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Welcome to Birchtree

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

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Keychron Thunderbolt 5 Dock: a good dock at a good price that is probably overkill for most people
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Keychron Thunderbolt 5 Dock: a good dock at a good price that is probably overkill for most people

Today, famed keyboard maker Keychron has released their first Thunderbolt dock, the Keychron Thunderbolt 5 Dock (14-in-1). Where
Politics

A hateful "gift to Americans"

Last night had a UFC fight on the White House lawn, which is…a thing… "But Matt, why can&
Apple

The MacBook Neo is a great second computer

Before I go further let me just be clear. If the MacBook Neo is the Mac you can afford then
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Xbox embraces exclusives again (and why Nintendo may have played the long game brilliantly)

Joe Skrebels: XBOX Games Showcase 2026 Recap: The Return of Exclusives, World Premieres, and Anniversary Hardware As part of our
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US government forces Anthropic to kill Fable and Mythos (for now)

Anthropic: Statement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 The US government, citing
Google's new icons are good, actually
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Google's new icons are good, actually

Devin Coldewey: Google's new logos are bad Google really whiffed with the new logos for its “reimagination” of
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+ Underwater

If I'm being honest, I have been completely underwater for the past few weeks. Work is always busy,