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Did you know there was a system called Red Box for the BBC Micro that enabled you to turn home appliances off and on using your computer? So, basically, an early version of HomeKit, etc.
In 1986.
https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/36892/BBC-Micro-Red-Box/…

Turtle Beach: Gaming-Maus mit Touchscreen und Wechselakku
In das 160 Euro teure Gaming-Maus-Experiment Command Series MC7 hat Turtle Beach einen Touchscreen eingebaut. Wer will, kann auch eine passende Tastatur kaufen.

The lesson is not ‘boy this is outrageous’
The lesson is that without any punishment the behavior will continue.
https://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mfkfhvves223

Roger Parloff (@rparloff.bsky.social)
Lessons from the MN civil contempt case, by me: Petitioner’s atty: “I understand that the caseload has affected all parties astronomically, and we are all human. But my client is, too. . . . All the people behind these petitions are humans.” https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lessons-from-the-minnesota-s-civil-contempt-case

An interview with BBC Studios executives about BBC News' popularity in the US, WBD-Netflix merger, success of BritBox and BBC Select in North America, and more (Georg Szalai/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-ne

BBC Studios Chiefs on Mega-Mergers, Own M&A, Trump Tariffs, U.S. Streaming Growth, and the ‘Bluey’ Movie
During the annual BBC Studios Showcase in London, CEO Tom Fussell and Zai Bennett, the company's production head, also discussed growth, diversification, microdramas, and 'Top Gear.

Apple fixes a bug that stored notifications for deleted messages on iPhone and iPad, following a report that police used it to extract deleted Signal messages (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/appl

Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones | TechCrunch
The iPhone and iPad bug allowed law enforcement using forensic tools to read messages that had long been deleted by the Signal app.

I’ve sent a formal invitation to the women’s hockey team.
If anyone with connections to the hockey team wants to have them email my team, please send my bio to them. I’m serious. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Here’s the link to my profile: https://bsky.app/profile/flavorflav.bsky.social/po…

FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ (@flavorflav.bsky.social)
Formal invitation to the hockey team sent,,, if any people with connections to the hockey team wanna have them email my team my bio. I’m for real. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

The BBC cut "Free Palestine" from Akinola Davies Jr.'s BAFTA awards speech broadcast; the BBC says "the live event is three hours and it has to be" cut to two (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/bbc-cuts-free-p…

BBC Cuts “Free Palestine” From BAFTA Film Awards Winner’s Speech
The BBC removed the words "free Palestine" from the speech of Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies after they won a BAFTA Film Award.

Google steckt bis zu 40 Milliarden Dollar mehr in Anthropic
Google und die KI-Firma Anthropic sind Rivalen im Geschäft – und zugleich Partner. Der Internet-Riese steckt nun weitere Milliarden in den Rivalen von OpenAI.

Another Ukrainian innovation: interceptor drones are being mounted on small transport aircraft like An-28s to take down Russian attack drones.
This great video shows how it works, from takeoff to interception with P1-SUN drones.
I expect allies to be very interested in this.
https://bsky.app/pr…

Patrick Daugherty (@rotopat.bsky.social)
Remember NFL draft rumors? What happened? I guess the league's reporting infrastucture is simply too centralized at this point

Post zum Freitag: Von Apples Zukunft bis zum Vinyl-Revival
Solarstrom von der Fassade und alte Spiele im neuen Glanz: Was Remaster und BIPV wirklich taugen. Dies und weitere Themen in der Post zum Freitag.
https:/…