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iPhone Parts Pairing
mjtsai,
Tripp Mickle, Ella Koeze, and Brian X. Chen (via Hacker News): Unlike cars, which can be repaired with generic parts by auto shops and do-it-yourself mechanics, new iPhones are coded to recognize the serial numbers for original components and may malfunction if the parts are changed.This year, seven iPhone parts can trigger issues during repairs, […]
Fitbit Charge 6 and Google Pixel Watch 2
Victoria Song: Fitbit is back with the Charge 6 — and on paper, this one feels like the most Fitbit-y Fitbit since Google actively began folding the company into its ecosystem. Not only has the price been lowered from $179.95 to $159.95 but the device also adds an improved heart rate tracking algorithm, compatibility with […]
Your A.I. Companion Will Support You No Matter What
The New Yorker,
New chatbots offer friendship, intimacy, and unconditional encouragement. Do they mitigate isolation or exacerbate it?
Leading Tim Scott backer to co-host New York fundraiser for Nikki Haley
Politico Picks,
Eric Levine had been raising money for Scott, who dropped out of the GOP primary on Sunday.
Looks like Homer is going to continue strangling Bart after all
AV Club,
Look at the woke mob, using their basic critical thinking skills and powers of perception to make a reasonable inference about a TV show. If only they hadn’t listened to a line from a script that was aired on basic cable, none of this would have happened! Read more...
Michael Burgess intends to retire from Congress
Politico,
TikToker "tricked the whole internet" with fake forehead tattoo
Boing Boing,
Last week, popular TikToker Ana Stanskovksy posted a video of herself receiving a large tattoo of her boyfriend's name ("Kevin") on her forehead. The video received widespread attention, garnering tens of millions of views, as well as a lot of criticism from people who told her that she was going to regret getting the tattoo. — Read the rest
Grammy-nominated Gospel singer nearly kicked off plane for singing as God requested (video)
Bobbi Storm, who was nominated for two group Grammys this year—Best Gospel Album and Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song—was nearly kicked off a Delta flight after her singing resulted in an argument with a flight attendant. Storm claims that was only "doing what the lord" requested. — Read the rest