The latest edition of What’s Next? Is out. This week I talk about whether it’s time to excise Alexa and other corporate-controlled voice assistants from your life (it is). I also give a few thoughts about things I’m going to replace my current gear with.

Should You Break Up With Alexa?

Short answer: Yes. Long answer: It depends on how you feel about the current state of the surveillance capitalism state

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It turns out that @fastmail.com is so good that I signed up for a year less than an hour into my 30-day free trial. It’s an incredible service and I wrote about how it’s helping me enjoy email again in this week’s @next.content.town

I Freaking Love Fastmail

I've spent the last decade thinking of CRTs and email in much the same way, as dead technologies. It turns out, I just needed to find the right TV and email client to get me excited about old tech aga...

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What happens when a billion computers stop getting security updates on October 14? This week, I'm talking about Windows 10's end of life, with a breakdown of the different ways you can prepare, including safe and secure ways to keep using old computers that won't be supported by Microsoft anymore.

Windows 10 - Died: October 14, 2025

Windows 10 reaches end of life in October, and upgrading is off the table for billions of computers. What’s going to happen? What can you do with your old computers?

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