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The thing is generative AI is never gonna be able to physically go to the restaurant eat the food and then write about it

So much short-sighted thinking in media right now

14.08.2025 19:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Neon Machine’s Shrapnel is in the red: Sources Documents and sources suggest Neon Machine is running out of cash and has laid off nearly all its employees β€” and struck a deal with the Chinese government to stay afloat.

SCOOP: Neon Machine is in the red. Neon Machine, the company behind Shrapnel, has a slew of unpaid debts, owing millions to external vendors, multiple sources tell Blockworks.

blockworks.co/news/neon-ma...

04.04.2025 17:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition β€œAtrophied and Unprepared” Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use.

Microsoft found in its own AI research that it encourages less critical thinking. Unfortunately, this isn't poised to stop the mass AI integration into all levels of schooling, including early childhood education, where critical thinking skills should be formed.
www.404media.co/email/9d5175...

10.02.2025 18:46 πŸ‘ 505 πŸ” 163 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 15
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Blockworks hires Irwin for The Drop newsletter - Talking Biz News Cryptocurrency news site Blockworks has hiredΒ Kate IrwinΒ to be the lead writer for its The Drop newsletter. She has been atΒ PCMag as a reporter. She previously worked as a reporter and producer for De...

@kateirwin.bsky.social hired by @blockworks.bsky.social for its The Drop newsletter: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/b...

03.02.2025 21:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Panel 1: Mark Zuckerberg stands on the stage at a Meta all-hands meeting, wearing a little chain and a shirt that says "Cool Dude." "I think our company could use more Masculine Energy," he says into a mic. In the crowd, an employee raises their hand. "Excuse me, Mr. Zuckerberg," the person asks. Panel 2: The person stands up, asking, "By "Masculine Energy," do you mean a mature definition where men in power use their relative strength to protect and uplift those less privileged?" Panel 3: The person continues, "…or a more childish definition where men in power are free to be aggressive and harm others without being held accountable?" Panel 4: Zuck stands silent for a beat. Panel 5: "You're all fired," he says.

Panel 1: Mark Zuckerberg stands on the stage at a Meta all-hands meeting, wearing a little chain and a shirt that says "Cool Dude." "I think our company could use more Masculine Energy," he says into a mic. In the crowd, an employee raises their hand. "Excuse me, Mr. Zuckerberg," the person asks. Panel 2: The person stands up, asking, "By "Masculine Energy," do you mean a mature definition where men in power use their relative strength to protect and uplift those less privileged?" Panel 3: The person continues, "…or a more childish definition where men in power are free to be aggressive and harm others without being held accountable?" Panel 4: Zuck stands silent for a beat. Panel 5: "You're all fired," he says.

"Masculine Energy"

20.01.2025 04:43 πŸ‘ 40169 πŸ” 9293 πŸ’¬ 270 πŸ“Œ 201

Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here.

20.01.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 15190 πŸ” 3606 πŸ’¬ 122 πŸ“Œ 129

If you haven’t seen the David Lynch cooking video yet you should

20.01.2025 20:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a reporter who covered the Facebook apology tour circa 2016, and spent HOURS on the phone with FB flak and executives earnestly telling me Zuckerberg was torn up over Russian election interference and was making it a top priority to fix misinfo on FB, this week’s developments are πŸ™ƒ

10.01.2025 20:30 πŸ‘ 4052 πŸ” 633 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 29
facile optimism will kill people

facile optimism will kill people

On my home white board, April 27, 2020, Dovercourt Park, Toronto.

10.01.2025 08:53 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

UPDATE: Great to see Airbnb stepping up and offering temporary free housing for evacuees and first responders through its nonprofit arm, airbnb.org

10.01.2025 12:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's horrible. I heard reports that some people's insurance had also canceled their fire insurance abruptly before this hit too.

08.01.2025 22:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My heart goes out to everyone in the Los Angeles area who has lost their homes or is watching from nearby as the region burns right now. 😒

08.01.2025 18:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

All these devastating fires and people sharing their experiences just reminds me that Airbnb and insurance companies really need to overhaul their "ethics."

08.01.2025 17:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Saaaame

08.01.2025 03:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha … wait

08.01.2025 03:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please be safe, LA friends.

08.01.2025 03:23 πŸ‘ 1188 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2

It's like people in the Tristate area suddenly forgot what the subway and train are

Hilarious

06.01.2025 12:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think writers and artists were supposed to be constantly reachable online

02.01.2025 22:51 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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AT&T Hits Texas Man With $6,000 Bill for Using 3GB of Data AT&T charged the customer $2 per MB of data used, but ultimately reversed the charges after the customer spent days trying to resolve the issue.

Hours after I got in touch with AT&T about this crazy bill, the customer said the issue was resolved.
www.pcmag.com/news/att-hit...

18.12.2024 13:18 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes the β€œsmart” home tech turns out to be pretty stupid

Like my dishwasher app which I will never use

18.12.2024 02:29 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Idk why this level of bribery is legal

13.12.2024 01:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Google's quantum computing division unveiled a new chip, dubbed Willow, that the tech giant says makes it infinitely faster and better than existing supercomputers.
www.pcmag.com/news/google-...

10.12.2024 17:16 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very disappointing but not surprising for a private Ivy League-esque school

11.12.2024 03:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The dude was not a leftist lol

10.12.2024 02:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And it’s like $35 dollars a person for lunch

10.12.2024 02:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly I’m just on here for a good laugh.

The dark place used to have those

10.12.2024 02:07 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s shocking I know :(
Sometimes I have to reread sentences many times

10.12.2024 02:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can read one book a month MAX

10.12.2024 02:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Peanut butter and pickles is actually not bad

10.12.2024 01:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0