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Full Self-Driving Doesn’t Look at All Ready for Prime Time
We tried Tesla's 'full self-driving.' Here's what happened - CNN
What "full self-driving&
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Brave Builds in a Native Crypto Wallet
From Brave's announcement post:
Today, we launched the Brave Wallet, a crypto wallet built into the Brave desktop
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News Orgs Are Pulling Back Top Talent from Substack
Axios:
Pressure from new publishing platforms has finally pushed newsrooms to create programs that give writers more pay, autonomy and
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Microsoft Really, Really Wants You to Use Edge
Nick Heer:
In the latest build of Windows 11, Microsoft has blocked the methods used by EdgeDeflector and web browsers
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Apple Will Let You Repair Your Own iPhone
Apple PR:
“Creating greater access to Apple genuine parts gives our customers even more choice if a repair is needed,
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YouTube Totally Fixes Creator Abuse
YouTube announced they’re happy with the results of previous tests and are going to stop publicly showing dislike counts
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The Truth is Paywalled
Nathan Robinson: The Truth is Paywalled but the Lies are Free:
A white supremacist on YouTube will tell you all
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The Lord of the Rings in 4K HDR is Unbelievable
I’ve spent the last 2 weekends watching The Lord of the Rings trilogy again (it’s been at least
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Dueling Athletes
Aaron Rodgers is my favorite quarterback in the NFL (on my favorite team, so that helps), but uh…he'
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Don’t Count Out the MacBook Air
The M1 MacBook Air is still the best machine for most people – LJPUK
An Air is around £929 currently and
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The Impact of Monotype Gobbling Up Another Type Foundry
Some are not too pleased with Monotype's recent acquisition of Hoefler&Co:
The impact of H&
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The Best Way to Play Old Video Games Is Unfortunate
People are pretty grumpy about the quality of emulation on Nintendo Switch Online:
One of the draws of the Expansion
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Facebook Switched to a Reverse-Chronological Timeline, Facebook Made More Money, and Users Hated It
Apparently in 2018 Facebook turned off the algorithm for a small percentage of users:
"What happens if we delete
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Apple's Curious Reasoning Why the Mac Doesn't Have Touch
Chance Miller on 9to5Mac quoting Apple's John Ternus in WSJ (paywalled):
We make the world’s best touch
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This Way of Talking About the Web Does it a Great Disservice
Have Single-Page Apps Ruined the Web? | Transitional Apps with Rich Harris (YouTube)
We talk about documents vs apps as thought
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Galaxy Brain is Moving to The Atlantic
Charlie Warzel on his Substack:
I’m moving Galaxy Brain from Substack over to The Atlantic. The newsletter will exist
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Glass Adds Public Profiles (and RSS!)
Introducing Public Profiles
With Glass 1.2 coming out today, you can now share your Glass Profile anywhere! We’re
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Spotify Takes the Podcasts Crown from Apple
Spotify says US podcast listeners now use its service more than Apple Podcasts | TechCrunch
During the company’s Q3 2021