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+ iPhone 16e review in progress: battery life
You can never do too much battery testing, but after a week with this phone I've got some impressions to share.
Matt Birchler
Watch me write a task manager in 30 minutes
A core tenet of A Better Computer is showing, not telling. I don’t use a lot of press kit
Comfort Zone
I'm Sick, I Have a Sickness
Niléane has entered her keyboard era, Chris has a consumer warning as well as a really good macropad, and then
Apple
I'm setting the bar too low
I've been a proponent of high-refresh rate displays for years now, and I think it's pretty
Members
+ iPhone 16e review in progress: photography
Here's a peek behind the scenes as I work on my iPhone 16e review.
Politics
Wow, what courage
Mia McCarthy writing for Politico: No More in-Person Town Halls, NRCC Chief Tells House Republicans
The chair of the House
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NVIDIA finally gets some competition
Tom Warren for The Verge: AMD Radeon RX 9070 / 9070 XT Review and Benchmarks
The RX 9070 is around 17
Apple
The releases keep on coming! New MacBook Air and Mac Studio
Man, the releases recently are coming in fast and furious, today with Apple announcing new MacBook Airs and Mac Studios.
Links
So much time and money for a minor vibe shift
Gary Marcus: Hot Take: GPT 4.5 Is a Nothing Burger
Half a trillion dollars later, there is still no
Apple
Apple’s new iPads are here, let’s break them down
Another day, another opportunity to rate my 2025 Apple predictions!
iPad
Here’s what I predicted would happen with the
The battle of the budget phones
Just days after I got my iPhone 16e, Apple’s (less) budget (than ever before) iPhone, Nothing is out here
Birchtree's new look
Oh, hello. Something's different around here, huh?
Yup, it's been a few years, and I decided
Members
+ Who cares about smartphone design?
Just how important is physical design in someone's smartphone buying decision? As with so many things, it depends who you ask.
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Is ChatGPT the next Dropbox or the next iPhone?
Ed Zitron on his Where's Your Ed At blog: There Is No AI Revolution
I kept coming back
Members
+ How I’m using AI tools in early 2025 (members post)
What am I actually using these LLMs for at the start of 2025? Quite a bit, actually.
Now I love Pedro Pascal even more
Seemingly lovely actor Pedro Pascal posted this photo to Instagram a few days ago (via Kottke):
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Who's using AI in the workplace?
Pew has a new report out where they talked to workers in the US and asked them how they were
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We do this same thing with AI bots and human blogs
Giles Thomas writing on his personal blog, which he’s been writing since 2006: It's Still Worth Blogging