TechpadinTech News Starliner Docked Today, An Hour Late and a Few Thrusters Short Starliner docked with the ISS today, an hour late and after some thruster trouble on approach. Notes on watching a genuinely big milestone get buried under bigger headlines. June 6, 2024·4 min read
TechpadinTech News The $3 Trillion Company and the Rocket Nobody Watched Nvidia passed Apple to become the second most valuable company on earth today, and it ate up every headline. Meanwhile Boeing put two astronauts into orbit on Starliner's first crewed flight and almost nobody noticed. June 5, 2024·4 min read
TechpadinTech News Glue on Pizza, Rocks for Breakfast, and My Flat Traffic Graph Google's new AI Overviews told people to eat rocks and glue pizza together this week. I checked what it's doing to my own Search Console numbers instead of just laughing at the screenshots. May 28, 2024·4 min read
TechpadinTech News My Sonos Speakers Got Worse On Purpose Sonos rebuilt its app from scratch in early May and stripped out sleep timers, reliable alarms, and queue management along the way. Two weeks in, I'm still annoyed. May 26, 2024·3 min read
TechpadinTech News X Hid Your Likes and I Have Thoughts X quietly hid everyone's Likes tab this week, and I have some specific, mildly bitter opinions about why. Plus: Starliner's about to fly astronauts for the first time. May 5, 2024·3 min read
TechpadinTech News Zuckerberg Tanks His Own Stock (On Purpose, Sort Of) Meta beat Q1 revenue estimates on April 24th and the stock still dropped 15% after hours over Zuckerberg's AI spending guidance. A few thoughts on why the market might be reacting to the wrong thing. April 25, 2024·3 min read
TechpadinTech News The Cybertruck's Pedal Problem Tesla recalled nearly every Cybertruck on the road over a pedal pad that can slide loose and jam the accelerator down, and the fix is weirder than the problem. April 23, 2024·3 min read
TechpadinTech News I Almost Bought the Humane Pin. I'm Very Glad I Didn't. The Humane AI Pin reviews landed this week and they were brutal. I had my card ready to preorder one back in November. Here's why I didn't, and why I'm relieved. April 17, 2024·3 min read
TechpadinTech News The Humane AI Pin Reviews Are In, and Yikes The Humane AI Pin reviews dropped this week and they were rough. Some thoughts on a $699 wearable with a $24/month subscription that can't handle sunlight. April 15, 2024·4 min read
TechpadinTech News Reddit Went Public and I'm Still Mad About Apollo Reddit and Trump Media both went public the same week, and only one of them makes any financial sense. A longtime Reddit user's take, with a detour through the death of Apollo. March 27, 2024·3 min read
TechpadinTech News Reddit Priced Its IPO Tonight and I'm Still Thinking About Apollo Reddit priced its IPO at $34 a share tonight, and instead of feeling excited about it I mostly just kept thinking about Apollo. March 20, 2024·3 min read
TechpadinTech News Apple Banned Epic, Then Un-Banned Them, All Before the Weekend Apple banned Epic's EU developer account, then un-banned it 48 hours later once Spotify and Brussels started paying attention. A quick look at what that says about Apple's DMA compliance. March 12, 2024·3 min read
