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The Morning After: Amazon pledges its satellite internet starts this year
Amazon’s satellite-based internet service, Leo, will enter service by mid-2026, so says company CEO Andy Jassy. Writing in his annual letter, Jassy claimed Leo would offer download speeds of up to...
Why you should keep your therapy session even when you don’t have anything to talk about
Most weeks when I meet with my therapist, she triages some aspect of my life that is actively bursting at the seams — my inability to rationally talk about politics, for example, or the state of my...
How Austin’s stunning drop in rents explains housing in America
Apartments and condos in Austin. | Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images Here is one narrative violation in the usual drumbeat of doom that we’re used to hearing about housing in...
Microsoft starts removing Copilot buttons from Windows 11 apps
Microsoft is starting to remove "unnecessary" Copilot buttons from its Windows 11 apps. In the latest version of the Notepad app for Windows Insiders, Microsoft has removed the Copilot button in...
Google removes Doki Doki Literature Club! from the Play Store
Google has removed popular psychological horror game Doki Doki Literature Club! from the Play Store. According to Dan Salvato, who led its development team, and publisher Serenity Forge, Google told...
OpenAI has a new $100 ChatGPT Pro plan to better match up with Claude
OpenAI has closed a yawning gap in its ChatGPT subscription pricing with a new $100 per month Pro plan that slots between the $20 per month Plus plan and $200 per month Pro plan. Offering five times...
Apple is closing three US stores, including the first to unionize
Apple is closing three of its retail stores this summer, including its first location to unionize. The tech company said it plans to permanently close Apple Store in Trumbull, CT, Escondito, CA, and...
ChatGPT has a new $100 per month Pro subscription
OpenAI has announced a new version of its ChatGPT Pro subscription that costs $100 per month. The new Pro tier offers "5x more" usage of its Codex coding tool than the $20 per month Plus...
Florida launches investigation into OpenAI
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is launching an investigation into OpenAI over public safety and national security risks, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a statement on Thursday, Uthmeier...
The Metal Gear Solid movie is back on, with Final Destination: Bloodlines directors in charge
A film adaptation of Metal Gear Solid is in the works again, this time from filmmakers Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein, the directors of Final Destination: Bloodlines, according to The Hollywood...