WIRED
• Luke Larsen, Daniel Thorp-Lancaster
From surprisingly good $300 Chromebooks to excellent $650 Windows laptops, these are the best cheap laptops we've tested.
Walked to the coffee shop this morning, but when I got there and opened my laptop, it appears to be updating to the latest macOS Tahoe beta. Sigh. Must’ve clicked an OK button yesterday by accident.
WIRED
• Luke Larsen, Daniel Thorp-Lancaster
Choosing the right Chromebook for your needs can be a tough decision. We can help with our favorite picks.
Defector
• Barry Petchesky
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Dormain Drewitz
Artificial intelligence is transforming the software delivery life cycle (SDLC). AI is helping to write code, optimize code, review code,
The post AI: DevOps Is Dead. AI at the Edge: Long Live DevOps appeared first on The New Stack.
WIRED
• Megan Farokhmanesh
WIRED went hands-on with Nintendo’s favorite banana-eating, wall-smashing hero. The game, which gives Switch 2’s lineup some much-needed variety, is available July 17.
WIRED
• Alistair Charlton
In just three minutes Xiaomi took 200,000 pre-orders for only its second ever EV—four times what Cybertruck has sold in its 18-month lifetime. But at $35,000, it's really gunning for Elon's family SUV.
The Texas Observer
• Chilton Tippin
Alonso Montañez killed the outboard, and the boat swung against the scum and trash that had accumulated in the stagnant water on the high side of the dam. “Escucha,” he said, gesturing at the surface of the lake. In the quiet, we heard water slapping the hull, a life jacket buckle pinging on a metal […]
The post ‘With What Water?’ appeared first on The Texas Observer.
McSweeney’s
• Caleb Coy
The archived source for June 2025.
Open Channels FM Podcast Network
• Bob Dunn
This episode of Open Event Talk discusses non-official WordPress events, emphasizing grassroots initiatives like Alt Ctrl Org that foster inclusive conversations and broaden community engagement.
WIRED
• Justin Pot
When writing on the web or posting in online communities like Reddit and Discord, your posts can be formatted using the plaintext coding system called Markdown. Here are the basics.
WIRED
• Parker Hall
Should you get a Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Apple TV, or Google TV Streamer? We've tested them all, and these are worth your money.
WIRED
• Kate Knibbs
The age of the AI scraping free-for-all may be coming to an end. At least if Cloudflare gets its way.
The Daily
• The New York Times
WIRED
• Kate Knibbs
After critics called the bill a “get-out-jail-free-card” for Big Tech that could make it nearly impossible to rein in social media platforms, Senator Marsha Blackburn killed her own compromise.
