Willa Rowe on Kotaku: These Are Kevin Conroy's Final Words as Batman and They're Perfect It’s an undeniably badass line, and it’s made even more poignant by the fact that this is Conroy’s last performance in the role. Click through the link to
Why I think years and years of social networks downranking posts with links in them has done real damage to the open web.
Jeremy Burge: Why eSIM Is My New Best Friend Alternative title: How and why to install an eSIM to save money on data roaming fees when overseas. Especially useful if you have an iPhone 14 with no SIM Tray. I was skeptical about eSIM when it was debuted, but I
Warner Bros. Discovery is changing a few more upcoming shows from “Max Originals” to “HBO Originals”: It is part of a strategy to rebrand its highest profile titles into HBO Originals, giving them a linear airing on the premium cable network as well as a streaming bow. When the move
One of the hard parts about sharing one's opinions online like I do is that it's very easy to fall into the trap of mostly complaining about things. Do you like tech? Careful, lest you post mostly about what tech you hate. Do you like movies
Niléane on MacStories: LGBT and Marginalized Voices Are Not Welcome on Threads I do have some sincere expectations for you all who are reading this. I expect tech journalists to more systematically report on everything that fits into this pattern. I expect tech podcasters to acknowledge that Threads is only
There's a practice very common in software companies of collecting your "net promoter score." This practice is pretty simple, you ask your users how likely they would be to recommend your product to someone else. They give you a score from zero to ten where zero
I've been sitting on writing something about this video from Louis Rossmann where he lays into Marques Brownlee for his admittedly pretty softball interview with Apple about repairability. I found Louis's video pretty absurd, and was really annoyed by it. He spends upwards of 10 minutes
Benedict Evans: The VR Winter Continues it’s obvious that the devices will get better, lighter and cheaper, but much less obvious whether that’s enough. How many people will care? We should be careful of saying ‘no-one will do that’ - we all do things every day that ‘no-one
Taking a page from the ATP crew, I did a tier list for fun! We'll see how this one goes, but I think it's a lot of fun and will make people go "yes!" and "this guy is nuts!" in equal measure.
Julian Chokkattu writing for Wired: Nothing’s CMF Devices Prove Yet Again Cheap Doesn't Have to Mean Boring What's most remarkable about these devices is the price. I have tested cheap and flagship smartphones for nearly a decade, and after setting up the CMF Phone 1,
Mike Haynes has moved his crashthearcade blog to Ghost: Ghosting WordPress The Ghost editor is really an example for WordPress' Gutenberg editor to follow. It functions largely in the same way but doesn't have any of the jank that makes Gutenberg so frustrating to use. It’s
Louie Mantia: Qualifying Art We are all too different from each other and it is not sustainable for every piece of artwork or every product to reach 100% market saturation . Appealing to a global palate is a surefire way to make the blandest art. Yes, yes, yes! Add this to
Alyssa Mercante for Kotaku: Star Wars: The Acolyte Is Doing a Different Kind of Fan-Service, and It Rocks The Disney+ series ticks many boxes that the more traditional, masculine fans of the franchise have been begging for for years (High Republic lore, rare aliens, wild lightsaber fights) while also aggressively
The Editorial Board of The Philadelphia Inquirer: To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race The debate served as a reminder of what another four years of Trump would look like. More lies, grievance, narcissism, and hate. Supporters say they like Trump because he says whatever he thinks.