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The Verge • 4d ago

The bipartisan permitting reform bill is gaining steam.

Trump pushed lawmakers to pass the sweeping bill ahead of a procedural vote in the Senate on Monday that moved the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) closer to a final vote. Over the weekend, the bill’s authors released an amended version of the bill addressing some of its biggest points of contention. [Link: Lame-duck Congress might actually do something: speed up energy projects | https://www.theverge.com/policy/1028228/energy-infrastructure-permitting-reform-bill-congress-vote | The Verge]

Today’s Vergecast: The touchscreen MacBook Apple said it wouldn’t make. Technology
The Verge • 2w ago

Today’s Vergecast: The touchscreen MacBook Apple said it wouldn’t make.

Steve Jobs once said touchscreen laptops were a terrible idea. Now Apple is shipping one. The Verge’s Antonio Di Benedetto tells us all about the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR, how MacOS is changing for touch, why a laptop user might want a touchscreen, and whether MacBook and iPad are destined to become one. Watch | Listen | Get ad-free [Media: https://youtu.be/BDi_QYhuxIw]

“It doesn’t work.” Technology
The Verge • 2w ago

“It doesn’t work.”

Now that Apple’s touchscreen MBP is here, let’s roll back to what Steve Jobs had to say about touch on laptops. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu2Mt1JQxdY]

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