The Forbes/Perplexity Thing Hit Closer to Home Than I Expected
Forbes accused Perplexity AI of rewriting its Eric Schmidt drone-startup scoop almost word for word. As someone who's been putting words on the internet since 2011, I have thoughts.
Recall Gets Recalled (Sort Of)
Microsoft quietly walked back its Recall feature this week, making it opt-in and delaying the rollout after security researchers found it was storing screenshots of your PC in plain text.
Starliner Finally Got Off the Ground, and Now Everyone's Watching the Thrusters
Boeing's Starliner finally flew with a crew this week, and I spent launch day glued to NASA TV. But the helium leaks that showed up in flight are the part I can't stop thinking about.
Watching Starship Not Blow Up For Once
Notes on watching Starship's fourth test flight live: a flap cooked itself in reentry, the ship kept flying anyway, and I still have complaints about Central time livestreams.
Starliner Docked Today, An Hour Late and a Few Thrusters Short
Starliner docked with the ISS today, an hour late and after some thruster trouble on approach. Notes on watching a genuinely big milestone get buried under bigger headlines.
The $3 Trillion Company and the Rocket Nobody Watched
Nvidia passed Apple to become the second most valuable company on earth today, and it ate up every headline. Meanwhile Boeing put two astronauts into orbit on Starliner's first crewed flight and almost nobody noticed.
Glue on Pizza, Rocks for Breakfast, and My Flat Traffic Graph
Google's new AI Overviews told people to eat rocks and glue pizza together this week. I checked what it's doing to my own Search Console numbers instead of just laughing at the screenshots.
My Sonos Speakers Got Worse On Purpose
Sonos rebuilt its app from scratch in early May and stripped out sleep timers, reliable alarms, and queue management along the way. Two weeks in, I'm still annoyed.
Slack Will Train on Your Data Unless You Email Them About It
Slack quietly opted every workspace into AI/ML data training by default this week, and the only way out right now is an email. Here's what I actually did about it.
X Hid Your Likes and I Have Thoughts
X quietly hid everyone's Likes tab this week, and I have some specific, mildly bitter opinions about why. Plus: Starliner's about to fly astronauts for the first time.
Clearing My Monday Night For A Rocket
Boeing's Starliner is set to fly astronauts for the first time Monday night, and I've already rearranged my whole evening around it, Boeing's recent track record notwithstanding.
Zuckerberg Tanks His Own Stock (On Purpose, Sort Of)
Meta beat Q1 revenue estimates on April 24th and the stock still dropped 15% after hours over Zuckerberg's AI spending guidance. A few thoughts on why the market might be reacting to the wrong thing.