Today’s Reading
Review: Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War’ Is A Scary Minefield of Apolitical Provocations
A tardy assessment of the Apple Sports app *
Amazon virtually kills efforts to develop Alexa Skills, disappointing dozens **
iMessage Not Syncing on Mac After Sonoma Update? Check These 6 Fixes
Today’s Commentary
* It’s hard to believe a company as elegant as Apple released such an unimpressive, half-baked and ugly app.
** If Amazon would simply let me put a clock, the date and the weather on a screen that was static unless and until I asked Alexa something, I’d buy 10 of them. Part of the reason Alexas aren’t more successful is Amazon’s intrusive, inflexible content pushing.
Today’s Emotional Weather Report
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