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I'm Matt Birchler, a designer, product manager, YouTuber, and developer who's been writing about tech since 2010.

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+ 5 GTA games in 12 years, then 13 years to wait for the next one

The major game studios release one game every five to ten years at this point, when they used to release absolute classics every one or two years. I do not like this trend.

14 Nov

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If the KKK loves what you're saying, you might be the baddies

John Ganz writing in 2023: The Preppie in Decline His father, Don Black, was a Klan wizard and the founder

14 Nov

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0Password

Evan Sandhu on the 1Password blog: A Simpler, Faster Way to Unlock 1Password The new unlock with device setting lets

14 Nov

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I just won’t buy one

John Voorhees writing for MacStories: Apple and ISSEY MIYAKE Introduce a Limited-Edition iPhone Pocket The iPhone Pocket will be available

11 Nov

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Leveling up the "spend more to get less" iPhone

Juli Clover writing for MacRumors, linking to a post on The Information: iPhone Air Sales Are So Bad That Apple&

11 Nov

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+ The enshitification cycle keeps going

It's not a question of if, it's a question of when.

11 Nov

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Another example of babying your phone for minimal advantage

The findings were basically that after 500 charge cycles, the slow-charged iPhones dropped 11.8% in battery capacity, while the

09 Nov