The Roundup – episode 21
The fediverse keeps expanding in different and new directions. The Japanese Misskey community continues to grow rapidly. Link aggregators such as Lemmy and Kbin are getting more popular, and much other news!
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Ferrari on pole for Le Mans 2023: a race preview
Ferrari on pole for Le Mans 2023: the race preview
Reddit CEO doubles down on attack on Apollo developer in drama-filled AMA
Reddit’s unpopular decision to revise its API pricing in a move that’s forcing third-party apps out of business has taken a weird turn. In an AMA hosted today by Reddit co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman, aka u/spez on the internet forum site, the exec doubled down on accusations against the developer behind the well-liked third-party […]
ChatGPT comes to iPad, adds support for Siri and Shortcuts
OpenAI's ChatGPT app is getting its first big update. The new version brings native iPad support to the AI chatbot app, as well as support for using ChatGPT with Siri and Shortcuts.
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Reddit won’t budge on the API changes that are shutting down apps like Apollo
Users have been protesting the changes for days.
why join mastodon – n3wjack's blog
News from WWDC23: WebKit Features in Safari 17 beta
It’s been a fantastic year for WebKit.
WWDC 2023: Notes and Reminders to Gain Significant Productivity Features This Fall
Every WWDC, I look forward to what Apple’s Notes and Reminders teams have in store for the next version of the company’s OSes. Notes debuted with the iPhone itself, and Reminders wasn’t too far behind. All these years later, both apps remain actively developed, and in recent years have significantly extended their capabilities, adding new
With iPadOS 17, Stage Manager Is (Finally) Moving in the Right Direction
I’m in Cupertino for WWDC this week, and after yesterday’s whirlwind of announcements and surprises, I had some time to sit down with my 12.9” iPad Pro, install iPadOS 17 beta 1 on it, and try the improved version of Stage Manager. As you know, I have a…complicated history with the iPad’s latest multitasking system.
Mike Davis, California’s ‘prophet of doom’, on activism in a dying world: ‘Despair is useless’
His warnings of ecological and social breakdown have proved accurate. But with months to live, Davis is anything but defeated
Erin Kissane
Straight out of undergrad, I applied to a bookselling job and didn’t get it, so I started working in tech. By the end of my first year there, I was
Even most of the emergent gestures in our interfaces are tweaks on tech-first features
Clickbait’s destructive legacy by The Gray Area with Sean Illing
How the media’s pursuit of traffic dented democracy.
Twitter Admits in Court Filing: Elon Musk Is Simply Wrong About Government Interference At Twitter
It is amazing the degree to which some people will engage in confirmation bias and believe absolute nonsense, even as the facts show the opposite is true. Over the past few months, we’ve gone throu…
none establishing a state-imposed rule responsible for Plaintiffs’ challenged content-moderation decisions.
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Microsoft will stop supporting Cortana on Windows later this year
Say farewell to Cortana later this year.
iPadOS 17 Preview - Apple
Invite friends to join your playlist and everyone can add, reorder, and remove songs.
BIG.
A new Column View organizes sections into columns across your screen, making it easy to visualize your tasks.
Save an area of a map to your iPad and explore it while offline.
A new catch-up arrow lets you jump to the first message you haven’t seen in a conversation.
Read an audio message transcription
Audio messages are now transcribed, so you can read them in the moment and listen later.
Scan the QR code on your room TV and you can securely share videos, photos, and music from your iPad to the TV.
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Apple’s iOS 17 is official with better autocorrect and StandBy - The Verge
iOS 17 also includes keyboard updates,
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Apple’s new journaling app turns your iPhone into a digital diary - The Verge
Social media downloaders - Martindb
Commodore 64 Web Server Brings 8-Bit Into The Future | Hackaday
They Made It Big on Twitter a Decade Ago. Now They’re Fighting It.
Tesla files feed doubts about Elon Musk's promise
Grasshoppermouse: Should scientific publishing move to Github and friends?
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Living and working from an all-electric VW ID Buzz - The Verge
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Apple’s $50 million butterfly keyboard settlement is finally approved - The Verge
Bose QuietComfort 45 review: Sony's WH-1000XM4 are still better
Bose QuietComfort 45 review: Top travel headphones
Bose QuietComfort 45 review | Engadget
Mimestream: The Perfect Email App for Gmail Users on the Mac - MacStories
Some Ultimate Hacking Keyboard configuration tips - BrettTerpstra.com
Build Websites Anywhere with Blocs for iPad. | by Blocs | May, 2023 | Blocs
On May 30th, Blocs for iPad will be launched on the iPad App Store 🎉.