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Dave Barry’s encounter with his AI-generated death notice highlights the gap between Google’s quick AI Overview responses and ...
In response to a reader query, Adam Engst describes the standing desk setup he has used since 2011, explains the ergonomics ...
The million-fold increase in storage capacity from Adam Engst’s first hard drive to Seagate’s latest offering—at essentially the same price—illustrates just how far storage technology has come since ...
Through working emulators and clever interactive elements, Frame of Preference brings two decades of Mac control panel ...
Apple hides the user’s Library folder by default, but an obscure method to show it permanently lets you avoid pressing Option to access it in the Finder’s Go menu.
This charming behind-the-scenes story reveals how Apple’s whimsical crayon color picker was born from one engineer’s creative impulse—and how hiding poetry in the code nearly ended his career.
iFixit explores the development of Torx screws, from their origins in the 1960s to the Torx Plus version of the 1990s, explaining why the design evolved and why that matters for repair.
Adam Engst explores how the unique approach to task management of Sorted matched his needs well, only to discover concerning signs that the app has been abandoned by its developers.
After stopping development of its innovative Arc browser, The Browser Company is back with Dia, a stripped-down browser that aims to make AI-augmented Web interactions mainstream. It won’t win over ...
Microsoft has released version 16.98 of Office for Mac with improvements for Outlook and security updates for the Office suite. Outlook adds a centralized Copilot Command Center that consolidates ...