No. 57: Hardware is back. Apple just handed the keys to an engineer.

from The Pattern · host Mike Litman

Culture Pulse: 74. Apple hands the keys to a hardware engineer. IKEA revives inflatables. Offline-only retailers are growing. The physical world is fighting back. #ThePattern Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-04-22.html

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