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Thomas Ricker

Thomas Ricker

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    Google gives.

    After being fined $3.5 billion by the EU for ad tech abuse, the search giant is, begrudgingly, proposing changes:

    For example, we are giving publishers the option to set different minimum prices for different bidders when using Google Ad Manager [... and] increasing the interoperability of our tools to give publishers and advertisers more choice and flexibility.

    Thomas Ricker
    Thomas Ricker
    1 password less.

    A new setting allows your 1Password vault to automatically unlock alongside your Mac or PC. It’s part of three new security presets rolling out now to individual and family plans — biz plans coming soon.

    Choose wisely.
    Choose wisely.
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    Thomas Ricker
    Steve Jobs launches $29 iPod Socks.

    This is the self-aware way Apple used to launch socks for its devices at a fraction of the cost of its new iPhone Pocket. I’m guessing it too, was inspired by “a piece of cloth.”

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    Thomas Ricker
    PS5 sales are up.

    Despite a $50 price hike to offset Trump’s tariffs, Sony shipped 3.9 million PS5 units globally in the recent quarter (up slightly from 3.8 million last year) with help from Ghost of Yōtei sales that reached 3.3 million after just one month. Lifetime shipments now sit at 84.2 million consoles after five years, putting it roughly in line with the PS4.

    How I built a vanlife setup powerful enough for work and play
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    I wanted less complexity, more flexibility, and maximum value for money.

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    Thomas Ricker
    Thomas Ricker
    Stop trying to make “cobot” happen.

    GM — on the latest Decoder — used the word “cobot” in a transparent bid to assuage workers concerned that the robots operating alongside them will soon replace them. As we learned this week from Amazon’s proposed usage of the friendlier term: human replacement is definitely the plan.

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    Thomas Ricker
    Mob bossin’.

    Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is weirdly confident he’ll get regulatory approval to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery, unlike other suitors. Why? Because big daddy Larry is good friends with Donald Trump, who’s making it known that “US antitrust concerns and personal gripes will be a major stumbling block for rival bidders.”

    Welcome to the era of gangster regulation, as Liz wrote on the day DJT came into office.

    The Espresso Pro portable monitor is a revolution for remote work

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    Add a 15.6-inch 4K display to your workflow via a single USB-C cable.

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