Turns out CES is a good workout. This with ~10kg of equipment a few days in a row will do wonders

Las Vegas is an absolute fever dream but at least the weather now is *so* nice

Landed in Las Vegas, about to get in an Uber and feeling immediately judged by @nerd4cities.bsky.social

This CES will be my last trip to the US for a while. Sadly I've signed some contracts already so I can't cancel, but Jesus Christ

First Friday of the new year! OnePlus made a phone with 3-day battery life Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/tfc-o... YouTube: youtu.be/ODw0buUrK2g

strangely poetic schedule on the cnbc website lol

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I really wish people would stop equating "not selling user data" with privacy. None of the tech giants sell, or even share your data with third parties directly. They would be stupid to, it's their most valuable asset. They hoard it! Doesn't mean they don't collect & use every bit of it themselves.

To Prez, this remains one of best community notes of all time. To prove we can’t be beaten this idiot tweets a picture of 5 of our warships, 4 of which had been sunk. The remaining is probably now out of action. I am surrounded by idiocy

It is a 5-year tradition by now to do predictions at the end of each year and to review how last year's predictions performed (I got ~3/4 mostly right). Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/tfc-4... YouTube: youtu.be/zs5BlC0ws4o Thanks for spending the year with me!

It was pretty foggy, lol

I hope you are in your holiday mode already and dying to watch a new TechAltar video :) "The billion dollar race to replace Windows" is out now on Nebula & coming to YouTube in a bit nebula.tv/videos/techa... Also, there is an extra video for Nebula viewers: nebula.tv/videos/techa...

Public transportation, but make it festive! ✌️

One of my greatest worries about climate was “countries will not trust each other enough to do this” but that’s actually become somewhat moot as renewables have become way preferable for many growing countries precisely /because/ they do not trust temperamental petrostates.

Great take from @anderspucknielsen.dk putting Europe's support of Ukraine into context www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiTN...

A fantastic software update Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/tfc-u... YouTube: youtu.be/BJ_B8uWMibM

One of the funniest things I've read this week is The Verge just ... checking if any of the AI prompts show in a Copilot ad actually work IRL. 0 out of 5 do. www.theverge.com/report/84705...

Incredible video youtu.be/ywaOyHzqDxw?...

Just installed Bazzite on a monster of a Lenovo Legion 7i review unit for an upcoming video. Had to jump through a few hoops, but it's been remakably smooth since! What are your thoughts on / experiences with Linux gaming?

Repairable & upgradeable: the new Fairbuds XL Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/tfc-r... YouTube: youtu.be/TGvfloQbb2w

I recently heard gold being described somewhere (can't remember where) as a bet *against* collective human ingenuity. So you buy it when you think governments, companies and people will collectively *not* figure out a way to make progress on stuff overall.

New Fairbuds XL just launched. Really nice pair and the drivers are backwards compatible with the previous Gen. Will talk about them in the Friday Checkout!

Even Apple designers hated Liquid Glass Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/tfc-e... YouTube: youtu.be/DJE6vnqY51M

Is it me or have the European brands this year pretty much all finally figured out how to make great EVs? BMW Neue Klasse, the Renault 4 & 5, the Mercedes GLC, etc. All getting rave reviews, good range, good driving assist, good infotainment, etc. Like they needed a really big kick in the balls.

This has to be the wildest opt-in checkbox I've ever seen - Made to look like you are agreeing to a privacy policy, when in fact it's a marketing opt-in - Instead of "by agreeing you optin in" they added two negatives "by NOT agreeing you are opting OUT" to confuse you

“If you saw this happening anywhere else in the world, you'd call it the opening phase of a failed state.” “Unless you're watching the news for several hours a day, it's impossible to keep track.” “All those second amendment tyranny resisters are suddenly silent.”

Even the Chinese don't want to copy this... YouTube: youtu.be/k9yJZI1EeVw Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/tfc-e...

Little pockets of good news www.bbc.com/news/article...

I rarely ever do street photography, but I just tried out the Leica color profiles + ultra-wide lens on the Ace Pro 2 since they want to promote those in an upcoming video and I gotta say everything looks magical with these colors, haha

While a few major sponsors have pulled back or completely cut their YouTube sponsorship spend, we’re actively looking to spend more. If you’re a medium to large creator (500k average views or higher), we’d love to hear from you. nebula.tv/radar

Curiosity Stream's approach could reshape how streaming companies, especially niche options, try to survive in today's media landscape.

Recommended watching if you've heard of Xiaomi, but don't know a great deal about the company - well researched and presented throughout.

Google HACKED AirDrop into Android Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/tfc-g... YouTube: youtu.be/RBrlL7qt3WA

Now also on YouTube! youtu.be/p2dMhFWdlMU

This is an interesting summary of a founder that clearly understood his business in a way that few do. Worth 10 minutes of your time (15 minutes on 1x).

How many more kids must I accidentally murder before you realise it's deliberate?

They even copied the wallpaper just to make sure you know what phone you're supposed to be cross-shopping this with 😂

How a communist rabbit explains Xiaomi's success Available now on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/techa... This one felt like an old-school classic TechAltar video, haha. Coming to YouTube later.

I asked Google if this was a collaboration between the two companies or just on Google’s end. This is its response: “Our goal is to provide an easy and secure file sharing experience for our users, regardless of who they are communicating with. Like with RCS and unknown tracker alerts, (1/2)

Randall Munroe, welcome to The War on Cars.

Meanwhile in Egypt ... www.cnn.com/travel/egypt...

Google walks back on its sideloading ban Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/tfc-g... YouTube: youtu.be/WXCdfMg3j9g

I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one

Just received a link from a random PR agency and realized it's to their own, self-hosted Nextcloud. Sample size of 1, but I think something is slowly happening :)

This, in Berlin, is wild: "Residential parking permits have been capped at just over €10 per year since 2008 – far below the administrative costs incurred to issue them and less than the cost of a 24-hour metro ticket."

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Omg @signal.org now has a tablet layout on my Fold 7 and it's glorious! Adjustable panel sizes and all!

Apple admits defeat, switches to Gemini Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/tfc-a... YouTube: youtu.be/RXBEECc8mAs

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I am toying with the idea of re-doing my old "why enthusiast brands will betray you" since it's 9 years old but people keep referencing it all the time. What are newer examples of this phenomenon? Can you think of any brand that avoided this fate? www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJgT...