Is it cheating or just a tool?
They say it's for science
Google will pay you a measly $1.50 a week to track EVERYTHING on your phone
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Google already tracks a lot of your data, whether you want them to or not. But for a mere pittance they'll track even more of it! Why? All so they can better sell ads to put in front of your face. Cooooooool.
SAFETY YELLOW
Nomad's High Volta iPhone and Apple Watch bands are intensely yellow
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Nomad makes sine truly excellent accessories for Apple devices, and the newest editions of their Sport Case for iPhone and Sport Band for Apple Watch are amazing — and amazingly yellow.
Spec bumps
Samsung plays it safe with the new Galaxy S23 and S23 Ultra
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Stop me if you've heard this one before: Samsung's new top-end Galaxy S23 lineup features a 6.1-inch smartphone, a bigger 6.6-inch S23+, and an even-larger Galaxy S23 Ultra that goes all-out on the cameras.
Is it cheating or just a tool?
ChatGPT's totally predictable disruption of education
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The moment ChatGPT was unveiled the outcome for education was obvious: students were absolutely going to use it. But does it count as cheating?
An inevitable future
Big Oil is coming for EVs (in a good way?)
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Some of the biggest oil companies in the world have acknowledged that the future of surface transportation will largely be electric, and they don't want to miss out on that rapidly expanding pie.
It took Bluetooth and water conservation to get me to try aromatherapy
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Can a showerhead with Bluetooth and aromatherapy tablets really make that much of a difference? To find out, I got wet for science.
U.S. v. Google
US Justice Department seeks antitrust break-up of Google
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The Department of Justice is going after Google's real business: advertising.
RIP Tweetbot
Twitter just murdered a cottage industry of better Twitter apps
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Twitter's relationship with third-party client developers has always been tenuous. Now it's over.
From the new Editor's Desk
A new Captain, a new course, a new-ish CrackBerry
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Hi there. You might've seen my name around on here a fair bit recently, starting with a blast of CES 2023 coverage. I'm Derek, and I'm excited to take on a new challenge as the Editor-in-Chief of CrackBerry.com.
ChatGPT panic
Layoffs come to Google as 12,000 lose their jobs to fund AI
Six percent of Google's workforce is being fired, and the company made clear why: they need to focus more resources on AI development before somebody eats their lunch.
Megapixel wars
The Galaxy S23 will have patently absurd 200MP camera sensor
How many pixels do you really need? If you thought the megapixel wars of years past were behind us, Samsung wants you to think again.
From the (old) Editor's Desk
Do What You Love, Love What You Do
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CrackBerry Kevin returns from CES in Las Vegas with an epiphany... and CrackBerry.com gets a new Editor-in-Chief?!
Bracing for a recession
Microsoft cuts 10,000 jobs in latest huge layoffs to hit the tech sector
Following big layoffs at Amazon, Salesforce, and other large tech firms, Microsoft is slashing its headcount by 5% while simultaneously making huge investments in AI that may obviate those jobs anyway.
Last Xeon Standing
With the updated M2 MacBook Pro and Mac Mini, only one Intel Mac remains
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Apple's impressive M-series processors just hit more laptops and desktops, leaving just one Intel Mac on sale: the Mac Pro. It's only a matter of time before it gets an M-series chip too.
Did a computer write this one? 🤖
The slippery slope of AI-written articles has arrived
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It was bound to happen sooner or later: artificial intelligence writing articles on major publications. But is it a bad thing, or just the beginning of the next industrial revolution?