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Consumer-facing AI — wearables, productivity copilots, on-device inference, and the privacy/UX trade-offs as edge compute eats the desktop.
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A Government Program Remotely Bricked Thousands of Working Routers
Australia's broadband testing program just ended. Instead of releasing the hardware to users, the government and its corporate partner turned thousands of perfectly good routers into e-waste by design.
Your Phone Belongs to Space Now
The fight over unlocking your phone is no longer about switching from Verizon to AT&T. It’s about a new war between terrestrial carriers and satellite networks like SpaceX's Starlink.
Plex Kills the Forever License by Another Name
What used to cost $120 for a lifetime is now a $750 luxury item. Plex isn't selling software anymore; it's selling you a subscription to your own hard drives.
The Kremlin's Last Good Option: Tell Citizens to Ditch Their iPhones
Russia wanted a closed, state-controlled internet. It just found out Apple controls the doors. Now the Kremlin's only move is to tell its people to buy an Android.