Handy app: “Point your camera at anything (a dress, a paint swatch, a flower, your kid’s drawing) and What Color Is This? names the color instantly.” I like the increasingly specific color labels (e.g. blue to light blue to Tiffany blue).
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WIRED
• Jeremy White
The Catastrophic Swatch x Audemars Piguet Launch Was Entirely Predictable and Utterly Avoidable
So why didn't Swatch do anything to avoid it?
McSweeney’s
• Emily Greenberg and Chase Bush-McLaughlin
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: April 2026: Atrocities 867-930
404 Media
• Samantha Cole
Podcast: The Physical Politics of the Internet with Britt Paris
Britt Paris's new book 'Radical Infrastructure: Imagining the Internet from the Ground Up' tells the story of the physical internet, and how it can benefit people, not corporations.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
Researchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI
“With your permission, your child’s lead teacher may wear a small teacher-worn camera that captures the teacher's approximate first-person perspective, and/or we may place a fixed video camera in the classroom,” a document given to parents and later shared with 404 Media reads.
“In 2014, the Dutch scholar Hans Corneel de Roos...
“In 2014, the Dutch scholar Hans Corneel de Roos first noticed that the Icelandic version of Dracula was in fact not a translation, but was rather a very different novel from Stoker’s version.” The “translation” was published in 1901.
Defector
• Tom Ley
The Pistons Did Everything Wrong
WIRED
• Boone Ashworth
How to Watch Google I/O
Google I/O is back with updates to Search, Android, Gemini, and a fresh peek at upcoming Android XR smart glasses. Here's how to watch the announcements live and what to expect.
WIRED
• Lindsay Dodgson
The Backward Logic of Chickenpox Parties
Before vaccines, some parents intentionally exposed their children to the virus. In the internet age, that thinking is resurfacing.
WIRED
• Emily Mullin
Supercharging Immune Cells May Help Control HIV Long-Term
CAR-T cell therapy is already a potent treatment for certain cancers. Now, a small study is showing early promise for managing HIV.
WIRED
• Chris Colin
I’m a Normie. Can Normies Really Vibe Code?
Apparently anyone can vibe code anything these days. So Claude and I tried to make a database for tracking the petty grievances of the masses.
WIRED
• Ali Winston
An ICE Firearms Trainer Was Involved in At Least 4 Deadly Shootings
David Norman, a former Phoenix police officer who’s described himself as “a fucking savage,” now runs a company that provided training to Homeland Security’s Special Response Teams.
Open Channels FM Podcast Network
• Bob Dunn
The Power of Human Connection in Modern Marketing
In today’s digital landscape, where messages and advertisements bombard us from every direction, it is easy to feel lost in the noise. Gaining real attention is more challenging than ever, and many marketers and entrepreneurs find themselves wondering: how do you stand out when everyone is shouting at once? A recurring theme that emerges is […]
The Daily
• The New York Times
The Courtroom Showdown Between Elon Musk and Sam Altman
WIRED
• Arthur Allen, KFF Health News
A Danish Couple’s Maverick African Research Finds Its Moment in RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Policy
The work of Peter Aaby and Christine Stabell Benn has long been controversial. Until Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became US health policy chief, most vaccine scientists tended to ignore it. Now they can’t.
Trump Rages Wildly at Journo—and Accidentally Exposes Big Iran Blunder
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• Manuel Moreale
A phone battery experiment
TWiT.tv
• Leo Laporte, Harper Reed, and Amy Webb
This Week in Tech 1084: Don't Overcook the Asparagus
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• Dave Winer
Scripting News: Sunday, May 17, 2026
Americans agree that corporate money in politics has gone way too far. This year, Montanans have a chance to do something about that.