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I Hope the AirPods Max Don’t Lose the Crown
AirPods Max 2 could feature touch controls instead of a Digital Crown
Touch controls on AirPods Max 2 could make
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The ’80S Are Back, Baby
The ’80s Are Back, Baby
VHS grain, airbrush art and officecore prop use is too widespread to list every occurrence,
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Why Denmark Is Done With COVID (for Now)
Why Denmark Is Done With COVID (For Now)
On Wednesday, Petersen and I talked about Denmark’s decision, how the
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You Don’t Want to be the Last to Buy In
Mapping the celebrity NFT complex
One reason the clip is so weird and funny is that it's not
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The EARN IT Act Is Back, and It’s More Dangerous Than Ever
The EARN IT Act Is Back, and It’s More Dangerous Than Ever
At first blush, that might sound like
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Don’t Like Joe Rogan on Spotify? Then Pay More for Music.
Don’t like Joe Rogan on Spotify? Then pay more for music.
The price of Netflix’s mid-tier subscription plan
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Where’s the Fun?
Charlie Warzel: Lessons From the Retro-Future of the Internet
So far, my experience with Web3 is different. A lot of
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What's Your Number?
From a Hacker News thread on Joe Rogan:
I don't really understand why anyone who claims to be
What Would an Apple Point-of-Sale Look Like? How Far Would Apple Go?
Filipe Espósito on 9to5Mac:
Square, one of the most popular payment platforms, offers products that turn iPhone and iPad into
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The Blessing and the Curse of Native Apps
Marco Arment in a Twitter thread:
Native apps can be FAR more creepy (always-on-in-background, cameras, mics, screen recording, etc.), especially
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Swift Desktop Wallpapers
I made these a few years ago, but I've updated them for modern resolutions, and that's
📖 Read some banned books! (Newsletter #101)
Hello and happy…Thursday? Listen, it's a busy week over here are Birchtree headquarters, and I got time
Owning Nothing, Selling Nothing, Making a Quick Buck
Musicians are furious at website HitPiece, which listed their music as NFTs without permission
Musicians have taken to Twitter today
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Mac Power Users with Austin Evans (podcast notes)
Listen here.
It's really remarkable to me the number of geeks I know that started with some form
On Contactless Payments Being Niche in the U.S.
I got a number of responses to my piece on Apple adding a "tap to pay" feature to
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Markets, Growth, and the Arts (The New Bazaare)
Listen to the episode here
Guest Tyler Cowen on the U.S. right’s opinion of popular culture today:
They
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⭐ It's Been a Hard Wordle Day (Newsletter #100)
Welcome to the 100th main issue of the newsletter! I don't really know how to celebrate, so let&
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Tap to Pay Comes to the iPhone
Apple (AAPL) to Let IPhones Accept Credit Cards Without Extra Hardware - Bloomberg
It’s unclear whether the payment acceptance