Nintendo recap: You may be eligible for a Fortnite refund from the $520M settlement
This week, we found out Fortnite maker, Epic Games, will be paying about half a billion in an FTC settlement. We also got good news…
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A love letter to Apple Watch Ultra (or why we often want what we don’t need)
The Apple Watch Ultra is a watch that few people will ever put through its paces — but that doesn’t mean that normals like us…
Tesla made an AirPower clone with a Cybertruck-inspired design that costs $300
When Apple killed the AirPower charging mat in 2019, it seemed to take the dream of charging three devices at once on a single surface…
Best USB-C hubs and adapters for Mac 2023
USB-C is a newish standard of USB that allows transfer speeds of up to 10Gbps, as opposed to the current 5Gbps rate available with the…
Excel Everest, just $99 for life, can turn anyone into an Excel pro
No matter what industry you work in, chances are high that you need to know Microsoft Excel. The software, however, isn’t exactly easy to use.…
Twitter Adds ‘View Counts’ for Tweets
If flop sweat could be manifested in a user interface idea, this is it. (Interesting thread here from former Twitter employee Paul Stamatiou on why…
LastPass Admits Hackers Stole Customers’ Password Vaults
Zack Whittaker, reporting for TechCrunch: In an updated blog post on its disclosure, LastPass CEO Karim Toubba said the intruders took a copy of a…
PCalc Turns 30
James Thomson: PCalc actually started out in 1992 as a design for a central heating control panel. ★ This post was originally published on this…
App anniversaries and HomeKit challenges (6C Podcast)
The 30th birthday of PCalc makes us consider how long-lived tech products must constantly change and adapt, Dan is forced to power cycle a Caseta…
If you’re seeing horizontal lines when your iPhone 14 turns on, a fix may be on the way
Nothing tempers the joy of a new iPhone more than a noticeable bug or defect. That seems to be the case for an increasing number…
(Podcast) Connected 42-9: Lucy’s Football Factory
Speaking of James Thomson, he and John Voorhees and I celebrate the holidays with our annual gift exchange, and then it’s time to make predictions…
PCalc turns 30 ↦
My friend James Thomson is celebrating the 30th anniversary of PCalc, his calculator app: The built-in Mac OS calculator of the day was a very…