- Movies Watched, August 2023 (Khoi Vinh)
- Teens React To ’90s Ska Music! (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Reel Big Fish, Sublime)
- State of the Browser (It all means nothing in the end) (Amy Hupe)
- Finding Meaning in Our Work (CSS { In Real Life })
- Weeknotes 23:35 (Jeff Bridgforth)
- Jew (Casey Neistat)
- The United States of Guns (kottke.org)
- The plan and the plateau (Dave Rupert)
- MDX with Web Components (Dave Rupert)
- Weeknote 37 (Mark Boulton)
- What’s on your desk, Kate Cox? (The Verge)
- The best smart plugs in 2023 (The Verge)
News
- Looking for the best small phone? I have bad news
- Matter 1.2 brings robot vacuums, fridges, smoke alarms, and more
- Amazon’s Fallout TV series will start streaming in 2024
- Samsung TVs had Steam Link, but now the game streaming app is going away
- Nvidia and AMD plan to launch Arm PC chips as soon as 2025, Reuters reports
- Automattic acquires Texts, a universal messaging app
- Lego reveals Dune set, and a cast of incredible minifigs — Longbaron is looooooooong
- The $40 Wyze Video Doorbell v2 offers 2K video and 24/7 local recording
- Google is ready to fill its AI searches with ads
- Slack gets rid of its X integration
- Apple is planning to improve the Apple TV app with rentals, purchases, and more
- Microsoft now thirstily injects a poll when you download Google Chrome
- Intel’s new 14th Gen CPUs get a boost to gaming performance with APO feature
- Apple TV Plus is getting a price hike — and other Apple subscriptions are, too — Also Daring Fireball’s take
- Artists can use a data poisoning tool to confuse DALL-E and corrupt AI scraping
- iOS 17.1 arrives with updates to AirDrop, Apple Music, and more
- X is officially rolling out audio and video calls
- Meta’s Threads app has almost 100 million users, says Mark Zuckerberg
- Valve officially releases SteamVR 2.0
- Google Maps is becoming more like Search — thanks to AI
- Ticketmaster’s still hiding ticket fees, senator says
- The UK’s controversial Online Safety Bill finally becomes law
- Threads is adding polls and GIFs as it continues to chase X
- Penguins snap Avalanche’s record 15-game road win streak
- Disney Dreamlight Valley won’t be free-to-play at launch
- Google paid $26.3 billion in 2021 to be the default search for Apple, Firefox, and more
- Ex-NHL player Adam Johnson dies after being slashed by skate — Incredibly sad.
