<p>Apple Intelligence uptake, needy programs, Google breaks YouTube links, solid-state drives slowly lose data, and mounting criticism of generative software.</p> <hr /> <p>🔗 Links</p> <ul> <li><em>Take on Me</em> by A-ha turns 40 <ul> <li><a href="https://songexploder.net/a-ha">Song Exploder podcast episode 301: “Take on Me”</a></li> <li><a href="https://archive.ph/tDwGN">Article on backstory behind “Take on Me”</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914">Take On Me music video (4K, YouTube)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://github.com/kavishdevar/librepods">LibrePods: AirPods liberated from Apple’s ecosystem</a></li> <li><a href="https://tonsky.me/blog/needy-programs/">Needy Programs</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.xda-developers.com/your-unpowered-ssd-is-slowly-losing-your-data/">The unpowered SSDs in your drawer are slowly losing your data</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-exec-asks-why-arent-more-people-impressed-with-ai">Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren’t More People Impressed With AI?</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/rewiring-mozilla-ai-and-web/">Mozilla to add “AI” to Firefox</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://taggart-tech.com/mozilla-cycle-pt3/">The Mozilla Cycle, Part III: Mozilla Dies in Ignominy</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <footer><p>You can find Justin Mayer on the web at <a href="https://justinmayer.com">justinmayer.com</a> and on the Fediverse at <a href="https://ramble.space/@justin">justin.ramble.space</a>.</p> <p>Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at <a href="https://danj.ca">danj.ca</a>.</p> </footer>