Year: 2019

Roger McNamee: The people at Facebook live in their own bubble. Zuck has always believed that connecting everyone on earth was a mission so important that it justified any action necessary to accomplish it. Convinced of the nobility of their mission, Zuck and his employees seem to listen to criticism without changing their behavior. They […]

Only people who will be shocked by this are the ones who wasted money on these.

There’s something very special about this knife.

Abhimanyu Ghoshal: The ruling is significant because it runs counter to previous interpretations of the law in cases requiring access to data locked on personal devices. With that, biometric methods for unlocking phones are now being viewed similar to alphanumeric passcodes in the eyes of the law in the US.

A little bit sticky.

Interesting, as it’s not the toolkit or setup I would have expected.

An iPad is great for ergonomics and work. Also, a bunch of pictures of my old desk setups.

This should surprise no one, and yet I am guessing this will surprise most.

Surprisingly handy pouch.

Nomnomnomnom.

John Porter: Apple tells The Verge that Samsung’s smart TV ad-tracking features cannot track viewing usage within the iTunes Movies and TV Shows app, in another example of Apple’s focus on privacy. Here’s the thing: this means you’ll need to connect your Samsung TV to WiFi in order for this to work. And there’s long […]

Some solid iPad apps to recommend, and a teaser of some changes I have been making to my setup.

Some of the things I tell new GR1 owners to do upon getting their bag.

No. Just no. I’d also extend this to mobile devices too.

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Natasha Singer: In the complaint, the city attorney excoriated the Weather Company, saying it unfairly took advantage of its app’s popularity and the fact that consumers were likely to give their location data to get local weather alerts. The city said that the company failed to sufficiently disclose its data practices when […]

Easily the greatest laptop ever made.

Emily Badger: Surely there is nothing left to fear in New York, a place that already has tall buildings and high rents. But the pending arrival of Amazon in Long Island City, as Vice recently put it, has some residents on edge about “becoming Seattle on steroids.” The specter captures the particular mix of high […]

Good list.