D.C.-based freelance technology journalist covering, and often vexed by, computers, gadgets, and other things that beep. May or may not be notable. He/him. Read: PCMag, Fast Company, etc. Write: [email protected]
The juxtaposition of the usual cookie-consent dialog on top of AT&T’s press release announcing this gigantic and gruesome data breach is really something, man.
Belatedly realized I'd meant to watch the European Space Agency's Ariane 6 launch, searched for it on YouTube--and the top-ranked result was an impersonation page with 1m+ subs that surrounded ESA's stream with cryptocurrency ads. Reported as fake.
(Congratulations, ESA!)
(Hey Google, you suck.)
One of these car brands is not like the others, unless "company CEO is an unhinged crank on social media" suffices to make the brand "exotic."
(Here's your reminder to read the fine print before assuming that a travel credit card's rental-car insurance will apply to whatever vehicle you get.)
The punk-rock picnic scene at Fort Reno free summer concerts remains at the top of my list of D.C. Things More Of Y'all Should Know. (Yes, font dorks, the band name chalked on the front of the stage is Ligatures, one of three playing tonight and the one seen in this photo.)
I finally set aside some time to read the Supreme Court's Trump-immunity opinion in full. And the highlighted text may be the most insultingly disingenuous sentence I've ever read in a SCOTUS opinion: This case exists *because* a president felt "empowered to violate federal criminal law."
If your travel schedule has a ballgame-sized hole in it that happens to overlap with a game nearby and you can cross another ballpark off the list--there's no question about that call, is there?
If you see a notice in Google Maps that "Your Timeline is now created on your device," it's good news: It means that history of your whereabouts no longer resides in Google's cloud behind your login and is instead encrypted on your device, with an option of end-to-end encrypted online backup.
Finally got to try on a pair of Meta's camera-enabled Ray-Ban "smart" glasses. The look makes me think of Elvis Costello, but instead of watching the detectives I am the detectives.
The seat pitch in the Capital Visitor Center's auditorium is *amazing*. And there are power outlets below hatches in the floor between every other seat. See, we can have nice things... at the cost of the budget for this underground facility almost doubling during its construction.
In case anybody was curious about this, the Trump cultists at the Heritage Foundation are flying the American flag normally this afternoon. I'm not going to assume that means they've made their peace with their Dear Leader's continued convicted-felon status.
Insane camera views from Starship, which after these included one fin disintegrating live on camera. Then the camera lens tracked. But the video feed, with some glitches, has kept up with Starship, or whatever's left of it, below 30 km altitude and Mach 2.
This morning's farmers-market find: shrimp and egg smørrebrød from Lost Passport Cafe. Couldn't taste too much of the shrimp in those egg medallions, but delicious overall and put together with serious craft (the tiny popcorn-looking things are puffed sorghum).
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