Long Reads/

2mos ago

Techdirt archive roundup revisits copyright, games and encryption fights

Leigh Beadon’s July 4 Techdirt history post points back to disputes from 2006, 2011 and 2016 over copyright, speech and...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

Doctorow says vibe coding can teach computing if users can inspect the stack

Cory Doctorow argues that LLM-generated code is useful when it leads users from quick fixes toward legible, inspectable...

By June Castellano

2mos ago

Day One adds AI chat that turns conversations into journal entries

Daily Chat is now available to Day One Gold users on iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows and the web, with voice input, memor...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

Cory Doctorow spotlights Jo Walton’s new novel Everybody’s Perfect

Doctorow says Walton’s latest builds a phantom Venice out of parallel worlds, prophecy and Ada Palmer’s Renaissance hist...

By June Castellano

2mos ago

Gruber warned Electron was exposing weaker demand for native Mac apps

A 2018 Daring Fireball essay tied Microsoft’s Chromium move to Electron and argued Mac software standards were slipping,...

By June Castellano

2mos ago

Ctrl-Alt-Speech episode tracks child social media bans and AI moderation

Ben Whitelaw and Cori Crider use episode 109 to survey platform bans, fines, European policy moves and automation in tru...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

2mos ago

Fantastical 4.1.15 adds private one-way calendar mirroring

Flexibits says Fantastical can now copy availability between calendars on Mac and iOS without sending event details to i...

By Mara Chen-Doyle