Birchtree's new look
Oh, hello. Something's different around here, huh?
Yup, it's been a few years, and I decided
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+ Who cares about smartphone design?
Just how important is physical design in someone's smartphone buying decision? As with so many things, it depends who you ask.
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Is ChatGPT the next Dropbox or the next iPhone?
Ed Zitron on his Where's Your Ed At blog: There Is No AI Revolution
I kept coming back
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+ How I’m using AI tools in early 2025 (members post)
What am I actually using these LLMs for at the start of 2025? Quite a bit, actually.
Now I love Pedro Pascal even more
Seemingly lovely actor Pedro Pascal posted this photo to Instagram a few days ago (via Kottke):
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Who's using AI in the workplace?
Pew has a new report out where they talked to workers in the US and asked them how they were
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We do this same thing with AI bots and human blogs
Giles Thomas writing on his personal blog, which he’s been writing since 2006: It's Still Worth Blogging
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Perplexity is making a web browser
Kyle Wiggers writing for TechCrunch: Perplexity Teases a Web Browser Called Comet
“Just like Perplexity reinvented search, we’re also
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Steam Deck sales numbers are in, and they’re not as spectacular as I’d hope (but I do still have hope)
Sean Hollister writing for The Verge: Three Years Later, the Steam Deck Has Dominated Handheld PC Gaming Shipments
Add it
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Worst headline of 2025 contender just dropped
Victor Tangermann writing for Yahoo Finance with the very enticing headline: Microsoft CEO Admits That AI Is Generating Basically No
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When friends act like enemies
Bert Hubert writing on his blog (normally in Dutch, but this one’s in English): It Is No Longer Safe
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Claude finally gets its “thinking” update
Anthropic released Claude 3.7 yesterday, and as a bit of a Claude stan myself, it’s fair to say
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🕹️ I casually recommend Steamworld Heist 2 (members post)
This game is definitely fun, and I enjoyed my time with it, but it didn't blow me away.
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“Trust me”
I’m not trying to send any hate at a random MacRumors forum commentor who I don’t know, so
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Your brain doesn’t want you to work out
Dean Burnett writing for Science Focus: Your Brain Is Hard-Wired to Avoid Exercise. Here's Why
So why, even
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Superhuman’s next big update looks very compelling
On the Superhuman blog: The Next Evolution of Superhuman AI 💖
Custom Auto Labels. Our built-in Auto Labels are great, but
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400 million people use OpenAI/ChatGPT every week
Kate Rooney for CNBC: OpenAI Tops 400 Million Users Despite DeepSeek’s Emergence
The San Francisco-based tech company had 400
On the new iPhone 16e
Today Apple unveiled the iPhone 16e, which they're calling a part of the iPhone 16 lineup now, rather