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Thomas Ricker

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    The US government makes Chinese phones?

    The Financial Times reporting on the delayed Trump Mobile phone that’s definitely not made in the USA:

    Trump Mobile’s customer service team told the Financial Times that the recent US government shutdown had delayed deliveries of the phone.

    Sure.

    It added there was a “strong possibility” the device would not be shipped this month.

    Duh.

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    Thomas Ricker
    Apple’s foldable gets Prossered.

    It’s unclear if Jon Prosser — Apple rumor monger and target of that Cupertino lawsuit — has his own sources, or is just regurgitating as fact reporting already done by the likes of Mark Gurman and Ming-Chi Kuo. Nevertheless, this video is a good summary of where rumors of the foldable iPhone have coalesced, less than a year before its supposed release.

    Dometic makes a better portable water faucet

    The rechargeable Recon 360 Faucet addresses every minor complaint I had with its predecessor.

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    Thomas Ricker
    Thomas Ricker
    A GoPro laptop from ASUS.

    The two already announced a collaboration back in October meant to “streamline creator workflows with AI.” Now the relationship is evolving into a dedicated button on new ASUS ProArt GoPro edition laptop that’ll probably also net a free subscription to GoPro Premium Plus for some period of time. All will be revealed at CES on January 6th.

    Asus teases a new dedicated GoPro button to immediately go extreme.
    Asus teases a new dedicated GoPro button to immediately go extreme.
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    Thomas Ricker
    Sony is buying Snoopy, Charlie Brown.

    Good grief, is the Peanuts franchise really worth $457 million in 2025?

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    Thomas Ricker
    More ads in App Store searches.

    Apple knows that search is the most common way to find and download apps in the App Store. So in 2026, it’s going to inject even more ads into those results. Right now ads appear at the top, pushing down the things you’re actually looking for, but soon they’ll also be sprinkled into the slots below.

    Say it with me: enshittification.

    Kuxiu’s S3 MagSafe power bank is bigger and better and probably won’t explode

    Its semi-solid state chemistry is less prone to thermal runaway and should last longer.

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