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512 Pixels is a blog covering Apple, computer history, design, and other fine nerdery, written by Stephen Hackett.

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Mac Power Users 812: AV & Vibe Coding with Tyler McRae

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2025/08/31

This week on the podcast, Tyler McRae joins the program to talk about the role of AI in coding and his work in the world of church AV and technology.

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Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium Sees Federal Funding...

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2025/08/29

It’s no secret that the federal government is slashing health initiatives left and right, but this one really got under my skin. Here’s Nina Agrawal for The New York Times: The Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, an association of 16 academic centers and children’s hospitals dedicated to trials of novel treatments for pediatric brain cancer, directed […]

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Typepad is Shutting Down

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2025/08/28

Bad news today for old-school bloggers: After September 30, 2025, access to Typepad – including account management, blogs, and all associated content – will no longer be available. Your account and all related services will be permanently deactivated. Please note that after this date, you will no longer be able to access or export any […]

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Save the Date: Relay for St. Jude Podcastathon 2025

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2025/08/28

I am very, very excited about our live show this year. We’ll be live on Friday, September 19 at 12 PM Eastern for 12 hours of nonsense and fundraising.

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Connected 567: Always DTC

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2025/08/27

This week on the show: Federico’s back, Myke is back to his old ways, and Stephen is back to thinking he is cool.

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Relay for St. Jude 2025

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2025/08/27

September is around the corner, and that means our campaign to raise money for St. Jude is back! In 2009, our oldest son Josiah began treatment at St. Jude for a brain tumor. He was just six months old. After 18 rounds of chemotherapy and a half-dozen surgeries, the cancer has not returned, but our […]

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Tot 2

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2025/08/26

The Iconfactory’s app Tot has been a favorite of mine since it first launched. It’s a great way to have a scratchpad — or seven — that sync across devices. Here’s what I have in Tot right now: Yellow: Notes from a phone call I had today. Orange: Currently empty. Red: Some text I’m working […]

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Apple’s iPhone Event is September 9

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2025/08/26

New iPhone Season is always exciting!

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xAI No Longer a Public Benefit Corporation

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2025/08/25

Lora Kolodny at CNBC: When Elon Musk created his artificial intelligence startup xAI in 2023, he incorporated it as a Nevada public benefit corporation, making a formal commitment to positively impact society and to post regular disclosures about progress on its non-financial goals. The launch of xAI followed Musk’s split with OpenAI, which he helped start eight years earlier […]

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Beta 8 is Here

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2025/08/25

As Steve Troughton-Smith points out on Mastodon, we’re getting pretty close to end of this beta cycle: Historically, since iOS 13, beta 8 has been the last beta of the summer cycle before the release candidate builds. That suggests that today’s seed is as good as it gets before release — this is it, folks, […]

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Sponsor: Magic Lasso Adblock: YouTube Ad Blocker for...

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2025/08/25

Do you want to block all YouTube ads in Safari on your iPhone, iPad and Mac? Then download Magic Lasso Adblock – the ad blocker designed for you. As an efficient, high performance and native Safari ad blocker, Magic Lasso blocks all intrusive ads, trackers and annoyances – delivering a faster, cleaner and more secure […]

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Mac Power Users 811: Apple in Education with Steve...

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2025/08/24

Apple has been in the education market for decades, and over that time, Apple’s position and offerings have significantly changed. This week on Mac Power Users, educator Steven Benner joins the show to talk about how his school district is using Apple gear in the classroom.

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Original Sealed iPod Sells at Auction

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2025/08/22

The perfect $40,264 gift for the music lover in your life.

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Sometimes, a Bug is a Blessing

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2025/08/22

Paul Kafasis shared a delightful story from Rogue Amoeba’s history: In the realm of computers, bugs are generally a bad thing. Every year, our team ships dozens of free updates to eliminate bugs that are an inescapable byproduct of the countless variables in software development. Rarely, though, a bug can be beneficial. Back in 2002, […]

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Google’s First Nuclear Reactor Project is Coming to...

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2025/08/19

It’s not new news that big tech companies have been looking at nuclear for powering their datacenter, but Google is making some news in my home state. Here is Amanda Peterson Corio, the company’s Global Head of Data Center Energy: Today we announced the first deployment of Kairos Power’s advanced nuclear reactor — the Hermes 2 Plant […]

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2025 Q&A: Relay Turns 11

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2025/08/18

I just published what is a true annual tradition at Relay: a birthday Q&A with me and Myke.

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Relay Turns 11

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2025/08/18

Today marks Relay’s 11th birthday, as noted by Myke Hurley: In recent months, there’s been a fresh wave of chatter about the “death of podcasting” — this time aimed at anything expensive or audio-only. I often joke that I’ve seen podcasting declared dead three or four times over the course of my career, and this […]

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Sponsor: DEVONthink: Store, Organize, and Work the...

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2025/08/18

We’re all dealing with more information than ever, and it’s becoming increasingly complex. You need bulletproof financial documents for audits, collaborative tools for your team, and AI that can actually help. DEVONthink 4.0 Copernicus1 is here, and it’s designed to work with you, not against you. Its AI integration is incredibly useful — it can […]

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Mac Power Users 810: Unlocking PowerPhotos with Brian...

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2025/08/17

This week on the podcast: Brian Webster is the developer behind Fat Cat Software, home of PowerPhotos. The Mac app gives users a wide range of extra controls and tools to manage their Photos library. This week, he chats with Stephen and David about the app and its features.

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MacSurfer Returns

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2025/08/16

I’ve been in this racket long enough to see plenty of other websites, podcasts, and commentators come and go. One of those names from the past is MacSurfer, an old-school link aggregation website keeping up with news from across the Apple ecosystem. Back in the day, getting a link on Macsurfer’s Headline News would mean […]

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