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Guillermo Del Toro convinced Alfonso Cuarón to direct Prisoner of Azkaban (thank you, Guillermo!)
Carly Thomas for The Hollywood Reporter: Alfonso Cuarón Says He Directed ‘Harry Potter’ Movie Only After Guillermo Del Toro Called Him an “Arrogant A**hole”
del Toro knew how massive the movie franchise was, especially after Chris Columbus’ first two films, so the Hellboy director gave Cuarón some candid advice.
“He said, ‘Wait, wait, wait,
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Vibes-based security and Windows Recall
Paul Thurrott: Windows 11 Recall Is Not a Privacy Concern
But we all knew this was coming, that privacy advocates would immediately stomp all over this functionality without taking the time to understand how it even works. To be fair, it doesn’t help that we’re still reeling from and dealing with very real
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I’ve defended Google search for years, but their AI answers suck so hard
404 Media: Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue
as the prophecy foretold, we are learning exactly what Google is paying Reddit $60 million annually for. And that is to confidently serve its customers ideas like, to make cheese stick on a pizza, “you can also add
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Independent investigation into Linus Media Group has results
Andy Edser writing for PC Gamer: Alleged Harassment and Bullying at Linus Tech Tips 'Not Substantiated' and 'False' According to Third-Party Investigation Organised by Tech Channel
Roper Greyel—the Vancouver-based legal firm specialising in labor and employment law—found the claims of bullying and harassment were unsubstantiated, and that
Touch Macs and accessibility
Over the last few years I've developed a small case of pain when using a mouse and keyboard. It's not something I feel everyday, but I do have it crop up on a semi-regular basis and it's quite disruptive to my work when it kicks in. When it
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Compelling arguments
You already know this is about Macs with touch, so let’s just jump into a few compelling arguments I found from Googling around for a minute:
I'm in the camp where I don't want touch support. It's a laptop, not a tablet. If you want touch support, use
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I disagree with you, but I understand why you feel that way (members post)
Today I explore why I'm frustrated with the opinions of others, and why I need to remind myself that there's gray area basically everywhere in the world.
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Microsoft claims their laptops’ new chips not only caught, but surpassed Apple silicon
Tim Hardwick for MacRumors: Microsoft Says New Surface Pro Is Faster Than 15" M3 MacBook Air
Microsoft is already pitting the Surface Pro against Apple's M3 MacBook Air, and in marketing materials, claims that the Surface Pro has superior processing power and battery life. Compared to the 15-inch MacBook Air with
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Limitless (previously Rewind) just got Sherlocked by Microsoft
Benj Edwards for ArsTechnica: New Windows AI Feature Records Everything You’ve Done on Your PC
At a Build conference
The three dots that "prove" macOS could never work on a touch screen
Turns out I'm not done with this topic…
A couple days ago I saw this post pop up
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N64 Recompiled is what makes me love PC gaming so much
Over the past 4 years I’ve really come around on PC being my favorite gaming platform. Part of that
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I’ve been baited into writing about touch screen Macs once more
Today Ben Lovejoy posted Touchscreen Macs: The idea that will not die on 9to5Mac and as someone who has weighed in here more than a few times, I figured I’ll do it one more time and then let this topic rest for a while.
First, we bust out the classic Steve jobs quote about
My wife’s first reactions to buying a Mac for the first time in years
My wife bought a 12” MacBook in 2016. It was her first Mac. She loved how thin it was and that it looked great, but it ran terribly and only got slower with time.
In early 2020 she upgraded to a Dell XPS 13 with a 10th gen Core i7, 32 GB RAM, and 512GB
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Most people’s phones don’t look like ours
Lou Plummer: The Phones of Normal People
They hate updates because they interrupt stuff they'd rather be doing. They don't care about the new features being announced at WWDC because they do not want to learn how to do new things with their already too complicated tech. They are the baseline.
Let’s change the conversation around macOS on iPads
Ryan Christoffel quoting Apple’s Greg Joswiak on 9to5Mac:
The fact is that the majority of Mac customers have an iPad, and they use them both
Which lead Ryan to argue:
there’s one big reason this will likely never happen. If iPad owners get access to macOS thrown in for free, then Mac sales
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Apple gets a genuine AAA game to release day-and-date with PC and consoles
I’ve been critical of Apple’s ability to make the Mac a viable gaming platform, but credit where it’
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Employees opting out of return-to-office mandates
Scharon Harding wriring for ArsTechnica: Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft Return-to-Office Mandates Drove Senior Talent Away
A study analyzing Apple, Microsoft, and SpaceX suggests that return to office (RTO) mandates can lead to a higher rate of employees, especially senior-level ones, leaving the company, often to work at competitors.
I think there are some
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Apple listened and fixed my main issue with the CTF
Apple two weeks ago: What’s New for Apps Distributed in the European Union
First, no CTF is required if a developer has no revenue whatsoever. This includes creating a free app without monetization that is not related to revenue of any kind (physical, digital, advertising, or otherwise). This condition is intended to give students,
