Apple
How do you review a product that you don’t find useful?
Here's a quote from a post on Reddit. I'm not linking to it because this could be seen as punching down, and I really don't mean it that way. I’m sure you could Google for it if you want to see the whole post.
Here is why and
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LLM memory: either the best or worst thing about chatbots
This video brings up some salient points on the security concerns of using a browser that has an agent capable of doing things. New technology tends to bring new security concerns that need to be tackled, and prompt injection is undoubtedly one we have for LLMs.
One thing I found really interesting in his complaints
Quick Subtitles is FINALLY on the Mac!
I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw this notification pop up on my phone this evening.
After nearly
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The App Store is now on the web
John Voorhees: Apple Recreated the App Store on the Web With No Way to Download or Buy Apps
An even bigger difference from the native App Stores is that you can’t buy anything on the web. That’s right: there’s no way to log into your Apple account to download or buy anything.
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iOS 26 gets another glass slider
Joe Rossignol for MacRumors: iOS 26.2 Lock Screen Gets Liquid Glass Slider
When you select the "Glass" option, you can use the new slider to make the time look almost entirely clear, or give it a more frosted, solid look.
Honestly, it's a nice change, and it makes a lot
Politics
An absolute drubbing
Last night was an absolute drubbing for conservative politics across America, and I couldn't be happier about it. Zohran Mamdani demolished Andrew Cuomo for the second time this year, and will be the next mayor of New York City.
And California's Prop. 50 passed with an overwhelming majority, nearly 2-to-
Apple
Apple TV's new sound
I gotta be honest, I'm bummed they aren't referencing the classic Mac boot sound anymore.
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+ Browser agent modes are fucking stupid
I have had it with these monkey-fighting agent modes on this Monday-to-Friday plane.
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+ The only thing of value I can provide
There is one main type of value I can bring to this blog. If I lose that, what am I even doing?
Apple
My iPhone Air secret
I have a confession to make. A few weeks ago, I published my iPhone Air review and in it, I declared that the iPhone 17 Pro was the better phone for me. My plan was simple: finish the review, move my eSIM back to the 17 Pro, and carry on with my life.
Except I
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All of Trump sheep's least favorite things happened when Trump was President
Tim Cushing: Trump Continues to Attack Biden for All the Stuff Trump Officials Did While Trump Was Still President
If there was anyone with any spine, honesty, or morality in the Trump administration, these astounding gaffes would have been headed off. But there’s no one left with any of these traits in the White
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Basically every PC game works on Linux
This post came across my radar, which shows Windows game support on Linux is at a new all-time high.
You can see that the area in red has been constantly shrinking, at a steady pace, and this past month is no exception with this category getting very close to just 10%. This means that
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Pixelmator update when?
Joe Rosensteel: Creative Neglect: What About the Apps in Apple?
While the acquisition was announced almost a year ago in
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When you put your brand's mascot on the enemy's platform
Back in February 2024, Xbox held a short podcast where they reacted directly to swirling rumors about Xbox exclusive titles
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Coding is not software engineering
Matias Heikkilä: AI Can Code, but It Can't Build Software
Coding, however, is not what most people are getting paid for. Building a production-ready app is not coding, it’s software engineering.
Absolutely true. I've said a few times that the software development work I do now looks a hell
You can’t just trust everything you read…
This morning I’m watching Candyman from 1992 and there’s a joke about how you can’t just trust everything you read in the newspaper.
I grew up in the 2000s and was keenly aware that you couldn’t just trust everything you read online.
It’s 2025 and people say you can’t
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Reddit sues Perplexity, but maybe Reddit are the baddies?
Mike Masnick: Reddit’s ‘AI Scraping’ Lawsuit Is an Attack on the Open Internet
Even if you love Reddit and hate AI, you should be worried about this lawsuit. If it succeeds, it would fundamentally close off most of the open internet.
And:
If that’s the case, then… you don’t believe in an
When speeds and feeds don't matter
Here's a clip from a post on Reddit. I'm not linking to it because this could
