Long Reads/

1w ago

John Oliver keeps Buc-Off store open over Buc-ee’s Ohio lawsuit

Oliver extended Buc-Off merchandise sales after Buc-ee’s sued Beaver’s Mini Mart in Ohio, a case that remains pending.

By Mara Chen-Doyle

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Pixel 11 Camera Looks put photo rendering choices in users’ hands

Google’s Pixel 11 series adds Camera Looks, selectable photo-rendering styles that reportedly affect processing before a...

By June Castellano

1w ago

Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold hands-on: lighter hardware, few fold-specific changes

Google’s new foldable trims weight, boosts brightness and adds faster wireless charging, but early hands-on reports find...

By Theo Lindgren

1w ago

Google DeepMind leadership shakeup moves Hassabis out of daily management

Demis Hassabis becomes DeepMind chair and Alphabet chief scientist as Koray Kavukcuoglu takes daily control of the AI la...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1w ago

Danielle Thumann Severs FCC nomination could create a 3-1 GOP majority

Trump’s FCC nominee is a senior counsel to Chair Brendan Carr; Senate confirmation would give Republicans a quorum witho...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1w ago

How to spot AI writing: The Economist finds clues, not proof

The Economist compared 1.2 million words and found punctuation and phrasing patterns, while warning that no single tell...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1w ago

BMW iDrive ‘Special Surprise’ led one owner to a Spider-Man ad

Alex Micek says a generic iDrive prompt first showed a holiday animation, then later opened a BMW Spider-Man advertiseme...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

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BMW Spider-Man dashboard ads came with no disclosed payment terms

BMW’s movie tie-in put Spider-Man animation on compatible displays, but public materials do not show whether BMW or Sony...

By June Castellano

1w ago

Christian Castro extradition to Minnesota awaits Greg Abbott’s decision

Minnesota prosecutors want Texas to transfer ICE officer Christian Castro to face five charges tied to a January Minneap...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1w ago

Retropian Color deal listed at $75, with the usual retailer caveats

Techdirt promoted the Retropian Color for $75 on Aug. 11; retailer claims cover its hardware, games bundle, shipping and...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1w ago

Anthropic’s Claude AI content watermark plan leaves core technical details open

Anthropic says supported Claude text will carry an imperceptible watermark, but its method for embedding and detecting i...

By Theo Lindgren

1w ago

Dark Hours App Store story retracted after Asterly details emerge

Daring Fireball withdrew its Apple rejection story after saying the reviewed app was astrology-focused Asterly, not Dark...

By Theo Lindgren