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I’ve been writing this week The end of Google Podcasts and The rise of artificial intelligence deviceswatch girl 5eva and rewatch middleditch and schwartzread about AllTrails is everywhere and Danny McBride’s comedy compoundlisten to Ezra Klein podcast about AI, see if 5K runners Finally I can enjoy running and play it too much retro target.
I’ve also got you covered with a lot of people’s smart thoughts on AI, a bunch of new AI tools in the web browser, a fun new newsletter about the good stuff on the internet, a rant about delivery apps, and more. let’s go.
Oh, wait a minute!i will be at Chicago Humanities Festival Next weekend, we’ll be on stage discussing creativity and artificial intelligence with Wonder Dynamics co-founders Nikola Todorovic and Tye Sheridan. (You may know Tye better as an actor, including playing Wade Watts in “Tye”) Get ready for Ready Player One. I have questions about this too. ) If you’re there, come hang out with us next Saturday!OK Now let’s start.
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- Opera’s native AI. I know, I know, every browser is doing this AI thing and I keep bringing it up. But Opera is doing something new and clever: It lets you download various open source AI models to your computer, so you can do AI stuff in the browser, but also entirely locally. . I like.
- “I made a diagram of Wikipedia…and here’s what I found“. This video broke my brain in the best way. It’s just a narrator and a lot of diagrams, but it shows how Wikipedia really works – the most linked articles, the platform’s central themes, interesting dead ends. Wikipedia is getting more and more exciting.
- Brave Leo. Another browser AI thing! Brave’s Mixtral-based chatbot Leo is also trying to implement artificial intelligence in a privacy-preserving way, and I’ve been working on it. Leo is now available on iOS just a few months after coming to Android, which means you can use Leo anywhere you use Brave. It’s also built into the browser in a very intimate, useful way.
- “Jon Stewart on the false promises of artificial intelligence“. This is the most succinct argument against artificial intelligence you will ever hear. It’s not even really against AI, just against the hype cycle and the way it’s talked about versus the way it’s used. return, Stewart’s interview with Lena Khan The conversation about antitrust and artificial intelligence is interesting and full of great streaming drama.
- Last Week Tonight About Food Delivery Apps. Recommend Jon Stewart and John Oliver: Novel, right? It really breaks new ground here.But it’s too good not to share, and not just because of its outstanding features edge. The delivery app really didn’t work for anyone involved and Oliver solved that problem perfectly. And angrily.
- vintage. I’m skeptical of this and every other possible “Instagram but it’s your real friend again!” app.but I Do For example, Retro’s latest feature, Journals, brings a collaborative photo album creation system to the application. I’ve only done this in Google Photos, but it’s a smart addition for any application like this.
- Gotham City Lego Set. Four thousand, two hundred and ten yuan. I’m fascinated by this thing and, frankly, a little scared of it. The $300 price tag puts it into true luxury territory, but it just became the first and only thing on my birthday list this year.
- We are here. I don’t really recommend other newsletters here, I’m going to change that and start with this one from Hank and John Green, two of the best guys on the internet, at least so far this is just a synopsis of the weird, Delightful internet stuff. Insta subscription.
screen sharing
As part of writing this press release, I have a big folder full of cool home screens that I found around the web. (I should share some of it here, now that I think about it—we’ll come back to this.) But there’s very little in that folder that makes me utter the same words I did when I first saw it noise Daniel Ansari’s home screen.
It turns out that Daniyal actually builds and sells these home screen designs, as well as icons, widgets, and other stuff—and I found myself flipping through all of them looking for tips on how to make my phone look stylish, simple, and functional. cool Just like Daniel did. But I figured the best thing to do was to go back to the source, so I asked him to share some tips with us.
Here’s Daniyal’s home screen, along with some information about the apps he uses and why:
Telephone: iPhone 13 128GB under starlight.
wallpaper: The wallpaper is a solid background color matched to the dock. The hex code for light mode is #F3F3F3 and for dark mode is #242424. Doing this hides the dock completely and makes my home screen look cleaner.
app: I try to keep my home screen clean. My favorite app is YouTube Music. It’s not that popular, but the combination of YouTube Premium and YouTube Music makes sense to me. I keep my notes app handy and have different folders within it to dump information in a categorized way.
I create a custom widget using an app called Weegee on the app store. It’s an incredible app that syncs with built-in Apple apps and provides information about weather, calendar events, reminders, and more, with a variety of customization options so you can create the look you want.I also use two MD blank and Transparent application icons Allows you to create empty space on your home screen (since Apple doesn’t allow it).
I also asked Daniel to share something that interests him right now. This is what he sent back:
- My favorite show right now is drive to survive. I started following Formula 1 a few years ago and loved the combination of engineering and sport.
- I really like productivity apps and love them this waveform The story of being with you.I have started using Concept calendarYes, the views were stunning for three days.
- The creator I follow most is MKBHD and StarTalk with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tysonbut I would like to specifically mention David Immel. There are only five videos on his YouTube channel (he should make more), but the way he explains each concept is outstanding. He’s almost like a really cool professor who’s really good at figuring out the basics. his”How the Italian Renaissance saved smartphone cameras” is my favorite YouTube video of all time. As a literature graduate student who loves technology, this video fits my interests.
Crowdsourcing
What’s this installer Community has entered this week. I also want to know what you are doing now!e-mail installer@theverge.com Or call +1 (203) 570-8663 to give us your advice on anything and everything, we’ll be featuring some of our favorites here every week.
“With Artifact becoming a dead product at Yahoo, I’ve turned to announcement Available for iOS and Mac, I absolutely love it. ” — Justin
“You describe Tiny Desk as ‘everything delightful on the internet,’ and I describe it that way too. flavor journey, a YouTube channel and DJ couple from Luxembourg. They play their set of cold room music (often accompanied by live guitar) from all over Europe. During the filming, they also prepared meals. It felt less like watching a DJ perform and more like hanging out with friends. This is my favorite one recently“. — Daniel
“Run my own personal single-user Mastodon instance, provided by Masto.host. You can Read my experience If you are interested. ” — Mike
“If you like screamo music, we’re in its golden age right now. New wrist meter It is a modern classic and new boundary Go to hell, death metal veterans. abort dropped one of their best albums, melodic/techno-death newcomers Carrion Vaal Released a great album, like an OG band cowboy job and darkest hour putting out some of their best work ever. It’s a great time to enjoy music and everyone beats each other up at the concert. ” – John
“Extremely fast is a very opinionated, keyboard-driven task manager – something I think more people should try. ” – Matt
“I like games that blend two completely unrelated genres. Pergrin need Pagel And turned it into a roguelike game. The more nails you hit, the more damage you do to the enemy. You can collect different balls with different effects and abilities. I play this game on my phone all the time and it’s a great way to kill time on the train to and from get off work. ” — Voltaire
“I would like to recommend letter. This is a simple application for saving lists. I started using it to keep track of books, board games, movies, and TV shows. I’ve used the Stock Notes app to do this before, but Listy is easier to use because you can just use your browser’s share feature to add new entries. ” — Peter
“Pictron. It’s a bit niche, but for a certain kind of person, it’s gold. This is the “fantasy workstation” from the developers of Pico-8. It’s still in the very early stages and there are a lot of problems, but it’s very exciting to be at this early stage, almost like going back to the early days of computing. People were already building primitive web browsers, calculators, and games for it. ” — Tom
“Gideon IX This is the most fun, wild, crazy, riveting, addictive book I have ever read. Crazy plot… The eight feudal families of the Immortal Emperor, Necrolord Prime, send their Necromancers and Knight Preliminaries across the solar system to accept the challenge, with the goal of becoming Liktorians who serve their Emperor. Very descriptive/visual, perfect for portraying as a movie or miniseries. highly recommended! ” — Taylor
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This is the least surprising thing I’ll write about all week: I like Videos of people setting up. Studio tours, desk tours, home screen deep dives, and more.I like it as a way to understand how people work and think, I believe you can learn a lot about people by understanding how they set up virtual and physical spaces, which is probably why I’m watching it now This video from Adam Savage’s “beautifully chaotic” studio About six times. The place is chaotic, but also well thought out and organized. Every detail inside has a story. It’s all about making things work, not making things pretty. I swear, there are about 60 life lessons in this studio alone. Now I also have a strong desire to buy a table saw. This will be a problem.