
If you're dying to get your health data into an LLM, give it a few weeks. Apple's new Apple Intelligence release is bound to have health features, and there's a rumored Health+.
I'll have more thoughts about the Chase takeover of Apple Card, but for now, I'll say I'm happy we'll finally have some other issuer. I think every complaint about Apple Card can be traced back to Goldman Sachs being unhappy with the consumer credit card business.
Expect once Chase truly takes over, we'll see a more feature-rich and rewarding Apple Card. Also, it'll definitely finally see a global launch.
Reorganization
If you listened to AppleInsider+ over the holiday, you would have heard me discuss my yearly theme of reorganization. For those not familiar with the Cortex podcast, a yearly theme is different from a resolution. Instead of saying I'd like to lose 20 pounds, I'd say something like I want to focus on my health for the year. It's meant to be more of a guiding light that endures through the year rather than a specific target.
For 2026, I've decided that my theme is reorganization. It's wide-reaching as I want to apply it to my life, my home, my technology, and even my job. We're planning on moving, which is a big life reorganization on its own, but I'm also thinking more deliberately about every facet of my home and how we live in it.
If anyone would like a more specific blog post or portion of this website to be dedicated to my home inventory and decisions I've made around home supplies, inventory, budgeting, etc., let me know. I wouldn't mind building out a home-focused page. I started going into detail here and realized it's not the place for it, so make it known if that's something I should publish.
We're only 10 days into the year, and I'm excited for all the ways I can work to make the little things in my life a little better. Replace those old scissors, back stock the non-perishables, make my technology work better for me – it'll be an interesting year.
I've not abandoned my previous year's theme since an injury made it hard to keep up with workouts. I lost 20 pounds and was in increasingly good shape and health, but then my knee did something crazy, and I had to go through physical therapy and everything. All is good now, but it took time to recover, so I want to get back to using Fitness+ daily.
Even as bad as things are in the world, what will get us through is the little things. Enjoy your books, video games, hobbies, and folding laundry. The most mundane parts of our life are a reminder that we're alive, and as long as we're here, fascism will not win. Evil will not win.
It cannot.
