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TikTok can’t be ignored anymore, and more tech news you need to know today
June 21, 2025
1. TikTok deep dive
I had the realization yesterday that we all have to think about TikTok, now.
Novak’s deep dive,The Rise of TikTok and Understanding Its Parent Company, ByteDanceon his Substack is basically required reading. I’ve pulled out just a few notes and highlights below, but the whole thing will set you straight.
2.Lenovo Chromebook Duet review: “almost nothing else competes on the value here” (Android Authority).
3.vivo has explained the gimbal-techwe talked about earlier in the week, with loads of hardware insight, including the refined OIS-like setup, with up to three degrees movement on both the X- and Y-axis tilt, which is about three times more than OIS. That makes for a thick, big module or housing, a real technical challenge (Android Authority).
4.AT&T might finally ditch deceptive 5G E branding(Android Authority).
5.Memorial Day sales roundup: The best tech on sale this weekend(Android Authority).
6.Apple TV Plus is still looking for its big win: Interest in shows on Apple’s service has mostly trended down, while the real test will be when $0 annual trials turn into $4.99 monthly fees (The Verge).
7.Gizmodosums up the increasingly weird Apple Glasses leaks, asking: “Are you shitting me?” The latest weirdness is that Apple will supposedly be making a special edition pair that will look like Steve Jobs’ glasses, which is leading to disagreements between Apple reporters, with words like “complete fiction” being used (Gizmodo).
- This should instantly become the industry standard:Netflix is preparing to cancel dormant subscriptions, if accounts haven’t been used in more than a year: “At Netflix, the last thing we want is people paying for something they’re not using.” (Netflix.com).
9.Get Civilization VI, a $60 game, free from Epic, right now (CNET).
10.If you melt a magnet, what happens to the magnetism?Does the liquid metal retain the magnetism or does it go away? (r/askscience).
11.Pac-Man!!!!
It’s Pac-Man’s 40th birthday! As part of the celebrations, Bandai Namco and Amazon just announcedPac-Man Live Studio, a just-announced game with multiplayer support for endless runs, Mario Maker-style custom maps and uploads, and somehow, all on Twitch.
Bonus:Pac-Man, the Japanese game that took over the world, turns 40(Kotaku).
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