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No, your phone isn't constantly listening to you so it can show you ads. What does that even mean? Apple is recording everything you say to let Google sell you ads online? That sounds insane, because it is, but millions of people believe it. They'll happily
A part of my work often involves taking massive CSV files (1GB+) and analyzing the data in them. I typically use Visual Studio Code to do this, as it has the best search functionality out of the box than any other editor I've tried. But while the functionality
As of this Spring, these are the flagship phone lines offered by Apple and Samsung: The two companies have remarkably similar lineups in terms of prices, features, and even names. Both companies have the clear ‘Main” phone, the same thing but bigger, and then the cheaper one with one fewer
My overview of Microsoft Word for the iPad over on The Sweet Setup: Microsoft Word on the iPad is currently a solid app. It has the core functionality nailed down. Editing documents is as pleasant as it’s been on any version of Word I’ve used in my lifetime.
I just got the Galaxy S10e in hand and decided it was only right to see how fast it would charge using the included fast chargers in the box. Spoilers, it’s fast, and right up there with the best out there. The sort of it is this: the Galaxy
We’ve seen a bunch of companies unveil their foldable phones over the past week and I will be getting precisely zero of them. On the one hand, I have no place for one of these in my life right now. On the other hand, I also don’t have
I use a Mac at work amongst a sea of Windows and Linux fans. As such I sometimes get drawn into friendly banter about why Macs are terrible and Apple is the worst. As a long time Apple fan, none of this is new to me, this is just how
Imagine you are doing some work around the house and realize you need a hammer. You don’t have one yet, and you need to get something; what do you do? Odds are you will probably drive down to your local hardware store and buy the first hammer you see
My wife tells me I have a keyboard problem. You know what, she’s probably right, as I have more keyboards than I really need, but I’m always on the look out for the perfect solution for me. In light of this, here are all the current keyboards I
I haven’t done something like this in a long time, but I thought it would be fin to look back on some of my favorite tech purchases from 2017. Not that it matters, but I loosely sorted these by joy they’ve brought me this year. AirPods My review.
The FCC’s Ajit Pai on net neutrality's place in the Trump administration: The commission "need[s] to remove outdated and unnecessary regulations... We need to fire up the weed whacker and remove those rules that are holding back investment, innovation, and job creation," Oh, fuck
I've been pondering the iOS-only lifestyle for years now. I originally went 100% iOS in 2011, when I took a week off from my Mac and did all my work on an original iPad. It didn't go great in 2011, but this has gotten easier over
You can't say Kanye doesn't try to help his friends. When his new album, The Life of Pablo was released 2 weeks ago...and you probably torrented it. And who could blame you? After a few fits and stops, the album was only available to stream
UPDATE: The PCI compliance council has said they are pushing the deadline back to June 30, 2018, so this article is now a couple years early. It's a surprising move considering the state of TLS 1.0 security today, but that seems to be the direction they'
As we continue to dive deeper and deeper into this post-PC world, I find myself thinking more about what things we used to find essential about computers that are being tossed aside as we hurdle towards the future. With this week’s news that Apple is working on a keyboard