The Cheap MacBook Pro Isn't Really a Pro Anymore
Apple's new M3 MacBook Pro lineup landed this week, but the $1599 base model quietly ships with last-generation display tech and the same 8GB of memory it had in 2020.
The Doorbell Cam Ruins Halloween a Little Bit
A Tuesday-night Halloween, a video doorbell that would not stop buzzing, an emergency gas-station candy run, and some grumbling about the $3-a-month tax on basic doorbell footage.
Stack Overflow's Layoffs and Where All the Questions Went
Stack Overflow just laid off around 28% of its staff, and my own browser history explains exactly why: I barely use the site anymore now that Copilot and ChatGPT answer things inline.
A Few Days With the Quest 3 (and the Strap That's Still Bugging Me)
A few days in with the new Meta Quest 3, why the passthrough finally feels real, and why I'm still annoyed the good strap costs extra.
Nobody Hacked 23andMe, Somebody Just Reused a Password
The 23andMe breach making the rounds this week wasn't some elaborate hack, it was reused passwords plus a relative-matching feature that quietly widened the damage to people who did nothing wrong.
The Blast Radius of a Reused Password
23andMe's newly confirmed breach wasn't a database hack, it was credential stuffing amplified by the DNA Relatives feature, turning a few thousand weak passwords into millions of exposed profiles.
My iPhone 15 Pro Turned Into a Hand Warmer, and Apple Finally Fixed It
Apple shipped iOS 17.0.3 this week to fix the iPhone 15 Pro overheating problem, and I can confirm it was a real thing, not just Twitter noise.
Eleven Lightning Cables and a Kitchen Drawer
The iPhone 15 finally ditched Lightning for USB-C after eleven years, and my kitchen drawer full of dead cables is proof of how overdue it was.
StandBy Mode Is Just a Nightstand Clock and I Kind of Love It
A few days into iOS 17 and the feature I actually care about isn't NameDrop, it's the dumb nightstand clock mode that finally let me throw out my bedside clock.
Arm Goes Public, and I Finally Notice the Chip in Everything
Arm went public last week with a huge IPO pop, which got me thinking about how invisible this company is despite being in nearly every device I own.
My Cable Drawer Is Not Ready For This
The Wonderlust invite is out and USB-C rumors are everywhere, which got me thinking less about the keynote and more about the actual disaster zone that is my kitchen cable drawer.
The iMessage Bug That Made Me Actually Update My Phone
Apple quietly patched a zero-click iMessage exploit called BLASTPASS this week, and for once I actually installed the update the same day.