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        The Mac-ification of iPadOS
            Harry McCracken writing for Fast Company: iPadOS 26 Is Way More Mac-Like. Where Does That Lead?
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        Insanity is trying the same thing over again expecting a different result
            Megan Brenan writing for Gallup: Independents Drive Trump's Approval to 37% Second-Term Low
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        Switch 2 vs Steam Deck OLED
            I thought this video from Digital Foundry was a really good comparison of the Nintendo Switch 2 and Valve Steam
        
        
     
        
                    
    
                
    
            
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        "Not everyone can become a great developer, but a great developer can come from anywhere"
            As someone who works in a professional software development environment every day, and who has brought those practices into my
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        Another Predator movie is coming this fall and I'm psyched
            I just watched the excellent Predator: Killer of Killers over the weekend and said "Dan Tractenberg is low key
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        Another good study with questionable reporting on LLMs
            Siôn Geschwindt writing for The Next Web: ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds
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        Vibe coding away the production database like it’s…2017?
            This is a wild story about a junior developer who destroyed his company’s production database with vibe coding:
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        I may have gotten this one wrong
            Parker Molloy writing for The New Republic: Stephen Colbert’s Cancellation Is Exactly What It Looks Like
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        Apple leaker gets sued
            Joe Rossignol for MacRumors: Apple Sues Jon Prosser Over iOS 26 Leaks
Apple's complaint outlines what it claims
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        A new video game website rises
            This Week in Videogames is a new video game publication spearheaded by YouTube's Ralph Panebianco (aka SkillUp). From
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        CBS gives Colbert the boot
            Brian Steinberg: CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’
“We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        Apple TV+ cleans up in the Emmy noms
            Jordan Moreau: Emmy Nominations 2025: ‘Severance’ Leads All Shows With 27 Nods, ‘The Penguin,’ ‘The Studio’ and ‘White Lotus’ Close
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        Cyberpunk 2077 hits the Mac in 2 days
            John Voorhees writing for MacStories: Cyberpunk 2077 for Mac Arrives Thursday
“For This Mac” graphics presets that are optimized for
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        What even is "the web"?
            Manuel “Manu” Moreale: The Web != the Web via Curtis McHale
when tech reporters say “the web” they don’t mean
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        Superman fights for truth, justice, and the American way
            Jacob Bryant: Fox News Rips ‘Superman’ for Embracing Pro-Immigrant Themes, Jokes Hero Has MS-13 on His Cape | Video
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        Design feedback for free?
            Louie Mantia: I’ve Got Better Things To Do Than This, and Yet
But my gosh, this is a multi-trillion
        
        
     
        
                    
    
    
            
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        Nintendo is trying to keep video game budgets in check (but Mario Kart World is still $80)
            Andrew Webster for The Verge: Nintendo wants to keep ‘traditional approach’ to development as costs skyrocket
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        It's just a slice
            Jay Van Bavel: Are a Few People Ruining the Internet for the Rest of Us?
In a paper I recently