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Almost every single time I get a demo of a phone or tablet that supports AR apps the product manager says look you can use it to place virtual furniture before you buy and I am thinking, my dude, how many sofas per year do you think we all buy
The other day someone posted on Nextdoor that the catalytic converter was stolen out of their Tesla, only for multiple ppl to point out that Teslas don’t have CCs. The person then admitted to owning a Prius, not a Tesla, and being embarrassed by it.
Wild times in Silicon Valley.
In 2019 I called off my wedding and ended an 8-year relationship. But the internet won't let me forget it. Apps still show wedding content; photo albums surface memories. And Pinterest even has a brutally insensitive name for it: "The miscarriage problem."
Guy in my row on an 11-hour redeye was *not happy* there was a young mother with a 3 m/o baby next to him. I offered to switch seats (and offered an extra hand, since she was traveling solo). He stayed up most of the night reading “Secrets of Sand Hill Road” instead. Cool dude.
Earlier this month, Netflix hiked its prices. Just received notification that my Amazon Prime was renewed at a higher price (announced last year).
We are frogs boiling in subscription water
When I asked Satya Nadella whether Microsoft ever thought about reviving a true Windows mobile OS, he told me: "The operating system is no longer the most important layer for us...What is most important for us is the app model and the experience."
Day 1 WFH: Up early, showered, dressed, productive
Day 2 WFH: Dry shampoo, business on top PJs on bottom, still productive
Day 3 WFH: Raving about the beauty of frozen burritos to colleagues on Slack
Day 4 WFH: Having conversations with a volleyball
For six months
@SimoneGiertz
let me into her life and literally inside her head, as she recovered from a brain tumor, moved beyond her hugely popular Shitty Robots series, and started to focus on her next big thing: going to space. Cover story for
@WIRED
Google's Pixel 3 phone still has a single rear camera lens. So how is the camera better? AI, some hardware updates, but also AI, and more AI. My deep dive into Google's making of the Pixel 3 camera, and what it means for AI biases creeping into cameras
Google’s newest apps offer live transcriptions and sound amplification for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. While the apps work in a straightforward way right now, it’s easy to see a future in which these apps recognize where we are and adjust automatically
I like to picture Tim Cook chewing slowly on a protein bar, going through emails on his M3 MacBook (he probably gets to test future chips), sighing, deleting Elon's email AGAIN
I can't begin to describe the gibberish that PR emails have become. 29k+ unread emails and most of them say things like "sequel now representing happy socks" or "shift group debuts power cube" or "dream come true collab by hi-ground and sonic the hedgehog" and I'm not joking.
Just called to wish one of my siblings, an avid Fitbit user, a happy birthday and when he asked what’s new I told him his personal health data had just been acquired by a search megacorp. Happy Birthday! 😘
I uncovered an army of fake men on Hinge. At first I thought they were bots, but I soon became convinced there were real humans hiding behind these dating profiles, and it culminated in one of them actually calling me and...cursing me out
SV stepping up. Apple, Google have launched Covid websites. Facebook, Apple donating millions of masks. Salesforce gathering masks, deploying free software for healthcare. What's alarming is how much we're relying on co's in private sector to lead when federal gov is failing us.
I always feel badly when I walk through a spiderweb. Is this weird? The spider has just spent hours extruding silk so it can catch food and then some careless giant comes along and ruins it. I hope spiders never learn how to use the delete keys on our computers
Alphabet CEO
@sundarpichai
says the future of maps is one in which algorithms are drawing buildings, AR is helping you decide what to eat, and Google's mapping technology exists in a more ambient way outside of discrete maps apps
It is absurd that data-gathering tech companies can still issue 6400-word privacy policy updates and not be required to highlight what the actual updated or changed parts of the policy are are.
Today is Amazon's big hardware event in Seattle. Last year the company revealed a voice-controlled microwave, along with dozens of other new products and software updates. What *will* they think of next? Follow along...
The Apple event today felt like a non-event but when you consider the macro issues right now- namely tariffs that could impact 92% of Apple hardware - it was also eerily calm. Like parents throwing a super chill birthday party for the kids when the marriage has gone haywire bts.
@PressSec
You realize that you’re sharing a version of the video that was edited to dramatize the interaction and make
@Acosta
look “aggressive,” don’t you?
You do, don’t you?
Only in Silicon Valley: Spin instructor, going through music at the start of class, asks if anyone in the class works for Apple, says iTunes is total C-R-A-P (spells it out)
Apple employee in the back of the room: “I agree”
Now that Twitter has taken care of reply guys can we maybe turn our attention to eliminating the ad about the algorithm two MIT grads built to match you with wine
So if someone is on
@VancityReynolds
's Mint Mobile network and coverage suddenly drops are they supposed to say to the person on the other end "sorry I just hit a deadpool" instead of a dead zone?
I am here all week, folks (actually, only until Wednesday)
Robot maker
@SimoneGiertz
turned a Model 3 into a pickup truck and it is everything 🙌🏻 Or, as she says, “This is going to be my daily car, which in some ways is fucking stupid."
Apple just released *three* new smart battery cases (you know, the ones with microfiber lining and the big ol' bump in the back) for XS, XS Max, and XR, which means the XR battery life will last until approximately 2020 on a single charge
WIRED is joining The Verge, Quartz, and other respected publications in making our editorial policies around on the record and background conversations clearer
Mark Zuckerberg is speaking on Clubhouse right now about the creator economy and says he thinks journalism is a part of this economy. The goal, he says, is to create "business models around journalism and long-form writing" 🤔
I'm sitting next to two high school journalists from Chicago, Katherine Wiemold and Kayleigh Pedar. Katherine's a correspondent and Kayleigh is editor and chief for the John Hersey newspaper. They're here on their spring break to cover this. Hire them!
#appleevent
2010: "Bundling is BAD for consumers, I'm going a la carte"
2019: "Hulu is part of my Spotify sub now and Netflix is packaged into my phone and I'll soon pay Apple a monthly fee for a bunch of news and video subscriptions bundled into one, this is much better"
The laws of physics dictate that when you need a hair tie there is not a hair tie in the universe, but when you do not need a hair tie at least three will spill out of your bag onto the table during a professional meeting
I have been back home for three hours and I’ve already been asked about an Android phone that won’t charge after an OS update, a Bose speaker that isn’t working, and another family member just said “I don’t even understand my TV sometimes”
I also chatted with Jen Fitzpatrick, the head of Google Maps. We talked about *alot* of things: history of maps, how Google will keep ads in Maps from becoming the mess it is in search, and how the next era of maps goes beyond driving
“But, like SMS, Chat won’t be end-to-end encrypted, and it will follow the same legal intercept standards. In other words: it won’t be as secure as iMessage or Signal.” So exactly what we need right now is what you’re saying 🤔
At Apple Park for the
#AppleEvent
and all of the employees stationed around the campus at ridiculously happy as they greet visitors. Like not even your new puppy would be this excited to see you. A man just complimented my necklace! Follow along for updates! It going to be a day
Apps are getting smarter. App permissions are not. My first story for
@WIRED
, about the least amount of information that’s provided to get you to hit “allow” on that app permission request
1/Over the holidays, one relative talked about upcoming trip to Zion National Park and another about her veganism/animal rights work. I myself never searched for these things. I’m now seeing ads for Zion National Park and vegan leather bags.
I sat down with Apple's Craig Federighi to talk about porting iOS apps to Mac: how it will actually work for developers, what it means for both operating systems, and also, touchscreen laptops via
@WIRED
Just 34 misleading posts received over 37 million views. A lot of the accounts posting the misinformation were also verified, so they've paid Twitter/X $8 per month for the ‘blue tick’ *and* their posts are amplified by the platform’s algorithm
I sat down with Microsoft CEO
@satyanadella
ahead of
#Build2019
to talk about the company's approach to open platforms, the future of AI, and Microsoft's diversity problems
Limp says Amazon Basics microwave announced last year has been the best selling microwave on Amazon - “who would’ve thought?” Anyone who’s been noticing how Amazon lists its own products above others, for one.....
Microsoft’s next big bet is on the tiny Surface Go. Here’s the exclusive behind-the-scenes story on how this 10-inch detachable got made, along with a sit-down with chief product officer
@panos_panay
Maybe it’s a symptom of living in a media-centric world but I find I can’t meet up w/ people IRL right now without ending up with some sort of unofficial “assignment.” i.e. You should listen to this 1hr podcast/read these lengthy articles/tweet about my book/write your own book.
seeing Brands launch their NFTs *now*, in the final days of the yr, are yet another reminder of 1) how long product launches can take, esp for big entities 2) how eager people are to ship THE THING and get it off their desks by EOY 3) how whiplash-y tech has been in the year 2022
Seems like there's a real opportunity here for someone to create a reliable, intuitive, secure distribution service for companies to sell mobile software (like, another app store?)
So many enlightening talks at
#TEDWomen
so far today.
@DrJenGunter
just brought down the house: “It shouldn’t be an act of feminism to know how your body works. It shouldn’t be an act of feminism to ask for help when you’re suffering.”
Notifications have gotten out of control – but they weren't originally designed to be this way. I had a fascinating conversation with the original designer at Danger, who now leads up material design at Google, about the origin of smartphone notifications
.
@snackfight
just asked me which printer I bought and I told him HP Laser Jet Pro fnsdfiuadlaf094q947owr4wo4u8 because basically that's what they're all named
Sitting on a train where every single person is on their phone and thinking I’m a weirdo if I lean over and say “Do you think in another universe some of us might become friends?”
Flight delayed because of a circuit breaker issue. Pilot says maintenance is on it; they’ll shut the aircraft down for 5 minutes and turn it back on. 💕 when metal tube set to fly to 30,000 feet gets the same treatment as my Netgear router.
Remember when an exhausted female CEO was skewered for falling asleep and showing up late to a business meeting? That one time?
The double standards, they are real.
What timing: Apple rejects updates to a promising new email app, on account of the way the app handles in-app purchases, just ahead of Apple's big event for app makers and right when the EU is looking into Apple's app policies
Alexa will also soon detect frustration in your voice when you’re requesting music. We just had the chance to hear Dave Limp’s frustrated voice when Alexa misunderstood his first query.
Apple is undercutting other streaming services with that monthly fee, plus the 1-year free deal, but, it still doesn't have the same volume of content just yet, and millions of people are already paying Apple monthly fees for things like iCloud.
If your 2020 bingo card happened to have Elon Musk standing in a literal pig pen, laughing, while he talks about surgical robots drilling a hole into our brains and removing a coin-sized piece of skull to make room for brain chips, well, kudos to you
@leahculver
I think about the
@karaswisher
interview a lot in which she said she tells really rich people when they bother her, "You're so poor, all you have is money."
"It is easy to feel like a minimalist when you can order food, summon a car or rent a room using a single brick of steel and silicon. But in reality...We are taking advantage of a maximalist assemblage."
Me last night after watching The Social Dilemma: need to spend less time on this website
Me tonight: refresh refresh refresh beam tweets directly into my brain