2025 was a big year for dystopian movies about deathly competitors based on the work of Stephen King.

Insta360 has announced new Pro versions of its Link 2 and Link 2C webcams that first launched in September 2024. As with the previous versions, the new Link 2 Pro and 2C Pro can track the movements of onscreen subjects to ensure they're always in frame, making them ideal for those presenting on a video […]

Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix CTO Elizabeth Stone and other execs discuss the challenges Netflix faces in streaming live events, after broadcasting 200+ live events since March 2023  —  After some very public glitches, Netflix thinks it has cracked the code on the tech needed to stream live events.

We have a choice. We could leave our goals and values fuzzy. We can value things like wisdom, communication, friendship, or community. These are recognizable and very human values. But without further sharpening, we will probably disagree viciously about how to apply them.  Or we can make our values mechanical. The more explicit and mechanical […]

Tom Warren / The Verge:
IDC: global PC shipments rose 9.6% YoY to 76.4M units in Q4 2025, helped by Microsoft ending Windows 10 support and OEMs pulling forward inventory amid tariffs  —  IDC expects the PC market to be volatile this year ahead of anticipated price increases.