pVirginia Heffernan’s Twitter bio once described her as “something like a critic.” Her reluctance to fully embrace the title is understandable, given that most of what passes as technology criticism today tends either towards gadget reviews or curmudgeons bemoaning the loss of what makes us human. Somewhere along the line, critical writing about technology became […]/p

I have recently been working on a personal web project that involves a lot of testing on my iPhone. While I would usually just have my iPhone to the side on my desk to test my changes in real-time and take screenshots, I was looking for a solution to mirror my iPhone’s screen directly on

I've written a tool for creating a searchable archive of all your Reddit data.

“We think that language models and AI give us the ingredients to make a new kind of software”

Atlantic writer Tim Alberta grew up in the evangelical church, the son of a pastor. His book, The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory, examines why so many evangelicals are ardent Trump supporters.

The tech industry is supposed to be the cradle of innovation—but it’s become a redoubt of waste and unproductivity.

Yesterday, Apple released Apple Music Replay, its annual recap of Apple Music subscribers’ listening habits. The site is beautifully designed with images of artists coming to life with video when you’re not scrolling the page. Included this year are: A highlight reel Top artists Top songs Top albums Top genres Top playlists Top radio stations

From Slack to the dinner table, honesty really is the best policy

Canary Mail stands out among email clients thanks to privacy-minded encryption features and built-in AI that can write messages for you.

Marcos Tanaka’s Play has become the way I watch YouTube, which isn’t something I expected would happen as much as I’ve enjoyed the app since its launch early last year. The app, available on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV, started as a way to save YouTube links to watch later. That made Play

As part of my ongoing experiment with third-party web browsers for the iPhone, I recently stumbled upon a new indie browser for iOS, which I was instantly drawn to thanks to its adorable name. Quiche Browser is a beautiful browser developed by Greg de J that focuses on UI modularity and small quality-of-life enhancements. The

From table hacks to CSS kludges, these are some of the techniques that helped web developers get their fancy pages on the internet.

We all know updaters in Shortcuts, they have been there since Workflow was introduced. Like Shortcuts they come in many different variants all with their strengths and weaknesses. Recently a new member on the Discord Shortcuts server published his version of an updater called “ Very smol updater “ this name sounded funny to me … Update in a different way Read More »

As most of you know, I left Uber in December and joined Stripe in January. I've gotten a lot of questions over the past couple of months about why I left and what my time at Uber was like. It's a strange, fascinating, and slightly horrifying story that deserves to be told while it is still fresh in

“Our previous approach wasn’t working.”

Apple is continuing on with the beta testing of a new iOS 17.2 update, and the third beta includes new features and refinements for existing...

The 2023 iPhone 15 Pro models feature USB-C instead of Lightning, new zoom camera technology, A17 Pro chips, and more.

One of these cars is the 2024 MotorTrend Car of the Year.

The art of journaling has found a new home on our devices. Apple's latest offering, the Journal app, integrates this age-old practice seamlessly into the

If you want to set up an iPad for an elderly person, you can do several things. This guide shows you the top settings to change.

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Rogan has the upper hand in negotiations with Spotify and could choose to go to another platform for more money or start his own network.

A lot of musicians are looking for better, more resilient platforms for selling and distributing their work. Faircamp may be a good solution.

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Users have been unintentionally downloading entire back catalogs.

Apple and Google are great partners — and great competitors.