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
A few weeks ago I blew up my read-later workflow to see if I was actually using the right tool for the job. This week Iâm back with a status report on where Iâve landed.
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
Why I think years and years of social networks downranking posts with links in them has done real damage to the open web.
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
One of the hard parts about sharing one's opinions online like I do is that it's very easy to fall into the trap of mostly complaining about things. Do you like tech? Careful, lest you post mostly about what tech you hate. Do you like movies
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
There's a practice very common in software companies of collecting your "net promoter score." This practice is pretty simple, you ask your users how likely they would be to recommend your product to someone else. They give you a score from zero to ten where zero
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
Taking a page from the ATP crew, I did a tier list for fun! We'll see how this one goes, but I think it's a lot of fun and will make people go "yes!" and "this guy is nuts!" in equal measure.