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You stay away from my F1 TV!
Dominic-Madori Davis writing for TechCrunch:
Formula 1 could have a new U.S. streaming service home soon. Apple is in talks to purchase the rights as it looks to further invest in live sports
As long as I don't lose access to F1 TV, which is far and away the best sports
Apple
Liquid glass, now with frosted tips
As many now have commented on, today's OS 26 betas tone down the liquid glass effect quite a bit on many elements in the operating system, and I've collected a few that stand out to me.
Ignore any subtle size differences. The beta 2 screenshots are from an iPhone 16 Pro
My F1 movie review
Three of my main entertainment categories are Formula 1 racing, movies, and Apple, and the new F1 movie happen to
macOS still isn't as small as you think
2 years ago I wrote a piece about how the macOS UI isn't as small as you think
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Social media amplifies unpopular opinions
A couple weeks ago I linked to a conversation that discussed how social media services can make us think that everything is a 50/50 issue. It also gives us the impression that the angriest, mots extreme voices represent everyone on either side of every issue. This week, Hank Green talked about a graph that
How to find a good quote for a bad movie
I was watching the Apple TV ads scrolling by on my Apple TV today and I saw Fountain of Youth come up with a quote that made me raise an eyebrow. Apparently Collider called it, "The adventure movie we've been clamoring for".
It's not necessarily a crazy statement, but
Politics
Redistribution of wealth via healthcare
Not-my-favorite-guy-in-the-world Matt Yglesias talking about what Republicans actually mean when they talk about cutting Medicaid:
I think you could see there’s a mismatch in the way Mike Johnson characterizes this. He talks about: We’ve got all these able-bodied young men who are sitting on the couch
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What Microsoft thinks about games
SkillUp discussing the Microsoft layoffs I wrote about as well:
I'm particularly sensitive to this topic because the closure of Tango Gameworks last year, honest to God, fucking radicalized me when it happened. It tore a massive gaping wound in Xbox's credibility as a publisher and it became borderline impossible to
Liquid glass one month later
I've been using all of the "26" Apple operating system betas for about a month now,
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+ The endless era of deciding what we want to be human
What do we do when technology lets us offload human work?
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What is going on at Xbox Game Studios?
Microsoft is laying off over 9,000 people, including some entire game studios they have acquired. These studios were making interesting games with some buzz, including the new Perfect Dark game that had a prime slot just last year in Microsoft's game showcases. This of course comes less than a year after closing
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+ Just the best-o-masto
What if you could just get the best of your Mastodon feed without scrolling forever?
Apple
In defense of the already-killed Tahoe beta 1 Finder icon
I’m old enough to remember when people in the Apple enthusiast crowd were disgusted by the new Finder icon.
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If you haven't played Monument Valley 3 on an iPad yet, do it now before it's gone
Ash Parrish: Netflix is letting go of some of its best indie games | The Verge
Several titles like Braid, Katana
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+ The other perspective
Not everyone liked that Sarah McBride interview I linked to last week, so let's get into the other perspective.
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You are the bowling ball
Corridor Digital with another "we don't think anyone's ever gotten this shot before, so we're going to try and get it" video, and it's amazing.
The reason I want a touch screen Mac, in short
There are Windows users out there who prefer or need Windows to do what they do with a computer, but they really like the look of Mac hardware. They like the speed, the reliability, the design, the battery life…they just can't get what they need software-wise, so they find a Windows