Gratuitous sniping by @gruber@threads.net on both android and MKBHD’s “taste.” 
gurupanguji
gurupanguji@nos.social
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https://gurupanguji.com/about • Mostly irreverent • Slightly irrelevant
Ghost of Yotei looks amazing and I am very excited given how awesome Ghost of Tsushima was
9to5Mac
iOS 18.1 adds new selfie option for iPhone 16 Camera Control - 9to5Mac
Apple has released iOS 18.1 beta 5 for developers and it comes with a new option for the iPhone 16’s...
The decay of the YouTube reviews of phones continue. There are infinite more unboxing and life in the day videos. But in-depth testing and providing what defines the phone / not has gone missing.
I miss the days Anandtech will give detailed reports on the cyclone core #sigh
After observing the camera control for a couple days, it feels like 3D touch to me. It's going to be beloved by some people. However the button is too finicky for a regular person... Unless it can do something "fun" or frequent.
Visual intelligence could be it. But, until then, 3D touch.
https://www.reddit.com/r/F1Technical/comments/1fla645/mclaren_flexing_rear_wing_has_been_deemed_illegal/
guess mclaren wasn't bending backwards to comply and fia is too stiff to let this slide. so, now red bull can go back to flexing its wings.
IEEE Spectrum
5G Glass Antenna Turns Windows Into Base Stations
Compact, inconspicuous antennas could increase cell coverage transparently
So many fond memories of playing Splinter Cell.
https://beta.flightaware.com/live/airport/KSEA
As an aviation nerd, this is so awesome from FlightAware
The Verge
Substack is trying to turn its writers into streamers
Live video is Substack’s newest social network-esque feature.
RCS on iOS
"it’s worth remembering that VCs are middlemen. "
@lopatto.bsky.social 's framing is quite effective at explaining some VC behavior.
The Verge
JD Vance sells himself to Silicon Valley
A little chat between venture capitalists.
Pocket Casts
Robert Putnam on Barack Obama, Taylor Swift, and Making America Social Again
Robert Putnam, renowned political scientist and author of Bowling Alone and The Upswing, joins Offline to explain why bowling alone and scrolling a...
I am still surprised android doesn't have an equivalent of iOS Shortcuts from Apple.
The Verge
Apple confirms the iPhone 16 has 8GB of RAM
Apple Intelligence called for a memory boost in iPhones.
Personally, I will be thrilled if a chromium based browser is ported on to iOS and ipad OS. People can really test how they compare to Safari, even to just push the Safari team more.
I like Safari and I personally think its quality of extensions are indeed high, but time for some competition imho.
2nd post today that is questioning Safari and how great it is. The first one was more correcting an oft misunderstood battery life comparison of Chrome
Is Safari now a bad web browser?
Paul Graham and the Cult of the Founder
"Founder Mode" is such garbage.
@mattbirchler@threads.net
interesting results. for understanding some additional battery impact, curious how the browsers accommodate "low power mode"
Birchtree
Everyone says Chrome devastates Mac battery life, but does it? I tested for 36 hours to find out.
Long time Birchtree readers know I love data, and love data even more when I can throw it into a graph. I’m also a fan of testing things that eve...