YouTube is making it easier for creators to choose that perfect thumbnail
A broad launch is planned for next year.
Introducing ReviewKit: Improve your App Store Rating with Ease
ReviewKit: Get app reviews from satisfied users at the right time. Say goodbye to intrusive prompts and optimize your app review process.
Motorola Razr Plus review: the right moves
A twist in the Hot Foldable Summer plot.
Easily replaceable phone batteries might be back, and I’m here for it
Could we have phones with replaceable batteries in our future?
Meta and Reddit prove the social web is over - The Vergecast (podcast)
01:26:38 - The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss the vibe shift that is happening on social media and the communal internet.
Further re…
Spotify to buy podcast ad company Megaphone for $235 million
Spotify said it has agreed to acquire Megaphone, which offers technology for podcast publishers and advertisers seeking targeted slots on podcasts.
The Hidden Cost of Gasoline
Gas stations caused a $20 billion toxic mess — and it’s not going away.
iPadOS 17 brings new levels of personalization and versatility to iPad
Apple today previewed iPadOS 17, delivering entirely new ways for users to personalize the Lock Screen and interact with widgets.
Each profile has their own history, cookies, Tab Groups, and Favorites
Audio messages are transcribed automatically so users can read them in the moment or listen later.
Video: driving Gran Turismo's icons
The game that put the Skyline, RX-7, Supra and NSX into our living rooms is 20
The Rain
This issue heralds the dawn of a new era for Logic(s) and we plan to do something very different than counting up falling sky Chicken Little style.
Inside the AI Factory
How many humans does it take to make tech seem human? Millions.
Eve Echoes review – space to grow
A fantastic sci-fi MMORPG that's secretly also an idle game
What we’re learning from the Reddit blackout
Five lessons, and one open question
r/formula1
Lyft Terms of Service
Can Mastodon be a Twitter refuge for marginalized groups?
The Twitter implosion has brought a flood of people seeking a safer, less-toxic environment. The results have been mixed.
FEDI-WATCH demo | bonkerfield
running decentralized detoxify monitoring for Mastodon
Harmony vs. Ownership: The Battle Between Music Copyright and AI Technology
Since the launch of ChatGPT, generative AI has taken the world by storm. Text-to-image AI generators can create extraordinary images with just a text prompt, while ChatGPT promotes…
h-event - Microformats Wiki
Apple announces new Safari profiles and WebKit features
Safari and WebKit are here to stay with new features.
How to create Safari profiles in iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma
At WWDC23, Apple announced the rollout of Safari profiles for iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS Sonoma. Safari profiles let you create separate browser
If You Have an Enemy, Then Buy Them a Car: Gig Workers vs. Multinational Corporations in India
Caste-oppressed gig workers contend with uncertain working conditions and algorithmic wage discrimination from the platforms they rely on.
Out of the Software Crisis: Systems-Thinking for Software Projects
Available in PDF and EPUB
A prayer wheel for capitalism
How to make better software with systems-thinking
Ticketmaster to Show Full Ticket Pricing and Eliminate Hidden Fees
President Joe Biden had called out ticketing giants for their “junk fees” during his State of the Union address
Black praise in white pews: When your church doesn't love you back : Code Switch
Absolutely the most valuable "podcast" "episode" I've heard in years in terms of sheer insight.
PlatinumiOS 17 Lets You Share iCloud Keychain Passwords With Friends and Family
Apple has been improving password management over the last several years to encourage people to use separate, hard-to-guess passwords for each site,...
The Toyota Corolla Theory of College
Higher education risks becoming a cut-price assembly line. There’s a better way of producing good learning.
On Reading More Books — Random Notes
Recently, a friend sent me a link to an article that they thought I might mind useful. It was one of those articles, the kind that purpor...
Brains on Drugs | John Semley
Between the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, consuming drugs to expand one’s consciousness went from an intellectual pastime to an emblem of social decay.
Apple's Notes App Now Lets You Create Links Between Notes
Apple's stock Notes app got hardly any screen time during yesterday's WWDC keynote, but one powerful addition to the app in iOS 17 is a new...
Typing two greater-than symbols (>>) into a note invokes a list containing your six most recently modified notes, and tapping one instantly adds a link to that note.