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WikiTok is the creation of Isaac Gemal. The premise is that it’s a TikTok-style interface for random articles from Wikipedia. One thing at a time on screen, swipe up to scroll down to the next item whenever you’re ready, and you can keep going forever if you want. But instea...

Allison Johnson, writing at The Verge: Samsung’s Galaxy S-series is in its software era. Maybe the whole smartphone industry is, too, save for a few phones with hinges (Samsung’s included). But overall, we have exited the hardware-driven innovation cycle and are firmly i...

Qianer Liu and Jing Yang, reporting for The Information (paywalled, alas — MacRumors summary): Apple has recently started working with Chinese internet and e-commerce giant Alibaba Group to roll out artificial intelligence features in China, according to one person with ...

I've had an experience few people have had, and it's relevant to the way all of us feel right now. The experience: Being part of a Silicon Valley company that was acquired by another Silicon Valley company. I was the CEO. It's not a very comfortable place. I recognize the f...

From the Apple Newsroom archive, dateline “Macworld Expo, San Francisco — January 5, 2000”: Apple today took the wraps off its highly anticipated Internet strategy, introducing a new category of Internet services called iTools; a completely redesigned Apple.com web site ...

If only political reporters had the same knowledge of their subject as sports reporters do.

Juli Clover, reporting for MacRumors:

Pixelmator last year announced that it was being acquired by Apple, and today the company confirmed that the acquisition has been completed after Apple received regulatory approval. The Pixelmator for iOS, Pixelmator Pro, and Photomator apps were today updated with a new splash screen announcing the deal.

Previously: “Pixelmator Acquired by Apple; Future of Their Apps Uncertain”. Apple being Apple, they still haven’t dropped a clue what they’re going to do with Pixelmator (the namesake app) or Photomator.

New Apple support document dropped today: You can choose to migrate apps, music, and other content you’ve purchased from Apple on a secondary Apple Account to a primary Apple Account. The secondary Apple Account might be an account that’s used only for purchases. You’ll ...

Angela Watercutter, with a great behind-the-scenes look at the Apple-Music-sponsored halftime show by Kendrick Lamar: While “making it work” means one thing when you’re putting on a Madonna concert or the Democratic National Convention, it means something different when ...

First, the New Republic is beginning to think like Musk and Trump. But they have to think a bit more and ask how does this all tie together? Remember you have to consider what would normally be unthinkable. And believe that Trump isn't actually president of the United State...

If you depend on not considering the unthinkable in 2025 then you aren't really thinking.

A note to users of feedland.org and feedland.com. We'll be turning the servers off sometime before the end of March. I haven't chosen the actual date yet. In the meantime, it's very easy to download a copy of your subscription list. You can also run your own FeedLand. I started a thread on the support site if you have questions, remember the comment guidelines. I've learned a lot from the experience of running FeedLand this way, looking forward to trying some other configurations. 😄

Different doesn’t always mean better. But better necessarily implies different.

My favorite (and least favorite) ads from Super Bowl 59.

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At some point soon we’re going to have to stop business as usual. Remember when we realized Covid was deadly and we’d have to radically change our lives to survive? Most of us did that. We’re going to do that soon re the overthrow of our government and looting of the economy.

It was remarkable watching the SuperBowl last night, you could conclude everything is normal. It’s not. We’re going to have to start shutting down all the services we can to make the point to our fellow citizens that we, the United States, are not coming back from this without major change.

First, that's just a theory, but I need to get your attention. Rooting a computer means you own it. You have superuser powers. You can do anything, install or uninstall anything. Mostly journalism has been reporting "He has our social security numbers." Sigh. That's not nea...

We need a word for this, like a spoiler alert, this is heavy, and if you're not in the mood, hit the Back button. I listened to this week's On The Media podcast, and there's a segment (at [12:51]) you should listen to as background. It says that no one in the DoJ as we go f...

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