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I’m Still Going to Be Polite To Siri Just In case But Still…
Send this to the Tech Bro in your life and watch them start getting all grumpy.
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Un-Un-Carrier
T-Mobile is going to start sharing some customer information with third-party advertisers unless their customers opt-out, which is so cool and not absolutely jackasstastic at all: T-Mobile will soon put a new privacy policy into effect that will allow it to share certain kinds of customer information with third-party advertisers. Starting on April 26th, 2021,…
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iOS and iPadOS 14: The MacStories Review
Federico Vittici’s annual small-book-length iOS and iPadOS review is now out — I haven’t read it yet, but it’s so good each year that I’m just going to link you to it anyway.
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Apple Announces iPad Pro Updates
Spare a thought today for my bank account, which is hiding for its life today.
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Microsoft the Musical
The bit in the beginning where they consider Bill Gates less of a person and more of an idea is kinda weird, but the part where they make fun of Windows Phone really makes up for it.
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An iPhone 11 Pro Review For Dogs (And Their Owners)
Buzzfeed News, with the sort of tech review I can get behind: My dogs and I have spent the past few days with the iPhone 11 Pro Max, and I think they would agree when I say that it is an excellent camera for humans who enjoy photographing dogs. As a test of camera performance,…
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Apple Announces Release Date for PowerBeats Pro in Navy, Other Colors I Don’t Care About
At this point I was kinda figuring Apple wouldn’t announce the release date of the PowerBeats Pro in navy before my next work trip, but I was mercifully wrong! So far, the excellent Beats Powerbeats Pro true wireless earbuds have only been available in black, but the other colors announced several months ago — ivory…
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The Next Nostalgic Cash-Grab: The TurboGrafx-16 Mini
Konami will be releasing a mini version of the TurboGrafx-16 later this year: Konami has announced the latest in the slew of shrunk-down retro consoles, the TurboGrafx-16 Mini. Six games have been announced so far for the system, which will be released in Japan as the PC Engine Mini and in Europe as the PC…
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A Stolen NSA Tool Being Used by Cybercriminals. Whoopsie.
Well this is awkward: For nearly three weeks, Baltimore has struggled with a cyberattack by digital extortionists that has frozen thousands of computers, shut down email and disrupted real estate sales, water bills, health alerts and many other services. But here is what frustrated city employees and residents do not know: A key component of…
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Jeff Bezos: No Thank You, Mr. Pecker.
Amazon.com founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos was investigating how The National Enquirer got ahold of the steamy text messages he sent to his mistress. The National Enquirer, you might imagine, wasn’t keen on that: Something unusual happened to me yesterday. Actually, for me it wasn’t just unusual — it was a first. I was made…
eD! Thomas
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