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NASA engineers fix Voyager 1 telemetry transmit glitch

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Deeply impressive that NASA engineers fixed telemetry transmit glitch on 1970s probe in the first place

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Captionista: Simple, Flexible Video Subtitling for the iPhone and iPad

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One of the tradeoffs I see a lot in the apps we cover is between simplicity and flexibility. Simplicity has its virtues, but often apps designed to make things as easy as possible for users end up being inflexible, resulting in cookie-cutter output. The flip side is that maximum flexibility can get out of hand

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Twitter's other porn problem

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Imagine the company did want to monetize adult content. Would Apple let it?

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iPhone 12 Pro Max - Geekbench Browser

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Benchmark results for an iPhone 12 Pro Max with an Apple A14 Bionic processor.

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iPhone 12 Pro Max - Geekbench Browser

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Benchmark results for an iPhone 12 Pro Max with an Apple A14 Bionic processor.

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GUIs, Command Lines, and Choice — Something Strange Across the River

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I remember the heady days of the mid 1990s to mid 2000s where fiddling around with your desktop and posting awesome screenshots of Window...

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What to expect from Apple’s iPhone 14 event

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Apple’s iPhone 14 event is taking place on September 7th.

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Microsoft Edge’s new sidebar banishes recipe stories, shows you email

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Multitasking while browsing the web.

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How Twitter’s child porn problem ruined its plans for an OnlyFans competitor

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"Twitter cannot accurately detect child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity at scale."

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All You Need to Know about the 2023 Honda Civic Type R

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Honda has finally revealed details about its latest hot hatch, including increased power figures and a revised chassis.

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If you have an iPhone 5S or 6, it’s time for a rare iOS update

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It’ll help protect you from malicious websites.

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Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s biggest bet

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Land of the Giants ends its season looking ahead to Meta’s future, with exclusive audio from inside the company.

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What's New in Shortcuts - Issue #40

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Last week, I published a story for iMore covering the Menu Bar applet for Shortcuts on the Mac and gave a few examples of how to build your shortcuts to work well when triggered there — check out the example shortcuts for sure:

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Medium’s new CEO on the company’s journalism mistakes, bundle economics, and life after Ev Williams

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"For me, fundamentally, the mistake was thinking that journalism was where Medium was going to shine."

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How Serena Williams forced sports journalists to cover tennis as more than a game

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Early coverage sidestepped conversations about the unique kinds of gendered racism that a Black girl from a working-class California neighborhood might face on the professional tour.

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Twitter had a new plan to fight extremism — then Elon arrived

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The turmoil associated with Elon Musk’s bid to purchase the company was a breaking point.

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Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size

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Unless you have skipped a lot of school, or work, or both – or you live in the USA – you have probably used an A4 sheet of paper before now. Have you ever wondered …