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AI coding is creating a new generation of makers
Ben Thompson: My Vibe Coding Adventure, The App and the Experience, Ten Takeaways
There are, to be clear, a ton of home inventory apps. A lot of them, however, are made for a single person or are way too complicated or don’t use obvious AI affordances; the new breed of AI-centric apps, meanwhile,
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Xbox will keep chopping off heads until morale improves
Jason Schreier: Studios in Microsoft’s Xbox Division Brace for Closures
Several studios in Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox gaming division, including Montreal-based Compulsion Games and San Francisco-based Double Fine, are in active negotiations to spin off as they try to thwart closure, according to people familiar with the company’s plans.
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MonoLisa, my favorite monospaced font ever, released v3
From the MonoLisa blog: MonoLisa - MonoLisa version 3 – now with MonoLisa Text family
Now with version 3, the family grows with a new member besides MonoLisa Code, the original typeface. The new font family called MonoLisa Text covers the other half of common usage where a monospaced typeface reaches its limits. In other words, MonoLisa
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Advanced Dictation is off by default in iOS 27. Here's how to enable it
Hartley Charlton: Advanced AI Dictation Not Enabled by Default in iOS 27 Beta
Apple's next-generation AI dictation feature for the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air is not turned on by default in the first developer beta of iOS 27.
I assumed this would have been on by default, so I was
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Steam Machine is the first $1,400+ console
Valve: Steam Machine launches today!
Steam Machine 2TB + Steam Controller: $1,428 USD
I'm quoting this part because this is the number that matters. There is also a 512GB model for $1,128, but 512GB is pretty paltry for a PC (80% of Steam players have a PC with over 500GB), especially for
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"The lowest price in months"
MacStories Deals posted this last week (emphasis mine):
Samsung's 990 PRO SSD 2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen4
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Tim Cook announces price increases coming soon(ish)
Juli Clover: Tim Cook Says Apple Price Increases Are 'Unavoidable' Due to Memory Costs
Apple is raising its prices to offset the high cost of memory and storage, CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal. Apple is no longer able to absorb the increased prices and will need to pass some of
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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 focus on the return of XBOX, we also announced that Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution will be XBOX console exclusives. These are not timed exclusives. Games already announced for multiplatform releases will
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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 national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees.
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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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Loupe
Loupe is a simple new app for iOS that shows how many things native apps can see about you and your device, lots of which is available without requesting elevated permissions. It's a fun app, but what I love about it is how it shows the range of things that native apps have
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The tech behind NBA broadcasts
As someone who did most of the jobs Marques talked about here for college basketball (and football and vollyball) years ago, this video really resonated with me. I've been out of the game for about 12 years at this point, but in a way it's heartening to see that a lot
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Metal Gear Solid 2’s source code leaked
Daryl Baxter: Metal Gear Solid 2 source code leak: every surprise so far
At first, I thought nothing of it - I figured owner Konami would shut down links to it, and that'd be it. But in the weeks since, we've seen surprises like the flood animation, which only appeared in an
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The 4 day work week dream
Mike (just Mike): Can we have the day off?
If AI is going to 10x our productivity across the board, that means that I should be able to produce the same amount of output by midday on Monday that, in the before times, would have taken all week.
So can I just take Friday off?
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The Steam Deck starting price is 2x what it was a year ago
The original Steam Deck launched four years ago to massive praise, and I was one of those people who absolutely loved it. It released with a very reasonable entry price of $399, making handheld PC gaming accessible to a massive audience. In 2023, Valve followed up on that success by putting out two new editions
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9 years since the last Dragon Quest game…they just started over
Verity Townsend writing for IGN: about how Dragon Quest 12 has been completely restarted
In a special video to mark
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Google suspended Railway's account, taking down their entire platform for hours
From the Railway blog: Incident Report: May 19, 2026 - GCP Account Suspension
At 22:20 UTC on May 19, Google Cloud placed Railway’s production account into a suspended status incorrectly, as part of an automated action. This action extended to many accounts within Google Cloud. As this was a platform-wide action, there was
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I said I'd destroy humanity and take their jobs, and I wonder why they don't like me
Ben Thompson: Data Center Discontent, Understanding the Opposition, Fixing the Problem
The point of starting with the misinformation point, however, is not to legislate it: there are plenty of folks doing just that, on both sides. Rather, it’s to note that (1) misinformation takes root in the minds of people who are receptive to
