TechpadinTech News Musk's Own Words: "Production Hell" Tesla handed over the first 30 Model 3s last night, and Musk used the same breath to warn of months of "production hell" ahead — the number that actually stuck with me wasn't the price. July 28, 2017·3 min read
TechpadinTech News Verbal Approval Is Not Approval Musk says he has "verbal government approval" for a 29-minute NY-to-DC tunnel. Verbal approval isn't a real thing, and the coverage this week mostly forgot to mention that. July 22, 2017·3 min read
TechpadinTech News SoundCloud Guts Itself, and I Went Digging Through My Old DJ Mixes SoundCloud just laid off 40% of its staff and closed two offices, which sent me digging through DJ mixes I uploaded back in 2011, plus a quick note on this week's net neutrality banners. July 14, 2017·3 min read
TechpadinTech News Everybody's Buffering: Notes on Yesterday's Net Neutrality Stunt A rundown of what the July 12th net neutrality "Day of Action" actually looked like across the sites I visit, and why the loading-spinner gimmick worked better on some of them than others. July 13, 2017·4 min read
TechpadinTech News The Ransomware That Was Never Going to Give Anything Back NotPetya looked like ransomware, but the "decryption ID" it showed victims was randomly generated garbage with no way to ever produce a real key. A closer look at the detail that got buried under the bigger headlines. July 8, 2017·4 min read
TechpadinTech News No Landing Tonight SpaceX launched the Intelsat 35e satellite overnight with zero landing attempt, and I stayed up way too late watching a rocket disappear into the ocean instead of a droneship. July 5, 2017·3 min read
TechpadinTech News Kalanick's Out, and I'm Still Not Sure How I Feel About It Travis Kalanick resigned as Uber's CEO last week under investor pressure, weeks after his mother died in a boating accident. Some thoughts on the brutal timeline and my own complicated relationship with the app. June 26, 2017·3 min read
TechpadinTech News My TV Isn't Even 4K and Microsoft Wants $499 Anyway Microsoft finally put a price on the Xbox One X at E3 last week, and I've spent the weekend arguing with myself about whether six teraflops matters when my TV can't even show it off. June 18, 2017·3 min read
TechpadinTech News Google Assistant Moved Into My iPhone and Can't Even Set a Timer Google finally put its Assistant on the iPhone as a standalone app. It's smarter than Siri in conversation but locked out of everything that actually makes a phone useful. June 3, 2017·4 min read
TechpadinTech News Computex Turned Into a Core Count Flex-Off Intel and AMD both used Computex this week to start throwing around ridiculous core counts, and it's made my 14-month-old quad-core desktop feel ancient. May 31, 2017·4 min read
TechpadinTech News The Guy Who Slowed Down WannaCry for About Ten Bucks A UK researcher accidentally slowed the WannaCry ransomware worm this weekend by registering a random domain for about ten dollars, and that detail is stuck in my head more than the attack itself. May 14, 2017·4 min read
TechpadinTech News Microsoft Renamed the Design Language Again Microsoft renamed its Windows design language again at Build 2017, this time to Fluent Design. A look back at Metro, Modern UI, and MDL2, and why the blur-and-depth comeback might actually be worth caring about. May 12, 2017·3 min read
