Writers are fleeing the Substack Tax
…it also locks writers and their subscribers into a closed ecosystem. For one, Substack has limited integrations with third-party apps, leaving writers with the platform’s set of built-in tools…
Search
Apple’s AI promises are finally, almost, sort of, here
…It pitched Siri as an all-encompassing virtual assistant that ties together all your Apple devices, with multimodal features, a dedicated app, an all-in-one AI agent and more. Executives emphasized…
Linux devs are fighting the new age-gated internet
…with certain apps or denying them root access, both possible outcomes of an age-gating system — “breaks that.” Richell began working with state lawmakers. He spent weeks pushing for changes and sharing…
Sundar Pichai on AI, the future of search, and what’s happening to the web
…in everything, and it’s making huge changes to Search on both the web and YouTube that will once again reshape the information ecosystem. That’s a lot to talk about, and…
After three months on Linux, I don’t miss Windows at all
…There are a few extra steps sometimes in finding and installing apps — usually it’s easier than in Windows, and occasionally it’s harder. And there are a few apps I still…
Rivian’s software chief thinks you don’t need CarPlay or buttons
…In the future with the agent-to-agent integration, you can actually interact with many more apps from your own digital ecosystem. Can I ask you about the word agentic in this…
Why Jonah Peretti sold BuzzFeed
…We want to get real people using it, and then iterating, changing, and evolving the app very quickly. I mean, this is the other thing that AI enables, which is the ability…
Ride-sharing
…app for an undisclosed amount, saying it plans to add parking benefits to Uber One and build in-app reservation into its main app, bringing car owners into Uber’s ecosystem. The…
Inside the return of Xbox
…It’s a “we are Xbox” change that multiple Xbox employees tell me has gone down well internally. Sharma also briefly addressed another Xbox fan pain point during the all-hands: exclusivity…
Smart Home
…In the kitchen, they can read out recipes, or if you’re cleaning, you can call out to them to change the song on the fly. If you buy smart light bulbs…