Technology
I heard about Apple’s smart home hub a while back. Now it looks like it might actually happen. Bloomberg reports it could ship this fall or early next year, along with a refreshed Apple TV and HomePod mini. The big feature: face recognition that pulls up your calendar and notes when it sees you.
So now I’m sitting here thinking: should I buy one? I already have too many gadgets sitting around. Portals, laptops, tablets. Maybe I don’t need another screen. It’s just a nice idea. Nice to look at.
Jim Nielsen's post about blogging landed right after I wrote about dickovers, and it's basically why I bothered writing that post at all.
have a willingness to state something that seems obvious to you.
— Jim Nielsen
Yes. This.
I've had this happen more times than I can count: someone with an iPhone reacts to a photo I sent, but all I see on my end is "loved an image." No idea which one, especially if I sent a few in a row. Sigh.
That's finally getting fixed. iOS 27 will properly tag reactions to the actual image or message on the Android side, emoji and all, instead of that vague text description. Small fix, but it's the kind of thing that makes cross-platform texting feel less like a workaround.
Only catch: I won't see it in real time until the iPhone users around me actually update, and that won't happen until this fall, when iOS 27 ships for real. Until then, I'll keep guessing which photo got the heart, or the love, or the like.
That is great news. Fable 5 comes back tomorrow and I am ready — well, sort of. I’ll be out of town most of the day, but I will absolutely get to it eventually.
