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The antitrust trial against Google is starting in September
Google's monopoly is going on trial starting September 12. This is the big one. Or rather, it's the start of a series of big ones.
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A note to young folks: download the things you love
Many years ago, my favorite podcast was The Totally Rad Show. It was a fun video podcast where the hosts reviewed movies, games, TV shows, and other general nerd stuff. The hosts were Jeff Cannata (who last year I called the podcasting GOAT), Dan Trachtenberg (who went on to direct
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AI’s big rift is like a religious schism
The cult-like battles between e/acc and doomers
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Companies use drip pricing to overcharge consumers
How Companies Use Drip Pricing to Overcharge Consumers
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The AI Trust Crisis
Dropbox added some new AI features. In the past couple of days these have attracted a firestorm of criticism. Benj Edwards rounds it up in Dropbox spooks users with new …
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Tech's Elite Hates Labor
DO NOT SUBSCRIBE HERE subscribe at wheresyoured.at. Click to read DO NOT SUBSCRIBE HERE subscribe at wheresyoured.at, by Ed Zitron, a Substack publication.
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The elite's war on remote work has nothing to do with productivity
Xoilac tv là kênh xem bóng đá trực tiếp 24/7 phát sóng trực tiếp bóng đá hơn 20 giải đấu. Chất lượng hình ảnh HD 4K, tốc độ ổn định, xem ttbd trên mọi thiết bị.
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Leaving Twitter had no effect on NPR's traffic
Enshittification is the process by which a platform lures in and then captures end users (stage one), who serve as bait for business customers, who are also captured (stage two), whereupon the platform rug-pulls both groups and allocates all the value they generate and exchange to itself (stage three):
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Study: ChatGPT outperforms physicians in quality, empathetic answers to patients
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine compared written responses from physicians with those from ChatGPT to real-world health questions. A panel of licensed healthcare professionals preferred ChatGPT’s responses 79% of the time.
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Google search's death by a thousand cuts
Reddit communities are still private in protest of new API rules. Twitter moved beyond a login wall and is rate-limiting users. Users are frustrated but still using these sites.
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The internet wants to be fragmented
Throwing the whole world into a single room together doesn't work.
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Quad9 wins appeal against Sony
A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy
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The EU's war on behavioral advertising
Meta recently conceded that in-app behavioral advertising in the EU can no longer be opt-in by default, marking the end of an era. The regulators won, at least for now.
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Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)
Try to spot who liked hacking away at corpses rather than computers
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FISA "reform" bill would greatly expand the entities forced to surveil users
Yesterday the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence unanimously approved the FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023 (FRRA), which would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA 702). The full House is expected to vote on this bill next Tuesday. Like other competing…
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Contracts you should never sign
There are types of contracts that you should be wary of signing, particularly in the software engineering and IT industry. There are potential pitfalls of non-compete clauses, confidentiality agreements, exclusive distribution agreements, and vague project-based agreements. It's important to understand the…
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They can and will ruin everything you love
by Miranda Reinert This was sent out as a part of today's Hell World newsletter. Find the rest here and please subscribe if you like what you read. The other teamToday’s main feature is Miranda Reinert writing about the sale of the beloved music site Bandcamp and the
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Historians have an increasingly strong incentive to tell dramatic stories
How Historians (and Others) Make Themselves Stupid
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Epic Games, others accuse Sundar Pichai of violating retention obligations
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An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation
Dear PSF, We, organisers in the pan-African Python community, would like to raise some concerns and frustrations that have been brought to a...
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Big Tech Resumed Hiring Foreign Workers Just Weeks After Layoffs
New disclosures released yesterday show Google, Amazon, Facebook, and other firms requesting foreign worker H-1B visas this year.
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Metformin shown to prevent long Covid
A 14-day course of metformin, a common drug used to manage type 2 diabetes, prevents long COVID, according to a new study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases .
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Deutschlandticket for regional bus and rail services to be offered for €49/month
With the Deutschlandticket, you can travel across Germany by bus and train. Here you can find out everything need to know about it.
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iPhone 12 withdrawn from French market for non-compliance with EU regulation
As market surveillance authority for radio equipment and responsible for controlling public exposure to electromagnetic fields, the ANFR runs inspections on mobile phones placed on the French market. 141 mobile phones, including Apple’s iPhone 12, have recently been tested to check compliance with limit SAR values…
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New York Times Election Day Crossword (2009)
I recently read a book called Pretty Girl In Crimson Rose (8) [1] , an autobiography interweaved with interesting stories about crosswords. ...