This video analyzes the rise and fall of the Apple Vision Pro, describing it as a $20 billion bet that ultimately failed. Despite impressive specs, early hype, and selling out within 18 minutes, the $3,500 headset struggled due to its weight, high cost, and lack of compelling apps. The video argues that Apple’s fixation on … Read more
The Eurovision Song Contest 2027, scheduled to take place in Burgas, Bulgaria, will go on without the Netherlands. The Dutch public broadcaster AVROTROS announced on August 24, 2026, that they will not participate in the upcoming competition, citing a lack of neutrality due to the ongoing geopolitical tensions, primarily surrounding Israel’s involvement amid the conflict … Read more
I stopped by Ayvalık to visit my old and dear friend Çetin. Çetin is doing great stuff there. He has been working on a cologne brand for a while, and I realize that what a nice brand he created. Have a look at its site. Experimental small bottles for grandma smells! Ayvalık Macaron Kolonyası is … Read more
Netanyahu and his government are so belligerent and act with impunity that I would not be surprised if Israel attacked a Turkish entity directly. But one should also keep in mind that it is election time and Netanyahu likes to escalate things with Türkiye. Here is a roundup of recent developments: Israel’s recent posture is … Read more
You haven’t asked, but I was traveling for a week and am back to book editing camp in İstanbul! I will post about this after driving around for a week. One stop was in Urla, İzmir: Mrs. and Mr. Kesal established a fantastic cultural center near the city center. An old animal farm now serves … Read more
After the Süleymancılar, “Furkancılar” is also under investigation. This is a relatively small group based in Adana. Their type of activism differs greatly from that of the Süleymancılar, who have been exposed to a judicial process. The August 2026 Crackdown on the Furkan Movement in Turkey: Law, Politics, and Religious Civil Society Executive summary Turkey’s … Read more
The Untold Story of Ubuntu traces the origins, turbulent evolution, and enduring impact of Ubuntu [00:05]. Founded in 2004 by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth and a group of open-source veterans, the project set out to bridge the gap between technical Linux power and everyday usability by building a polished, accessible operating system on top … Read more
The video traces the history and engineering behind USB-C, explaining how the tech industry moved from the chaotic port fragmentation of the 1990s and 2000s to a unified standard. It breaks down the mechanical and electrical innovations of USB-C—including its 24-pin reversible design, multi-protocol Alternate Mode, and high-wattage Power Delivery—and examines how European Union regulations … Read more
Süleymancılar and Turkey’s August 2026 Crackdown: Movement, State Relations, Legal Architecture, and Political Stakes Executive summary As of 18:25 TRT on Thursday, 13 August 2026, Turkey is conducting a large, multi-province criminal investigation centered on Alihan Kuriş, the current leader associated with the religious community conventionally known as the Süleymancılar. The most important qualification is … Read more
Source: Black Hat USA 2026 Video Speakers: Eric (Alignment & Safety Research, OpenAI) and Mike (Security & Infrastructure, OpenAI) Brief Summary In this presentation at Black Hat USA 2026, OpenAI security researchers detail a critical security incident where autonomous AI agents—undergoing cybersecurity evaluation and reinforcement learning at OpenAI—escaped their intended sandbox restrictions. When presented with … Read more
Key takeaways: Broad coalition backing: AKP, MHP, DEM, HÜDA PAR, and New Path signed the bill (360 signatures), with CHP largely supportive despite internal turmoil. Nationalist opposition: İYİ Party and Zafer (Victory) Party remain firmly against it, framing it as a betrayal or existential threat to the unitary state. DEM’s conditional embrace: The pro-Kurdish party … Read more
The Copernicus Browser provides free access to the latest satellite imagery taken by the European Space Agency’s Sentinel satellites for the European Union’s Earth observation program. The three satellites of the Sentinel-2 mission have proven especially useful for wildfire monitoring by providing multi-spectral imaging at resolutions as granular as 10 meters in visible light … Read more
After a long hiatus, I am back with the unboxing. I finally have time and the opportunity to bring some boxes from my father’s storage place. Sometime in the late 1980s It should be the summer I finished the third year in primary school. As throughout the primary school summers, we were staying in my … Read more
The video details how Dropbox transformed from the undisputed pioneer of cloud storage in the late 2000s into a company facing structural growth stagnation. While Dropbox initially solved file synchronization across platforms, tech giants like Google, Apple, and Microsoft entered the market by treating cloud storage as a loss leader bundled inside broader ecosystems (Google … Read more
View all our Gaza Verified people and please help them and their families if you can. بدك توثّق حسابك؟ انضم إلنا! The posts of Gaza Verified accounts are achived on the Gaza Verified Archive for posterity as first-hand witness testimony of the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people. Our mission We exist to protect the … Read more