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Because of shifting storms and sweltering summers, Iran’s capital faces a future “Day Zero” when the taps run dry.

Plus: Samsung’s tri-folding phone unfurls to the size of a tablet, and Kobo has a new remote page-turner.

This no-frills device is good, but chintzy accessories and a borderline dangerous frother keep it from being great.

Plus: The Trump administration declines to issue sanctions over Salt Typhoon’s hacking spree, officials warn of a disturbingly stealthy Chinese malware specimen, and more.

Canyon’s latest off-road helmet is the first bike helmet in the United States to feature RLS’s game-changing safety tech.

It’s Saturday morning, and I’m sitting here at my desk, working on client projects and sipping my coffee. While taking a break, I was clicking around the web, as one does, and found a post titled “Is Pixelfed sawing off the branch that the Fediverse is sitting on?” by Ploum ...

The actress and director says the world of filmmaking needs a “full system break.”

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George Clooney stars in ‘Jay Kelly’ as a famous actor at a crossroads. He talks about his own relationship to fame and what drew him to the role. Also, Oscar-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell talks about his road to ‘Wicked.’ He’s spent more than three decades shaping looks for the stage and screen. 

And rock critic Ken Tucker has a round up of some of this year’s new Christmas songs.


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James LePage has a great write-up, SOTW 2025:The Year WordPress Became AI-Native.

Five years after the Oversight Board's creation, few are satisfied with the result. Can it be saved?

Blog Quest and StreetPass help you discover the independent web

Iterate.ai is launching the GA release of AgentOne, an autonomous coding assistant that bakes security validation directly into AI code

The post Iterate.ai Launches AgentOne for Enterprise AI Code Security appeared first on The New Stack.

Dithering is my and Ben Thompson’s twice-a-week podcast — 15 minutes per episode, not a minute less, not a minute more. It’s a $7/month or $70/year subscription, and included in the Stratechery Plus bundle (a bargain). This year our CMS (Passport — check it out) gained a feature that lets us make some episodes free for everyone to listen to on the website. Today’s episode, regarding Alan Dye leaving Apple for Meta, seems like a good one to do that with. (And, once again, this month’s album art serendipitously captures my mood.)

Give it a listen. Subscribe if you enjoy it.

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we bring you the news of the week, then dive into how some DOGE operatives are still at work in the federal government—despite reports claiming otherwise.

Aaron Tilley and Wayne Ma, in a piece headlined “Why Silicon Valley is Buzzing About Apple CEO Succession” at the paywalled-up-the-wazoo The Information: Prediction site Polymarket places Ternus’ odds of getting the job at nearly 55%, ahead of other current Apple executi...

This interview was both interesting and a lot of fun. Worth a listen or re-listen.

In September, the U.S. military began striking boats suspected of drug smuggling in the Caribbean. Since then, questions about the legality of these strikes have swirled. Last week, The Post reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken order to kill everyone be...

Apple Newsroom, yesterday: Apple today announced that Jennifer Newstead will become Apple’s general counsel on March 1, 2026, following a transition of duties from Kate Adams, who has served as Apple’s general counsel since 2017. She will join Apple as senior vice presid...

Organizations absolutely need to squeeze as much value out of their telemetry as they possibly can, for a number of

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