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Former streaming service subscribers on why they have ditched mod cons for MP3s, CDs and other DIY music formats

Maybe podcasts and audiobooks should not be in a music app.

On Wednesday, after the Apple Watch Ultra reviews dropped, I wrote up a quick story about the total apps that support Shortcuts now (as announced at WWDC) and how many of those can run from the new Action button on the watch.I'm hoping to get my hands on one soon and try it out, plus I'll be sharing my technique for turning the one dedicated shortcut into a multitool (as I mentioned in the post):

Ensure all present Python packages on Windows and Linux systems are parallel with their latest available versions from the command line.

The software industry makes amazing tools for itself, while doctors and scientists are stuck with old code. Tech needs to quit hacking and start listening.

Guide on how to use Notaku to create an awesome changelog website that has great performance, excellent SEO and all the features you expect from a changelog site.

An 8-year-old’s YouTube snafu—and one unlikely parent activist—sparked a nationwide debate on the tech giant’s ubiquity and handling of children’s data.

Jean-Luc Godard, the pioneering director who died on the 13th September at the age of 91, began his career with a pioneering series of films, a magnificent run that included the masterpieces À bout de souffle, Vivre sa Vie, Bande à part, Pierrot le Fou, Masculin Féminin and Week-end. Jared Marcel Pollen charts Godard's early career, and the intersection of literature and cinema in it.

How long are top-performing podcasts? And how often do they release episodes? We reveal the data that will help you find the right balance for your new show.

I’m really excited about the latest update to GoodLinks for iPhone. The app has always had some of the best automation support of any link management or read-later app I’ve used. However, with version 1.7, which was released last week, GoodLinks has taken its automation tools to a new level, opening up more ways to

The long-neglected Tasks app is becoming the center of Google’s task management universe.

Christina is off this week. Jeff interviews Brett about why and how he builds the tools he builds.

(Note: This post was first published at Opensource.com and appears here via a CC-BY-SA 4.0 International License.) Correct spelling does...

What I learned in year two, and what comes next

In one of his typically trenchant posts, titled Attentive, Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) compares human attention to oil, meaning an extractive commodity: We used to refer to an information econom…

A massive GTA VI leak appears to line up with previous reports.

Earlier this week, I published my review of iOS 16. As you may have seen, throughout the eight chapters of the story, I pointed out some of the flaws of iOS 16 and aspects I didn’t particularly like. That gave me an idea. First, however, allow me to thank to everyone who read, enjoyed, and

This was supposed to be a part of a bigger journal entry, but I found that I had more things to say on this topic, so it gets its own ded...

"We just want to be able to tweet onto our own website."

From kindergarten through college, kids weigh in.

Where’s the “always allow” option?

A new Vita with USB-C would be a hot device.

Helping behavior between humans has been one of the most influential forces sculpting modern civilizations, but what factors influence this propensity to help? This study demonstrates that a lack of sleep dictates whether humans choose to help each other at three different scales: within individuals, across individuals, and across societies.

The first half of this chapter provides details on the assumptions and results of each of the four main scenarios. These are not predictions for the

On a couple of policies related to transgender people, there is some agreement among Americans, but views of other policies are more divided.

App Shortcuts are actually Apple's biggest Siri update in years

Disclaimer: I'm not an expert in Git. This post is me trying to understand how it works, by trying to explain it to someone else. If I've...

Both advocacy groups and political leaders tend to assume that misinformation persists on social media because the platforms are unwilling to get rid of it—a gross and unhelpful oversimplification. Some of the largest technology companies in the world spend tens of billions of dollars each year ...

The music of DJ Screw preserves the personalities and style of people foundational to Houston rap—some long-forgotten and too many deceased.