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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast unveils XiOne, its first streaming device, available to Sky Q customers in Italy and Germany and rolling out to Xfinity Flex customers in the US — Comcast has launched a new wireless streaming device — the XiOne — that will become the company's standard platform across the globe.
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Hands-on with Microsoft Surface Duo 2: addresses obvious problems with the first model, adding modern specs and a far better camera system, but starts at $1,500 — Duo, part deux — Today, Microsoft is unveiling the Surface Duo 2, a new Android-based smartphone with two screens and a raft …
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Hands-on with Surface Laptop Studio, which starts at $1,600: new hinge offers three modes, under-device pedestal is strange, and screen is very nice — That's one way to put something on a pedestal — Alongside the new Surface Pro 8, Microsoft is introducing an all-new computer: the Surface Laptop Studio.
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Hands-on with Surface Pro 8: Thunderbolt is welcome, familiar design, new keyboard is great, but base model is underpowered; starts at $1,099 without keyboard — A new screen, new keyboard, new processors, and more — With the new Surface Pro 8, Microsoft has finally gone and done …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop Studio, replacing Surface Book, with 14.4" 120Hz display that can slide into new positions, Thunderbolt 4, and haptic trackpad — The successor to the Surface Book is here — Microsoft is announcing the Surface Laptop Studio today, a successor to the Surface Book line of powerful laptops.
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils Surface Duo 2 with 8.3" 90Hz dual displays, three 12MP rear cameras, Snapdragon 888, 5G, Android 11, curved screen for exterior notifications — 5G, better cameras, and bigger screens — Microsoft has officially announced the new Surface Duo 2, its second attempt at an Android-powered folding phone.
Monica Chin / The Verge:
Microsoft announces 10.5-inch Surface Go 3 with updated Intel CPUs for up to 60% better performance, Windows Hello, and more — Same RAM, storage, ports, and screen as the Surface Go 2 — Microsoft's Surface Go 2 is one of the best cheap laptops you can buy, and it's gotten a sequel today: the new Surface Go 3.
If only we had journalism covering itself we'd probably learn they've been doing the exact same thing since the dawn of journalism. This is a big defect in our system, no one is watching journalism. (link)
- For example, what do you think the Pulitzer Prize is, other than a bunch of ads they do about journalism every year. No doubt the awards are highly politicized, and stories looking too deeply into corrupt journalism probably don't stand much chance of getting an award.
- Until there's some way for journalism's corruption to be exposed, why would any intelligent person think there's anything but corruption in journalism? In an Occam's Razor sort of way. I'm watching The Wire, about to start Season 5, btw, if you know what that's about. ;-)
- There's this great scene at the end of Season 4, with Bodie and McNulty on a park bench. Bodie is talking about how fucked up the bosses are in the drug mob in Baltimore. It sounds just like what McNulty would say about the police department. That's the point.
- Here's the scene with Bodie and McNulty. (link)
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft announces Surface Pro 8 with a 13-inch edge-to-edge 120Hz display, Thunderbolt 4, Surface Slim Pen 2, up to 32GB of RAM, and more — The Surface Pro we've been waiting years for — Microsoft is announcing the Surface Pro 8 today, the biggest upgrade to its Intel-powered Surface Pro lineup since the Surface Pro 3 in 2014.
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The Verge:
Live blog of Microsoft's Surface event, where Surface Duo 2, Surface Book 4, Surface Go 3, refreshed Surface Pro X, and more are expected — Surface Go, Surface Book, Surface Duo, Surface Pro X... a lot of Surfaces — Microsoft is set to announce a whole bunch of new Surface computers today.
Cory Doctorow:
Review of the Framework, a $999 modular 13.5" laptop that pulls off a relatively sleek design while also being easy to repair and upgrade — Sustainable, upgradeable, repairable and powerful. — The Framework laptop is the first laptop to ever score a 10/10 from Ifixit for repairability.
Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch:
FLYR Labs, which uses ML to help airlines better predict ticket prices, raises $150M Series C led by WestCap — Airlines have a relatively straightforward goal — getting people in seats — but they've traditionally relied on inefficient and outdated statistical modeling methods to predict …
Monica Chin / The Verge:
Teachers say many students, brought up with search features on their computers, are unfamiliar with directories and folders, forcing a rethink of lesson plans — Catherine Garland, an astrophysicist, started seeing the problem in 2017. She was teaching an engineering course …
Rachel Lerman / Washington Post:
On Saturday, Square's automatic tipping screen in its app disappeared for three hours due to a bug, costing restaurant workers and others hundreds of dollars — Baristas across the country said Square was not bringing up a screen allowing customers to add a tip.
ProPublica:
Investigation details how safeguards for Facebook's Marketplace, which has 1B MAUs, can fail to protect buyers and sells from scams, fake accounts, and more — The Social Machine — How Facebook Plays by Its Own Set of Rules … For years, Carman Alfonsi relied upon Facebook Marketplace …
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