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Malicious compliance getting the 🤨
Johnny Ryan: EU ruling: tracking-based advertising by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, across Europe has no legal basis
Dr Johnny Ryan said "Today's court's decision shows that the consent system used by Google, Amazon, X, Microsoft, deceives hundreds of millions of Europeans. The tech industry has sought to hide its
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A big Things update you might not even notice
Werner in the Things blog: A Swift Cloud
We’ve rebuilt Things Cloud from the ground up. The system that keeps your to-dos in sync is now faster, built with modern technology, and ready for the future.
This is gonna sound like a burn, and I don't mean it that way, but
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The relationship doesn't have to end, it just might need to change
Glenn Fleishman writing for Six Colors: Can We Still Love Apple? Should We Ever Have?
Maybe it is the right time for this love affair to come to an end. Not the end of my love for what I can do with Apple stuff, but creating boundaries, something good for any relationship. From Tim Cook
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Owning digital goods means having the file, not some stupid ledger
Matthew Gault for 404 Media: NFTs That Cost Millions Replaced With Error Message After Project Downgraded to Free Cloudflare Plan
On Friday, thousands of NFTs that had once sold collectively for millions of dollars vanished from the internet and were replaced with the phrase “This content has been restricted. Using Cloudflare’s basic service in
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I think we can be pretty certain at least some people use the Vision Pro
Riley Hill on his SlatePad blog, linking to a Wall Street Journal article about how many Vision Pro users are regretting their purchase: I Paid $3,500 for Apple’s Vision Pro. Seven Months Later, I Still Use It (Almost) Every Day.
The narrative being presented is that early adopters (which is every Vision Pro
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This is happening now
Bruce Springsteen is on his "Land of Hope and Dreams Tour" right now, which kicked off yesterday in Manchester where he said this between a couple songs:
There's some very weird, strange, and dangerous shit going on out there right now.
In America, they are persecuting people for using their right
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Max viewers mostly watched HBO
John Koblin: HBO’s Streaming Service Becomes ‘HBO Max’ Again
The reason for the change, executives explained, was straightforward.
People who subscribe and pay $17 a month for the streaming service wind up watching HBO content like “The White Lotus” and “The Last of Us,” as well as new movies, documentaries and not a whole
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1 billion isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? - billion of a different metric.
18 months ago there were 1 billion monthly RCS users around the world. Today, Google announced that 1 billion RCS messages are sent in the US alone every single day. Finding a comparable iMessage number is hard, but the worldwide number may be around 8 billion messages per day.
All I can say is that
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The best music production YouTube channel for non-music producers
I don't know how Synthet got into my YouTube recommendations last year, but I'm so glad it did.
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The AeroPress Premium is…interesting
James Hoffmann has a very similar reaction to the brand new $180 AeroPress Premium coffee maker. Last summer I wrote a love letter to my AeroPress, and I like nice objects for the things I use quite a bit, but this metal and glass version of the AeroPress really doesn't click for me.
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Gaming on the Mac is advancing, but slower than I hoped
I found this video to be really helpful in explaining the gaming situation on the Mac.
A few notable things for me were…
1. The $5,500 M3 Ultra model they tested performed about as well as a midrange AMD Radeon RX 7700, which currently retails for about $500, and could easily be built into
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This isn't lying, it's delusion
Stephen Robinson writing for Public Notice: Trump's Brain Is Gone
Donald Trump’s recent interviews with Time and The Atlantic revealed a president who is completely unhinged and incoherent. Sadly, that’s not news. But what stood out is that Trump is consistently confused and disconnected from reality even on issues that are
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MAGA artist releases song praising Hitler…like this week…for real
Andrew Lapin: Ye Debuts ‘Heil Hitler’ Music Video That Includes a Sample of a Hitler Speech
The track ends with a lengthy sample from a Hitler speech, which Ye also quoted on his X account: ‘Whether you think my work is right, whether you believe that I have been diligent. That I have worked, that
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What got you here…
John Siracusa: Apple Turnover
From virtue comes money, and all other good things. This idea rings in my head whenever
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Nintendo's financial results are actually pretty interesting
Nintendo's fiscal year just ended on March 31, and their annual results report has some goodies in there I thought were worth shouting out.
First up, the company made a lot less money than in the previous year, with 30% lower revenue and 46% lower profits. As someone who typically follows the financial
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Nebula Sans (and my new Jet Lag addiction)
My friend and Comfort Zone cohost Niléane recently recommended the series Jet Lag: The Game, and it's become my new obsession recently. I think the show is so fun, and Sam, Adam, and Ben have such a great dynamic. The show is on YouTube, but it's also on Nebula with early
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Where software innovation is focused right now
Craig Mod on The Talk Show:
In three minutes, I had that script built with ChatGPT. I could see it, it's this bash thing, it does this thing, and authenticates with the Google, and it's great! The malleability of macOS is now, I think, giving it in the age of these
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What's that power you've amassed for if you're not going to use it?
I read this excellent post by Niléane: Are Pride Wallpapers and a Watch Band Enough in 2025?…
At a time when some trans people are actively seeking to flee the U.S. to preserve their fundamental right to a healthy, safe, and decent life free from the threat of President Trump’s actions, Apple doesn’
