The Apple Maps turnaround is impressive. ▫️iPhone started with Google Maps ▫️broke up after Google withheld voice-guided navigation (competitive advantage for Android) ▫️in 2012, started using TomTom data but sucked so bad Tim Cook apologized ▫️now spent billions mapping >4 million miles of proprietary street level maps data with specialized vans and people wearing goofy Apple backpack cameras walking around town (see below) The cherry on top is using its powerful custom silicon to give AirPods visual intelligence and tell users “turn right when you see the massive pile of dog doo doo” instead of “turn right in 100m.”

What would you say are your 3 most anticipated games right now?

Sony has patented a controller with buttons that harden when you play with it eurogamer.net/sony-controlle…

ダラスのホテル横にあったRodeo Goatってお店、まじで美味かった ビールも安いし量も多いし、スタッフさんはみんな愛想良くて水要る〜？とかなんか頼む〜？ってめっちゃ聞きに来てくれた テキサスの人まじでいい奴しかいなくて大好き

"Let people live, and you get busy living so you can stop worrying about what other people are doing." —Pastor Kristian A. Smith gave a lecture for those who turn to the Bible to emphasize that "being gay is a sin", he asked a viewer of Claycane's show where God says not be gay, and she replied, "New Testament, Romans, first chapter, verses 26-29." "The more viable reading of that text actually deals with sexual exploitation, but when the empire interprets how you read the Bible, it makes it about gay people, when really it was about people in power exploiting those who don't have power. You're reading the text through the lens of the empire because the empire taught you how to interpret it. People think they're committed to scripture when really they're committed to doctrine, and doctrine is created by emphasizing certain ideas in scripture and then either neglecting or reinterpreting other ideas in scripture that contradict what they believe. Your understanding of sin is rooted in a doctrine that you got from the empire that was meant to keep you in mental and spiritual bondage. Let people live, and you get busy living so you can stop worrying about what other people are doing."

$MSFT AI CEO @mustafasuleyman: "Anthropic is extremely expensive, and I think many people are urgently looking for alternatives. ..We pay a lot of money to Anthropic — so our goal is to reduce and ultimately eliminate that cost....We’re more focused on the Anthropic-style which is enterprise [use cases], developers, and coding" [BBG FT]

Sam Altman said AI budgeting has recently become a "huge issue" for some companies, something that "never came up" earlier this year. bit.ly/4uxIGnv

BET announces its first "Board of Advisors" will serve as a "strategic and cultural sounding board." Advisors are: ● Bob Johnson, Founder, BET ● Queen Latifah, Grammy Award-winning Artist, Actress, Producer, and Entrepreneur ● LL COOL J, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Grammy Award-winning Artist, Actor, and Entrepreneur ● Troy Vincent, Executive Vice President of Football Operations, National Football League ● Raymond J. McGuire, President, Lazard ● George Cheeks, Chair, TV Media, Paramount

Karamo did not come to play with you neithers!

Xbox has delayed the release of Fable until February 2027.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I’m sorry, this is sending me the look RuPaul gave Ginger Minj 👁️👄👁️ because you know she be exaggerating the truth because I didn’t know that drag race was ‘scripted’ 🤭 (I know it’s not fully) but Ginger’s phrasing was interesting 🤔🤣#AllStars11 #Catchthattrain

Oscar worthy 😂

I haven't been to KFC for a year! Crispy legs in just a few minutes.

GROUND BEEF CHALLENGE. NO SPAGHETTI, NO TACOS, NO BURGERS. What you making