Jeff Carlson

Bluesky shall nourish you, or at least distract you

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I Tried Valve's Steam Frame, Machine and Controller: SteamOS Is Coming for Your Face and TV The makers of Steam Deck have a new standalone VR headset, Xbox-sized game console, and wireless controller - and I tried them all at the company's HQ.

I visited Valve for a secret peek at their new Steam Frame VR headset, Steam Machine PC, and new Steam Controller. I went as photographer with @scottstein.bsky.social and Faith Chihill, and we had an enjoyable day playing the new gaming hardware that will debut in 2026. www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...

AI, Animation and 300,000 Character Poses: What I Learned From a Visit to Disney Disney looked at "thousands of AI companies" before choosing one that lets animators control the output.

Fascinating look at how Disney is approaching the use of AI in its animation. Artist-centered, with AI handling the tedious, time-consuming bits. By Corinne Reichert at CNET: www.cnet.com/tech/service...

Y’all the Trump administration does not intent to release the SNAP funds and we can’t even be confident they can accurately account for them.

This….is why it’s a BIG fucking deal.

Hi, Jean. My friend is a Nigerian prince who needs to urgently retrieve $1,000,000 from an abandoned trust from his father.

If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Credit where due, fucking with air travel was genius MAGA move. It impacts upper & middle class and, more importantly, a powerful business interest. Starving millions of poor people doesn't piss off Wall St.

I missed this earlier today—Trump pardoned a retired cop who was acting as a Chinese agent? What the fuck? No way he even knows who this guy is or what he did. So who’s really calling the shots here?

With EV Tax Credits Gone, We Did the Math to See if EVs Are Still Cheaper Than Gas Cars The numbers are clear. Even without a federal rebate, owning an electric car costs less over its lifetime than owning a gas-powered vehicle.

The numbers are clear. Even without a federal rebate, owning an electric car costs less over its lifetime than owning a gas-powered vehicle.

If Your AirPods Max Aren't Responding, Try This (Literally) Cool Fix A brief nap in the freezer might resuscitate your expensive Apple headphones.

If your AirPods Max are unresponsive, put them in the freezer. Really!

My chilling tale at CNET: www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

I can't help noticing the Supreme Court conservatives expressing the first doubt of a Trump assertion in oral arguments the day after the election day where every Republican running lost by 20 points. But they would never be swayed by such worldly things in their consideration of The Law, right?

Even for Seattle this is some Truman Show level rain

Two men in a closed restaurant watch the World Series late at night.

Extra innings after hours

Pike Place Market, Seattle

Someone has pointed out that this equates to $100 per US soldier.

In other words: they are still going without pay, and we should wonder what this bribe is really meant to pay for.

I saved this @tressiemcphd.bsky.social quote so it can haunt me. Now you can also soak in it. You're welcome.

Mount Adams in the distance framed by trees with yellow fall leaves

@fesshole.bsky.social

I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?

A tweet by Mark Kretschmann showing two photos of the xAI office on Grokipedia release day. The office is filled with small camping tents set up between desks and along hallways, suggesting that engineers have been sleeping there while working late. The caption notes it’s early morning and the engineers are still in their tents, joking that a good night’s sleep does wonders.

Absolutely obsessed with framing your employees sleeping on the floor as a humble brag

“Look how hard my team works” no dude you’re just bad at project management.

Competent companies ship products without cosplaying being homeless

The Deepfakes Are Winning. How Can You Tell if a Video Is Real or Sora AI? There's no one foolproof way to tell if a video is real or made with Sora. But there are things you can look for to try and bolster your odds.

There's no one foolproof way to tell if a video is real or made with Sora. But there are things you can look for to try and bolster your odds.

a doctored photo of the back of a $20 bill featuring the White House being demolished by an excavator

ok who did this? ☹️

I Tried Turning My Cosmic Orange iPhone 17 Pink. Here's What Happened There are reports that some orange iPhone 17s are turning pink. I tried to recreate it myself. Because pink is great.

Can cleaning products turn an orange iPhone 17 Pro pink? CNET's Andrew Lanxon tested to find out: www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

iPhone 17 Pro vs. Pixel 10 Pro XL: I Pitted Smartphone Royalty Against Each Other Apple and Google can offer the best tech in the industry. It's time to compare the smartphone camera kings.

I've been taking photos with the iPhone 17 Pro and Google Pixel 10 Pro XL to see how flagship camera phones are defining the state of the art. My gallery and writeup is in a new camera shootout at CNET: www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

I Tried Samsung Galaxy XR: Like Apple Vision Pro for Half the Price (and Twice the AI) Google and Samsung's headset is a $1,799 bet on the future of AR and smart glasses, powered by live AI. It's the first in a set of products to come.

Samsung Galaxy XR: it’s $1799, half the price of Vision Pro. I tried it, and spoke to Samsung’s COO of MX and Google’s head of Android about it www.cnet.com/tech/computi...

Destruction of the White House East Wing began today. Here it is in better times with better residents.

Large bridge over a marina with many trees in fall color on the opposite side of the water

Enjoying the fall color in Fremont

See the difference? 👀

#NoKings

this. is. awesome.

This is what the 25th Amendment is for.