Category: author_name|Daniel Cooper
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday review: What legend?
The following contains spoilers for “The Legend of Ruby Sunday.” In an episode full of misdirection, the biggest one has to be its title, given we’ve learned very little about what Ruby Sunday’s legend actually is. Instead, the first part of the series’ two part finale is essentially an hour…
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The Morning After: Microsoft pauses its creepy Recall AI feature
Microsoft has belatedly cottoned on to the whole “using AI to watch someone’s screen might be a bit creepy” thing. It has announced it will limit the launch of Recall, which was due to arrive alongside the first batch of Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs on June 18. Instead, it will…
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Segway’s robot mower spared me from my least favorite chore
I’m sure some of you have looked at robo mowers as Roombas for your yard but, sadly, many of them require you to install a boundary wire around the perimeter of your lawn. And any product that requires you to dig a trench is the opposite of what “low effort”…
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The Morning After: Musk backs down from OpenAI lawsuit
Elon Musk has withdrawn his lawsuit against OpenAI, a day before a judge was set to hear a request for dismissal. Musk sued OpenAI, saying its founders had violated its nonprofit status, to become a de-facto part of Microsoft. OpenAI said there was no such violation, and the lawsuit was…
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The Morning After: Everything Apple announced at WWDC
Apple’s annual developer shindig kicked off with its traditional keynote outlining all the new tricks its products will soon do. There are big changes for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia and watchOS 11, not to mention visionOS 2. Some highlights include a standalone Passwords app, better health metrics on…
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Doctor Who: Rogue review: Just kiss already!
The following contains spoilers for “Rogue.” Doctor Who has always been gay. From the get-go, many of its key creative figures were queer, and a large proportion of its fans are too. As Tat Wood explained in his essays in show guide About Time 6, the mix of science, fantasy…
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