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Another victim of the AI bubble: Mico, Microsoft Copilot’s mascot…

Another victim of the AI bubble: Mico, Microsoft Copilot’s mascot that looks like a blob of semen. According to the company, it’s been demoted from Copilot Voice and now only shows up in Copilot Learn Live. (What are Copilot Voice and Copilot Learn Live? Your guess is as good as mine.)

Reading Maps

Muitas históricas fictícias se desenrolam em longas jornadas. Este site coloca algumas delas, de livros e filmes — Moby Dick, A odisseia e Diários de motocicleta, por exemplo —, em um mapa real e interativo.

Awesome made by Brazilians

A collection of amazing open source projects built by Brazilian developers. Tip from Renan.

Another week on Linux

Once again, I found myself installing a Linux distro with the intent of freeing myself from macOS, the first step out of Apple's walled garden; I thought I was standing at the door of a digital utopia, something like the modern-day dream of dropping everything to go live off the land.

Sharing between Pixel devices is now just a tap away

Android has picked up that iPhone feature of tapping two phones together to share files and contacts via AirDrop. (In Google's case, obviously, it's through Quick Share.)

Gnome Shell Design Dreams

I like the ideas. None of them represents a major break from the current interface; several bring Gnome in line with the experience that's expected and common in other desktop environments and operating systems.

“As a Windows user, it’s a very surreal way to install a program”

Of the many oddities that a beginner has in macOS, the way to install applications is one of the most curious. Just drag the icon anywhere, preferably the /Applications directory. Installers (*.dmg files) usually open windows in the Finder with instructions. Marcin Wichary collected a handful of them to analyze the different ways developers guide users.

What’s the most memory-efficient way to check the weather forecast?

After reading the report that the Windows 11 weather forecast application consumes 1.2 GB of memory (RAM), I found myself thinking: what is the most efficient way, from a computational point of view, to check the weather forecast?

Type 2

Open this website and press some keys to see them floating in vacuum. Mouse moves the camera in 360º. (There is a simple version where the characters fall from the text field.)

As a thought experiment, imagine only one person had a superintelligent lawyer. They would have an unfair advantage in court — even if they were wrong on the merits. That would lead to a worse society. But now imagine everyone has a superintelligent lawyer. In this case, justice would be carried out much more fairly and efficiently than it is today when there is often an imbalance in skills and resources in litigation.

A Mark Zuckerberg's quote from “The future is for everyone” essay.

This guy used Claude to accidentally plagiarize an app

Terry Godier created an astronomy app that involved him in two embarrassing controversies: a supposedly wrong rejection on the App Store and a confirmed accusation of plagiarism.

Wellness Ping: A simple dead man’s switch service

Wellness Ping is a simple dead man's switch service. Get pinged regularly to confirm you're okay. If you don't respond, your emergency contacts get alerted.

Cool links of the week

I collect cool, interesting links spread all over the web and share them here every Thursday. Hope you enjoy!

Learn about changes to third-party email account support in Gmail

Quem usa o Gmail para gerenciar outras caixas de entrada precisa se ligar. Em janeiro de 2027, o Google removerá a capacidade de enviar e-mails a partir de um endereço alternativo e desativará os recursos Gmailify e POP na Web.

DuckDuckGo launches glasses and promises they’re private

After Meta, Google, and Samsung, it’s DuckDuckGo’s turn to launch its own glasses. Named Perfectly Normal Sunglasses, they have no cameras, no AI, and infinite battery life.