Chris van der Loo

@chrisvander
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Procreate defies AI trend, pledges “no generative AI” in its illustration app

Procreate CEO: “I really f—ing hate generative AI.”…

Ars Technica
NEW: Apple and OpenAI have been silent on the financial terms of their ChatGPT deal. But here are the details: Apple and OpenAI aren’t paying each other and instead there’s money to be made later on revenue sharing deals. More here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-12/apple-to-pay-openai-for-chatgpt-through-distribution-not-cash

I guess it's time for an update on what I've been working on over the last year: A new app, completely rebuilt and rethought from the ground up. This probably won’t replace the current Reeder (not going away) for a lot of users.

It's not just an RSS reader. The app allows you to access content from various other sources like Podcasts, YouTube, Mastodon, and more.

It won't sync everything, only your saved items (favorites etc).

No more unread counts, it remembers the scroll positions instead.

Apple Announces Apps of the Year

Today, Apple unveiled the winners of its annual App Store Awards in 10 categories. Earlier this month, Apple revealed almost 40 finalists across its award categories for their innovation and excellence. As in the past, this year’s winners represent a broad cross-section of the App Store: Apps iPhone App of the Year: AllTrails, from AllTrails, Inc.

The platform formerly known as #Twitter will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet, reply, quote, repost, like, bookmark, and create list, reports Fortune.
https://fortune.com/2023/10/17/twitter-x-charging-new-users-1-dollar-year-to-tweet/
EXCLUSIVE: X, formerly known as Twitter, will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet and retweet

X owner Elon Musk has long floated the idea of charging users $1 for the platform. Now, the team is moving the idea into production.

Fortune
Pls boost so I can show my wife how a toot can go round the world

(we are boarding a long haul flight and will be on the other side of the world when I turn my phone back on, so even with 0 boosts I think this will be a sound demonstration)
developer spotted in wild 😂
Any #citiesskylines fans?
Sitting downstairs in Middlesex County MA during a tornado warning, realizing that the decentralized services don’t have great sources for emergency events yet, and redownloading twitter.
This really is worth reading. It doesn't make light of the issue or lay easy blame on "lazy workers" as seems to be the current belief of many tech executives. It also aligns with what I've seen in tech even preceding the pandemic. https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-industry-fake-work-problem-bad-managers-bosses-layoffs-jobs-2023-7
Truth behind tech industry's fake work problem: bad managers, bosses

Tech executives and investors have claimed that loafing employees are dragging down companies. But experts say the real problem is "lazy management."

Insider