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Apple will let US merchants link to payments on the web, but Apple will still take their cut
You should read Chance Miller’s whole article on 9to5Mac, but I wanted to share my immediate thoughts after seeing
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News app Artifact is shutting down next month
Kevin Systrom: Shutting Down Artifact
We have built something that a core group of users love, but we have concluded
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Probably my last Substack post for a while (Platformer joins the Ghost club)
Casey Newton: Why Platformer Is Leaving Substack
After much consideration, we have decided to move Platformer off of Substack. Over
Getting in my own way
It felt really good to post 2 videos this week on A Better Computer. The first was a planned video
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I don’t have strong opinions about a product I haven’t used
Joe Rossignol for MacRumors: iPhone Was Missing These 10 Essential Features When Unveiled in 2007
Today marks the 17th anniversary
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Who’s ready for Walmart to decide what food you buy?
David Pierce for The Verge: Walmart’s AI Search Makes Shopping Faster, and Its AI Delivery Makes It Invisible
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Substack wants to have its cake and eat it too
Casey Newton: Substack Says It Will Remove Nazi Publications From the Platform
over the past couple years Substack has come
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How we can maybe explain the rumored upcoming very expensive iPads
Tim Hardwick: OLED iPad Pro Prices to Start From $1,500, Rising to as Much as $2,000
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The (likely) demise of Quick BIN Lookup
Back in 2016 I was working in a support role at a payments company and found myself regularly using a
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When am I going to retire Birchtree?
Here’s an uncomfortable question: when do I stop blogging?
I’ve been doing this site since October 2010, which
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2023 didn’t just break the iPad’s streak (“wah!”)
Zack Zwiezen: 2023 Was the First Waluigi-Less Year Since 2000
As seen on the extensive fan wiki, Waluigi has appeared
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A splash of color
Chris Nicholas: A new blog for 2024
It’s been a long time since I’ve published a blog post,
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Nintendo is Nintendo
Keza MacDonald: Nintendo’s Design Guru Shigeru Miyamoto: ‘I Wanted to Make Something Weird’
Miyamoto is often called the Spielberg
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Reasons to be optimistic
Nick Heer: How to Be Optimistic About Technology Now
When I was much younger, I assumed people who were optimistic
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Apple 2023 report cards: Vision Pro 🕶️
Surprise! This is the 5th in a series of posts reviewing Apple’s 2023 across their major product lines, and
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Apple 2023 report cards: Apple Watch ⌚️
This is part 4 in a series I’m doing to close out the year, looking at each of Apple’
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Apple 2023 report cards: The Mac 💻
This is the third in a series of posts I’ll be doing through the end of the year looking
Quick Reviews gets its annual update
A couple years ago I made a website for myself, Quick Reviews, and I've used it hundreds of