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MacBook Neo review: the Mac for the masses
The citrus Neo. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The MacBook Neo is basically the M1 MacBook Air all over again. That laptop changed the game in 2020, and became the default option for...
MacBook Neo review: Apple puts every $600 Windows PC to shame
I really don't know how Apple did it. The MacBook Neo is a $600 laptop that doesn't feel like an afterthought, which is a curse that has befallen so many cheap Windows notebooks. Sure, it has a...
Project Hail Mary is popcorn sci-fi at its best
Have you ever wondered what Arrival would be like if it was also a goofy buddy comedy? Me neither. And yet the strange combination somehow fits together in Project Hail Mary. The movie follows a...
Google’s Gemini AI is getting a bigger role across Docs, Sheets, and Slides
Google is embedding its Gemini AI assistant even more deeply within its Workspace apps. The changes, which are rolling out to Google Workspace and AI plan subscribers, include a new Gemini chat...
Wordle’s creator is back with a game that aims to ease players into cryptic crosswords
A few years after selling Wordle to the New York Times, creator Josh Wardle has returned with a new word game - albeit one that's quite a bit trickier. Wardle and a team of collaborators have just...
These reforms could transform criminal justice for people — and they cost almost nothing
The United States is in the middle of one of the most dramatic crime declines in its history — and almost no one seems to know it. (Unless, of course, you read this newsletter.) FBI data shows...
These reforms could transform criminal justice for people — and they cost almost nothing
The United States is in the middle of one of the most dramatic crime declines in its history — and almost no one seems to know it. (Unless, of course, you read this newsletter.) FBI data shows...
X says it suspended 800 million accounts in 2024 over spam and manipulation
X has told UK’s MPs or Members of Parliament that it suspended 800 million accounts to combat state-backed campaigns on the website, according to The Guardian. Wifredo Fernández, X’s head of global...
Shark’s ChillPill puts a mister, fan and cold-plate in one portable package
Shark has been making some intriguing devices lately, and its newest offering is one I’m personally very excited about. The company has just announced the ChillPill — a gadget it’s describing as a...
You can now use ChatGPT to open Shazam instead of… just opening Shazam
Shazam is now available within ChatGPT, if you don’t want to launch the music discovery app on your phone for, well, reasons. You will have to link the Shazam app with the chatbot first from its...