Surface Pro 6 Showed Up and Still Doesn't Have USB-C
Microsoft refreshed the entire Surface lineup today, and the new Pro 6 still shipped without a single USB-C port anywhere on it.
The Forty Million Dollar Tweet
Musk settled with the SEC over the weekend, and the detail I can't stop thinking about is the clause requiring Tesla to review his tweets before they go out.
So That's Why I Got Logged Out of Everything Today
Got randomly logged out of Facebook on every device tonight and panicked, then found out it wasn't just me: a View As bug exposed access tokens for up to 50 million accounts.
A Weekend With the iOS 12 Shortcuts App
A weekend spent messing with the new Shortcuts app in iOS 12 — what actually turned out useful, what's still clunky, and why I skipped the new iPhones this year.
My Screen Time Numbers Are Embarrassing
A week into iOS 12's Screen Time feature and the numbers it's showing me are worse than I expected, plus a rant about it graying out the one app I actually need at night.
The Amazon Alexa Microwave Is Real and I Have Thoughts
Amazon announced a pile of new Echo hardware today, but the thing that actually stuck with me was a $59.99 microwave that needs a speaker's permission to reheat your soup.
The Apple Watch Feature Nobody's Talking About
The new iPhones got all the headlines this week, but the FDA-cleared ECG sensor in the Apple Watch Series 4 is the part actually worth talking about.
The EU Copyright Vote and What It Actually Means for a Blog Like This
The EU Parliament just approved its negotiating mandate on the Copyright Directive, Article 13 and Article 11 included. Some thoughts from a small link-heavy blog on what actually changes (not much, yet) and what genuinely worries me (not the part everyone's yelling about).
An Invite and an Empty Chair
Apple's invite for the September 12 event landed alongside a Senate hearing where Google left an empty chair — two very different kinds of tech news on the same day.
The Fortnite Android Bug Fight Nobody Needed
A Labor Day catch-up on the Fortnite-for-Android sideloading mess and the testy security disclosure fight it kicked off between Epic and Google.
Turning Off "Location History" Doesn't Turn Off Location History
The AP's report that Google keeps logging your location even after you switch Location History off sent me straight to my own account settings, and yeah, it's true.
Watching the Parker Solar Probe Launch at 3AM
Skipping the Tesla and Fortnite headlines this week to talk about staying up until 3am to watch NASA's Parker Solar Probe launch, and why the heat shield numbers actually got me.