Patreon drama ramps up, considerably - allegedly; Amazon accelerates robotics; Twitter's innovation vs Meta's; this week in Musk; Adobe's weird Figma play antitrust cough; Starbucks rewards NFTs; Merriam-Webster yeets pumpkin spice; Rings of Power; She-Hulk; Star Wars trailers; Kiki, Pose, Legendary and the power of sub-cultures; Sonos Ray; Apple OS updates generally good, kill Dark Sky bad; iZotope RX 10; Discord adds... forums; the Status Game; Chatter: the Voice in Our Head "I am a Golden God!"
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IN THE NEWS
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Twitter starts rolling out podcasts to Blue subscribers
Meta is spinning off the Pytorch framework into its own AI research foundation
Adobe snaps up Figma for $20B, taking out one of its biggest rivals in digital design
Adobe’s $20 Billion Deal For Figma is More Than 50 Times the Startup’s Revenue
Starbucks thinks you'll want to collect NFTs to earn rewards
Merriam-Webster just yeeted a bunch of internet slang into the dictionary
MEDIA CANDY
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
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The first 'Mandalorian' season three trailer reunites a favorite Star Wars family
APPS & DOODADS
Apple Releases watchOS 9 With Medication Tracking, New Watch Faces, Sleep Updates, and More
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iPhone 14 Pro Camera Preview: The Hardware Changes – Lux
How to remove the Search button from your Home Screen in iOS 16
Apple-Acquired Weather App Dark Sky Reminding Users That iOS App Shutting Down on January 1
Discord revolutionizes online conversations with... forums
AT THE LIBRARY
The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It by Will Storr
Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It by Ethan Kross
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber
Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture Book 2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
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