Jason Cross
@jasoncross
Nerd stuff and hobbies I’m into: games, guitar, bread, tech. I work at Macworld, but nothing I say or do here is in any way the opinion or endorsement of that brand or our company.
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Hey Gmail could we fucking NOT with this? Your AI spam filtering has gotten so much worse lately. Legit authentication codes and stuff going to the spam folder, and totally obvious spam landing in my inbox. Now you want to process my whole inbox into an LLM-powered to-do list or whatever?
This is Charlotte and she has GOT to have another cookie. Please? @weratedogs.com
Never change, every single LLM on earth. Hundreds of billions of dollars, terawatts of power and acre-feet of water, and none of them can fucking count.
I followed up and got it to be right. Nice to see that there isn't an LLM on earth you don't have to double-check, and can do it right if you do, but not before you correct it.
I couldn't agree with this more. New features and core model updates need to be on a much more rapid cycle than annual.
This is a cat checkpoint; relinquish your most recent cat picture Bailey
Things are going really great with our AI future. The extraction-class companies in charge of this stuff are DEFINITELY not moving too fast and forcing it all upon us whether we want it or not.
Who decided that "a little sparkle" was going to be the universal symbol for AI slop?
1. These "cost of doing business" fines are a joke. 2. This promise from 2022 aged like milk. www.engadget.com/2164424/elon...
Oh they're bringing back Vine, and.... what's this about AI slop? techcrunch.com/2026/04/29/j...
Our princess Charlotte is 10, more than twice as old as the Confederacy. And unlike those slaver-traitors, is a very good girl.
During iPhone setup, and major updates, they ask you which things you want notifications summaries for, and have to opt in for each category (including Messages). If you haven't seen this ever or it keeps turning itself back on, that's definitely a bug!
Big anti-Trump, anti-ICE protest in Roseville, CA today. This is the start, went on for a few more blocks.
In fairness to the NYT, their posts on social are far better than the sad push notification.
FWIW - Apple has a built-in transfer tool that will take all your playlists and other saved music right over. (does not work on dynamic playlists obviously) It's right there in Settings > Apps > Music. On Android, open the Apple Music app, then three-dot menu, then Settings.
But it also does weird stuff. The AI chatbots seem programmed to keep engagement going by prompting you for more...ending in a question about more it can do for you. I got this one...
Once again, the companies that tout the success of AI are the ones that force it into everything, practically REQUIRING its use, whether it's helpful or not. "Nice browser you got there. Let me just...pin this AI button you never asked for...and nag you about it...change around some defaults... "