The 90 Days Nobody's Talking About
Everyone's covering "Google bans Huawei" — the more interesting detail is the 90-day license quietly keeping existing Huawei phones updated while new ones lose Google's apps.
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The WhatsApp Call You Never Answered
A WhatsApp bug let attackers install spyware just by calling your phone, no answer required. It made me actually update an app the same day I heard about it, which never happens.
The Windows News I Actually Cared About This Week
Microsoft's Build keynote buried a real Linux kernel and a new terminal app under the usual conference noise, and honestly it's the only announcement from this week I actually care about.
Samsung's Fold Fiasco and the Screen Protector That Wasn't
Samsung pulled the $1,980 Galaxy Fold's launch this week after review units started dying, and the cause traces back to a display layer that looked exactly like a screen protector.
Microsoft Hit a Trillion Dollars and Windows Had Nothing to Do With It
Microsoft briefly hit a trillion dollar market cap this week, and its Azure doing the heavy lifting, not Windows. Some thoughts on that, plus a quick note on the Galaxy Fold mess.
The Fold Screens Are Already Breaking and Honestly, Yeah
Samsung's Galaxy Fold review units are breaking within days of launch, and thinking about what's actually under that display makes it a lot less surprising.
Why I Just Cancelled My Galaxy Fold Preorder
Review units of Samsung's $1,980 Galaxy Fold are breaking within a day or two, and it made me finally cancel my preorder instead of waiting to see if mine would be one of the unlucky ones.
The Real Casualty of the Apple/Qualcomm Truce Was Intel
Everyone's writing about Apple and Qualcomm making peace this week. The part that actually matters is that Intel just quietly gave up on 5G phone modems entirely.
A Very Uneven Day for Spaceflight
Falcon Heavy stuck all three booster landings last night while Israel's Beresheet lunar lander crashed into the moon the same day. Notes on a very uneven day for spaceflight.
That Black Hole Picture Isn't Actually a Photo
The black hole image everyone shared yesterday wasn't emailed anywhere - it traveled as half a ton of hard drives on actual planes. The logistics story is better than the photo.
Google Hid a Snake Game in Maps and I Have Not Been Productive Since
Google buried a real, playable game of Snake inside Google Maps for April Fools' Day, and it's the first corporate April 1st joke in years that actually didn't waste my time.
The Credit Card With No Number On It
Apple's new credit card has no number printed on it anywhere, and five days after the announcement I still can't decide if that's clever design or a hassle waiting to happen.