Six Minutes of Silence on the Moon
A vending-machine-sized lander from a Houston startup touched down on the moon Thursday night, and the six minutes of dead silence before anyone knew it survived was more tense than it had any right to be.
Reddit Filed Its S-1 and Now Wants to Sell Shares to Its Own Mods
Reddit finally filed its S-1 this week, and the weirdest part isnt the numbers, its the plan to let regular users and mods buy in before the stock even opens.
A Weekend With Someone Else's Vision Pro
A weekend borrowing a friend's Apple Vision Pro during the first big wave of return-window stories, and what actually made me hesitate wasn't the price.
Day Fourteen: The Vision Pro Return Window Closes Today
Today's the 14-day return deadline for Vision Pro launch-day buyers, and the "Vision Pro face" red-mark photos going around this week explain a lot about why lines are forming to send them back.
The Morning My Timeline Turned Into a Film Festival
OpenAI dropped Sora this morning and my whole timeline turned into a film festival, but the thing that stuck with me was smaller and weirder than the demo reel.
25 Minutes With Vision Pro (And a Lot of Other Peoples Returns)
I finally did the guided Vision Pro demo at the Apple Store this week, and I've got thoughts on the display, the weight, the return-window chatter, and Google renaming Bard to Gemini the same week.
Snap's Terrible Wednesday, and Why I Never Deleted the App
Snap's stock got shredded this week after a rough earnings call, right on the heels of Meta's record-setting dividend pop. Some notes on why one of these companies is fine and the other is not.
That Senate Hearing Actually Got To Me
A quick reaction to Wednesday's Senate hearing on child safety, where Zuckerberg was pushed to turn around and apologize to families in the room, and why that one moment landed differently than the rest of the theater.
Apple's New EU Rules and the Fifty-Cent Catch
Apple's new EU compliance rules include a 50-cent-per-install fee that applies even outside the App Store, plus a quiet decision to kill home screen web apps entirely.
I Didn't Preorder the Vision Pro, and I Don't Feel Bad About It
Vision Pro preorders opened Friday at $3,499 and sold out fast. I sat at my laptop, cursor hovering over the buy button, and then didn't.
Rabbit R1 and My Drawer of Dead Gadgets
CES just wrapped and everyone's talking about the $199 Rabbit R1. I've got a drawer full of gadgets that promised the same thing, so here's why I'm cautiously optimistic but not buying yet.
The Rabbit R1 Is $199 and I Still Don't Want One
CES wrapped up this week and the gadget everyone's buzzing about is a tiny orange box called the Rabbit R1. Im glad its cheap, but Im not convinced its anything more than a really charming demo.