Can Patreon fight fire with social media fire?
…advocate right now for creative people and fight on their behalf, so that they’re not forgotten about through this new techno-legal cycle that we’re going through. You published that…
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‘Fuck you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing
…That provoked a furious coalition of open-source advocates and YouTubers to respond. “I’ll put up $10,000 to teach bambu labs a lesson,” declared consumer rights advocate Louis Rossmann, pledging…
Artificial Intelligence
…In March, Apple reportedly blocked Replit and other vibe coding apps from publishing App Store updates unless they made changes, potentially including moving generated app previews to web browsers. ArXiv will ban…
Why Jonah Peretti sold BuzzFeed
…Again, in this conversation, it strikes me as you were the right CEO for what you would call the open distribution era, and he might be the right CEO for what you…
Best Tech Deals
…The game launches on May 21st, and we recently published our review of the game. Spoiler: it’s adorable, fun, and easy. Yoshi and the Mysterious Book $60 at Amazon (physical) $60…
The things we’re building
…We watch every movie we pick and write up the recommendation ourselves.” — Blake “I’ve been writing fiction for about 10 years and trying to find agents of publishers in a changing…
Framework delays its first Laptop 13 Pro shipments by a month
…Framework isn’t publishing this info on its blog, as company reps say it only affects customers who already ordered a Laptop 13 Pro, but here’s the full email transcript: > Delay…
GitHub faces a fight for its survival at Microsoft
…Not being able to place the taskbar at the top, left, or right side of a screen has been an issue for Windows 11 users ever since the OS launched in 2021…
Writers are fleeing the Substack Tax
…Beehiiv, where he saves thousands of dollars per year. “Given the size of my publication right now, I would need to pay Substack over $25,000 a year in fees,” Brown says…
That UL logo is more complicated than it looks
…I asked Jennifer about it pretty directly, since that’s really a microcosm of pretty much everything going on with safety, tech, and China right now. There’s a lot going on…