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Adobe Co-Founder John Warnock Dead at 82

Dr. John Warnock co-founded Adobe with Chuck Geschke, and the inclusion of their PostScript page description language in Apple’s LaserWriter sparked the desktop publishing revolution.

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Do You Use It? Apple’s Weather on the iPhone

This week's Do You Use It? poll asks how you check the weather on your iPhone, and if it’s not using Apple's Weather app, which app you prefer.

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The Verge Commemorates 25 Years of the iMac

A four-part series of articles at The Verge pay homage to the iMac, the computer that saved Apple and gave the entire computer world new direction.

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Do You Use It? Proxy Icons

This week's Do You Use It? poll asks how often you use proxy icons? Not even sure what they are? We hope that once we report on the results, you'll become a convert.

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SanDisk Portable SSD Failures Proliferate

If you rely on a SanDisk portable SSD, be sure to back up its contents, given the prevalence of failures resulting in data loss.

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CNET Deletes Thousands of Old Articles to Juice SEO

Gizmodo writer Thomas German has discovered that CNET is deleting thousands of old articles in an effort to improve search engine optimization for newer articles, despite Google saying it’s a bad idea.

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Do You Use It? Spotlight on the Mac

This week's Do You Use It? poll asks if you use Spotlight on the Mac and—given the breadth of its capabilities—what you use it for.

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Apple Card Savings Hits $10 Billion in Deposits

Apple has revealed the value of deposits in Apple Card Savings accounts, perhaps as part of its negotiations with Goldman Sachs, which is reportedly looking to leave the relationship due to losses.

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Lessons from Building and Operating Amazon S3

This version of a conference keynote offers an insider’s look at the Amazon S3 storage service, with thoughts about its incredible scale, how hard drives have evolved, and the importance of ownership in organizations.

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Elon Musk Rebrands Twitter to X

The chaos continues, with Elon Musk renaming Twitter to his favorite letter, X.

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How Did We Fill Our In-Between Time Before Smartphones?

Many of us may while away in-between time looking at our smartphones, but that's not to say we spent that time productively before smartphones existed.

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DPReview Acquired by Gear Patrol

Photography resource website DPReview has escaped the ignominious fate of being shut down in Amazon cost-cutting.

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21 New Features Coming to Apple Services in 2023

Apple has released a list of enhancements coming to Apple services with the next versions of its operating systems.

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Reddit Client Apollo to Shut Down on 30 June 2023

Apollo developer Christian Selig tells a sad but dramatic tale about how Reddit's surprise introduction of exorbitantly high prices has caused him to pull the plug on Apollo.

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Google’s .zip Provides Another Reason to Beware of Wacky Top-Level Domains

Google's new .zip top-level domain has raised concerns from the security community due to the ease with which it enables ambiguous URLs that could be used in phishing attacks.