- 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
Tag: Steam
Weekly Links 06.12–06.18
- PHOTO TOUR: New Indiana Jones Den of Destiny Prop Gallery & Bar at Hollywood Studios
- Apple MacBook Air 15-inch review: Apple’s Big Air era
- Star Wars Outlaws gameplay looks like Grand Theft Auto: Tatooine
- Forgetting How to Be Yourself
- Vintage Analog Photo Booths
- Western Digital NAS drives flash three-year ‘warning’ in Synology DSM
- Microsoft has been temporarily restrained from buying Activision Blizzard, judge rules
- Google Home launches its new smart home automation script editor
- Before She Was Famous: Demo Tape of Madonna Performing With Her Post-Punk Band
- Dave Rupert — Vibe Check №27
- Plotter, Sunsama, and Notion: A Simple Hybrid Productivity System
- How We Created our Master Resource Database
- Jeff Abbott’s Must-Have Productivity Apps
- Mike Schmitz’s Must-Have Productivity Apps
- Jermey Keith — Add view transitions to your website
- Dave Rupert — A guy telling peanut butter jokes for 12 minutes
- Dave Rupert — Markdown images are an anti-pattern
- Dave Rupert — My double standards about JS framework compilers
- The Best Illusions of 2023 Contest
- Sony starts testing cloud streaming PS5 games
- Nvidia’s RTX 4060 will be available to order on June 29th
- Apollo Remastered
- It’s not just you: Steam suddenly looks nice
- The New Rubik’s Cube World Record Is Just 3.13 Seconds
- The Supreme Court Just Made This Gerrymandered Map Illegal
- Daring Fireball: Apple’s Game Porting Toolkit Is Already Showing Results
- Chris Coyier — margin-trim as a best practice?
- Chris Coyier — Google Passkeys
- Chris Coyier — New File Here
- Chris Coyier — Two Things That are Not Great About OKLCH
- The Verge’s favorite travel gear
- The 2023 Father’s Day Gift Guide
- Reducing Complexity in Front End Development
- Google Domains is shutting down, and its assets are going to Squarespace — I got burned again. You really can’t depend on Google to keep any of their services running.
- Apple Mac Studio (2023) review: the M2 Ultra rips
Smart home
The Verge published several smart home articles this week.
- What is a smart home, and do you need one?
- Apple Home, Google Home, or Amazon Alexa? How to pick the right smart home platform for you
- From brilliant to basic, here are our smart home setups
- Google Home: How to start a smart home
- Apple Home: How to start a smart home
- Home Assistant: How to start a smart home
- Smart home security: your questions answered
There was a lot of drama at Reddit this week.
- More than 6,000 subreddits have gone dark to protest Reddit’s API changes
- Reddit starts crashing as subreddit blackout keeps growing
- Reddit communities with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely
- Apollo’s developer on Reddit’s new API changes, and why users revolted
- Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts
- Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit ‘was never designed to support third-party apps’
- Reddit says it won’t force subreddits back open (but will it?)
- Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn’t backing down: our full interview
- Here’s the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen
- Three of the biggest Reddit communities now only feature John Oliver posts
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