Welcome to another banner “Elon Musk On Trial” day, as the world’s most tortured poster logs on to the witness stand in the case against his “funding secured” tweet.
Meanwhile, it’s another difficult day in the tech industry as Google cuts 12,000 jobs. That makes a total of 51,000 recent job cuts between Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta.
If your soul needs some balm as you head into the weekend, just watch Gritty recreate the DVD screensaver on repeat.
West Coast Twitter boutique? They’re having a fire sale?!
NYT reports that a mining company in Sweden has discovered a potential wealth of rare earth materials. Word of caution to Swedish miners: don’t wake the Ender Dragon.
[The New York Times]
Hot scoop from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg: Apple might be making a touchscreen Mac. Sweet!
Apple once gave 5 reasons why the iPad Pro could be your next “computer.” I’m hoping this time around we get 5 reasons why the touchscreen Mac could be your next tablet. Computers are a flat circle.
Fans of combustion blew their lids yesterday thanks to reports that the government was going to take away their gas stoves. And while it’s true that there’s growing concern over the risk of gas stoves, US regulators say they’re not about to seize your burners.
Most games eventually fall into the dustbin of the desktop, but some really fasten to your soul. I still play 2017’s Universal Paperclips from start to finish about once a month, which I think fairly qualifies it as one of my favorite games of all time. You can still play for free right here in your browser:
[www.decisionproblem.com]
No matter where you caught the raw drama in Congress last week, it came from a C-SPAN camera. It’s time to set these cameras free for good — even if it means giving the biggest troll in the House a win.
Housle is a Wordle whose time has come. Created by TV producer Doug Weitzbuch, the game asks you to guess the price of a house for sale within 5% of the listing. If you guess wrong you get a series of clues to help you zero in on the answer. Now excuse me while I weep into my keyboard over the unaffordability of today’s listing.
[housle.house]
