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Quick Subtitles 2.0 transcribes a one-hour podcast in 30 seconds on an iPhone. This is magic (and it's out now)

I'm thrilled to announce that Quick Subtitles 2.0 is now available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. This

12 Feb

Politics

I don't want to answer whether the President partied with young girls

Ted Lieu: Here's a video. Like former Prince Andrew, Donald Trump attended various parties with Jeffrey Epstein. I

12 Feb

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The Future is an Empty Room

God damn, Jacob Geller is the best of us. He's an astounding essayist, and his work is consistently

11 Feb

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Better Siri is, yet again, a little farther off

Jay Peters: Apple keeps hitting bumps with its overhauled Siri Nearly a year ago, Apple delayed planned features for Siri

11 Feb

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Don't hold your breath for that 4 day work week

Aruna Ranganathan, Xingqi Maggie Ye: AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It In our in-progress research, we discovered that

11 Feb

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Some are happier writing code by hand

Abhinav Omprakash: I Am Happier Writing Code by Hand Yes, coding is not software engineering, but for me, it is

10 Feb

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Memorizing the dictionary doesn’t make you a great writer

Samantha Cole: Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds Chatbots may be able to pass medical exams, but that doesn’

09 Feb