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Lucas Shaw for Bloomberg: Apple Tries to Rein In Hollywood Spending After Years of Losses All told, the cost of[Severance] ballooned to more than $20 million an episode, making it one of the most expensive projects on TV. Severance costing way more per episode than the famously expensive final
Madison in the Puzzmo newsletter: đ We're on the Path to a Trillion Dollars! In this weekâs newsletter, I will cover another step in the Puzzmo Cross|word publishing process: incorporation of feedback from test solvers and fact checkers. This was a fascinating read as someone who enjoys
The New York Times Editorial Board: Biden Made a Courageous Choice. Democrats Must Seize the Opportunity. President Bidenâs decision to exit the 2024 presidential election is a fitting coda for a man whose life has been devoted to public service. Mr. Biden has served the nation well as its
John Gruber on Daring Fireball: The AT&T Data Breach Shows Why RCS Canât Be Trusted and the Downside of Apple Adding Support for It in iOS 18 Ihnatko is right, but only if you believe that carrier-based message should remain the baseline. I do not. And itâ
Zack Zwiezen reporting on EA College Football 25 hitting over 700,000 concurrent players in its first 24 hours after release: To put that number in perspective, it handily beats out Helldivers 2, which hit a player count of around 485,000 shortly after launch. Itâs also more than
Willa Rowe on Kotaku: These Are Kevin Conroy's Final Words as Batman and They're Perfect Itâs an undeniably badass line, and itâs made even more poignant by the fact that this is Conroyâs last performance in the role. Click through the link to
Jeremy Burge: Why eSIM Is My New Best Friend Alternative title:Â How and why to install an eSIM to save money on data roaming fees when overseas. Especially useful if you have an iPhone 14 with no SIM Tray. I was skeptical about eSIM when it was debuted, but I
Warner Bros. Discovery is changing a few more upcoming shows from âMax Originalsâ to âHBO Originalsâ: It is part of a strategy to rebrand its highest profile titles into HBO Originals, giving them a linear airing on the premium cable network as well as a streaming bow. When the move
Niléane on MacStories: LGBT and Marginalized Voices Are Not Welcome on Threads I do have some sincere expectations for you all who are reading this. I expect tech journalists to more systematically report on everything that fits into this pattern. I expect tech podcasters to acknowledge that Threads is only
I've been sitting on writing something about this video from Louis Rossmann where he lays into Marques Brownlee for his admittedly pretty softball interview with Apple about repairability. I found Louis's video pretty absurd, and was really annoyed by it. He spends upwards of 10 minutes
Benedict Evans: The VR Winter Continues itâs obvious that the devices will get better, lighter and cheaper, but much less obvious whether thatâs enough. How many people will care? We should be careful of saying âno-one will do thatâ - we all do things every day that âno-one
Julian Chokkattu writing for Wired: Nothingâs CMF Devices Prove Yet Again Cheap Doesn't Have to Mean Boring What's most remarkable about these devices is the price. I have tested cheap and flagship smartphones for nearly a decade, and after setting up the CMF Phone 1,
Mike Haynes has moved his crashthearcade blog to Ghost: Ghosting WordPress The Ghost editor is really an example for WordPress' Gutenberg editor to follow. It functions largely in the same way but doesn't have any of the jank that makes Gutenberg so frustrating to use. Itâs
Louie Mantia: Qualifying Art We are all too different from each other and it is not sustainable for every piece of artwork or every product to reach 100% market saturation . Appealing to a global palate is a surefire way to make the blandest art. Yes, yes, yes! Add this to
Alyssa Mercante for Kotaku: Star Wars: The Acolyte Is Doing a Different Kind of Fan-Service, and It Rocks The Disney+ series ticks many boxes that the more traditional, masculine fans of the franchise have been begging for for years (High Republic lore, rare aliens, wild lightsaber fights) while also aggressively