In early June 2005, Steve Jobs emailed his friend Michael Hawley a draft of a speech he had agreed to deliver to Stanford University’s graduating class in a few days. “It’s embarrassing,” he wrote. “I ...

Two decades after Jobs gave his inspirational address on a sunny California day at Stanford, it lives on as one of the most compelling commencement speeches of all time (and one of the best Steve Jobs ...

You can now watch the speech in HD. You can now watch the speech in HD. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.

In June 2025, a claim that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs delivered a deathbed speech about the meaninglessness of wealth and material possessions resurfaced on social media. For example, one Facebook ...

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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs left behind a deathbed speech about how wealth and material possessions were "meaningless." Rating: False (About this rating?) In June 2025, a claim that Apple co-founder ...