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I Don’t Understand These Rumors
Filipe Espósito: Exclusive: ‘Mac Studio’ is coming - is it the pro Mac mini or mini Mac Pro?
Although the name “Mac Studio” may change, it represents a new category between Mac mini and Mac Pro aimed at professional users. The brand also matches the “Apple Studio Display” that the company has been working on, which
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Things Change
Katelyn Jetelina writing for Your Local Epidemiologist:
But lack of risk communication isn’t because of bureaucratic timidity. It’s because risk is multidimensional, complicated to quantify, and even more difficult to communicate. This is especially true with infectious diseases, as risk changes with time and varies across different people, and individual-level risk needs
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Browser-Makers Working Together? It's a Beautiful Thing.
From the Web.dev blog:
For the first time ever, all major browser vendors, and other stakeholders, have come together to solve the top browsers compatibility issues identified by web developers. Interop 2022 will improve the experience of developing for the web in 15 key areas. In this article, find out how we got here,
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I’m Not Even a Fan, but This Ain’t It, Chief
Molly White: Far-right social network Parler launches an NFT platform where you have to pay with credit cards
On March 1, the far-right social network Parler announced their "CryptoTrump" NFTs.
Well that’s obnoxious, but what warrants the link?
Although Parler's press release contains a lot of their usual
👨💻 My Name is The Matrix! (Newsletter #105)
Heaven-o, friends!
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* Almost Pong is like Pong and Flappy Bird had a baby
* This is the most agonizing couple minutes of Wheel of Fortune
* In 1997 a town in Texas tried to replace "hello" with "heaven-o" because of, you know, the devil 😈
* Next Slide Please tries to
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Hopefully my Last Post About Truth Social
As expected, Truth Social has dropped significantly in App Store rank and media buzz since its launch, but what I did not expect was a pretty fundamental problem reported by Axios (emphasis mine):
The former president is Truth Social's founder and chairman, so he obviously bears some responsibility for putting together the team
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N64 Games Look Stunning with High-Res Textures
Credit to Federico Viticci for pointing me to Henriko Magnifico who creates HD texture packs for a bunch of old
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Nobody Cares Until Apple Does It
Monica Chin: AirTags are dangerous - here’s how Apple could fix them
But it’s also true that AirTags don’t exist in a vacuum. The item tracker market is filled with competitors — many of which lack the anti-abuse safeguards that AirTags have. In this investigation, we set out to identify two things: the
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An Unusually Unified Front
Casey Newton in today’s Platformer issue:
The United States played a critical role in damaging Putin’s credibility before the war even began. US intelligence agencies understood that an invasion was coming, the Biden administration shared that information publicly, and in doing so removed both Putin’s ability to launch a surprise attack and
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Jim Dalrymple is Retiring
Jim Dalrymple: I am retiring
This is the most difficult, but at the same time, the most exciting story I have ever written. After almost 30 years of reporting on Apple, I am retiring. I guess the biggest question is what happens to The Loop. Daily posts will stop, but the site will remain online,
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I’ve Done a Full 180 on Hole-Punch Displays
Chance Miller: Leaked schematic image claims to show true size of iPhone 14 'notch + pill' cutout design
A newly leaked schematic posted to Weibo claims to offer a more precise look at this design change, showing the true size of that hole + pill design.
I can’t find the first time I said
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People Keep Asking for This, but That Doesn’t Mean we Should do It
Chance Miller: Instagram exec says there aren't enough iPad users to justify making a dedicated app
Mosseri’s answer pretty much contradicts itself. He tries to claim that there aren’t enough iPad users to warrant making a dedicated Instagram app, while simultaneously saying that Instagram gets this request a lot. Mosseri seemingly
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Smudging My XDR Display
Mark Gurman: Imagine a $199 iPhone
The company could go with a foldable 20-inch screen attached to a physical keyboard or just have one side of the display serving as a virtual keyboard. I’m told Apple has indeed been exploring a dual-screen, foldable MacBook/iPad hybrid that would take the second approach.
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Good Lord
Davey Alba: ‘I’ll Stand on the Side of Russia’: Pro-Putin Sentiment Spreads Online
The online conversations reflect how pro-Russia sentiment has increasingly penetrated Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, right-wing podcasts, messaging apps like Telegram and some conservative media. As Russia attacked Ukraine this week, those views spread, infusing the online discourse over the
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The New Normal
New Harris polling shows some pretty striking numbers:
* 55% of Americans think it's time to start lifting indoor mask mandates
* 70% of Americans will continue to mask up if they think people around them are unvaccinated
* 71% of Americans think Covid-19 is a part of life now
Add to this some good
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🌈 F1 Rainbow Road is My Vibe Shift (Newsletter #104)
Happy Friday! I kinda feel like I need to take the month of March off or work because there are too many games coming out right now! Last week was Horizon: Forbidden West, today is Elden Ring, next week is Gran Turismo 7, and a few weeks after that is GhostWire: Tokyo. Just…what?! If
