Everything published on Charged

Playing defense

Apple wants you to know it doesn’t have a monopoly (provided you don’t look too closely, or want to change your default browser).


A fight for the web's foundation

In the shadows, two groups have been fighting for control of the modern web. Now, the two-decade old gatekeepers—W3C— have relented.


Canada's contempt for Zuck

Zuckerberg might find himself held in contempt by an entire country. Oh, and Intel is finally shipping things again.


Dating apps have a responsibility to better protect our emotions

Dating has always been stressful—but tech companies have turned it into an elaborate trap, designed to suck you in. Who's responsible for fixing it?


Changing the open source model

Should developers get paid for their work is the new 'should unpaid internships be OK?' GitHub wants to fix that, but it's going to be tough.


GitHub's new features show it's finally listening to developers

Microsoft rescued GitHub—and it's back the tools developers always wanted, along with a healthier open source community.


Just a bunch of things to click on

A homage to the gameboy, how Medium might make money, and a bunch of other things in the ultimate tab dump.


104: Profit Over Planet

Frederique, Owen, and Zach chat about Apple's new laptop with the same old problem, Huawei and the future of the industry, Amazon's shareholders valuing profit over planet, and more!


I was wrong about the iPad Pro

I already tried the iPad Pro and hated it—but I have a confession: I got another one, and it made my workflow better.


Another day, another bad keyboard

Apple says it's fixed the keyboard again. Can anyone else smell bullshit?