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+ Why I’m not an AI art doomer
Sora 2 has made creating realistic videos trivially easy. I don’t think this means art is dead.
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Apparently modern DVD releases are worse than they were 20 years ago
Not to steal Alec's thunder here, but apparently some of these TV show re-releases are using single-layer DVDs instead of dual-layer DVDs like their original releases, meaning they have less storage space, and meaning they have to be encoded at lower bitrates, ultimately meaning that the video quality is reduced.
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The sort of mother fucker who makes SlopTok
Hank Green on the new Sora 2 app:
If you are the kind of mother fucker who will create SlopTok, you are not the kind of mother fucker who should be in charge of OpenAI.
It's a great, short rant from Hank Green, and it 100% resonates with me. I think people who
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AirPods Pro 3 review
Let's get one thing out of the way right up front; I am not an audiophile when it comes to earbuds. I can't tell the difference between a pedestrian-quality MP3 and a lossless FLAC file. And when it comes to AirPods, I cannot tell you the difference in audio quality
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Apple Watch Ultra 3 review
We’re well past the era when year-over-year Apple Watch upgrades made any sense at all, and I’
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Thank you sir, can I have another?
Chris Cameron writing for The New York Times: Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps in Response to Trump Pressure Campaign
Apple has removed from its App Store several programs that alert users to sightings of immigration agents after Attorney General Pam Bondi demanded they be taken down.
Setting aside how this is a much more
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Battery test: does the C1X make the iPhone Air a battery champ?
As with all iPhone releases, battery tests began right away, with people trying to figure out how good the iPhone Air's battery performance was. Early results showed about what we'd expect, with the Air lagging behind the other phones, but not by a horrible amount.
Then this video crossed my feed
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+ Judging my iPhone and Apple Watch predictions for 2025
An early look at my predictions for 2025.
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What's next for the Vision Pro?
Here's a timeline of the Vision Pro:
* June 2023: Apple unveils the product
* February 2024: Apple ships the product
* RUMOR - the hardware will get a bump to the M5 processor in late-2025 to early-2026, with a cheaper "Vision Air" coming in 2027
* NEW RUMOR - The "Vision Air"
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Goodbye, the "good old days" of Game Pass
Microsoft is updating Game Pass again, most notably for many that the price of the Ultimate tier is increasing from $19.99/month to $29.99/month. The $9.99/month and $14.99/month tiers remain the same price, but get new names and the perks somehow change, but I'm not an
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You must at least respect the office
There was a thing I heard from some Republicans in my life during the first Trump administration, and it would always go something like, "you don't have to like the President's policies, but they deserve a base level of respect while in the office." After this, Biden took office
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+ Oh no, I'm already tired of Liquid Glass
How am I already eagerly awaiting for the next redesign?
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Yes, the 2x and 8x "lenses" on the iPhone 17 Pro are legit and you should use them
I wrote in my review of the iPhone 17 Pro that I've changed my opinion about how Apple
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iPhone 17 Pro Review
Last year I said smartphones were in their laptop era. This made sense at the time as the iPhone 16
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Boiling over, but with numbers
Quinnipiac has some new polling data out this week, so why not explore for some goodies?
In the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, 79 percent of voters say the United States is in a political crisis, while 18 percent say it is not, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack)
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With the folding iPhone be two Airs smashed together?
There has been no shortage of theorizing that the iPhone Air isn't so much a long term phone in the lineup, but a bit of a practice session for Apple to try out their new folding phone form factor in the wild before releasing the real thing next year. Who knows what'
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The subtle magic of the Apple Watch Ultra 3
By most measures, the Apple Watch Series 3 is a pretty minor update over the Ultra 2 (and even the Ultra 1). Here's what's new compared to the last model:
1. Emergency SOS via satellite
2. 5G vs LTE
3. S10 SoC vs S9
4. 17% more battery
5. Slightly faster
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I'm running to the press
It's amazing how easy it is to be driven mad by the App Store and app review. I recently released a new app that I'm really proud of called Quick Subtitles that lets you generate transcripts and subtitle files (great for podcasters and YouTubers). It's a lovely little tool,
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