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Forbes is One Bad Outlet
I was going to write a post on how I feel about Forbes, but honestly, this piece from Joshua Benton at Nieman Journalism Lab (Three years ago today, February 9, 2022) sums it up quite well with just this quote, emphasis mine:
“The two things that determine your pay are how many articles you write and how many clicks you can harvest — a model that encourages a lot of low-grade clickbait, hot takes, and deceptive headlines.” writes Joshua Benton.
The Forbes of the modern era is a shell of its former self, driven by greed, clickbait, and misleading the public. Go read the whole thing if you have a few minutes, it’s worth it!
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PSA: Super Bowl LIX is streaming on Tubi this year
I’ve linked it above for those of you without cable who’d like to stream it live. Looks like it’ll be through Fox’s own Tubi streaming service and should start around 6pm Eastern Time (New York, United States).
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TikTok now available as APK to sideload on Android
From TikTok on Twitter, via The Verge:
We’re enhancing ways for our community to continue using TikTok by making Android Package Kits available at http://TikTok.com/download so that our U.S. Android users can download our app and create, discover, and connect on TikTok.
It’s important to state up front that even though TikTok is doing this to circumvent the Play Store on Android — if the law takes effect fully after the period of time given by the President, the app will no longer be allowed to operate at all in the United States. Service providers such as Oracle won’t be able to provide services to ByteDance (the owner of TikTok, Lemon8, and more), meaning the app would be slow at best even if it continued operating after such time.
Apple and Google remain unlikely to restore the app to the App Store or Play Store anytime soon. See Apple’s dedicated support document here. Google Play currently displays an error message when searching for ByteDance owned apps, including TikTok.
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iPhone SE (4th generation) allegedly appears on Spigen website
It appears that renders of the alleged iPhone SE (4th generation) have appeared on case manufacturer Spigen’s website. It’s unclear why this product listing is on the production version of the site. However, shown in the renders are an iPhone 13 & 14-like design, with a singular camera lens much like previous iterations of the iPhone SE.
This would also presumably mark the end of Touch ID on the iPhone lineup for the first time since the discontinuation of the 1st gen iPhone SE in 2018.
If Apple confirms the product next week (per rumors), I will share my full thoughts in a dedicated post at that time.
It’s worth noting that listings like this, regardless of source, should be taken with a grain of salt until Apple announces the “iPhone SE (4th generation)”, whenever that may be. Until Apple confirms the product, I will not be linking to the leaks. However, I will link to 9to5Mac above, and can corroborate the reporting on the leaks currently available online.