Apple TV is hitting its stride
Apple TV is hitting its stride

Since its inception, Apple TV, née Apple TV Plus, has built a reputation on quality over quantity. It has far fewer shows and movies than the likes of Netflix or Disney Plus, but generally speaking, the projects it does put out are quite good. It’s a strategy that has brought comparisons to the HBO of […]

Meta has a new app called Pocket that is absolutely nothing like the old Pocket
Meta has a new app called Pocket that is absolutely nothing like the old Pocket

Mozilla shut down the well-loved read-it-later Pocket app last year, and now Meta is launching an app called Pocket with an entirely different, AI-focused pitch: this new app lets you make and share little interactive “gizmos” built from an AI prompt, as reported by Business Insider. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is all in on AI […]

The video game disc is dead
The video game disc is dead

For decades, to be a gamer was to accumulate a lot of stuff. Consoles, controllers, accessories, weird VR gloves that never worked properly, but mostly the games themselves. Over the years, games have come in every shape and size you can imagine. And now that era appears to be ending. On this episode of The […]

Influencer screenings aren’t going away
Influencer screenings aren’t going away

For a few days, it seemed like Universal decided that there would be no advanced screenings of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey for influencers. But on Monday, influencers sat alongside traditional critics and journalists at special showings of The Odyssey specifically for the associated press junket. Despite what it may have looked like, Universal was not […]

AI won’t save advertising, says Digitas’ Amy Lanzi
AI won’t save advertising, says Digitas’ Amy Lanzi

We’ve got a special Decoder today — I had the chance to talk with Amy Lanzi, the CEO of Digitas North America, in front of a live audience at the Uber Villa at the Cannes Lions advertising festival in the South of France. I know, it’s a hard gig, but I do it for you. […]

The 4.5-star-rated Shark ChillPill gets its first price cut just in time for the upcoming heatwave
The 4.5-star-rated Shark ChillPill gets its first price cut just in time for the upcoming heatwave

With a heatwave approaching, it’s perfect timing for the excellent Shark ChillPill to get its first-ever discount at Amazon.

Mystery box shows are complicated for everyone — even the actors
Mystery box shows are complicated for everyone — even the actors

Silo is such a complicated show that even its showrunner gets confused sometimes. While filming the final seasons of the Apple TV sci-fi thriller, Graham Yost remembers two instances where he messed up details: once it was an actor who realized that a conversation they were about to shoot should’ve already taken place, the other […]

BitTorrent’s disastrous, legendary, and controversial story
BitTorrent’s disastrous, legendary, and controversial story

Twenty-five years ago today, a young, little-known programmer by the name of Bram Cohen fired off a short message to a mailing list for peer-to-peer enthusiasts. “My new app, BitTorrent, is now in working order, check it out here,” Cohen wrote, followed by a link to his personal website. “What’s BitTorrent, Bram?” the founder of […]

Amazon has enough satellites to launch its Starlink competitor
Amazon has enough satellites to launch its Starlink competitor

Amazon says it now has enough satellites operating in low-Earth orbit to light up its Starlink internet competitor. With last night’s launch, Amazon Leo has 396 satellites deployed, which is “enough to support continuous service across initial latitudes,” according to Chris Weber, VP heading up business and product for Amazon Leo. That puts the company […]