- Apple’s new savings account lets Card users grow their Daily Cash
- WB announces a Harry Potter Quidditch multiplayer game
- Google brings Matter support to its Nest Thermostat
- Panic says it’s sold more than 50,000 Playdate handhelds
- Prime Video adds new Dialogue Boost feature to make voices easier to hear
- Galaxy Quest, the best Star Trek movie, could be getting a TV series
- Apple’s HomePod and HomePod Mini can now listen for smoke alarms and send you an alert
- Netflix is shutting down its original DVD business after 25 years — I have fond memories of getting DVDs in the mail from Netflix.
- Netflix is out of the DVD business because streaming won – now, can Netflix still win?
- Netflix delays its password-sharing crackdown to sometime before July
- AI Drake just set an impossible legal trap for Google
- Sonic The Hedgehog can actually spin in Lego’s new sets
- Voicemod now available on Mac with real-time AI voice changing and soundboards
- Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft
- Elon Musk removes Twitter’s ‘government-funded media’ labels after outlets flee the platform
- Disaster alert accounts are preparing for a world after Twitter
- Pocket City 2 is a mobile SimCity but better
- Apple is reportedly developing its own journaling app for the iPhone
- The Fictional Brands Archive
- How the Legendary Chuck Jones Became a Great Artist
- Wes Anderson’s Staged Re-Creations of Out of Sight, Armageddon, and The Truman Show for the 1999 MTV Movie Awards
- The End of Computer Magazines in America
- AMD is quietly arming an entire new wave of Steam Deck competitors
Tag: gaming
Weekly Links 04.10–04.16
- Google cuts off third-party smart displays as Assistant support dwindles
- The end is nigh for gas-powered cars
- AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D: your next gaming CPU
- Substack launches its Twitter-like Notes just days after Twitter throttled Substack links
- Google TV’s live guide is getting crammed full of over 800 free channels
- Ikea expands services to include home interior design offerings
- The best mechanical gaming keyboards for 2023 — I just placed an order for a Keychron V1 (specifically to use for gaming), so I was happy to see it on this list.
- LinkedIn gets a free verified badge that lets you prove where you work
- NPR becomes first major news organization to leave Twitter
- PBS also stops tweeting after being hit with ‘government-funded media’ label
- Harry Potter is getting a 10-year-long TV series on Max
- Chipotle plans to ditch gas grills at 100 new locations
- Amazon offers free access to its AI coding assistant to undercut Microsoft
- The perfect Lego Nintendo Game Boy doesn’t exist…
- InsideSticker
- Sharks’ Karlsson first defenseman to hit 100 points since 1992
- Islanders claim final playoff spot; Penguins’ 16-year streak ends
- Thank you Penguins, for 16 years of playoff memories
- Where it went off the rails for Ron Hextall and the Penguins
- Penguins fire president of ops Brian Burke, GM Ron Hextall
- Where it went off the rails for Ron Hextall and the Penguins
- What’s next for Penguins after Ron Hextall, Brian Burke fired?
- Penguins offer land use to church in ‘restorative justice’ move
Weekly Links 04.03–04.09
- The Joy of Fortnite
- Microsoft Teams now has a green screen feature to make virtual backgrounds better
- Google Drive quietly introduced (then pulled) a file creation limit for all users
- Google Flights’ price guarantee could pay you back if your tickets get cheaper
- Harry Potter could be rebooted for the small screen
- Why do websites have so many pop-ups?
- Disney is in a land war with the state of Florida
- Song of the South’s racist legacy and Disney’s quiet reboot, explained
- How Tweetbot died (and lived again)
- Notion Quick Capture Hacks
- Why Lego Won
- Wikimapia — Putnam Hall — “Putnam Hall was the birthplace of the FatLan Lan Party.”
- Day One, Obsidian, and my months-long search for a private, personal place on the internet
- Announcing the GitHub Actions extension for VS Code
- Netlify Drop — Drag and drop websites.
- Journaling for Anxiety: How it Works and Why it Helps
- Microsoft Edge launches Workspaces test that lets you share browser tabs
- Counter-Strike 2 is getting Nvidia’s latency-reducing Reflex tech
- Microsoft’s rolling out Edge’s AI image generator to everyone
- 11 ways to power up your gaming on your PS5
- Twitter is now marking Substack links as unsafe
- The Best Clicky Switches For Your Keyboard
- The Best Mechanical Keyboard Switch for Typing!
- McDavid becomes 1st player in 27 years to surpass 150 points
- Penguins’ Sidney Crosby because 15th to 1,500 career points
- Meet the Oakland Guy Making Fun of Your Favorite California Punk Bands
Weekly Links 03.20–03.26
- Fanatics replacing Adidas as the NHL’s official uniform partner
- Valve announces Counter-Strike 2, a free replacement for CS:GO
- The Internet Archive defends its digital library in court March 20th
- Microsoft’s Bing chatbot now lets you create images via OpenAI’s DALL-E
- Amazon is shutting down DPReview, the go-to camera reviews website
- You can now try Microsoft Loop, a Notion competitor with futuristic Office documents
- You might want to get your Mondo posters while you still can
- Roger Deakins Breaks Down His Most Iconic Films
- Amélie Was Actually a KGB Spy
- The Assassin’s Teapot
- The best video games of 2023 so far on Switch, PC, PS5, Xbox, and more
Weekly Links 03.06–03.12
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is reportedly getting a major update soon
- Love Letters from Letterboxd
- Phony Stark Picks on the Wrong Guy, Attempting (and of Course Botching) an HR Exit Interview Live on Twitter
- Sony releases new PS5 update with Discord integration, 1440p improvements, and more
- How to use sleep tech to become an early bird
- Disney’s largely forgotten wartime shorts, ranked
- Vinyl overtakes CD sales for the first time since 1987
Weekly Links 02.27–03.05
- Setting Up a New(ish) MacBook
- Warren Beatty and Warren Beatty as Dick Tracy Debate Warren’s Beatty’s ‘Dick Tracy’
- WSJ: ‘A Lab Leak in China Most Likely Origin of Covid Pandemic, Energy Department Says’
- The Last 55 Years of Best Cinematography Oscar Winners
- American Cars Are Getting Too Big For Parking Spaces
- New Ukrainian Postage Stamp Features Banksy Art and Says “FCK PTN”
- The best discard decks in Marvel Snap and how to play them
- Microsoft brings its new AI-powered Bing to the Windows 11 taskbar
- Microsoft’s Phone Link app now lets you use iMessage from your PC
- LastPass reveals attackers stole password vault data by hacking an employee’s home computer
- Google’s Chrome browser now squeezes more battery life out of MacBooks
- Dave Rupert — GameDev Journal №1: Otis’s Zelda-like
- A Native “Visually Hidden” in CSS? Yes Please!
- Tweetbot and Twitterrific Face the Cliff
- A Movie Trailer Editor Deconstructs Iconic Trailers
- Disney’s Haunted Mansion remake lives up to its name in new teaser trailer
- A GOP plan to ban TikTok nationwide advances out of committee
- Movies Anywhere is ending its movie sharing and Watch Together features
Weekly Links 02.20–02.26
- Introducing Day One on the Web
- The internet has broken gift giving
- Google Chrome’s latest version includes tools to address its memory hog problem
- The Supreme Court is deciding the future of the internet, and it acted like it
- The best PS5 SSDs
- The Most Iconic Song in Cartoon History
- 2023 Oscars Visual Effects Nominees Showcase
- You can now play the original Half-Life with beautiful beams of ray-traced light
Weekly Links 02.13–02.19
- Jeremy Keith — Home stream
- Dave Rupert — Vibe Check №25
- Jon Hicks — Fiddling makes me happy
- Warren Beatty returns as Dick Tracy in a sequel to one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen
- Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first
- Happy Valentine’s Day: Microsoft’s Internet Explorer divorce is complete
- Super Bowl LVII was the most-streamed Super Bowl yet
- Tweetbot’s creators added an edit button to their Mastodon client
- Plex makes it easier to skip movie and TV show credits
- The Winners of the 2023 Underwater Photographer of the Year Competition
- PSVR 2 review: love on a leash
- Brad Frost — Thanks, An Event Apart
- A new mainline Civilization game is in development at Firaxis
- Ikea’s new air quality monitor lets you keep an eye on pollutants in your home
- iOS 16.4 will let web apps on your homescreen send push notifications
- Apple’s new iOS 16.4 developer beta includes new emoji, web app notifications, and more
- Official: Twitter will now charge for SMS two-factor authentication
- How to Win at Monopoly and Piss Off Your Friends
Weekly Links 02.06–02.12
- Jaromir Jagr scores record 1,099th goal at almost 51
- Google announces ChatGPT rival Bard, with wider availability in ‘coming weeks’
- Microsoft announces new Bing and Edge browser powered by upgraded ChatGPT AI
- Microsoft’s ChatGPT-powered Bing is open for everyone to try starting today
- Elon Musk says bots with ‘good content’ can use Twitter’s API for free
- Twitter can now default to the ‘Following’ timeline on iOS and Android
- AMC is about to make paying for theater seats more like booking an airline ticket
- Samsung’s SmartThings Station is a smart home hub worth plugging in
- OnePlus’ first mechanical keyboard looks like a rebadged Keychron
- Drop’s latest Lord of the Rings keyboard wants us to give Mordor a chance
- Shift Happens celebrates 150 years of typewriters, keyboards, and the people who use them
- Analogue opens up final preorders for its beautiful takes on the Sega Genesis and SNES
- “2001: A Space Odyssey” Directed by George Lucas
- HBO’s Gritty Prestige TV Adaptation of Mario Kart
- Lord of the Rings comes to Lego with this massively detailed Rivendell set
- LeBron James Breaks Kareem’s All-Time NBA Scoring Record
- Disney removes Simpsons episode in Hong Kong that references Chinese labor camps
- Disney’s laying off 7,000 as streaming boom comes to an end
- 1Password is trying for zero passwords
- Cloudflare wants to help you set up your own Mastodon server in ‘minutes’
- Windows 11 will soon control your RGB lighting for PC gaming accessories
- Opera’s building ChatGPT into its sidebar
- CatGPT
- Penguins’ Sidney Crosby picks up 1st game misconduct of career
Weekly Links 01.30–02.05
- How to use the Apple HomePod’s temperature and humidity sensors
- Meanwhile, Over in Androidtown
- Zeldman — Twitter Blue
- Free access to the Twitter API is ending:
- FTC fines GoodRx $1.5 million for sending consumer health data to Google and Facebook
- It sounds like Google’s getting ready to compete with ChatGPT
- Dave Rupert — SOLVED! The Case of the Bing Ban Theory
- A remastered version of Myst is coming to iOS
- Alex Ovechkin, son share ‘special’ All-Star moment with Sidney Crosby