The Uber Dinner Nobody Should've Had
Uber's SVP talked about digging up dirt on a critical journalist, and a BuzzFeed reporter says she was tracked with the company's "God View" tool. Some thoughts, and why I deleted the app.
Sixty Hours on a Comet, Then Silence
Philae's battery ran out this morning after sixty hours on a comet. Some notes on the bounce, the drilling, and why I was refreshing ESA's blog at 2am.
I Paid $60 for Four Halo Games and Couldn't Play Any of Them Together
Halo: The Master Chief Collection launched this week with four remastered games for $60, but multiplayer matchmaking has been a mess since day one.
A Robot Landed on a Comet and We Talked About a Shirt
A lander touched down on a comet this week after a ten-year journey, and then immediately got upstaged by a bowling shirt. Some thoughts on both.
A Cylinder That Listens to My Kitchen
Amazon's new always-listening speaker Echo has me half-convinced and half-uneasy, plus some thoughts on the CurrentC mess and a comet landing happening today.
The Lumia 535 and the End of the Nokia Name
Microsoft's new Lumia 535 is the first Lumia phone with no Nokia branding on it at all, and that quietly bugged me more than I expected. Also: ESA tries to land on a comet tomorrow.
Interstellar's Black Hole Wasn't Faked, It Was Computed
Interstellar opens wide today, and the black hole effects are less "concept art" and more actual general-relativity simulation, thanks to physicist Kip Thorne and the team at Double Negative.
My Phone Said Yes, the Register Said No
CVS turned off Apple Pay at the register right as the retailer-backed CurrentC app it's pushing instead had its pilot users' emails leaked.
My Rite Aid Turned Off Apple Pay For an App That Doesn't Exist Yet
CVS and Rite Aid switched off their Apple Pay-capable terminals to force a not-yet-released app called CurrentC, and I found out the hard way buying pretzels.
Advanced Warfare Landed on PC Today, and So Did a 50GB Problem
Advanced Warfare hit PC today and ate 50GB of my SSD before I even finished the tutorial. Some notes on the exo suit, Kevin Spacey's motion capture, and Activision's extra launcher app.
The Nexus 9 is Out Today and I'm Still Stalling
The Nexus 9 goes on sale today, and between the $399 starting price and early reports of a creaky HTC-built chassis, I can't quite talk myself into buying one over my dying old Nexus 7.
CurrentC Picked a Bad Week to Get Hacked
CVS and Rite Aid blocked Apple Pay to push their own CurrentC app, and days later CurrentC announced a data breach. A rundown of a genuinely bad week for mobile payments.