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We are not ourselves on social media
Jason Toney: I Hate The Way We Talk Online
What I got instead were weirdly defensive or hostile replies that
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Validate those AI answers, people
Ana Maria Constantin: AI advice made people three times less accurate but twice as confident, researchers found
Researchers from three
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2026 is on pace for more than 1 million new app on the App Store. Just like 2016 all over again.
Kalley Huang: ‘Vibecoded’ Apps Are Flooding the App Store. Is That Good for Apple?
Last year, the number of new
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Quick Notes 3.0 is out now
Quick Notes 3.0 is rolling out now as a free upgrade for all users. This update includes three major
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Micro app 20: The Quick Subtitles CLI
Quick Subtitles is a great app for transcribing files on your Mac (and iPhone and iPad), and I use it
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Micro app 19: That Guy
I was at the theater this week seeing Minions and Monsters, and I had this feeling over and over, which