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Welcome to Birchtree

I'm Matt Birchler, a designer, product manager, YouTuber, and developer who's been writing about tech since 2010.

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Sony is leaving physical games behind in 2028

Sony had a double-whammy of press releases yesterday. First, they announced that they were ditching physical game discs in
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A blown up iPhone, not the next Mac

Federico Viticci: Headless Macs and Hamstrung iPads In a funny twist of fate, Apple spent years trying to make iPadOS
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An update from the study that said devs were actually slower with coding agents

METR: We are Changing our Developer Productivity Experiment Design Based on conversations with study participants, we believe it is likely
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+ Why changing your productivity system is good, actually

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May 2026 was the worst sales month for Xbox consoles *ever*

Mat Piscatella: Hardware - PlayStation hardware unit sales fell to… PlayStation hardware unit sales fell to their lowest May total since
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Xbox prices jump again, and Microsoft warns they my again next year

Joe Skrebels on XBOX Wire, Micirosft's official Xbox (ahem…XBOX) blog (emphasis mine): Updated XBOX Console Prices Last
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Notion Mail is shutting down September 22

Notion on X: We’re winding down the Notion Mail inbox across web, desktop, and iOS on September 22. It&