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Myke Hurley Interviews Yours Truly for the Cortex âState of the Workflowâ Series
Myke Hurley: For this episode, I took a slightly different approach for the main section, following step-by-step how John writes and publishes an article. I think this is a template...
Puck: âWas Colbertâs Cancellation Really âEconomicâ for CBS?â
Matthew Belloni, writing at Puck (paywall-busting gift link) regarding the claim from anonymous CBS sources that The Late Show lost $40 million last year: Nobody can know for sure. All...
ChatGPT Agent
OpenAI: You can now ask ChatGPT to handle requests like âlook at my calendar and brief me on upcoming client meetings based on recent news,â âplan and buy ingredients to...
Billionaire Jackass Bill Ackman Bought His Way Into Playing in a Legit Professional Tennis Tournament and, Shockingly, He Embarrassed Himself and Everyone Involved With Letting Him Play
Real athletes get 30 For 30 documentaries; fake athletes get fake ones. Not sure which are more enjoyable. Â â Â
â Curse Not the King
Why CBSâs cancellation of âThe Late Show With Stephen Colbertâ stinks to high hell.
Apple Sues Jon Prosser Over iOS 26 Leaks
Eric Slivka, reporting last night for MacRumors: While the Camera app redesign didnât exactly match what Apple unveiled for iOS 26, the general idea was correct and much of what...
Network Pinheads at CBS Are Ending âThe Late Showâ
The above links to an Instagram reel with Colbert breaking the news at the start of his show airing tonight. Hereâs the same clip on X, if you prefer. He,...
Rare Earth Magnet Maker MP Materials Is Having a Big Week
Spencer Kimball, reporting for CNBC one week ago: The Defense Department will become the largest shareholder in rare earth miner MP Materials after agreeing to buy $400 million of its...
More on Commodore, Apple, and the Inchoate Personal Computer Era
Jason Snell: If you find yourself walking down the street in the 1980s and you see someone coming who prefers the VIC-20 to the Apple II, cross to the other...
Drew Saurâs Ode to the Commodore 64
Drew Saur, pushing back on my post slagging on the Commodore 64: I cannot argue with your nostalgia. It is uniquely yours. That said: The Commodore 64 as cheap-feeling and...
The Party of âFree Speechâ
David A. Graham, writing at The Atlantic: Not that long ago, believe it or not, Donald Trump ran for president as the candidate who would defend the First Amendment. He...
âElon Musk Gives Himself Another Handshakeâ
Nick Heer, Pixel Envy on the news that SpaceX âinvestedâ $2 billion in the xAI money pit: This comes just a few months after xAI acquired X, one year after...
Lee Elia, Former Major League Manager, Dies at 87
Steve Berman, The Athletic: Lee Elia, who managed the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs for two seasons apiece but is perhaps best known for a profane postgame rant critical of...
Elmore Leonardâs Perfect Pitch
Anthony Lane, in a crackerjack piece for The New Yorker on the writing and work of Elmore Leonard: So, when does Leonard become himself? Is it possible to specify the...
Reborn Commodore Is Taking Pre-Orders for New Commodore 64 Models
Last year, retro computing YouTuber Christian âPeri Fracticâ Simpson bought the branding rights and some of the IP belonging to Commodore (which rights have been transferred five times since the...
âClassic Webâ on Mastodon
Classic Web is a fun account to follow on Mastodon. Curator Richard MacManus posts half a dozen or so screenshots per day of, well, classic websites from the late 1990s...
Grok 4 System Prompt Shenanigans
Simon Willison: Grok 4 Heavy is the âthink much harderâ version of Grok 4 thatâs currently only available on their $300/month plan. Jeremy Howard relays a report from a Grok...
Apple and Masimo Faced Off in US Appeals Court This Week
Blake Brittain, reporting for Reuters: Apple asked a U.S. appeals court on Monday to overturn a trade tribunalâs decision which forced it to remove blood-oxygen reading technology from its Apple...
Moftâs MagSafe-Compatible Snap-On iPhone Stand and Wallet
Hereâs a product recommendation long in the making. Four years ago this month, Matthew Panzarino was my guest on The Talk Show and at one point he recommended Moftâs Snap-On...
Linda Yaccarino Resigns as âCEOâ of X
Linda Yaccarino, in a post on X yesterday: After two incredible years, Iâve decided to step down as CEO of X. When @elonmusk and I first spoke of his vision...