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Polium: Polium One: The World’s First Multi-Chain Gaming Console Polium is building the world’s first multi-chain gaming console. The console will be built by the community. It will be capable of running games that are built on different blockchains. Users will be able to play games that are on ImmutableX, Solana,

On this Fourth of July, I found this Reddit thread fascinating: What's an incredibly american thing americans don't realize is american? Check it out, but a few standouts to me here: * Prescription drug commercials. These are like half of the ads during some shows here in the U.S. * Extremely long

Chris Brandrick: Persona finally comes to Switch (properly), plus Nintendo's Joy-Con repair subscription Now, this week we finally got that Direct we were all waiting for. It may not have been a 'proper' Direct (like those we typically see in June), but nonetheless I thought it was rather good. I

Xbox Series X: long term review Game pass has literally been a game changer and I’ve played so many more games I wouldn’t have looked at before. Aside from buying the occasional plane in flight simulator the console hasn’t cost me any additional money. Looking at the PS5 I can’t see

Google Fonts is an incredible resource, and it's made it stupid-easy for many people to get custom fonts on their websites with ease. I'm a little fuzzy on all the details, but it's also helped make a bunch of high quality fonts free and open source for the

Chance Miller: A new full-size HomePod could be a hit, as long as Apple doesn't overthink it But as I wrote just a few months ago, hindsight is 20/20, and it’s starting to appear that we (and Apple?) might have taken the original HomePod for granted. Now that the HomePod

Peter Kafka: Netflix's newest problem: Its newest customers [B]y the end of April, 23 percent of Americans who signed up for Netflix had dropped the service within a month. That’s more new subscriber cancellations than any other competitive service Antenna tracks — including the likes of Apple TV+ and HBO Max, which

Mitch Cohen: “Sign in with” anything - and save it in 1Password Today we’re starting with a familiar kind of sign-in service (also known as social logins or SSO). When you visit a site and click a button like “Sign in with Google”, 1Password will remember your choice and offer to save it for

Sony’s upcoming InZone monitors look perfect for me: Made for PC but with specs to take full advantage of the PS5, along with Xbox Series X, the $899 InZone M9 is the flagship product of the bunch. It’s a 27-inch 4K IPS gaming monitor built to match the aesthetic of the PS5

The latest episode of Connected was tons of fun, but there were two iPhones were I think there was one phone massively undervalued: the iPhone 11 Pro. Today I'm going to argue why I think this is the greatest modern iPhone, and one of the best the company has ever made. The Everything

Alex Russell: Apple Is Not Defending Browser Engine Choice Past swings away from OS default browsers have hinged on the superior features, better performance, improved security, and superior site compatibility. Marketing and distribution play a prominent role but have been indecisive in recent browser battles. The leads of OS incumbents are not insurmountable because browsers

A site called 52audio is reporting a few things about AirPods Pro 2, including that they will have USB-C for charging rather than Lightning. Assuming this rumor is true: 1. Lightning is annoying when all other new tech has USB-C, and Apple's move to bring USB-C to all of their

An article about podcasting, Bitcoin, and payments?! You know I had to comment! Apple did a nice job keeping a hands-off approach to the market and letting third-party apps innovate where they could. What remained was an open protocol (RSS) that allowed anyone to subscribe to any show in any app. Good times

Jeff Benjamin has a reputation for making extensive videos about what's new in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS every year, and in his first real video for his new indie channel Cellular, he went all out. Here's two and a half hours of super high-quality walkthroughs. Enjoy! P.S. Yes, there