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The hottest tech product of the year? Wired headphones! 🎧
In today's newsletter: How Bose can't keep its new wired earbuds in stock, why cords are making a comeback and why I've never stopped loving them. thenewthings.com/p/the-headp…
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We are deeply saddened to hear that the celebrated stage and screen actor Sir Patrick Stewart has died at the age of 86.
Stewart's extensive work across seven decades ranged from highly acclaimed Shakespearean roles to the hugely popular X-Men and Star Trek franchises.
ALT Sir Patrick Stewart is sitting on a window banquette wearing black tie and smiling at the camera. He is leaning his right elbow on the arm of the banquette and is pictured against a wintry London skyline that can be seen through the window behind him. The image is black and white.
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All of us at Marvel Studios are deeply saddened by the passing of Sir Patrick Stewart. Sir Patrick brought Professor Charles Xavier to life with extraordinary grace, intelligence, and humanity, defining the character for generations of fans, from "X-Men" to "Logan" to "Avengers: Doomsday." He was a singular talent, a generous collaborator, and a true gentleman. Our hearts go out to his wife Sunny, his children, his friends, and the countless fans around the world whose lives he touched with his art.
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Netflix has spent the last 10 years trying to render movie theaters obsolete. i wrote about why they failed, why they gave up, and why abandoning their holy war on exhibition could save the struggling company from becoming obsolete itself.
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NEW: Why did EA shut down BioWare? Twitter thinks the studio failed because it was too woke. BlueSky thinks Saudi Arabia killed the studio for being too gay.
The real reason? Star Wars bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
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SIR PATRICK STEWART (1940-2026)
Before everything else, Patrick was defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire, the proud county in the north of England which he loved to the end. You could hear it in his accented voice and in the stern honesty with which he told you what he thought and felt. Yorkshiremen have no truck with half-truths or avoidance of big issues. He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love.
We first met as ambitious young actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company half a century ago but we weren’t in the same productions. My first strong memory was a few years later, meeting him in the street in central London when he told me about an offer to take over a leading part in 'Star Trek'. “But Patrick think of your stage career in the UK. Do you really want to risk—getting lost in Hollywood for years and years?”. Well, he took the risk and thank goodness for us all that he did for not just his devoted Trekkies but film and theatre audiences, who marvelled at his using international celebrity to star in a string of cinema successes ('X-Men' of course) and in great classical plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Peter Shaffer, Pinter and Beckett at Stratford-upon-Avon, in London’s West End and on Broadway.
America was his adopted home, where he met his adored Sunny who has cared for him through sickness and health, through thick and thin. But he never forsook his origins: and the proudest achievement of the most respected and beloved actor of his generation on either side of the Atlantic, was his appointment as Chancellor of Huddersfield University in Yorkshire.
His farewell performance in 'Avengers: Doomsday' is yet to be seen.
Ian McKellen 29 October 2026
Photo: University of Huddersfield
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Pope Leo XIV becomes the first pope in history to vote in a U.S. election, submitting a mail-in ballot in Chicago ahead of the midterms. apnews.com/article/vatican-p…
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These are still my favorite Apple Watch ads to this day. They beautifully conveyed the new kind of world they were trying to bring forth.
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Shanghai's INS Land is many things: an adult Disneyland, an always-on music festival, and a $40 night out for young people. I spoke with its operators, DJs & patrons to see how China’s hottest nightclub came to be.
My latest for @BW's China issue: shorturl.at/Z9k9e
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BREAKING NEWS: Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, said that it had halted withdrawals after hackers stole more than $6 billion. nyti.ms/4ieku6y
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We're celebrating 30 years of Pokémon with a special collaboration with Fender! 🎸
Stay tuned, Trainers! These two special guitars are coming soon to Pokémon Center for preorder! ❤️💚
Learn more 🔗 pkmn.news/Fender_Announcemen…
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Next year is the 20th Anniversary of Assassin's Creed, and we're looking forward to celebrating with you! #AC20
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Taiwan LGBT+ Pride Week is a celebration of how far #Taiwan has come & of all those people who worked so hard to deliver greater freedom & equality. And it is a reminder that our work is never over, as every generation should be able to live as their true selves.
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I got to spend some time with John Ternus and other Apple execs this week for the MB Pro launch. Here are some early thoughts on Apple's new CEO--and his responses to my questions. wired.com/story/i-spent-30-m…
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等待了 337 天，宏福苑的倖存者與家屬，終於等來了港府的第一次道歉。
昨日（10月29日），行政長官李家超率領高官召開記者會，公開逾千頁的宏福苑大火獨立調查報告。報告點名總承建商「宏業建築工程有限公司」及工程顧問「鴻毅建築師有限公司」為大維修工程「罪魁禍首」，批評兩間公司為規避監管製造合規假象、罔顧人命；報告同時指出多間涉事私人公司同樣要為災難負上不同程度的責任。「盈利豐」為把阻燃棚網換成非阻燃棚網；「中華發展」受聘充當「掛名」消防裝置承辦商；物業管理公司「置邦」容許職員關閉全屋苑八座的消防總掣等。同時，報告以近百頁點名房屋局獨立審查組（ICU）、屋宇署、消防處及勞工處四大部門失職、互相推諉，令居民生前的大量警報石沉大海。
面對體制監管失守，特首李家超在會上表示自己是「第一責任人」，但問責結果最終只有房屋局局長何永賢一人請辭。面對現場記者追問為何保安局、發展局與勞福局三位同樣被點名失職的局長免於下台，官員們並未親自回應，李家超強調這是其「個人的政治決定」。
系統性「圍標」是大火的根本原因，政府宣布將工程圍標正式列為刑事罪行，並納入《有組織及嚴重罪行條例》，賦予執法部門凍結資產與強制傳召問話的權力；同時，面對公務員系統性失職，當局將啟動行政調查機制，在三個月內調查四個涉事部門約 40 至 50 名公務員的個人責任，以決定是否作出紀律處分。
👉點擊連結，閱讀記者會重點，端稍後將刊出宏福苑大火調查報告解讀：buff.ly/cuZyExb
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看了一遍 WSJ 这篇《饱受压榨的芯片供应商，终于向苹果出了口气》、关于苹果是怎么在供应链上玩鹰的被鹰啄了眼的，其中挺多细节艺术成分还挺高的：
闪存供应商代表会在和苹果谈判时随身带营养棒，因为苹果高管经常会把谈判拖过午夜，中间也不安排晚饭休息。
铠侠的 Scott Nelson 曾在南加州沙漠里拿步枪打烂自己的旧 iPod，把碎片留在办公桌上，自己则用安卓手机表示抗议。
2023 年，闪存价格跌到每 GB 只有 5 美分。按 Bernstein 的估算，那一年整个闪存行业经营亏损约 190 亿美元，苹果卖额外存储空间的毛利却有约 140 亿美元。
去年 iPhone 17 Pro 从 256GB 升到 512GB，用户多付 200 美元，苹果增加的闪存成本约 15 美元。如今这部分成本涨到了约 66 美元，利润空间被挤掉不少，但苹果还是赚的。
闪存跌价时，苹果还会在下单后拒收，供应商抱着库存，最后往往还得再降一次价。
但现在，AI 公司开始大手笔买闪存，供应商终于有了愿意出更高价、签长期合同的客户。TechInsights 估计，苹果今年买差不多数量的闪存，要花约 250 亿美元，去年只花了约 60 亿美元。
这也不怪今年夏天圣克拉拉的行业大会上，供应商和销售团队私下聊起苹果的处境，大家都有些幸灾乐祸，属于是「天下苦苹果久矣」说是
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Ironically, almost to the same day 14 years ago, Microsoft introduced the Surface RT with Windows and capacitive touch.
Some of my favorite Apple exec quotes against touch on Macs:
Tim Cook, CEO, 2012:
•April earnings call, asked about tablet and PC convergence: "you can converge a toaster and a refrigerator," but the tradeoffs leave a product nobody likes.
•To the WSJ, on a touch iMac: "this kind of reach for me isn't a terribly intuitive thing." He wouldn't discuss touch notebooks, calling that a roadmap question.
•October call, on Microsoft's Surface: you could design "a car that flies and floats," but it wouldn't do those things well.
•Craig Federighi, SVP Software Engineering, Jan. 2014 (Macworld): He said it's easy to "slap a touchscreen on a piece of hardware," then asked whether that's a good experience. "We believe, no."
•Federighi, Oct. 2014 (CNET): "We don't think it's the right interface, honestly." He said constantly reaching forward from a desk to touch the screen is uncomfortable. Apple was "not all that interested in building one."
•Jony Ive, Chief Design Officer, Oct. 2016 (CNET): Apple ruled out a touchscreen Mac years earlier because "it wasn't particularly useful or an appropriate application of multitouch."
•Phil Schiller, SVP Worldwide Marketing, Oct. and Nov. 2016 (Touch Bar launch):
◦To CNET: engineering was better spent on the "best keyboard-trackpad experience possible."
◦To The Independent: Apple had looked at it, and "it's a bad experience."
◦To Backchannel: a touch desktop would "become absurd." "You can't optimize for both. It's the lowest common denominator thinking."
•Federighi, Oct. 2016 (CNET): Apple had working prototypes years earlier. But grafting touch onto a system built around a precise pointer "really compromises the experience."
•Federighi, June 2018 (Wired): He said he's "not into touchscreens." He said lifting your arm to poke at a screen is "a pretty fatiguing thing to do."
Good to see Apple changed their mind.
