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My favorite M5 iPad Pro review
Riley Hill is one of my favorite writers focused on the iPad, and he just reviewed the new M5 iPad Pro on his SlatePad blog. It's absolutely worth a read, but as a lapsed iPad fanatic myself, I couldn't resist remarking on a couple things.
Alongside high refresh rate support comes
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+ Text files are eternal
Some simple adoration for the greatest file format of all time.
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Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads after the hype
Casey Newton: The Bluesky Exodus, One Year Later
Bluesky's ingenuity in reimagining feeds and moderation tools has been a boon to social networks, which have happily adopted some of its best ideas. (You can now find "starter packs" on both Threads and Mastodon.) Ultimately, though, it has the same shape and
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+ 5 GTA games in 12 years, then 13 years to wait for the next one
The major game studios release one game every five to ten years at this point, when they used to release absolute classics every one or two years. I do not like this trend.
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If the KKK loves what you're saying, you might be the baddies
John Ganz writing in 2023: The Preppie in Decline
His father, Don Black, was a Klan wizard and the founder of the website Stormfront. Here’s what he told me: “From the perspective of my family, he’s making the same points they’ve been trying to make their entire lives, but much better; he’
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0Password
Evan Sandhu on the 1Password blog: A Simpler, Faster Way to Unlock 1Password
The new unlock with device setting lets 1Password open right alongside your Mac or PC. It unlocks as soon as you pass your device's own lock screen using a secure authentication method, whether that's Face ID, Touch ID,
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I just won’t buy one
John Voorhees writing for MacStories: Apple and ISSEY MIYAKE Introduce a Limited-Edition iPhone Pocket
The iPhone Pocket will be available starting Friday, November 14, for $149.95 for the short strap version and $229.95 for the long strap version from Apple’s online store and ten retail stores worldwide
The impression I’ve
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Leveling up the "spend more to get less" iPhone
Juli Clover writing for MacRumors, linking to a post on The Information: iPhone Air Sales Are So Bad That Apple's Delaying the Next-Generation Version
Apple initially planned to release a new iPhone Air in fall 2026, but now that's not going to happen.
Now that The Information is reporting on
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+ The enshitification cycle keeps going
It's not a question of if, it's a question of when.
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Another example of babying your phone for minimal advantage
The findings were basically that after 500 charge cycles, the slow-charged iPhones dropped 11.8% in battery capacity, while the fast-charged iPhones dropped 12.3%.
I think a lot of people still see their phones as dumb PC terminals from 1995. "If an app isn't "closed" then it&
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How do you review a product that you don’t find useful?
Here's a quote from a post on Reddit. I'm not linking to it because this could be seen as punching down, and I really don't mean it that way. I’m sure you could Google for it if you want to see the whole post.
Here is why and
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LLM memory: either the best or worst thing about chatbots
This video brings up some salient points on the security concerns of using a browser that has an agent capable of doing things. New technology tends to bring new security concerns that need to be tackled, and prompt injection is undoubtedly one we have for LLMs.
One thing I found really interesting in his complaints
Quick Subtitles is FINALLY on the Mac!
I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw this notification pop up on my phone this evening.
After nearly
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The App Store is now on the web
John Voorhees: Apple Recreated the App Store on the Web With No Way to Download or Buy Apps
An even bigger difference from the native App Stores is that you can’t buy anything on the web. That’s right: there’s no way to log into your Apple account to download or buy anything.
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iOS 26 gets another glass slider
Joe Rossignol for MacRumors: iOS 26.2 Lock Screen Gets Liquid Glass Slider
When you select the "Glass" option, you can use the new slider to make the time look almost entirely clear, or give it a more frosted, solid look.
Honestly, it's a nice change, and it makes a lot
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An absolute drubbing
Last night was an absolute drubbing for conservative politics across America, and I couldn't be happier about it. Zohran Mamdani demolished Andrew Cuomo for the second time this year, and will be the next mayor of New York City.
And California's Prop. 50 passed with an overwhelming majority, nearly 2-to-
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Apple TV's new sound
I gotta be honest, I'm bummed they aren't referencing the classic Mac boot sound anymore.
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+ Browser agent modes are fucking stupid
I have had it with these monkey-fighting agent modes on this Monday-to-Friday plane.
