We're Losing Arecibo And Nobody's Talking About It
While everyone was chasing PS5 restocks this week, NSF quietly announced it's decommissioning the Arecibo Observatory after a second cable failure left the structure too dangerous to repair.
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I Did Not Get an RX 6800 XT and I Have Thoughts
A blow-by-blow of losing the RX 6800 XT launch-day checkout race, and a small rant about bots eating GPU stock during a very weird month for hardware launches.
Big Navi Looks Great on a Slide, I Still Dont Have a GPU
AMD's Radeon RX 6000 launch event had great slides and a Ryzen 5000 chip dropping tomorrow, but after missing the RTX 3080 by three minutes in September I'm not holding my breath on actually owning one.
Big Navi Pricing Looks Great, Which Is Exactly Why I Won't Get One
AMD's RX 6000 pricing looks great on paper, but after living through the RTX 3080 launch chaos in September, I'm not holding my breath for November 18th either.
The iPhone 12 Box Is Missing Something
The iPhone 12 shipped without a charger or earbuds in the box, and MagSafe is back as a magnetic charging ring. Some thoughts on what that combination actually adds up to.
iPhone 12 Day, and the Case of the Missing Charger
The iPhone 12 and 12 Pro hit stores today, and the thing everyone's actually talking about isn't the 5G chip, it's the empty half of the box.
Prime Day Landed on the Same Day as the iPhone Event
Amazon's rescheduled Prime Day landed on the same day as Apple's iPhone 12 event, and most of the "deals" I checked weren't actually deals at all.
Apple Ditched the Charger and I Have Some Thoughts
Apple's iPhone 12 event was two days ago, and the detail I can't stop thinking about isn't the phone specs, it's the missing charger in the box.
The CRISPR Nobel and Why I Actually Read the Science Section This Week
The Chemistry Nobel just went to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for CRISPR, and it made me actually stop and read the science pages this week instead of scrolling past.
The Fly Beat the Debate
A fly landed on Mike Pence's head during Tuesday's VP debate, and the internet's reaction infrastructure turned it into merch before the debate was even over.
449 Pages Later, Still Paying the App Store Tax
Congress dropped a 449-page report on Big Tech monopolies yesterday, and buried in it is the exact 30% App Store cut that quietly killed a side project of mine four years ago.
Chromecast Finally Gets a Remote (And I Have Feelings About It)
Google finally put a remote on the Chromecast and renamed the whole interface Google TV again — a look at the new hardware, plus a complaint about my ever-growing remote drawer.