Something I've heard again and again in the new MacBook Pro reviews is something like: Apple actually made their device thicker, they never do that!I get the instint do say that, but I think it rang odd to me this time because I felt this was like the 10th
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From Robin Sloan's Notes on Web3: “Web3” that depends on Twitter for its marketing and coordination channel really deserve the name? You might say, “Oh, just wait; Web3 will make a Twitter of its own.” No, it won’t. Such a platform
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Recently the Podcasts app had a sub-2 star rating on the App Store. That seemed reasonable to many (I noted just 3 weeks ago that it had a 1.8-star rating), but some suggested that this was just because angry people took to the App Store to complain and that
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We tried Tesla's 'full self-driving.' Here's what happened - CNN What "full self-driving" could do well was impressive, but the experience was ultimately unnerving. I can't imagine using "full self-driving" regularly in a city. I noticed I was reluctant to ever look down at the Model 3's dashboard, such
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Yesterday Apple announced their Self Service Repair program, and I commented that I was waiting to see what others would think of this. 24 hours later and I’ve read all the takes I could find, and now I think I’ve come to my opinion on the matter. This
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From Brave's announcement post: Today, we launched the Brave Wallet, a crypto wallet built into the Brave desktop browser, enabling Brave users to store, manage, grow, and swap their crypto portfolio from a single wallet. Unlike most crypto wallets, the Brave Wallet does not require extensions; it’s browser-native, reducing
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Axios: Pressure from new publishing platforms has finally pushed newsrooms to create programs that give writers more pay, autonomy and flexibility. Those changes are attracting some independent writers back to traditional news companies.We had a whole wave of people leaving their jobs at major news sites and newspapers, and
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Nick Heer: In the latest build of Windows 11, Microsoft has blocked the methods used by EdgeDeflector and web browsers like Firefox. It is almost admirable how transparently anti-competitive Microsoft is being because, despite being the world’s most valuable company, it faces little scrutiny from regulators.In case you're
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Apple PR: “Creating greater access to Apple genuine parts gives our customers even more choice if a repair is needed,” said Jeff Williams, Apple’s chief operating officer. “In the past three years, Apple has nearly doubled the number of service locations with access to Apple genuine parts, tools, and
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YouTube announced they’re happy with the results of previous tests and are going to stop publicly showing dislike counts on videos: Based on what we learned, we’re moving forward with making the dislike count private across YouTube–this means that the dislike button is staying, but the number
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