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Everything is a Subscription Because the Line Must Keep Going Up
Andrew J. Hawkins: The future of cars is a subscription nightmare
“For automakers to achieve their revenue aspirations by charging
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We're Still Talking About How Bad this Metal Gear Character was 7 Years Later
Ashley Bardhan: Metal Gear Turned 35, But Quiet’s Character Design Marks A Timeless Controversy
That’s what Quiet’s
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Forget SaaS, let's talk about GaSaaS
Allen Pike: Giving a Shit as a Service (via Michael Tsai)
In some ways, that’s the fundamental value proposition
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Political Emails Bypassing Spam Filters…as a Service!
Ashley Belanger: Gmail users “hard pass” on plan to let political emails bypass spam filters
Earlier this month, Google sent
Newsletter #114
Hello and welcome back to the suddenly-hard-to-come-by Birchtree Newsletter! I started writing a lot more on the website itself recently,
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Apple Getting NFL Sunday Ticket Would Be Perfect
Dylan Byers: Is Apple's Eddy Cue About to Get NFL's Sunday Ticket? (via MacRumors)
The race
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I’m using Arc from now on (bye bye, Safari, Chrome, Edge…)
I've been using Arc for about 3 months, and I thought it was high time I talk about
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Voting for…
A new poll out this week shows 64% of those who plan on voting in the Democratic primary in 2024
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Bored, Mad, and Posting Like Your Great-Uncle
Charlie Warzel: Elon Musk Is an Honorary Facebook Boomer
I’d like to talk about Elon Musk’s obsession with
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Heardle Joins Spotify
Ariel Shapiro: Spotify acquires music trivia game Heardle
Spotify announced Tuesday that it has purchased Heardle, one of the many
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250 Hours of Extra Life
Yasmeen Serhan: How the Rest of the World Is Doing RTO
When I asked experts about the main reasons driving
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Good Guy Nintendo
Nintendo officially recognizes domestic gay partnerships for employees
In the employees section of Nintendo’s CSR, we learn that Nintendo
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Vivaldi is a Hyper-Power User Browser
You're truly over on The Sweet Setup:
Vivaldi takes a “more is more” view of features, as the
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Pixelmator for iOS Gets a Big Update
Pixelmator 2.7 is out today and it's a huge improvement to the app, in my opinion. They&
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Billions of Worlds in a Single Pixel
NASA has released the first full color images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope and they're pretty
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The Definitive iPadOS 16 Preview
If you wanted to see hands-on with all the new stuff in iPadOS 16, Chris Lawley has you covered.
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The iOS 16 Lock Screen Rules
Apple released public betas for all their main products today, and I think the one people will enjoy the most
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Hey Siri, Play White Noise
I've gone all in on Siri for voice assistants in my home. A HomePod is always close enough