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Apple's AirPods Max two have landed, and the verdict is clear for iPhone users: these are the over-ear headphones to beat. The second generation builds on a strong foundation, and while the price remains steep, reviewers say the integration with iOS is simply unmatched by any competitor on the market today.
Shifting gears to something far more unconventional — a teardown specialist known as the Hackinator has dismantled an Intel Xeon Silver four one one zero processor using a blowtorch and a hunting knife, with a wood chopping block as the operating table. It is exactly as dramatic as it sounds, and the resulting die shot images are genuinely stunning.
And finally, a piece worth sitting with — a long-form argument that GitHub has fundamentally lost its way. Once the spiritual home of open source collaboration, critics say the platform has drifted toward enterprise priorities at the expense of the developer community that built its reputation in the first place.
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