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When ‘FAQ’ Stands for ‘Fucking Angry Questions’
From Humane’s “AI Pin Consumers FAQ”, which they link to with one of the best euphemisms of the year thus far — “We understand this transition may be difficult, and...
We Found the Sucker Willing to Buy Humane, and as Promised, I’m Going to Be Insufferable, Because of Course It Was HP
Brody Ford, reporting for Bloomberg: HP Inc. will acquire assets from Humane Inc., the maker of a wearable Ai Pin introduced in late 2023, for $116 million. The deal will...
MapQuest’s ‘Name Your Own Gulf’
I cracked wise in a footnote yesterday about MapQuest still being around, but it turns out they’re not only still around, and they’re not only still labelling the Gulf of...
★ Golfo del Gringo Loco
Much serious thought and consideration, from very smart people in Mountain View and Cupertino, went into determining how to respond to a profoundly silly and thoughtless executive order. Yet that...
‘The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan’
Extraordinary illustrated essay by Marcin Wichary, documenting a typeface — and its long, fascinating, splintered history — that exemplifies the difference between beautiful and pretty. The beauty in Gorton isn’t...
The Best ‘Saturday Night Live’ Sketches, According to the People Who Made Them
Alan Siegel at The Ringer: Ahead of ‘SNL50,’ we asked Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers, Bill Hader, and more to tell us which of their sketches they hold closest to their...
Gurman: ‘Apple’s Long-Promised AI Overhaul for Siri Runs Into Bugs, Possible Delays’
Mark Gurman, reporting for Bloomberg: Apple Inc.’s long-promised overhaul for the Siri digital assistant is facing engineering problems and software bugs, threatening to postpone or limit its release, according to...
Apple Research Paper Documents Anthropomorphic, Emotionally Expressive Robot Lamp, à la Pixar’s Luxo
New research published from Apple machine learning researchers Yuhan Hu, Peide Huang, Mouli Sivapurapu, Jian Zhang: Nonverbal behaviors such as posture, gestures, and gaze are essential for conveying internal states,...
Martin Pilkington, Longtime Stalwart of the Mac and Apple Developer Community, Dies From Cancer
Sad news, posted to his Mastodon account: Martin passed away yesterday, peacefully in his sleep. He was a true fighter until the bitter end but he is now pain free...
Netflix Deeply Regrets Accidentally Making Netflix a Better Product for Its Customers
Joe Rosensteel: Netflix deeply regrets accidentally making Netflix a better product for its customers. It temporarily pushed out a change that let people see Netflix shows in the Apple TV...
Financial Times: ‘Is Corporate America Already Souring on Trump?’
Guy Chazan, Amanda Chu, and Joshua Franklin, reporting for the Financial Times (left-wing anti-capitalist fake-news ideologues): In private conversations, some Wall Street executives go much further. One senior investment banker...
Key Codes 2.2.2
Many Tricks: Key Codes displays information about the characters you type, as you type them into the log window. For each key, you’ll see its Unicode value, key code, and...
Unpaid ‘Special Factory Employee’
I’m a sucker for anything Cookie Monster, but this one really slaps. ★
Apple and Google Both Return TikTok to App Stores, After Letter of ‘Assurance’ From Attorney General Pam Bondi
Jay Peters and Alex Heath, reporting for The Verge: Nearly a month after it was banned in the US, TikTok has returned to the App Store for iPhones and other...
Quid Pro Cybertruck
Jack Ewing, reporting for The New York Times: The department’s procurement forecast for 2025, which details purchases the agency expects to make, includes $400 million for armored Tesla vehicles. The...
Tim Cook, on His Favorite Website, Teases Apple Product Launch Next Week
Tim Cook, on X: Get ready to meet the newest member of the family. Wednesday, February 19. #AppleLaunch Most people are guessing, I think correctly, that this is about the...
Apple Account Purchase Migration Doesn’t Transfer TestFlight Enrollments
Sean Heber, of The Iconfactory: It appears that Apple’s new account migration stuff does NOT work for TestFlight access. That by itself is fine - whatever. The problem here is...
Apple Has Resumed Advertising on X for the First Time Since Late 2023
Joe Rossignol, MacRumors: Apple this month started advertising on X for the first time in more than a year. The company had stopped advertising on the social media platform in...
The Apple TV App Is Now Available on Android
Apple Newsroom: The Apple TV app is now available to download from Google Play on Android mobile devices — including phones, tablets, and foldables — offering Android users access to...
How WikiTok Was Created
Benj Edwards, writing at Ars Technica: The original idea for WikiTok originated from developer Tyler Angert on Monday evening when he tweeted, “insane project idea: all of wikipedia on a...