Zack Zwiezen: It's Really Nice That Astro Bot Just Has One Release Date Astro Bot is a really good video game and a great reason to own a PS5. Its colorful visuals, myriad gaming references, and excellent platforming have already made it one of 2024's best
Press release from the US Justice Department: Two RT Employees Indicted for Covertly Funding and Directing U.S. Company That Published Thousands of Videos in Furtherance of Russian Interests āAs alleged in todayās indictment, Russian state broadcaster RT and its employees, including the charged defendants, co-opted online commentators by
David Wallace-Wells in an op-ed for the New York Times: What Will We Do With Our Free Power? In 2023, the world installed 444 gigawatts of new solar photovoltaic capacity, according to Bloomberg. While that figure can be hard for normie brains to process, it represents a staggering step forward:
PayPal Newsroom: Introducing PayPal Everywhere customers can now add their PayPal Debit Card to Apple Wallet in just a few steps and use it with Apple Pay, enabling even more ways to pay. PayPal is a pioneer in digital wallets, theyāre one of the biggest wallets in the world
Reeder is out today and Devon Dundee has a great overview over on MacStories. I wanted to call out a few things because as a Reeder 5 (now Reeder Classic) fanatic, I have thoughts. With a product as successful and engrained as Reeder, it would be easy for the appā
I bought one of Appleās FineWoven cases when they came out last year because I thought they had to be pretty good. Apple had a great track record with making what I thought were the best phone cases on the market and I was convinced that they wouldnāt
Something people always say is that phone reviewers couldnāt possibly review a new device after just a few days. Iād contend that a good reviewer can do this because theyāve built up experience to know what to look for in established product categories like smartphones and they
In which I explore the difference between "thought leaders" on social media telling users why they're wrong, and UX designers who would get fired if they treated their users this way. Talking about the work vs doing the work...
Andy Bell: Just Use Fucking Paper, Man Iāve given up this week and gone back to paper and a pencil and I feel unbelievably organised and flexible, day-to-day. Itās because itās simple. Thereās nothing fancy. No fancy pen or anything like that either. Just a notebook
David Imel explaining the fediverse on the latest Waveform video: Just like the United States is a federation, right? Like this group of states with independent laws, but also this higher order of laws under the Constitution that could freely move and trade with each other. A federated social network
Oliver Darcy on his new, excellent Status newsletter: Zucker-Bucks Under Pressure Notably, Zuckerberg's GOP-friendly behavior comes after Trump publicly threatened to target him, should he find his way back into the Oval Office. In early July, Trump warned on Truth Social that if he is elected, he will
Thereās a common refrain in online discussions about software that āmost people donāt use or need that, itās just a niche that doesnāt matter.ā As someone who works in user experience every day, Iām constantly surprised by the divergence between how I assume users use
Allison Johnson writing for The Verge: European iPhones are more fun now Whining about stuff is a treasured American pastime, so allow me to indulge: the iPhone is more fun in Europe now, and itās not fair. And Federico Viticci linking to the above piece: The DMA Version of
Allison Johnson for The Verge: Googleās AI tool helped us add disasters and corpses to our photos In our week of testing, we added car wrecks, smoking bombs in public places, sheets that appear to cover bloody corpses, and drug paraphernalia to images. That seems bad. As a reminder,
Yesterday, Netflix announced that Monument Valley 3, the next game in a what has been an iconic game series on iOS. The game is coming December 10 and will be exclusive to Netflix subscribers and available on iOS and Android. Monument Valley 1 and 2 will also be coming to