Nilay Patel

Max Tani reports on Bidenworld’s reaction to Elon / Twitter for Semafor:

The new Prius looks a lot nicer but sounds downright evil when you back it up.

More Katy videos at YouTube, but congrats to Adobe, which was founded in 1982 and launched Photoshop in 1989, Premiere in 1991, and the PDF in 1993. The company will also be trying to kill Flash for the rest of human history.

Meta is shutting down its connectivity division, which tried to give away “free” internet access around the world that zero-rated Facebook and put data caps on competitors. Makes sense, times are tight.

Here’s Microsoft president Brad Smith reacting to the FTC’s attempt to block the Activision deal with a John Lennon lyric... well-timed because today is also the 42nd anniversary of his murder. Whoops!

The latest cover of our sister publication features dozens of famous New Yorkers all crossing the same intersection. How? Photographer Pelle Cass created a grid of walkways and timings and gave ‘em all call times, and staffers held up placards to guide everyone through a very not-closed intersection. Here’s the full behind-the-scene details.

Here’s legendary producer Timbaland talking about the different vibes he gets from audio software like FL Studio, Ableton, and Logic. We treat digital tools as though they’re interchangeable all too often, I think!

Operational Bob is OUT, Visionary BOB is IN.