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Snapdragon 8 Elite deep dive: A return to custom CPUs and much more

Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Elite chip boasts major CPU, GPU, and AI architecture changes. Here's everything explained in fine detail.

If Tensor doesn't keep up, and still maintains perf, going to be super curious if 3nm is all that it's chalked up to be.

I continue to recommend the web app for all the text (and image and video) based networks if you have an iPhone / any modern android device. It’s a LOT less tracking and you can enable ad blockers on top of that if you want to. Finally, it will also make the whole process a lot more intentional.

Bluesky Social

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The Saunak subterfuge.

Waiting for Apple’s Intelligence – On my Om

> Apple can’t afford to screw this up. Apple has the power to introduce AI and machine learning to millions of people who might otherwise never engage with these technologies... It could turn a whole generation of users off from AI. Imagine your tech-averse aunt trying to use a half-baked AI assistant and concluding that all AI is useless. That’s the kind of public relations nightmare that could set back public acceptance of AI by years.

#android devs qq for you: why do video apps on Android not center the video in the letter box? Repeat offenders: prime video and max and sometimes Disney+ YouTube is the only one that centers the video vertically and horizontally properly. Netflix has a phase but then seems to correct itself.

🎧 Desi hip-hop leveled up with this spit. 🔥

I can’t be the first one observing that one of the self appointed leaders striving for AGI is Alt-man, right?

Cautious Optimism

Netflix's insane cash generation, and venture capital's new diet - Cautious Optimism

Welcome to Cautious Optimism, a newsletter on tech, business, and power. 📈 Trending Up: Chinese GDP (and yet?) … Chinese retail sales, industr...

“It is possible to turn a cash inferno into a cash gusher, but I wonder if we’re looking at the exceptions that prove the rule that it’s hard to do so, instead of undercutting concerns that cash burn is a risk.”

There are many things that are great about bluesky, but the best part so far has been setting up _atproto and verification on your own domain. 👌

This is the way. Threads and any client that supports these services take note.

I still don’t think enough people on the web appreciate the power of haptics even in web design especially as haptic motors on android phones have crossed the rubicon into being useful and the web on android allows you to design some delightful experiences. An example: tapping “like” on a post

I continue to be impressed by Bluesky’s continued organic growth and its strong capitalization of the other text networks’ mistakes.

> “Blogging is an individual and, I would say, selfish act — you do it because it is what you want to do for you.”…Any other explanation of blogging “is just the traditional idea of media,” meant for an audience and for reach.

Pure Blogger – On my Om

Jason Kottke, one of the blog elders and author of Kottke.org, celebrated Dave Winer’s 30th blog anniversary by calling him “one of the purest ...

https://www.youtube.com/live/pIKI7y3DTXk space X did it. They caught the starship booster back at the launch pad using the chopsticks

What's old is new again

SB Nation

Toyota returns to F1 in technical partnership with Haas

Haas expects to return to the front of the field thanks to a partnership with Toyota

Threads

@gurupanguji (@gurupanguji) on Threads

What I share with whatsapp with partial contacts sharing on iOS 18. I can finally use the “new chat” button.

What I share with #whatsapp with iOS 18 and partial contacts sharing. I can finally use the new chat button again.

noyb.eu

Firefox tracks you with “privacy preserving” feature

noyb filed a complaint against Mozilla for quietly enabling a supposed “privacy feature” (called Privacy Preserving Attribution) in its Firefox...

This is rich after pushing back on Google for so long.

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom / so much fun! #zelda

Since iOS 18, I am facing some "syncing with iCloud paused" issue with Messages. There doesn't seem to be any recent reddit threads that are discussing this. Checking to see if anyone else faced this issue and/or have tips to try? #apple #ios

Gratuitous sniping by @gruber@threads.net on both android and MKBHD’s “taste.”