’Tis But Some Quick News for June 25, 2025 It’s the same story, repeated over and over and over and over again. The models get a little bit more advanced, a little less ridiculous looking. Superficial “at-a-glance” quality goes from terrible to decent over time. Yet the details never come together. It’s slop. It’s banal, uninspired, and—this is key—only possible due to industrial-scale theft and other ethical shenanigans of the tallest order. And the so-called “AI” experts...| The Internet Review
’Tis But Some Quick News for June 18, 2025 In what may be a mansplaining case study for the ages, the president of Signal Foundation, Meredith Whittaker—also chief advisor to ethics research institute AI Now—also a speaker who has testified multiple times before Congress—also a past senior advisor on AI to the chair of the FTC—was recently on Bluesky reiterating Signal’s promise not to clutter up the beloved secure messaging app with unwanted & insecure AI nonsense; to which she r...| The Internet Review
’Tis But Some Quick News for June 16, 2025 Call me crazy, but I believe online platforms that people rely on to communicate with each other should be responsive to its users. If it can’t address the needs of its users in a reasonable and timely fashion, it’s not doing its damn job. I don’t think there’s any a valid excuse for a platform like Instagram to leave thousands upon thousands of users out in the cold with no clue what’s happened to their accounts. If corporate silos like ...| The Internet Review
’Tis But Some Quick News for June 15, 2025 I’m so pumped, y’all. I haven’t been this excited about computer UI design in years. What am I talking about? Liquid Glass, the first of what I hope are several major dams to break with regard to the shift away from Flat Design. In the midst of all this excitement about 3D in design coming back baby (and I’ll have a lot more to say about this in the coming months and it’s not just about Apple alone), I’m finding myself drawn once again ...| The Internet Review
’Tis But Some Quick News for June 11, 2025 So most YouTubers are going to be running the new macOS on their fancy new Apple Silicon hardware, but if you really want to know what it’s like using this OS, try running it on a 2013 Intel iMac! I kid, I kid. 😅 It’s not exactly in a usable state at present. But it’s fun to see that it’s theoretically possible; likely means the community of retro computing enthusiasts will get to work with mods & device drivers to ensure Tahoe’s a pal...| The Internet Review
’Tis But Some Quick News for June 10, 2025 I have long been a critic of Google’s design aesthetic and, yes, I’ve been one of those snobby iPhone users who looks down their nose at Android devices. But I will give credit where credit is due. Material Three Expressive, the latest version of Google’s design system for Android and their portfolio of apps, looks really good. And if Apple were continuing in roughly the same vein as iOS 18 with their latest prereleases, I might even argue th...| The Internet Review
’Tis But Some Quick News for June 9, 2025 This is a really big deal. The macOS Safari way of doing it (and the Vivaldi way, which I use constantly) is undoubtedly the correct way. I’m testing out iPadOS 26 right now, and yes it’s crashing regularly and glitchy in all sorts of ways. But that’s Developer Beta 1 life, baby. The functionality is definitely awesome, and I’m sure it’ll tighten up even more as we approach later public betas.| The Internet Review
’Tis But Some Quick News for May 5, 2025 The way Apple has been proven in a court of law to view App Store developers with such little regard is an absolute disgrace. If I were an iOS developer, I would be livid. So what do I think about the fact there’s now a class action lawsuit against Apple which would force Apple to reimburse developers for its ill-gotten gains? I’m all for it. Apple has historically shown an astonishing ability to create great products that users love, but it has ...| The Internet Review
ATmospheric Conditions are Unfavorable for April 27, 2025 We’re coming up on the 10th anniversary (next year!) of the release of Mastodon, the world’s first widely-deployed open source decentralized social networking software. Ten years is simply eons in Internet time, and it’s fascinating to contemplate just how far Mastodon (and the Fediverse!) has come since its inception. It didn’t even support ActivityPub in the early days because the spec wasn’t yet fully baked. (It relied on ...| The Internet Review
Ooo La La on April 8, 2025 UPDATE: CSS Naked Day 2025 has concluded, so you’re viewing this with the usual stylesheets once more. However, you could try deleting the <link rel="stylesheet"> tag from the HTML <head> manually if you really want to see this Web site in the nude! 😉 --- It’s mere hours here on the West Coast before midnight, when on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, we will be joining a plethora of other Web sites in celebrating CSS Naked Day! From a draft article that almost made ...| The Internet Review
We Walked Around in Circles Singing Wa-Ho on March 10, 2025 One of the great benefits of having The Internet Review back online with an archive stretching back to 1996 (!!) is I can look at what I wrote, say, 20 years ago and either delight in my keen prophetic insights—or in this case, cringe and rub my forehead vociferously. (One of the reasons being my linked approval of Paul Graham. Ugh!) Now I will start out by defending myself. I was skeptical even at the time of the over-the-top mark...| The Internet Review
We desperately need to reset the terms of the conversation, because the tech media by and large is too cowardly to frame the narrative accurately.| The Internet Review
Over on YouTube, we run Google’s Veo 3 video generator through its paces. So when you’ve read this, go and watch the worked examples. [YouTube] Aron Peterson is a media production professional. He’…| Pivot to AI
