- Corsair acquires mechanical keyboard specialist Drop
- The Chosen is reportedly still shooting during the SAG strike because it’s a ‘truly independent’ production
- USB 4 docks arrive with enough bandwidth for two 4K 120Hz displays
- Logitech acquires Stream Deck rival Loupedeck
- Reddit’s only free iOS app icons are ugly now
- Instagram embeds don’t violate copyright laws, court rules
- Netflix says password-sharing crackdowns caused more signups than cancellations — This doesn’t seem surprising, but I would be curious how many people who were borrowing passwords just decided to stop using Netflix rather than pay.
- GitHub’s AI-powered Copilot Chat feature launches in public beta
- People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars
- How tree trimming became the latest Hollywood drama
- Dolphin emulator gives up on Steam — but won’t remove Wii decryption key
- AMC is canceling Sightline tiered pricing plans for movie theater seats
- Disney’s new vision for ESPN might include part ownership by the NBA, NFL
Month: July 2023
Weekly Links 07.10–07.16
- Naz Hamid — Midlife Malaise Part II
- Design Notes on the Alphabet
- The Wellington Family
- The Ambient Sounds of Japan’s Jazz Kissas (Listening Cafes)
- Jon Hicks — A new logo for Thunderbird
- Jeremy Keith — Permission
- Chris Coyier — Sass Features in CSS
- Barbenheimer
- Why Do American Diners Look That Way?
- Instruction Manuals for 6000+ Lego Sets, Courtesy of the Internet Archive
- Instagram’s Threads surpasses 100 million users
- The Twitter bot tracking Elon Musk’s private jet resurfaces on Threads
- Something odd is happening when you try and search Twitter for Threads links
- Bear 2 for Mac and iOS is here, with tables, GIFs, and more
- Democrats call on DOJ to investigate tax sites for sharing financial information with Meta
- Disney Plus will start streaming Cinderella in 4K in August
- Apple’s iOS 17 is a lot of little updates that make a big impact
- This is a quietly big year for the Apple TV and tvOS
- The Mac sure is starting to look like the iPhone
- Here’s a reminder to make your Venmo transactions private, courtesy of Clarence Thomas
- Disney CEO Bob Iger will stay for at least two more years
- Telly starts shipping its free ad-supported 55-inch TVs
- Meet Microsoft Office’s new default font: Aptos
- UK investigation places Adobe’s $20 billion Figma deal in peril
- SAG-AFTRA goes on strike at midnight tonight
- Hollywood studios proposed AI contract that would give them likeness rights ‘for the rest of eternity’
- The unions of Hollywood are trying to save it from itself
- LG plans to expand ads and subscriptions across its TV and appliances
- Republicans defend Elon Musk in FTC’s Twitter probe
- Reddit removed your chat history from before 2023
- Those new M3-equipped iMacs may come in October
Weekly Links 07.03–07.09
- Spielberg, Scorsese, and Anderson have swooped in to save Turner Classic Movies
- Apple may be planning a new, more independent Mac display
- Jsaux’s ultimate RGB dock stretches to fit Steam Deck, ROG Ally, and more
- TweetDeck is falling apart after Twitter’s rate-limiting fiasco
- Tweets aren’t showing up in Google results as often because of changes at Twitter
- Street Photographer Captures Perfectly Timed Scenes
- Wes Anderson’s Imperfect Moments
- “I Created Clippy”
- The Winners of the 2023 Drone Photo Awards
- Patric Hornqvist retires after 15 years in the NHL
- Instagram’s Threads app is available now for iPhone and Android
- Instagram Threads: why Meta is competing with Twitter
- Instagram head: a Threads feed for just people you follow is ‘on the list’
- Threads profiles can’t be deleted without removing your entire Instagram account
- Twitter warns it could sue Meta over ‘copycat’ Threads app
- Reddit demands moderators remove NSFW labels, or else
- Go ahead, check a bag
- The case against self-closing tags in HTML
- Duck & Cover: Ukrainian Book Fair Poster
Weekly Links 06.26–07.02
- Microsoft wants to move Windows fully to the cloud
- Nanoleaf’s latest smart lights are designed to amplify entertainment
- Apple says proposed UK law ‘poses a serious threat’ to end-to-end encryption
- How NASA Writes Space-Proof Code
- Microsoft wanted to acquire Square Enix as part of plan for mobile Game Pass
- Sony’s confidential PlayStation secrets just spilled because of a Sharpie
- Plex lays off more than 20 percent of its staff
- Microsoft CEO says he wants to end Xbox exclusives but blames Sony
- Reddit is telling protesting mods their communities ‘will not’ stay private
- How Reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history
- Reddit will remove mods of private communities unless they reopen
- 1Password now lets you manage family accounts in its apps
- YouTube tests disabling videos for people using ad blockers
- How Google Reader died — and why the web misses it more than ever
- Twitter has started blocking unregistered users from viewing tweets
- Elon Musk puts a reading paywall on Twitter
- Lego Stop-Motion Recreation of Iconic Scenes From The Shining
- The Radical Theology of Mr. Rogers
- How Wes Anderson Uses Miniatures to Create His Distinctive Worlds
- Behind the Scenes of Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City
- The Missing Bill Murray Scene From Asteroid City