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I hope I don’t buy any Apple products this week
We're 24 hours away from Apple announcing new iPhones and Watches, and I'd love it if I can resist the unending urge to always keep up with the latest and greatest.
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Astro Bot is an inspiration
Zack Zwiezen: It's Really Nice That Astro Bot Just Has One Release Date
Astro Bot is a really good video game and a great reason to own a PS5. Its colorful visuals, myriad gaming references, and excellent platforming have already made it one of 2024's best games. But there’s something
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Imagine if you learned 90% of your revenue came from Russian state media 😬
Press release from the US Justice Department: Two RT Employees Indicted for Covertly Funding and Directing U.S. Company That Published Thousands of Videos in Furtherance of Russian Interests
“As alleged in today’s indictment, Russian state broadcaster RT and its employees, including the charged defendants, co-opted online commentators by funneling them nearly $10
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The more optimistic clean energy story
David Wallace-Wells in an op-ed for the New York Times: What Will We Do With Our Free Power?
In 2023, the world installed 444 gigawatts of new solar photovoltaic capacity, according to Bloomberg. While that figure can be hard for normie brains to process, it represents a staggering step forward: nearly an 80
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PayPal brings their debit card to Apple Wallet
PayPal Newsroom: Introducing PayPal Everywhere
customers can now add their PayPal Debit Card to Apple Wallet in just a few steps and use it with Apple Pay, enabling even more ways to pay.
PayPal is a pioneer in digital wallets, they’re one of the biggest wallets in the world today, and Apple is just
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Reeder might be my favorite app in the world, and it kinda got an update
Reeder is out today and Devon Dundee has a great overview over on MacStories. I wanted to call out a
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A word on FineWoven iPhone cases
I bought one of Apple’s FineWoven cases when they came out last year because I thought they had to be pretty good. Apple had a great track record with making what I thought were the best phone cases on the market and I was convinced that they wouldn’t replace them with something noticeably
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Reviewing my iPhone 15 Pro review
Something people always say is that phone reviewers couldn’t possibly review a new device after just a few days.
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It's the empathy, stupid (members post)
In which I explore the difference between "thought leaders" on social media telling users why they're wrong, and UX designers who would get fired if they treated their users this way. Talking about the work vs doing the work...
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I’ve heard this story before
Andy Bell: Just Use Fucking Paper, Man
I’ve given up this week and gone back to paper and a pencil and I feel unbelievably organised and flexible, day-to-day. It’s because it’s simple. There’s nothing fancy. No fancy pen or anything like that either. Just a notebook and a pencil.
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I found a new fediverse analogy I love
David Imel explaining the fediverse on the latest Waveform video:
Just like the United States is a federation, right? Like this group of states with independent laws, but also this higher order of laws under the Constitution that could freely move and trade with each other. A federated social network is kind of the same
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Straight to jail
Oliver Darcy on his new, excellent Status newsletter: Zucker-Bucks Under Pressure
Notably, Zuckerberg's GOP-friendly behavior comes
You might be wrong
There’s a common refrain in online discussions about software that “most people don’t use or need that, it’s just a niche that doesn’t matter.” As someone who works in user experience every day, I’m constantly surprised by the divergence between how I assume users use my software versus how they
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How dare you want more
Allison Johnson writing for The Verge: European iPhones are more fun now
Whining about stuff is a treasured American pastime, so allow me to indulge: the iPhone is more fun in Europe now, and it’s not fair.
And Federico Viticci linking to the above piece: The DMA Version of iOS Is More Fun Than
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“What is a photograph?” is just getting more complicated
Allison Johnson for The Verge: Google’s AI tool helped us add disasters and corpses to our photos
In our week of testing, we added car wrecks, smoking bombs in public places, sheets that appear to cover bloody corpses, and drug paraphernalia to images. That seems bad. As a reminder, this isn’t some piece
Netflix is more serious about games than you might expect
Yesterday, Netflix announced that Monument Valley 3, the next game in a what has been an iconic game series on iOS. The game is coming December 10 and will be exclusive to Netflix subscribers and available on iOS and Android. Monument Valley 1 and 2 will also be coming to Netflix Games in September and
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Cartoons are so back (members post)
I’m watching more cartoons this year than maybe ever before. Today we explore some of the reasons I think that might be.
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The “hot” feature people want in the new iPhones
Steven Knight from SellCell: iPhone 16 Pre-Launch Survey: 62% of iPhone Users to Upgrade to iPhone 16
The second rumored feature the 2000 iPhone users want to see with the 16-series is the thermal control to avoid overheating, with 26.8% of those surveyed stating that this will positively affect their purchase intent.