The Note 7 Ships Tomorrow and I'm Already Nervous About It
Preordered the Galaxy Note 7 the night of the keynote, and it ships tomorrow. Some thoughts on the S Pen, the return of the SD card slot, and why I'm nervous about the price.
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Patch Your Firewall: Notes on the Shadow Brokers Auction
The Shadow Brokers put alleged NSA hacking tools up for auction this weekend, and it turns out some of the exploits target firewall gear a lot of us are still running unpatched.
The Note 7's Iris Scanner and Other Things Nobody Asked For
Samsung's Note 7 brings an iris scanner, USB-C, and a waterproof S Pen — plus some thoughts on why every phone launch now leans on a biometric party trick.
Samsung Skipped a Number and Gave the Note an Eyeball Scanner
Samsung's new Note 7 (yes, 7, they skipped 6) showed up this week with an iris scanner and USB-C. Some thoughts from someone who has never once wanted a stylus.
The Pokemon Go Plus Got Delayed and I'm Kind of Relieved
Niantic just pushed the Pokemon Go Plus wristband from late July to September, and after a week of dead batteries and dropped logins, I'm not even mad about it.
The Rocket Landed and Nobody Noticed
A rocket stuck a rare land landing at Cape Canaveral last week and almost nobody noticed because everyone was too busy chasing Pokemon around parking lots at midnight.
Watching the Mr. Robot Premiere at 1am
Thoughts on the Mr. Robot season two premiere, why its hacking scenes actually hold up, and the odd split-screen feeling of watching it the same week Pokemon Go ate everyone's attention.
Tesla Buying SolarCity Still Smells Like a Bailout to Me
Tesla's all-stock offer to buy SolarCity has been public for a week now, and the family ties and shaky balance sheet involved make it look a lot more like a bailout than a "synergy" play.
The Tesla-SolarCity Offer Smells Like a Bailout
Tesla's board offered to buy SolarCity this week in an all-stock deal worth a few billion, and the fact that Elon Musk chairs both companies and his cousin runs SolarCity is doing a lot of heavy lifting in the coverage nobody's saying out loud.
PSVR Is $399, Except Not Really
Sony priced PlayStation VR at $399 during E3 week, but the camera and Move controllers aren't included, plus some thoughts on that baffling Death Stranding trailer.
Gawker Files for Bankruptcy, and I Can't Stop Thinking About Kinja
Gawker filed for bankruptcy this week amid the Hulk Hogan verdict and Peter Thiel's secret funding of the case. Some scattered thoughts on Kinja, blogging since 2011, and what it means when money quietly decides which publications survive.
The Password Zuckerberg Reused (And Why I Finally Ditched Mine)
Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter got hacked with a reused password from the old LinkedIn breach dump, and it pushed me to finally fix my own terrible password habits.