Alex Cranz
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Apple Finally Gave Us Baby-Handed Bastards What We Want
My great lament since I ripped the open the box to my iPhone 6 and found a giant and unpocketable beast resting in my tiny hands was that the era of the small phone was no more. It felt like we baby-handed people had been forced to pay some kind of small-hand tax: either we…
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This Book About a High School Coven Understands Just How Ridiculous Teens Can Be
The opening chapter of Hannah Abigail Clarke’s The Scapegracers is a little rough. It starts with a group of girls gathering in the middle of a party to do some magic and freak everyone out. Then the narrator breaks off to do more magic with a girl she’s only just met, and the feeling that…
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Amazon Luna Is Stadia and Microsoft’s Newest Cloud Gaming Competitor
Amazon finally has a game streaming service. It’s been rumoured for years now and it’s finally here. Starting at $US6 ($9) a month with early access, the new service will have Twitch integration, a special channel just for Ubisoft games, and an optional controller that connects directly to the cloud.
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Apple’s Thoughtful Family Setup Service Can Probably Be Replaced With a Leash and the Fear of God
As a child, I’d wander. My mum would take my siblings and I to the mall, and inevitably my little developing brain would be bored by shopping that did not involve me personally. I would disappear. My mum remembers these times with a vague hint of concern; my sister remembers them with irritation. I just…