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Reading for the New Year
The New Yorker,
From the daily newsletter: reading for the year ahead. Plus: direct democracy comes to America; requiem for a refugee camp; and why can’t you just deal with it?
Clip this charger on and forget battery anxiety forever
Boing Boing,
TL;DR: Power up anywhere with this 2-in-1 keychain wireless charger for $16.97, now on sale with free shipping. Compact keychain design makes it easy to carry and perfect for on-the-go charging Designed specifically for all series of Apple Watches, offering seamless wireless charging Built-in USB-C connector adds extra versatility for charging other devices Rechargeable 2,500mAh battery lets you charge your watch even when no outlets are around LED display shows battery status Lightweight and durable, making it perfect for travel, commutes, or everyday use A must-have for Apple Watch users who want to avoid running out of battery during their busy day Keep your devices powered with the 2-in-1 keychain Apple Watch wireless charger, now available for $16.97 (reg. — Read the rest The post Clip this charger on and forget battery anxiety forever appeared first on Boing Boing.
Retiring Script Debugger
mjtsai,
Mark Alldritt and Shane Stanley: January 2025 marks Script Debugger’s 30th anniversary. It’s been a very long run for a two-person effort. Script Debugger began as a Classic MacOS product, survived Apple’s near-death experience, transitioned to macOS X and migrated across 4 CPU processor types. We are so grateful for the support we’ve received over […]
Scott Knaster Occasionally Misses Expectations
Scott Knaster: I worked in Silicon Valley for many years with brilliant people at amazing companies that changed the world. A lot of my stories are about those people and places. But some of them are about something unexpected I saw on a walk around my neighborhood. Stuff like that.I tell stories face to face, […]
Privacy of Photos.app’s Enhanced Visual Search
Jeff Johnson (Mastodon, Hacker News, Reddit, 2, The Verge, Yahoo): This morning while perusing the settings of a bunch of apps on my iPhone, I discovered a new setting for Photos that was enabled by default: Enhanced Visual Search. […] There appear to be only two relevant documents on Apple's website, the first of which […]
Honey Extension Scam
David Nield: Honey, which is owned by PayPal, is a popular browser extension—with 19 million users on Chrome alone—but the shopping tool is being accused of some seriously shady practices, including keeping users away from the lowest online prices and blocking creator affiliate links to deprive them of revenue. The scandal surfaced through a comprehensive […]
House rules would make it harder to oust speaker in next Congress
Politico,
The rules package raises the threshold for triggering a vote from one GOP member to nine.
Toyota’s CES 2025 press conference: How to watch
TechCrunch,
Five years ago, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda went to CES to share with the world his “personal field of dreams” — a plan to build a prototype city on a 175-acre site at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan, where people would live and work amongst all of Toyota’s projects, including autonomous vehicle technology, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.