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  • The Guardian’s Kai Wright refuses to buy a new phone 2 hours ago by Terrence O’Brien
    Interview, Policy, Politics, Report

    That is an objectively dope couch. | Image: Kai Wright Kai Wright is the co-host of Stateside with Kai and Carter over at the Guardian. But Wright has been bringing his unique insights to listeners for years. He's also hosted Notes From America , The United States of Anxiety , and Indivisible . He's a Peabody Award-winning journalist who has profiled powerful men, explored what it means to be American, and chronicled the AIDS epidemic. When he's not diving deep on sex, race, and politics, he's gardening, listening to John Coltrane, and steadfastly refusing to buy a new phone. Wright

  • Indie developers got tired of waiting for a new Star Fox, so they’re making their own 3 hours ago by Geoffrey Bunting
    Entertainment, Gaming, Report

    Nostalgia remains a powerful force. So much so that, in exploring the echoes of a late-'90s childhood spent skimming the water of Corneria and sneering "cocky little freaks!" in time with a monkey encased in a Gundam suit, I'm simultaneously describing playing Star Fox 64 ( Lylat Wars if you're nasty) in 1997 and streaming it through Nintendo Switch Online today. The franchise has been revived through a splashy remake on the Switch 2 , but it's also a series that has not seen an all-new entry since Star Fox Zero on the Wii U. Yet Nintendo's neglect of the

  • Why is Apple asking me to pay more for Big Tech’s AI obsession? 3 hours ago by Terrence O’Brien
    AI, Apple, Business, Report, Tech

    Tim Cook recently said price increases were " unavoidable " and described the company's pricing as " unsustainable ." The 16-inch MacBook Pro saw its price go up by $300. The 11-inch iPad Air went from $599 to $749. Even the HomePod Mini got a $30 bump to $129. Cook squarely placed the blame at the feet of the AI industry, which is not surprising. RAMageddon has already come for your desktop PCs and gaming consoles. The Xbox has seen its price climb nearly 25 percent depending on the model, and Nothing even canceled an entire phone launch. Apple is

  • Inside the room where the smart home industry is still betting on Matter 4 hours ago by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Analysis, Matter, Report, Smart Home, Tech

    Four years ago, overlooking a canal in Amsterdam, the smart home industry collectively launched Matter , the one interoperability standard to rule them all. Heralded as the solution to the industry's struggles, Matter was built on open standards and existing technologies and is the result of years of collaboration between traditional rivals, including Apple, Google, Amazon, and Samsung. Matter promised an end to walled gardens and ecosystem lock-in. It promised to make a smart home device, like a lock, lightbulb, or sensor, easy to buy and set up. It promised you could choose any brand, use any platform, no expertise

  • This puzzle game’s simple premise hides surprising depth 5 hours ago by Jay Peters
    Entertainment, Games Review, Gaming

    What's the Password? has a simple concept: To solve each of the game's more than 100 puzzles, you have to type in the right four-digit password on a number pad. That might sound like a limited constraint. But the simplicity gives solo developer Dan DiIorio, better known as TrampolineTales, lots of room to play with clever ideas. Over the course of a few hours, the game never stopped surprising me. Puzzle clues come in several different formats. Some are written text; the very first puzzle is a sentence that tells you what numbers to punch in. But you'll also have


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