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I Want USB-C on the iPhone, but Not Like This
John Gruber: ‘Democrats Want to Outlaw Apple From Thinking Differently’
Charging-port-regulation proponents often tell me the regulations are no impediment
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The One Thing Republicans Care About
Charles M. Blow: Republicans Are America’s Problem
However, her loss does crystallize something for us that many had already
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Not That Sort of Club
Nexus Mods is a great site for finding fun mods to PC games, and I use it all the time.
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Gaming on a Mac is Still Blah
Digital Foundry does the best technical gaming analysis out there, and it was awesome to see them take a rare
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Our (maybe) Metaverse Delusion
John Gruber on Meta:
I take Zuckerberg at face value that he’s more or less betting the company on
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Google's Plan to Promote Political Spam Emails will Proceed
Makena Kelly: Gmail is now officially allowed to spam-proof politicians’ emails
Google’s plan, first reported by Axios in June,
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I’ll Bet You Never Heard of this $4 Billion Company
Global Payments to acquire EVO for $4 billion
Global Payments is to acquire smaller rival EVO Payments for nearly $4
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Proxy Icons are Hidden in Plain Sight
Nick Heer: The Many Capabilities of Proxy Icons
The proxy icon should not be treated as a secret, hidden feature.
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Is Your North Star Quality or Quantity?
Om Malik: The problem with Facebook
Meta’s north star doesn’t take into account value to the users, the
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The Vibe Shift I've Been Waiting For
Meg Walters: Anne Hathahate was rooted in misogyny - and a new generation aren’t standing for it
Our sudden
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Yet Another Crypto Disaster
Ed Zitron: The Consequences of Silence
There are about a hundred different letters to the judge, many of them speaking
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You Don't Have to Use Instagram
Jared Polin commenting on Instagram's shift to video:
It is what it is. Instagram needs to evolve to
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Winking at the Camera
Li Zhoh: Republicans have a nonsensical argument against the same-sex marriage bill
Many Senate Republicans, rather than confront the substance
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Spotify Discontinues Car Thing
Spotify announced the discontinuation in their earnings call this week:
“The goal of Spotify’s Car Thing exploration was to
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Paved With Broken Dreams of "the Old Instagram"
Mia Sato: The Kardashians hate the new Instagram
“Make Instagram Instagram again,” the post says. “(Stop trying to be tiktok
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NFL+ Ain’t for Me, and I’m Not Sure Who It’s For
The NFL launched NFL+ today, and I went from excited to completely uninterested pretty quickly. I live in Illinois, but
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Take (way) More Screenshots
Alex Chan: You should take more screenshots
Digital files exist in a context: they rely on particular hardware and software
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Google Walks Back a Crazy Change
Ron Amadeo: After public outcry, Google will reinstate Play Store app permissions list
The app permissions list is a factual,