Continuity Camera is so freaking cool, I wish it fit better into my work
About a week ago, I switched on my Canon R6 and went to record something on video. I have the
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The M4 iPad Air: an update so small, the Bluetooth version gets a shout out
In addition to the new iPhone 17e, Apple also announced a new iPad Air, now powered by the M4 processor.
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The iPhone 17e
Last year I was among the more positive people about the iPhone 16e. I spent a couple weeks using it
Announcing Weave, a native iOS app for Typefully
I'm happy to announce the release of my new app, Weave. As is often the case with my
Why killing iPadOS isn't what you think it is
In the second episode of the A Better Computer podcast, I talk more about how I think "killing iPadOS&
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Micro app 11: JXR to JPG converter
Resident Evil Requiem came out this past week, and I was very excited to start playing it. It genuinely might
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+ Tim Cook's "refrigerator-toaster combo" quote is irrelevant today, stop using it
In fact, making the Mac a refrigerator-toaster combo would reduce the number of things it's able to do.
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Daft Punk & Stevie Wonder & Pharrell & Nile Rogers get lucky
I don't have anything to say other than you're welcome for finding the best 5 minutes of YouTube you'll see today.
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Anthropic does the bare minimum, but these days that's impressive
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War
The Department of War has stated they will only contract with AI companies who accede to “any lawful use” and remove safeguards in the cases mentioned above. They have threatened to remove us from their systems if we maintain
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Blender for the iPad is on hold (it was also keyboard+mouse first, not touch first)
In a GitHub comment back in January, Blender's Dalai Felinto gave this update on the Blender for iPad project:
FYI I just updated the task description to mention that this project is on hold.
[…] we are putting this project on hold for now. The team will instead focus on the Android tablets first
Soon, everything will be an iPad
Over the weekend, my Apple will kill iPadOS article caused some feelings, to say the least. The post title was meant to catch eyes, and it did, but I also think that it brought people into the article with the wrong energy. They were ready to fight, and read my (admittedly hastily written) post ready
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Block is making more profit than ever, so they're firing 40% of their employees
Jack Dorsey on Twitter: we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company.
we're not making this decision because we're in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving.
Apparently also
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Drive to Survive is coming to Apple TV tonight
Chance Miller: New ‘F1: Drive to Survive’ season is coming to Apple TV
Ahead of the first F1 Grand Prix next week, Apple has announced a new partnership with Netflix in the US. Through this deal, Apple will make the entire new season (season eight) of Formula 1: Drive to Survive available on Apple TV.
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The whole draw of the Mac is that it can do whatever you want it to do
Wesley Hilliard has a new post out which is a bit of a retort to my opinion on touch Macs and iPads: Apple could enter its toaster-fridge era with touchscreen MacBooks
It's not that I think it's a bad idea, it's just an odd one. macOS was not
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In blind test, gamers think DLSS looks better than native rendering
Hassam Nasir: Nearly half of PC gamers prefer DLSS 4.5 over AMD's FSR and even native rendering (emphasis mine)
German outlet ComputerBase has conducted a blind test comparing the image quality of six games across different rendering techniques. The main showdown was between Nvidia's latest DLSS 4.5 and AMD&
Seeing growth on YouTube
I love Rory Alexander's YouYube channel. He streams Gran Turismo for a living and posts a video or two per week that I always enjoy. On my YouTube home feed today I saw this video from 3 years ago:
What I find striking about it is how much different it is from his
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Shocker: Apple will update macOS UI to make touch a good experience 😉
Juli Clover reporting on Mark Gurman’s latest report: Touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro Coming in 2026 With Dynamic Island and Redesigned macOS Controls
Apple is updating macOS to make it more touch friendly. Users will be able to tap or click on-screen elements, and controls will change based on input method. If a user
A Better Computer, the Podcast
Today I'm doing something a bit spontaneous, I'm launching a podcast! It's called A