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Don’t leave developers behind in the Section 230 debate

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Shelley McKinley Contributor Share on Twitter Shelley McKinley is chief legal officer at GitHub, home to more than 100 million software developers. Last week marked the first time the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. In oral arguments in the Gonzalez v. Google case, important questions were raised…

MrBeast’s blindness video puts systemic ableism on display

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Recently, megastar creator MrBeast posted a video to his YouTube in which he spotlights numerous blind and visually impaired people who have undergone a surgical procedure that “cures” their blindness. As of this writing, the video has been viewed more than 76 million times, and the responses have been visceral in both praise and contempt. For…

As a Scuba diver, I would gladly trust my life to the Apple Watch. Here’s why.

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Earlier today I wrote a piece about Apple Watch Ultra’s new Scuba diving feature, and a lot of folks came out of the woodwork to tell me they wouldn’t trust a ‘dive toy’ to keep them safe under water. I respect their opinion, but I figured I’d share why I feel fully comfortable trusting Apple […]

As a Scuba diver, I would gladly trust my life to the Apple Watch. Here’s why. by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Go plug yourself, Apple, can we please just have USB-C on the iPhone already?

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As part of the Hardware team here at TechCrunch, I love me a good Apple event, and this one was, er, eventful. I’m an active human who loves Scuba diving, so the Apple Watch Ultra seems like an underwater match made in heaven. The new iPhone Pro’s cameras and the fact that Apple has been […]

Go plug yourself, Apple, can we please just have USB-C on the iPhone already? by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Do we really need a $340, Wi-Fi enabled toaster?

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If you’ve heard of Tineco, it’s probably because the 24-year-old company has been making vacuums and hair dryers for a hot minute. The company’s next product is a $339 toaster that connects to your Wi-Fi network and can toast your toast with science and precision, and makes me wonder if there’s any device in our […]

Touch ID forever, Face ID never

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Apple has, thank god, deigned to continue to offer a budget ticket into its planet-spanning luxury funhouse: the iPhone SE 3. If they discontinued this useful item, I’d have to switch to an iPad or back to Android, since the only alternatives have both an ugly notch and the Face ID it contains. Fortunately the […]