The game that makes me actually want to exercise
…themed survival city builder (which had its 1.0 release recently!), that runs the gamut from cute little farms to massive infrastructure projects with water physics. It’s very addictive, and those…
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I spent a year trying to figure out if the Trump phone is a scam
…Of course, I wouldn’t have had all that time to dig if the company had simply released the phone on time. It missed those August and September release dates with barely…
Electric Cars
…And major automakers like Jaguar, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz have each released their own Tesla challengers. There are obstacles, such as the need for a more robust charging network. But battery-powered…
Inside Microsoft’s wave of executive departures
…Eric Boyd, former president of AI platform at Microsoft, is now head of infrastructure at Anthropic, having spent nearly 17 years at Microsoft. Bobby Hollis, former VP of energy at Microsoft, also…
Climate Change
…California regulators killed a proposal that would have imposed fees on gas-burning furnaces and water heaters that release smog-forming pollutants. More than 20,000 comments they received opposing the proposal…
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief starts making her mark
…and release models without a shared code repository or common data foundation. As a result, quality and speed too often depends on heroics instead of systems. We also lack consistent infrastructure for…
Kaleidescape’s high-end movie player is too legit
…But now, Kaleidescape has released its most affordable 4K movie player yet. Although, at $2,995, the term affordable is extremely relative. The Strato E isn’t a streaming device. It has…
Labor and worker’s rights in tech
…Oracle reported employing 162,000 people as of May 2025, and has plans to raise between $45 and $50 billion this year for its AI infrastructure buildout. Oracle cutting thousands in latest…
The things we’re building
…What if I treated all these tools like infrastructure, let them handle all the hard technical work, and built myself a UI I loved? I could handle that. And more importantly, $20…
First vacuums — then the world
…A vacuum company barely through its first decade, expanding into categories like TVs, cars, and appliances, which require a mature corporate infrastructure, feels fragile at best. To say nothing of trying to…