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What if Google just didn’t pay Apple?
David McCabe writing for the New York Times: Google Violated Antitrust Laws in Online Search, Judge Rules
The government argued
Matt Birchler
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The M1 MacBook Air still rips
Kev Quirk: Three Years With My M1 MacBook Air
Question is, will I upgrade? Well, no. Not any time soon
Shout out to the best way to make a cup of coffee
This is a simple appreciation post for the AeroPress coffee maker. If I want to make a single cup of
The Rings of Power comes back next month, and yes, it’s been good all the time
I’ve started rewatching The Rings of Power in preparation for the second season, and just 2 episodes in I’
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Fortnite is coming soon to AltStore
Epic Games in a press release today: Epic's New Game Strategy for Mobile Stores
In exciting news, we
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A good story doesn’t require homework
James Mangold, director of films like Logan, Ford v Ferrari, and Walk the Line, on the MCU-ification of most of
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The one way wired earbuds still beat AirPods
Brendon Bigley on his Wavelengths blog: EarPods Rule
I’m not about to wax poetic about all of the ways
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Severance was more expensive to produce than Game of Thrones
Lucas Shaw for Bloomberg: Apple Tries to Rein In Hollywood Spending After Years of Losses
All told, the cost of[
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AI didn’t do that, I just freaking killed it 💪 (members post)
This one is members-only largely because I don't want it to get too much reach, but it's a true story of how I did great work as a seasoned pro and some folks assumed I had to have used AI features to shortcut my way to the finish line. I'm happy to say it was all me.
Politics
Pent...up...demand
Steve Peoples for the Associated Press: Kamala Harris smashes fundraising record with stunning $81 million haul over 24 hours
Kamala
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How Puzzmo makes crosswords
Madison in the Puzzmo newsletter: 🃏 We're on the Path to a Trillion Dollars!
In this week’s newsletter,
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Biden is out (or, you thought you were going to get a weekend without major political news, didn’t you?)
The New York Times Editorial Board: Biden Made a Courageous Choice. Democrats Must Seize the Opportunity.
President Biden’s decision
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I’m glad iPhones are getting RCS
John Gruber on Daring Fireball: The AT&T Data Breach Shows Why RCS Can’t Be Trusted and the
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I am so back! (members post)
A few weeks ago I blew up my read-later workflow to see if I was actually using the right tool for the job. This week I’m back with a status report on where I’ve landed.
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College Football video games are back and they’re killing it already
Zack Zwiezen reporting on EA College Football 25 hitting over 700,000 concurrent players in its first 24 hours after
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Kevin Conroy’s final words as Batman
Willa Rowe on Kotaku: These Are Kevin Conroy's Final Words as Batman and They're Perfect
It’
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Social networks downranking links has been so destructive to the web (members post)
Why I think years and years of social networks downranking posts with links in them has done real damage to the open web.
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Yup, I’m a full-on eSIM fan now
Jeremy Burge: Why eSIM Is My New Best Friend
Alternative title: How and why to install an eSIM to save