Exploring Audio Fiction, Mobile Game Ads, and the Roots of Interactive Gaming

The government has banned Kaspersky antivirus sales in the US. People are losing their minds over Claude 3.5 Sonnet from Anthropic. Soon all devices can pair to your iPhone as easily as AirPods do. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

Links:

• US bans sale of Kaspersky software citing security risk from Russia (TechCrunch)
• Anthropic claims its latest model is best-in-class (TechCrunch)
• Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet wows AI power users: ‘this is wild’ (VentureBeat)
• New iOS 18 API brings AirPods setup experience to third-party accessories (9to5Mac)
• SpaceX unveils backpack-sized ‘Starlink Mini’ satellite internet antenna for $599 (CNBC)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Why are mobile game ads so weird and bad? (Sherwood)
• From Infocom to 80 Days: An oral history of text games and interactive fiction (ArsTechnica)
• The song Stevie Nicks wrote to “haunt” Lindsey Buckingham (Far Out)

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