iTunes Is Dead, Long Live Three Separate Apps
Apple split iTunes into three apps at WWDC and handed syncing off to Finder. A look at what that actually means, plus a quick note on Stadia's freshly announced pricing.
You're Breathtaking Too: Watching the Xbox Briefing
Live reactions to Microsoft's Xbox E3 briefing, including the Keanu Reeves "you're breathtaking" moment during the Cyberpunk 2077 reveal and why Game Pass matters more than the Project Scarlett spec sheet.
The Stand Costs More Than My Whole Desk
Apple's WWDC keynote gave us the cheese-grater Mac Pro and a gorgeous new display, but the thing everybody's still laughing about five days later is the $999 stand you have to buy separately.
The Train of Lights in My Backyard
A personal account of watching SpaceX's first Starlink satellite train cross the night sky, plus some grumbling about what a few thousand more of them will do to stargazing.
Uber Posts a Billion-Dollar Loss and Nobody's Surprised
Uber's first earnings report as a public company showed a loss well over a billion dollars, and honestly nobody seemed surprised. A few thoughts on the numbers, the stock slide since IPO, and why surge pricing still bugs me more than the balance sheet does.
A Billion Dollar Loss and a Thirty Dollar Memory
Uber posted its first earnings report as a public company today, a billion-dollar quarterly loss, which got me thinking about the thirty-dollar black car rides I used to take back when this blog was new.
The Huawei Story Nobody's Talking About Is the Chips, Not the Apps
Everyone's fixated on Google cutting Huawei off from Android. The ARM news that broke today is quieter, weirder, and probably matters more.
The 90 Days Nobody's Talking About
Everyone's covering "Google bans Huawei" — the more interesting detail is the 90-day license quietly keeping existing Huawei phones updated while new ones lose Google's apps.
The WhatsApp Call You Never Answered
A WhatsApp bug let attackers install spyware just by calling your phone, no answer required. It made me actually update an app the same day I heard about it, which never happens.
The Windows News I Actually Cared About This Week
Microsoft's Build keynote buried a real Linux kernel and a new terminal app under the usual conference noise, and honestly it's the only announcement from this week I actually care about.
How I Spoiler-Proofed My Internet for Endgame Weekend
A practical, slightly obsessive walkthrough of muting Twitter, blurring Facebook, and dodging Google's own search results so nobody ruins Endgame before you get to the theater.
Samsung's Fold Fiasco and the Screen Protector That Wasn't
Samsung pulled the $1,980 Galaxy Fold's launch this week after review units started dying, and the cause traces back to a display layer that looked exactly like a screen protector.