- Always Worth a Look: the AIGA’s Best Book Covers of the Year
- Striking Vintage Calculators
- Why Thread is Matter’s biggest problem right now
- Red Dead Redemption rerelease comes to Switch and PS4 August 17th
- Ikea actually got a decent grade for its sustainable shipping goals
- Zoom wants its remote work company to come back to the office
- Apple Music launches a Discovery Station to help you find new songs
- Sony is now streaming PS5 games at 4K over the internet in public beta
- The $219 WiiM Pro Plus brings your hi-fi setup into the streaming age
- The first PCIe Gen 5 drives are here and fast, but do you have a need for speed?
- Slack’s redesign: new DM and Activity sections and more features in the messaging app
- Threads is getting some useful new features
- You can now verify your Threads profile on Mastodon
- Disney is ‘actively exploring’ ways to crack down on password sharing
- Disney Plus and Hulu are about to get even more expensive
- Lego’s new $200 Concorde is a fantastic homage to the supersonic passenger jet
- Quake II is getting the remaster treatment
- Microsoft shuts down Cortana app on Windows 11
- Apple’s old iTunes Movie Trailers app is still here but not for long
- Is this the PS5 Slim?
Tag: Microsoft Windows
Weekly Links 07.31–08.06
- Is This the First Rap Song? (1946)
- New Writing Shed Desire: A Detachable Studio on Rails
- Donald Trump Indicted for Conspiring to Defraud the United States
- Twitter is now listed as ‘X’ in the iOS App Store
- 8BitDo’s first mechanical keyboard is a love letter to the NES
- OnePlus’ Keyboard 81 Pro is a Keychron with a twist
- Keychron’s Lemokey L3 is a premium keyboard aimed squarely at gamers
- Nintendo’s next-gen console could come as soon as 2024
- Elon Musk says he’s going to talk to Tim Cook about adjusting the Apple tax
- Microsoft leaked its internal tool that enables secret Windows 11 features
- LG 27GR95QE-B review: ushering in a new age for gaming monitors
- Brave Search launches its own privacy-preserving image and video search
- IRS to offer paperless tax filing and returns in 2024
- Google can now alert you when your private contact info appears online
- Apple may be testing an M3 Mac Mini
- Kyle Dubas becomes Penguins GM, along with role as team president
- Erik Karlsson to Penguins in 3-team trade with Sharks, Canadiens
- Penguins hit a home run by picking up Erik Karlsson
- NHL trade grades: Penguins swing big with Karlsson deal
- Trade Grades: Input pouring in on Karlsson deal, but how do you rank it?
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
Weekly Links 05.29–06.04
- Mimestream review: this is the Mac app Gmail users need
- Windows 11 is adding a one-stop RGB lighting shop
- Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown is here — and it costs $7.99 per month
- Netflix might ruin password sharing for everyone
- Govee LED Strip Light M1 Matter review: A bright and colorful smart light that’s compatible with everything
- Opera is getting its own AI side panel to match Edge
- Windows 11 is getting a force quit option to close apps without the Task Manager
- Sony’s new Q handheld is official: 8-inch screen, streams PS5 games
- The Arc browser’s Boosts feature lets you change how any website looks
- Belkin’s fast-charging Apple Watch power bank might be witchcraft
- Walmart Onn Google TV box review: the best $20 deal in streaming
- Apple’s original cloud photo sync service shuts down this summer
- Wyze’s Cam Floodlight Pro lights up when it recognizes cars and people
- Google quietly ends support for decade-old Chromecast
- Windows 11 gets some useful widgets for CPU, memory, and GPU monitoring
- Sony’s small but mighty XB100 speaker is cheerful and very cheap
- The unsung heroes of the Apple Watch are its hidden band release buttons
- A developer says Reddit could charge him $20 million a year to keep his app working
- Telly dual-screen TV first look: it’s free and may be the future
- Web Roulette — A Swipeable Randomized Web Browser
- Fighting Fascism in America
- Is Ozempic an Anti-Addiction Drug?
- Going to High School in an Old Department Store
- The Immaculate Copy of the Declaration of Independence Found Hidden Behind a $4 Flea Market Painting
- The 100 Greatest Children’s Books of All Time
- Ze Frank on Slime Molds
- Penguins hire Kyle Dubas as President of Hockey Operations
Weekly Links 04.24–04.30
- Apple’s App Store can stay closed, but developers can link to outside payments, says appeals court
- Disneyland dragon catches fire during Fantasmic show
- WiZ smart lights are now Matter compatible
- Apple’s Weather chaos is restarting the weather app market — ForecastAdvisor
- Microsoft’s Phone Link app is now available for iOS so you can use iMessage from a PC
- Disney sues Florida for ‘government retaliation’ in escalating feud
- Pirating the Oscars 2023: The Final Curtain Call
- Apple’s Journaling App and Day One
- Microsoft is done with major Windows 10 updates
- Dallas Cowboys get Deuce Vaughn, son of team scout, in 6th round of NFL draft
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 01.23–01.29
- Twitter will stop forcing you onto its ‘For You’ timeline
- The third-party apps Twitter just killed made the site what it is today
- Drop Sense75 review: a $350 keyboard without $350 of quality
- Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) review: the core count grows
- Apple Mac Mini (2023) review: Mac Studio junior
- Sony’s DualSense Edge is a pro controller done (mostly) right
- Oscars 2023 nominations: everything, everywhere, all the noms
- Ivory 1.0 for iOS
- Dave Rupert — CSS Wishlist 2023
- LastPass owner GoTo shares more bad news about November’s security breach
- Windows 11’s File Explorer is getting a modern UI overhaul
- The Verge’s favorite desktop accessories
- The “Contagious Visual Blandness” of the Netflix Look
- The Minimalist Photography Awards for 2022
- Angry Miao’s quirky new keyboard saves space by using a touch panel for arrow keys
- 1982 TV News Report on Arcade Video Games
- Sunburn Photographic Printing
- This sick new desk from Steelcase costs almost $10,000 and might be worth it
Weekly Links 01.16–01.22
- AI-Generated Stills From a Movie That Doesn’t Exist: Alejandro Jodorowsky’s 1976 Version of ‘Tron’
- The Trio of Apps That Will Replace iTunes for Windows: Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Devices
- Chris Coyier — Farewell, An Event Apart
- Manhattan mourns loss of The Little Grill co-owner Kenrick Waite
- Dave Rupert — I’m Shadow Banned by DuckDuckGo (and Bing)
- Dave Rupert — Updates on my Bing ban
- Dave Rupert — My Bing Webmaster Guidelines Compliance Report
- Vegas goalie Lehner files for bankruptcy, cites $50M debt — “Lehner’s debts also included missed payments for a collection of rare snakes he purchased for $1.2 million”
- Drone Dives the Full Height of the Burj Khalifa
- Keychron cuts the cord on one of our favorite mechanical keyboards
- Apple announces a Mac Mini with the M2 and M2 Pro
- Apple announces MacBook Pros with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips
- Wyze’s two new security cameras can be paired together for live multiview streaming
- The Google Home app’s new TV remote adds volume and play controls
- Neck exercises (neck-xercises) for gamers
- An obsessive gamer’s guide to chronic pain peripherals
- Four Failures of Productivity (and how to solve them)
- How to Get Back 7 Hours per Week
- How to Build a Journaling Habit that Lasts
- Bringing GitHub Actions to GitHub Mobile
- Why Tipping Is Impossible to Get Rid of in America
- Firefox found a way to keep ad-blockers working with Manifest V3
- Logitech’s new $69.99 webcam is a stylish alternative to its aging C920s
- What’s on your desk, Tom Warren?
- Apple is turning on the HomePod Mini’s secret temperature and humidity sensor
- Here’s how the HomePod Mini’s new bundle of features work
- Amazon is closing its AmazonSmile charity platform
- Reed Hastings is stepping down as Netflix’s co-CEO
- Netflix’s paid password sharing to roll out ‘more broadly’ in the coming months
- Microsoft has copied the best Windows audio app
- Three attributes for better web forms
- Penguins’ P.O. Joseph, Sens’ Mathieu Joseph leave ice together
- Twitter says it’s intentionally blocking apps like Tweetbot
- Twitter officially bans third-party clients with new developer rules
- Twitterrific: End of an Era
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