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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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Slate Auto Unveils Its EV Truck

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2025/04/25

There’s a new EV truck on the scene, and it’s not even a pointy stainless steel triangle! Sean O’Kane has details at TechCrunch: It’s affordable, deeply customizable, and very analog. It has manual windows and it doesn’t come with a main infotainment screen. Heck, it isn’t even painted. It can also transform from a two-seater pickup to […]

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Apple Watch Turns 10

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2025/04/24

Today marks ten years since the original Apple Watch shipped. In that decade, it’s gone from a slow and constrained device that was trying to do far too much to something that I wear every day and night to track my fitness and get a very select number of notifications. Basic Apple Guy has put […]

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Senator Elizabeth Warren Has Some Questions for Tim Cook

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2025/04/23

Chance Miller at 9to5Mac: Apple CEO Tim Cook is being pressed for information on his collaboration with the Trump administration surrounding tariffs. In a letter sent today, Senator Elizabeth Warren said that Cook’s collaboration with Trump “creates the appearance of impropriety.” This comes after Warren and other senators questioned $1 million donations made by Cook and others […]

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Connected 549: Lost Daddy Exclusivity

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2025/04/23

This week on the podcast: Myke is back from paternity leave and has some hot takes on the last two months of tech news. He and Federico accidentally have the same surprise, while Stephen wonders what Beats could slap its logo on.

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Memphis Residents Receiving Mailers Making False...

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2025/04/23

Kailynn Johnson at The Memphis Flyer: The mail said the turbines are designed to protect the air with “air quality levels similar to those from a neighborhood gas station. It cited that the Environmental Protection Agency refers to facilities like the xAI plant as “minor contributors” to air quality. While the group said there are […]

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The Future of Tab Bars

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2025/04/23

Ben McCarthy, writing about what they would like to see in the rumored iOS 19 redesign: For a long while, I’ve felt that the design of iOS is too top heavy. While our phones seem to grow larger every year, our hands do not and so interface elements are pulled ever further out of reach. […]

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PC Connection’s Computer-Using Raccoons

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2025/04/22

Harry McCracken: In the 1980s and 1990s, PC Connection built its brand on a campaign starring folksy small-town critters. They’ll still charm your socks off. JUST LOOK AT THEM! HOLY MOLY:

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Local Man Starts Substack, Creates AI Persona with...

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2025/04/21

That man is Henry Blodget.

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Synology to Require Synology-Branded Drives in Some...

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2025/04/21

Kevin Purdy, writing at Ars Technica: Popular NAS-maker Synology has confirmed and slightly clarified a policy that appeared on its German website earlier this week: Its “Plus” tier of devices, starting with the 2025 series, will require Synology-branded hard drives for full compatibility, at least at first. “Synology-branded drives will be needed for use in the newly announced […]

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Corruption is Winning

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2025/04/21

On Friday’s episode of The Vergecast, there was an exchange that really caught my attention. David Pierce mentioned the photos of all the tech CEOs at Trump’s inauguration in January, to which Nilay Patel replied: The thing that kills me at that is the expectation they had going into that photo was corruption. Right? Tim […]

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Sponsor: Simple Scan: Paper to PDF to Anywhere!

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2025/04/21

Do you love the Apple Notes document scanner, but would you like more flexibility in sending the scans to email, messages, files, or other apps? Then Simple Scan is for you. Simple Scan is the quick, easy way to scan paper documents to optimized, searchable PDF documents (or images) and send them almost anywhere. Features […]

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Mac Power Users 793: Accurate, Not Boring

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2025/04/20

On this feedback episode, David and I revisit iCloud.com access and Advanced Data Protection, both make confessions about recent setup changes, and answer a bunch of listener questions.

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‘iOS Access for All’ Updated for iOS 18

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2025/04/18

Shelly Brisbin has a new update out for her book: I’m pleased to announced that iOS Access for All (iOS 18 edition) is available now. As usual, there is more information than ever before. The book is fully updated for iOS 18 and the new iPhones and iPads that support it. There will also a […]

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Reminders for watchOS Deserves a More Useful...

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2025/04/16

As is annual tradition around here, I have a request of the Reminders team. This time, it’s about the watchOS version of the app. Take a look at these watch faces: The example on the left includes the GoodTask complication; the one on the right is from Reminders itself. GoodTask’s is much more useful, as […]

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That Feeling When the Makers of Your Favorite...

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2025/04/15

I recently linked to CalDigit’s line of new Thunderbolt 5 docks with excitement. Then, my buddy Jim Metzendorf sent me a link to this press release about the products. Just soak this in: CalDigit’s new Element 5, is more than just a next-gen connectivity device—it’s a performance backbone built for the future of AI. With […]

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Thoroughly Considered 123: The Last Detail with John...

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2025/04/15

Dan and Tom had to John on Thoroughly Considered to talk one of the most incredible Macs ever made: Today’s guest is John Siracusa, the proprietor of Hypercritical.co and co-host of The Accidental Tech Podcast and Reconcilable Differences. His object is the 2019 Mac Pro. This episode made me miss mine.

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xAI Paying Far Less in Local Taxes Than Forecasted

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2025/04/14

When it was announced that xAI was coming to my hometown, I knew it was just a matter of time before we learned how our local leaders were going to get bamboozled. Looks like some of those chickens have come home to roost, according to Samuel Hardiman at The Daily Memphian: Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence […]

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Sponsor: Magic Lasso Adblock, a Very Good YouTube Ad...

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2025/04/14

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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iPadOS 19 Rumored to Bring Yet More Window Dressing

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2025/04/13

Several weeks ago we got some anonymous feedback in the Connected inbox, directed at Federico: It’s a shame to hear that you’re going back to the Mac, because this year iPadOS is getting live window resizing and positioning, similar to macOS and visionOS 😉 We read the feedback on the show, not really knowing what […]

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Mac Power Users 792: Where Automation Meets...

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2025/04/13

This week on MPU: Kim Caloca-Madden joins the show to talk with the guys about her online business supporting other entrepreneurs and companies, and how automation and AI make her more efficient at her tasks.

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