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Theo writes the long ones: essays on how technology actually gets built, bought, and broken. Formerly shipped software; recovering nicely.
Techdirt Deals is offering the Ultrathin Sleep Aid speaker for $15, with Bluetooth, TF card playback and a rechargeable...
By Theo Lindgren
OpenAI president Greg Brockman said the company is building multiple AI devices, but gave no release date or product det...
By Theo LindgrenJudge Michael Simon said DOJ showed bad faith in a Portland police records fight tied to Nick Sortor’s arrest at ICE pro...
By Theo Lindgren
Authors, musicians and illustrators are testing whether AI training on copyrighted work is fair use, with Anthropic alre...
By Theo Lindgren
At WWDC 2011, Apple previewed iOS and iCloud email without mentioning iAd, while Steve Jobs pitched ad-free mail.
By Theo LindgrenA leaked 2024 document obtained by 404 Media lists databases ICE and CBP can use, from phone location data to facial rec...
By Theo Lindgren
Sandbar showed Stream dictating into iOS and Mac, making the smart ring a small voice input device rather than another p...
By Theo LindgrenLLMs generate text by turning words into numbers, comparing context with attention, and choosing likely tokens one step...
By Theo Lindgren
Agent Fone says its AI-first handset can build apps, run agents and use personal data, with the first 50 devices reserve...
By Theo LindgrenSamsung chip engineers are applying to SK Hynix after richer AI-memory bonuses widened a pay gap between the Korean riva...
By Theo LindgrenJason Snell and Daring Fireball argue Apple’s App Store ads trade premium-brand trust for incremental revenue.
By Theo LindgrenA DOE court filing says 284 clean energy grants were terminated using state-level political criteria, despite earlier wa...
By Theo Lindgren