Andrew Cunningham

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Senior Technology Reporter at Ars Technica, co-host of Overdue, your new favorite book podcast. He/him.
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Show threadAndrew CunninghamMar 3
@siracusa @Sobex M5 P-cores are retroactively being branded “super cores” but Apple’s spec pages still draw a distinction between the E-cores in M5 and the non-Super P-cores in M5 Pro/Max.
Andrew CunninghamNov 8, 2024
Anil DashNov 8, 2024
I wanna say something to people who work in tech-related jobs in America: this is still a field where most people hate the rise of fascism and want to stop it. I know the media & amplification of the tycoons makes it seem like that’s the whole industry. But it’s not. And we still have power.
Show threadAndrew CunninghamSep 8, 2024
@stroughtonsmith @daringfireball “Why not mandate that users be allowed to delete the entire OS?” oh you mean like… on a computer
Show threadAndrew CunninghamAug 24, 2024
@paul mm true fair enough. And I’d so much rather live with 16gb/256gb rather than 8gb/512gb like I think the m3 mbp is
Show threadAndrew CunninghamAug 24, 2024
@paul of course Apple being Apple, they’ll increase base RAM to 16gb and increase base prices by $200
Show threadAndrew CunninghamAug 24, 2024
@paul if generative AI is what finally gets them to increase base RAM on Macs then it will finally have done something unambiguously useful
Andrew CunninghamAug 17, 2024
@Thorin I thought both of these things were already true and had been for a while? https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/windows-8-1-includes-seamless-automatic-disk-encryption-if-your-pc-supports-it/
Windows 8.1 includes seamless, automatic disk encryption—if your PC supports it

A handy feature, but stringent hardware requirements limit it to newer systems.

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Andrew CunninghamAug 12, 2024
Federico Viticci Aug 12, 2024

Is there any company more out of touch with creatives right now than Apple?

It feels incredibly weird to say this, but it sadly is true. Asking for 30% from Patreon subscriptions – in this climate – is garbage.

Read the room.

https://wavelengths.online/posts/thirty-percent

Thirty Percent - Wavelengths

[crush.jpg] From Patreon’s official blog: “As we first announced last year, Apple is requiring that Patreon use their in-app purchasing system and remove all other billing systems from the Patreon...

Wavelengths
Andrew CunninghamAug 12, 2024
Steve Troughton-SmithAug 12, 2024
Some multimillionaire VP at Apple has decided that the best thing for the company, one of the biggest in the world, to do is introduce a new 30% tax on struggling artists and creators who have no business or professional relationship with it in the first place
Andrew CunninghamAug 8, 2024
Casey NewtonAug 8, 2024
This is X (and Jim Jordan)'s version of "free speech": bullying organizations out of existence for choosing not to associate with violence and hate speech https://www.businessinsider.com/ad-group-to-suspend-garm-initiative-following-elon-musk-lawsuit-2024-8
Ad group 'discontinuing' GARM initiative following Elon Musk lawsuit

Ad trade group the World Federation of Advertisers said the decision was "not made lightly" but that GARM is a not-for-profit with limited resources.

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