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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,
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Martin Shkreli Wants to Help Me Save Money on Medicine? It's a Web3 Project?! How Could Anyone Be Skeptical?
Molly White: After five years in prison for a Ponzi scheme and a lifetime ban from the pharmaceutical industry, Martin
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On "the Best Laptop"
John Gruber: Wirecutter’s ‘Best’ Laptop
My longstanding complaint about The Wirecutter is that they institutionally fetishize price over quality.
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Epidemic Sound Sues Meta for Massive Copyright Infringement
Meta Hit With Massive Piracy Lawsuit Over Epidemic Sound Royalty-Free Music
“Epidemic knows of over 950 of its music tracks
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Rage Against the Standards
Gruber snarking on consortiums working on open standards:
The good news is, Bluetooth is an open industry standard, governed by
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What Counts as Broadband Could be Changing
Jon Brodkin for ArsTechnica:
Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is aiming to increase the agency's broadband speed
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A Gerenational Change
Pew has polling out showing a pretty remarkable difference in how young and old Republicans see climate policy in the
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The Glorious Decimation of Smoking
I enjoyed this thread on things what were normal in the '90s but are non-existent now, and the thing
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Eventually You Need to Upgrade
Nintendo Life: XEL - Promising Zelda-Style Sci-Fi Adventuring That Falls Short On Switch
Sections of the map will slowly spawn
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Renewables Accounted for Nearly 1/3 of U.S. Energy Usage in April
Elizabeth Weise USA TODAY: 'A 'Wow' moment': US renewable energy hit record 28% in April. What&
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Everything is a Subscription Because the Line Must Keep Going Up
Andrew J. Hawkins: The future of cars is a subscription nightmare
“For automakers to achieve their revenue aspirations by charging
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We're Still Talking About How Bad this Metal Gear Character was 7 Years Later
Ashley Bardhan: Metal Gear Turned 35, But Quiet’s Character Design Marks A Timeless Controversy
That’s what Quiet’s
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Forget SaaS, let's talk about GaSaaS
Allen Pike: Giving a Shit as a Service (via Michael Tsai)
In some ways, that’s the fundamental value proposition
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Political Emails Bypassing Spam Filters…as a Service!
Ashley Belanger: Gmail users “hard pass” on plan to let political emails bypass spam filters
Earlier this month, Google sent