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Three years ago this chart was dominated by Facebook and Google apps.

Sounds like X is quite profitable! (if you don't count all the money it loses) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This is also the opposite of what the FTC said would happen if Microsoft was allowed to buy Activision.

RIP to the legend who gave us the technology to make chicken nuggets and the McRib www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Manhattan resident here 🙋‍♂️ The Congestion Charge has been a huge success. Traffic is much better. My commute is faster. The folks who said this would hurt jobs and businesses were wrong and have largely stopped complaining since the charge went into effect.

"most power-efficient" is not the same as "fastest," which I'm sure the folks at Qualcomm will be happy to point out.

Isn’t this effectively Niantic’s entire business?

😅

Numerous Teams Express Interest In Aaron Rodgers Playing Elsewhere theonion.com/numerous-tea...

This game is weird

Week’s over.

Sounds like a fun place to work.

"I realized I was in something's mouth and I had been eaten." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/w...

The president told Apple and Google it’s ok to ignore the law, so Apple and Google ignored the law. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/13/t...

Captain America: Brave New World clocking in at 51% on Rotten Tomatoes. Yikes. www.rottentomatoes.com/m/captain_am...

🍊🏀!

I’m told the tariffs Trump announces today will NOT go into effect today. There will be a time delay of some months, possibly an April 1 start date. This will be a presidential memorandum today not an executive order, and USTR will be tasked with developing next steps.

cc: Lina Khan

Joe Tsai says Alibaba will be Apple Intelligence's partner for China launch. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/13/a...

Praise Kier, Android users.

People landed the Elizabeth Holmes prison interview people.com/elizabeth-ho...

I hear this again and again and again from CTOs, CIOs, etc. They're all testing AI copilots/agents/chatbots. But no evidence they boost productivity enough to justify the enormous cost. Many are just developing their own chatbots using open-source AI models for very specific tasks.

Apple Maps did the thing

If the OpenAI board never received a bid, was there even a bid or just a press release from Elon Musk's attorney about it? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Elon Musk is aiming to “slow down a competitor” with his $97.4 billion proposal for OpenAI, the company’s CEO Sam Altman told CNBC on Tuesday.

CFPB staff were already bracing for the worst after the news of the last 3 days. Now they're being told their HQ is shuttered... which feels, to many at regulator, like the prelude to mass layoffs. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/09/c...

The Madden simulation finally got it right.

The hero we need. The hero we deserve. Praise Kier.

Anyone use the Outlook app for iOS? Is gmail no longer working for you? (And yes, I use Outlook. Have been for many years. Still the best email app.)

Masculine. www.theinformation.com/briefings/me...

I'm sure this is going over well in the Oval Office today.