🔗 Micro app 12: Benchmark Studio https://birchtree.me/blog/micro-app-12-benchmark-studio/

Battery notifications for Continuity Camera in macOS are really nice.

On today’s ABC pod, I talk about my biggest pet peeve in Apple commentary, as well as my rapid-fire thoughts on everything Apple announced last week. “They said Apple would never make this” is out now a-better-computer.simplecast.com/episodes/th...

🔗 Terraink makes rad maps on demand https://birchtree.me/blog/terraink-makes-rad-maps-on-demand/

Resident Evil Requiem completed! Hell of a game, and an interesting mix of survival horror and kicking zombie ass. Grace is a great addition to the RE legacy 👌🏻

Grace: I'm seeing ungodly horrors and can barely fight back Leon: Gimme a sec, I have a point-based system for upgrading my gear that requires me to kill as many zombies as possible in the coolest ways possible. They even have a zip line!

4 of the top 8 apps on the US App Store today are AI chatbots. Claude remains top of the pile after jumping up last week.

🔗 Tom Scott on AI in February 2023 https://birchtree.me/blog/tom-scott-on-ai-in-february-2023/

Back on my Resident Evil Requiem kick. This game rocks.

Nintendo, welcome to the resistance. www.theverge.com/games/89086...

You know what, it's stupid that we're letting AI own em dashes. They're legit punctuation, and we should be able to use them without thinking everyone is going to yell "AI!" when they see it. Here's how you tell if a human used one. Is it used incorrectly? Human. Is it used correctly? AI. 😛

🔗 + iPadOS is getting squeezed https://birchtree.me/blog/ipados-is-getting-squeezed/

1/4 of my social feeds are people who think the MacBook Neo is going to run like ass. 3/4 is people convinced that a single-core Geekbench score means this bad boy is as good as an M4. This is why my reviews tend to come out after I use the product 😛

If you’re reviewing new Apple devices, I’m just saying I’ve got an app that runs a benchmark that tests performance and thermal throttling. You can use it for generating awesome subtitles for your videos/podcasts as well 👌 apps.apple.com/us/app/quic...

Hegseth: "Death & destruction from the sky all day. We're playing for keeps. Our warfighters have maximum authorities granted personally by POTUS & yours truly. Our rules of engagement are bold, precise designed to unleash American power, not shackle it ... we are punching them while they are down"

🔗 Apple releases the MacBook Mini https://birchtree.me/blog/apple-releases-the-macbook-mini/

MacRumors went down in preparation for the new Apple announcements today. Honestly, a very Apple move 😛

🔗 How to make Midnight City https://birchtree.me/blog/how-to-make-midnight-city/

Man with a Galaxy from 2010 still holding out for the phone people think is worth upgrading to…

🔗 My super quick process for adding chapters to podcasts https://birchtree.me/blog/my-super-quick-process-for-adding-chapters-to-podcasts/

🔗 When the words on the page don’t match what you’re trying to say (follow up on the Ben Thompson post) https://birchtree.me/blog/when-the-words-on-the-page-dont-match-what-youre-trying-to-say-follow-up-on-the-ben-thompson-post/

🔗 Apple's new MacBooks: The pinnacle of the generation https://birchtree.me/blog/apples-new-macbooks-the-pinnacle-of-the-generation/

🔗 Apple's new Studio Displays https://birchtree.me/blog/apples-new-studio-displays/

Just taking a moment to say what ought to be said.

🔗 "What are you going to do, stop me? I've got the guns," is a wild government argument for tech pundits to support https://birchtree.me/blog/what-are-you-going-to-do-stop-me-ive-got-the-guns-is-a-wild-govargument-for-tech-pundits-to-support/

🔗 Continuity Camera is so freaking cool, I wish it fit better into my work https://birchtree.me/blog/continuity-camera-is-so-freaking-cool-i-wish-it-fit-better-into-my-work/

Ben Thompson making a full-throated case for fascism here stratechery.com/2026/anthrop...

🔗 The M4 iPad Air: an update so small, the Bluetooth version gets a shout out https://birchtree.me/blog/the-m4-ipad-air-an-update-so-small-the-bluetooth-version-gets-a-shout-out/

🔗 The iPhone 17e https://birchtree.me/blog/the-iphone-17e/

🔗 Announcing Weave, a native iOS app for Typefully https://birchtree.me/blog/announcing-weave-a-native-ios-app-for-typefully/

🔗 Why killing iPadOS isn't what you think it is https://birchtree.me/blog/why-killing-ipados-isnt-what-you-think-it-is/

🔗 Micro app 11: JXR to JPG converter https://birchtree.me/blog/micro-app-11-jxr-to-jpg-converter/

Ben Thompson is wild one. He refuses to comment on the illegal Iran invasion (while clearly hinting that he supports it) and then goes on to explain why during the Biden administration he opposes the gov't telling companies what to do, he adores it in the Trump admin. Every…time…

God damn, Resident Evil Requiem maxed out at 4K on PC is a stunner. One of the best looking games I've ever seen ❤️

The first 2 episodes of the new Scrubs series are better than I ever expected them to be. Honestly amazed they’re pulling it off.

I hope one day that people who think "oh man, I didn't think this would get political" realize that they're just not in a marginalized group.

I continue to think, despite my wish there was some scrappy smaller company doing it better, that Google has the best calendar (and email) service out there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9N...

🔗 + Tim Cook's "refrigerator-toaster combo" quote is irrelevant today, stop using it https://birchtree.me/blog/tim-cooks-refrigerator-toaster-combo-quote-is-irrelevant-today-stop-using-it/

🔗 Daft Punk & Stevie Wonder & Pharrell & Nile Rogers get lucky https://birchtree.me/blog/daft-punk-stevie-wonder-pharrell-nile-rogers-get-lucky/

🔗 Anthropic does the bare minimum, but these days that's impressive https://birchtree.me/blog/anthropic-does-the-bare-minimum-but-these-days-thats-impressive/

🔗 Blender for the iPad is on hold (it was also keyboard+mouse first, not touch first) https://birchtree.me/blog/blender-for-the-ipad-is-on-hold-it-was-also-keyboard-mouse-first-not-touch-first/

🔗 Soon, everything will be an iPad https://birchtree.me/blog/soon-everything-will-be-an-ipad/

🔗 Block is making more profit than ever, so they're firing 40% of their employees https://birchtree.me/blog/block-is-making-more-profit-than-ever-so-theyre-firing-40-of-their-employees/

🔗 Drive to Survive is coming to Apple TV tonight https://birchtree.me/blog/drive-to-survive-is-coming-to-apple-tv-tonight/

🔗 The whole draw of the Mac is that it can do whatever you want it to do https://birchtree.me/blog/the-whole-draw-of-the-mac-is-that-it-can-do-whatever-you-want-it-to-do/

Sharing once more because it's new…here's my new podcast! It's a short, solo show that comes out every Monday and will discuss whatever I'm most interested in the tech world that week. birchtree.me/blog/a-bett...

🔗 In blind test, gamers think DLSS looks better than native rendering https://birchtree.me/blog/in-blind-test-gamers-think-dlss-looks-better-than-native-rendering/

Sherman looking absolutely fly at the family party.

🔗 Seeing growth on YouTube https://birchtree.me/blog/seeing-growth-on-youtube/

It’s honestly a bit sad how much of our online discourse is summed up by this post. “Aren’t you glad/mad he said this?!” “No, he did not say that.” www.threads.com/@just_call_...