Nintendo has apparently blocked a workaround for watching YouTube on the Switch 2
Nearly a year after the Nintendo Switch 2 launched, the console still doesn’t offer any streaming apps. While the console supports TV docking, you cannot use it to stream YouTube videos or watch movies and TV shows on Netflix, Prime, or Hulu. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X launched with all of these on […]
I Work in Hollywood. Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI
People who had previously felt paralyzed by their NDA’s began to talk. Helena, the conflict-avoidant moderator of the Mercor subreddit, worked overtime deleting furious rants from aggrieved workers who delighted in dropping names of the “secret projects”—something explicitly banned by the non-disclosure agreement every tasker must sign before being hired as an Independent Contractor. Elsewhere, […]
Bain sees US$100 billion SaaS market in agentic AI automation
Bain & Company has estimated a US$100 billion market in the US for SaaS companies using agentic AI. The firm said the market is tied to automating coordination work in enterprise systems. The estimate comes from the second report in Bain’s five-part series on the software industry in the age of AI. The report examines […]
CUDA Proves Nvidia Is a Software Company
Forgive me for starting with a cliché, a piece of finance jargon that has recently slipped into the tech lexicon, but I’m afraid I must talk about “moats.” Popularized decades ago by Warren Buffett to refer to a company’s competitive advantage, the word found its way into Silicon Valley pitch decks when a memo purportedly […]
I revoked Google Play Services’ permissions, and here’s what actually broke on my Android phone
When you install any app on your Android phone, you decide what permissions to grant during the initial setup. However, when it comes to Google’s own apps, they have all the permissions enabled by default, and you have to dig through settings to revoke any of them later. Case in point: Google Play Services, which […]
Google Ads Will Limit Access To Older Reporting Data
Google Ads published new reporting data retention limits that change how long advertisers can access historical performance data through the interface and APIs. The update offers some clarity about which reporting periods will remain available and what advertisers may need to preserve on their own. Google Ads Reporting Data Availability Google Ads reporting data will […]
Best Prime Video top 10 movies — here are the 3 worth streaming this week (May 11-17)
Planning to unwind in front of Prime Video this week, but not sure which movie to make time for? Allow me to step in. Every week, we take a look at what’s trending on Amazon‘s streaming service and narrow it down to three standout picks. So, if you’re can’t face scrolling endlessly through the platform’s […]
Keyboard Shortcuts I Learned From My Cat
My cat Mira is perfect, and has never done anything wrong. She also loves walking on laptop keys—both my MacBook and my wife Kathy’s Windows PC. You might think that walking on laptops is an example of Mira doing something wrong. She disagrees. And, in any case, we’ve both learned a lot about how our […]
The makers of security-first GrapheneOS are putting Google and Apple’s tactics on blast
The team behind GrapheneOS, a security-focused Android alternative, is calling out Google and Apple for what they describe as anti-competitive behavior dressed up as a security feature. With the latest Google reCAPTCHA upgrade, if you’re on a Windows PC, Linux machine, or pretty much anything that isn’t a smartphone, you may soon be asked to […]
‘If you’re an Apple fan, this is you in the future’: iPhone Fold just got revealed as a mockup that shows how you’ll soon be able to put an iPad mini right in your pocket
There’s been a waterfall of leaks surrounding the iPhone Fold (or, as some are calling it, the iPhone Ultra) for months. Now those rumors have culminated in a high-fidelity mockup of Apple’s folding iPhone appearing on YouTube channel Unbox Therapy. During the video, host Lewis Hilsenteger reveals the second such mockup he’s received of the […]