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  Harry McCracken

  

  Microsoft's Satya Nadella is winning Big Tech's AI war. Here's how

  Fast Company - BY Harry McCracken

  “In general, I get excited by new things,” says the CEO. The story of a transformative moment that’s been a decade in the making. A quarter of a million people have gathered to hear Satya Nadella talk about AI. It’s just after 9 a.m. on a Tuesday in May, and Microsoft’s CEO is kicking off the …

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  Why Writing On A Typewriter Feels So Strangely Modern

  Medium - Clive Thompson

  (That’s the first scanned page of this blog post! If you’d rather read the HTML text — with a picture of my Olivetti portable typewriter — skip to …

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  Harry McCracken

  

  As Polaroid's SX-70 turns 50, instant photography is booming

  Fast Company - BY Harry McCracken

  Digital cameras and smartphones are great. But photo prints that develop before your eyes? That was downright magical in 1972—and still meaningful today. Fifty years ago today, photography changed forever. The 3,000-something people assembled at a Polaroid warehouse in Needham, Massachusetts were …

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  Harry McCracken

  

  Dell's new XPS laptop messes with the familiar—and that's the point

  Fast Company - BY Harry McCracken

  The latest update to one of the Windows world’s best-reviewed computers makes big changes to fundamental features. It’s a gamble Dell is willing to take. I am sitting in a conference room with a bevy of laptops in front of me—so many that they’re blocking my view of the monitor where I’m about to …

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  Harry McCracken

  

  Apple Working on iPad Pro with Wireless Charging, New iPad Mini

  Bloomberg - By Mark Gurman and Debby Wu

  Apple Inc. is working on a new iPad Pro with wireless charging and the first iPad mini redesign in six years, seeking to continue momentum for a …

• I don’t like it when movie studios recolor films, but this is interesting.

  

  Harry McCracken

  

  Artist Breathes New Life Into Old Black and White Photos by Colorizing Them

  My Modern Met - Arnesia Young

  Photographs effortlessly capture a moment in time, distilling it into one static picture that we can appreciate again and again. And while the high-definition images of today are absolutely stunning to see in their sharp detail and vivid color, there is something so fascinating about looking at old …