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This alert must die
I really thought that the screen recording notifications in macOS Sequoia would be the bane of my existence, but thankfully
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The tale of Narcissus
Ted Gioia: What's Happening to Students?
I’m dumbfounded when I hear ‘experts’ claim that phones are not the problem. Like tobacco companies—whose hired experts long denied the connection between smoking and cancer—they say that “correlation does not prove causation.”
But that’s just sophistry and spin.
Parents, for example, have
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I feel more empowered than ever
Bryan Irace: Tim, Don’t Kill My Vibe
Like it or not, LLMs—both through general chat interfaces and purpose-built developer tools—have meaningfully increased the rate at which new software can be produced. And they’ve done so both by making skilled developers more productive while also lowering the bar for less-experienced
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OS updates should respect my settings
Tim Hardwick writing for MacRumors: PSA: iOS 18.3.2 Re-Enables Apple Intelligence if You Turned It Off
With new iOS software updates, Apple has been automatically turning Apple Intelligence on again even for users who have disabled it, a decision that has become increasingly frustrating for those that don't want to
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The Gen Z-powered retro gaming revival
Eve Upton-Clark writing for Fast Company: ‘It’s Like Their Escape’: Retro Gaming Is Back Thanks to Gen Z
Low-tech holds nostalgic appeal and may even offer a solid antidote to our increasingly fast-paced tech-driven society. For 78% of those polled, one reason they enjoy using retro gadgets is because it
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Secretary of Defense put war plans in a group chat with a journalist
Jeffrey Goldberg with an insane story in The Atlantic: The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen.
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> I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that
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Meta has squandered Threads
Jon Passantino writing for Status: Hanging by a Thread
Now Threads feels rather lifeless. While users still post there, for many has become something of a second-tier platform—a place that they dump content out of habit, not because they’re having real conversations or finding meaningful engagement.
Anecdotal, of course, but nothing feels
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+ I’m a season 1 sorta guy
Yes, this is about Severance, but it's really about more than Severance.
Apple
A personal update on Apple TV+
When Apple TV+ launched just over 5 years ago, it’s fair to say I wasn’t a fan. I
Comfort Zone
You’re telling me I’m holding it wrong? Really!?!!
Darth Chris makes an appearance, Niléane has an exclusive first look at…checks notes… the iPhone 16 Pro, Matt insists
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What people do with an empty text box
Update: literally minutes after posting this, Anthropic added web search to Claude. This improves the situation for Claude, but other
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The base MacBook Air should have an M1 processor
Why oh why does the base MacBook Air that Apple sells have their latest generation chip, the M4? That's so overkill for the vast majority of people, and I'd bet that most of them wouldn't even notice the speed difference in their day-to-day tasks. Sure, maybe my
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The VR market shrunk yet again in 2024
Counterpoint Research: Global VR Market Declines 12% YoY in 2024; ‘AR+AI’ Smart Glasses to Take Centre Stage in 2025
Global VR headset shipments fell 12% YoY in 2024, marking their third consecutive year of declines due to the continued weak consumer demand.
This is actually brutal, 3 consecutive years of the VR market shrinking?
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Ghost gets ActivityPub into beta
Ghost: Social Web
We've got our social web integration for Ghost to a point where we're excited to have you try it out, but there's a lot of work still in progress and (as alluded to earlier) there are some significant rough edges.
I’m excited to see this
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The Pebble (which made me fall in love with smart watches) is back
Introducing Two New PebbleOS Watches!
We’re excited to announce two new smartwatches that run open source PebbleOS and are compatible with thousands of your beloved Pebble apps.
The original Pebble was my “a ha!” moment when I realized smart watches were the real deal, even in that rudimentary form. I’m bummed these new
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You don’t need AI to play old games on modern hardware
Fatima Kardar, Corporate Vice President, Gaming AI, at Microsoft: Empowering Creators and Players With Muse, a Generative AI Model for Gameplay
We’re excited to announce a generative AI breakthrough, published today in the journal Nature and announced by Microsoft Research, that shows this potential to open up new possibilities— including the opportunity to make
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🕹️ I strongly recommend Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (for the right person)
God damn, this game.
YouTube
My god, where did the YouTube suggestions go?
They’re back, baby!