Sorry for anyone planning a quick coffee break. The Starbucks apps and website are not taking online orders due to some (presumably not Crowdstrike-related this time) outage.
There’s no word on when it might get fixed, but DownDetector shows reports starting around 11AM ET.
Those Decks didn’t last long! Valve told us it’ll make more of the nicely discounted refurb units available, though, and that they’ll generally go in and out of stock.
I may have hinted to my family that I wanted an OLED upgrade as my one Christmas present this year... wonder if they saw it in time?
I imagine they’ll take this down shortly, but in the meantime... test.
Looking for a discreet distraction? You can now browse Bluesky on your wrist with Reuben Catchpole’s Butterfly for Bluesky on the Apple Watch.
The app is free if you only want to browse feeds, but an optional $2.99 in-app upgrade to Butterfly Pro adds the ability to message other users and even write posts, according to 9to5Mac.
OpenAI’s new video generator, Sora, can make some really impressive visuals... it just can’t make them actually make sense or follow the laws of physics or properly depict people eating or... just watch:
Sony has made bad Spider-Man spinoff movies before, but Kraven the Hunter is another level of terrible.
Media critic Matt Pearce on ‘Lessons on media policy at the slaughter-bench of history’
If anyone knows how to comfortably strap the Vision Pro to your face, it’s a company that makes CPAP masks. RedMed’s Kontor head strap, available in two sizes for $119.95 from Apple, is made from “ultra-premium materials that are gentle on skin” and features a “weight-distributing design” with six adjustable counterweights that help offset the weight of the Vision Pro.
