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Thinking past the US smartphone market
Sam Byford: On 'Chinese Knockoffs' and Why Leica Works With Xiaomi
But these are unfortunate takes nonetheless. Describing
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Not again
John Gruber: Trump’s Dark Plans for a Second Term
Trump and his supporters remain the biggest threat to America,
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The mind-bending way you can get better results from ChatGPT
Mike Young: Telling GPT-4 You're Scared or Under Pressure Improves Performance
The study found that prompts with added
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It’s always too soon…or too late
Nick Heer: Managing ‘A.I.’ Risks in an Era of Rapid Progress
There is a neat rhetorical trick in both
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The good one
Jason Koebler: Mastodon Is the Good One
the Fediverse is a better, more user-centric social media concept than the one
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Bladerunner is my favorite sci-fi character
Futurism: Elon Musk Thinks the Main Character in "Blade Runner" Was Named "Bladerunner"
In a recent
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Creators Confused by Elon Musk’s Plan to “Incentivize Truth” on X
Ashley Belanger: Creators Confused by Elon Musk’s Plan to “Incentivize Truth” on X
"The idea is to maximize
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Apple did the most sane thing possible with the 13” MacBook Pro and none of us saw it coming
Andrew Cunningham: Apple’s Cheaper 14-Inch MacBook Pro Is Killing the Old 13-Inch Version
Apple refreshed its MacBook Pro lineup
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#shotoniphone and the constant need to be mad about something
Jess Weatherbed: Here’s What Apple Means When It Says Its Event Was ‘Shot on iPhone’ - The Verge
Behind-the-scenes
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My complicated feelings about Tarantino’s 10-movies-and-done plan
Abe Beame: Martin Scorsese’s Late-Stage Career Has Proved Quentin Tarantino Wrong
In 2021, Quentin Tarantino defended his intention to
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It’s been a year, so let’s talk about Elon’s self-created mess one more time
I haven’t written about Twitter (now X) in a while on this site, mostly because it’s just gotten
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“Happy Holidays” is a kindness
'Tis almost the season, so I was happy to stumble on this old post about Fox News’ favorite thing
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This is why major company acquisitions put me on edge
Karl Bode: Everything T-Mobile, Sprint Merger Critics Predicted Has Come True
Gone are the interesting new promotions. Gone is the
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Apple’s leather iPhone cases were great, but problematic. I’m not convinced FineWoven is a great successor yet
Allison Johnson: Apple’s New FineWoven iPhone Cases Are Very Bad - The Verge
But FineWoven is very much not
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The iPhone USB-C “controversies” have already begun, but this one isn’t what you expected
Jeremy Laird: Apple Finally Put USB-C in the New iPhone, and Now We Know Why It's Limited to
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Remember Facebook Mail? I don’t either
From 2010: Jesus Diaz: Why You'll Give Up Gmail for Facebook Mail
According to Techcrunch's sources,
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From 2012: “it’s all downhill from here” for Apple
From 2012: Dan Crow: We've Passed Peak Apple: It's All Downhill From Here
Before we get
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Want a better life? Just say hello to your neighbors 🙃
Dan Witters: Saying Hello Linked to Higher Wellbeing, but With Limits
Americans’ wellbeing score increases steadily by the number of