The Netflix Ad Tier's Real Catch Isn't the Ads
Netflix priced its ad-supported tier at $6.99 a month yesterday, and the 720p resolution cap and no-downloads rule matter more than the ad-count headline everyone's fixated on.
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My iPhone 14 Pro's Camera Still Won't Stop Shaking
A week and a half after Apple promised a fix, my iPhone 14 Pro's camera is still buzzing every time I open Instagram or TikTok.
Pixel Watch Launched Today, And the Setup Restriction Bugs Me
Google's Pixel Watch went on sale the same day it was announced, but the requirement that you pair it with a Pixel phone first is the part nobody's leading with.
Optus, and the Data You Didnt Know You Handed Over
The Optus breach saga took a bizarre turn this week when the hacker apparently backed off and apologized. That doesnt fix the actual problem, which is how much ID data telcos sit on.
I Watched a Spacecraft Punch an Asteroid Last Night
I watched NASA's DART spacecraft slam into an asteroid live from my kitchen, and the wildest part is we still don't actually know if it worked.
The Two RTX 4080s Are Not the Same Card
Nvidia's two new RTX 4080 cards share a name but not a GPU die, and the naming trick is a bigger story than the announcement itself.
MFA Fatigue, or How Uber Got Owned By a Text Message
Uber's breach this week wasn't a clever exploit, just an 18-year-old texting an employee until he got tired of MFA prompts and tapped approve. That's the scarier part.
Watching a Rocket Not Launch, Again
NASA scrubbed the second Artemis I launch attempt today over a hydrogen leak, and I cleared my whole morning to watch it not happen.
I Sat Through the Artemis I Scrub So You Didn't Have To
NASA scrubbed the first Artemis I launch attempt on August 29 over a stubborn engine sensor, so here's what three hours of couch-watching and some very rough per-launch cost math felt like.
GPU Prices Are Finally Coming Back Down to Reality
Nvidia's latest earnings show gaming GPU revenue cratering, and after two years of scalped prices, that's actually good news for anyone trying to buy a graphics card.
Your Phone Number Was Never a Good Password
Signal disclosed today that the Twilio phishing breach exposed around 1,900 users' phone numbers, which got me ranting about why SMS verification is still load-bearing for so much of our security.
A Fake IT Text Message Is All It Took
Twilio disclosed today that a fake IT text message was all it took to phish employee credentials and get at customer data. A look at why the boring attacks keep working, and why I'm finally ditching SMS codes on my own accounts.