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- 1Waterstones app confirmed working on de-Googled /e/OS in the UK▼If you live in the UK, just letting you know that the Waterstones app works perfectly in /e/OS # DeGoogled # iPhone # eO
UK users of /e/OS, the privacy-focused Android system that strips out Google services, are being told the Waterstones bookshop app runs without problems on it. The tip matters for people trying to move away from mainstream Google-connected phones, where app compatibility is often the biggest obstacle. Waterstones is one of the first mainstream British retail apps to get a clean bill of health from this community.
- 2SNL's 1995 'Old Glory Robot Insurance' Sketch Finds New Audience●SNL "Old Glory Robot Insurance" (1995) [video]
A 1995 Saturday Night Live sketch, 'Old Glory Robot Insurance', is circulating again online. The parody commercial, which imagines insurance for people attacked by robots, stars Sam Waterston pitching coverage against 'old-timey' robots with crushing claws and chest lasers. Viewers are sharing the decades-old bit, praising its absurdist premise as a timely joke amid today's real advances in robotics and AI.
- 3Waterstone Acquires 660,000-SF Matthews Retail Center●Waterstone Acquires 660K-SF Matthews Retail Center
Waterstone has acquired a 660,000-square-foot retail center in Matthews. The purchase adds a major shopping property to the firm's portfolio and marks a notable transaction in the Matthews retail real estate market. Details on pricing, tenants, or the seller were not disclosed in initial reports, and reaction so far has focused on the size of the deal and its implications for the local retail property market.