2024-09-09
Some schools definitely rely way too much on classroom tech, but opting your kid out individually is just making teachers' (and other kids') lives harder for no real benefit; if you want less screen time in school, talk to the school + start showing up at school board meetings to complain about it.
Wall Street Journal
Parents concerned about students' screen time at school are trying to opt their kids out of classroom tech, after working to ban smartphones in the classroom
After working to ban phones in the classroom, parents are now seeking a return to pencil and paper
2024-03-06
Glad I didn't waste time supporting the Amazon AppStore for this. (meanwhile the case for a dedicated Windows port grows) [embedded post]
The Verge
Microsoft plans to end support for its Android subsystem in Windows 11 on March 5, 2025, and consequently, end support for the Amazon Appstore on Windows too
no one will miss it Jason Bouwmeester / Techaeris : RIP Windows Subsystem for Android Don Reisinger / Tom's Guide : Windows 11 will stop supporting Android apps in 2025 - here's wh...
2023-12-17
I suspect this is just the first of many new features we're about to see to try to encourage developers to stay within the App Store ecosystem, as the options for leaving it grow; both sides in a discount relationship would now be strongly incentivized not to do any billing outside of the App Store. …
9to5Mac
Apple announces contingent pricing for subscriptions, letting developers give users a discounted price if they're actively subscribed to another subscription
Apple has announced a new “contingent pricing” feature for subscriptions in the App Store. According to the company …
2023-11-21
This demonstrates why the CHIPS act isn't working - diversifying the chip supply chain to be less reliant on Taiwan is a good thing, but doing it through a close ally with the supply chains and talent to pull that off achieves the same goal as putting a plant in Arizona but does it cheaper + better. …
Bloomberg
Sources: TSMC plans to build a manufacturing plant in the Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, its third in the country, to develop advanced 3nm chips
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2023-11-09
Huge news - this could finally be the long-awaited DM layer for distributed social media. [embedded post]
PCMag
Signal begins testing usernames, letting users set the phone number linked to their account as private and not share the number on their profile
Offering usernames will allow people to stop giving out their phone number —a sensitive piece of information— in order to connect with others on the messaging app.