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    Sean Hollister
    Framework gets a handle on it.

    The Framework Desktop’s awesome $19 carry handle is just now going on sale, as is the Framework Laptop 12’s $59 stylus, and both systems are “wrapping up” preorders. You can find cheaper USI 2.0 stylii, but these aren’t just color-matched: you can remove and replace their batteries. Other Framework updates here.

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    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    I feel for the Google employee who torpedoed its Windows desktop app growth.

    If you installed the new Google app for Windows, Google’s now telling you to remove it! To “keep receiving Google app updates,” you have to uninstall and reinstall from scratch. I wonder how many will skip the second step... particularly since it won’t uninstall until you dismiss this message and close the app.

    “Keep receiving Google app updates”
    “Keep receiving Google app updates”
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    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    Anker’s Eufy security saga is back to bite it in the ass.

    I got cited by Congress’ Select Committee on the CCP, which accuses Anker of using “various unlawful methods to avoid U.S. tariffs” while getting “substantial government backing” from China; they use my reporting to raise the spectre of national security threats.

    The Committee’s also after Unitree, whose robots have a nasty new vuln:

    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    Trump floats equal chipmaking rule.

    He’s already handing out free passes on chip tariffs and security concerns if chipmakers make him look good or pay a possibly illegal export tax. Now, he apparently wants chipmakers to “manufacture the same number of semiconductors in the U.S. as their customers import from overseas producers.” WSJ reports:

    Under the new system, if a company pledged to build one million chips in the U.S., it would essentially be credited with that amount over time so the company and its customers could import until its plant was completed without paying tariffs, the people said.

    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    Today I’m toying with the Lego Game Boy and comparing it to OG.

    The brick version is even better than I imagined: an incredibly faithful, fun, and clever build. You can press every button, spin every wheel; designers nail the curves and recreate almost every label. For $48 at Costco (in-person) or $60 at Amazon, it’s even relatively affordable. (I bought it myself.)

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