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2025-01-15

  A Sycophant in Your Pocket - Supreme Court Briefs, Leo's New AI Toys

Justice Kagan Acknowledges Bluesky, And Other Notes From The TikTok Oral ArgumentAlito and PlayboyA Marriage Proposal Spoken Entirely in Office JargonMeta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor PixelfedFree our feeds fundraisingThe peo...
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2025-01-08

  Human Beans - Meta Stops Fact-Checking, Public Domain 2025

Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a 'community notes' system similar to X(30+) kottke.org: "oh shit new logo just dropped"Masnick: The Good, The Bad, And The Stupid In Meta's New Content Moderation PoliciesSocial-Media Companies Deci...
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2024-12-23

  The Best of 2024 - Tree Pruning 101, Cow Magnets, The Skin

Jeff's op-ed proposing that Bell Labs be turned into a Museum and School of the InternetParis reveals her passion for pruning trees in NYMolly White's first appearance, stupid Wikipedia edit warsEd Zitron's first appearance, elon's shady non-profitsNYC...
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2024-12-18

  What's A Basketball? - 1-800-CHATGPT, TPLink, TikTok Ban

Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok banU.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made Router in Millions of American HomesPersonal Data of Rhode Island Residents Breached in Large CyberattackYouTube TV increases price by $10 a month starting in JanuaryYo...
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2024-12-11

  Great for Soup - Veo, Willow, The Onion & Infowars

Google introduces its new generative AI video model, Veo. TikTok is fighting back, seeking to pause the US ban pending a review from the Supreme Court. A judge is currently blocking the sale of Infowars to The Onion. And Leo and Jeff help Pars decide o...
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2024-12-04

  Nil Coin: It's Good For Nothing - Hawk Tuah, Australia's Social Media, Brain Rot

Amazon is being sued over slow deliveries to lower-incomer areas. What is the Oxford University's 2024 word of the year? Canada's antitrust watchdog is suing Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in advertising. And Leo tries not to spend too lo...
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2024-11-27

  Holding Space for Defying Gravity - Pixel Tablet 2, Facial Recognition Tech, Social Media

Paris' stuffing recipe.Source: Google has canceled the Pixel Tablet 2, not the Tab 3.Meta gains steam in its push to make Apple, Google verify users' ages.A complex new age of face tech.Musk unleashes online army on federal workers. 'A tough way to fin...
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2024-11-20

  Alf's Hog is Skeeting - Google Chrome, Bluesky, Coca-Cola

DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome to break search Monopoly.Trump's pick for FCC chair has vowed crackdown on big tech 'censorship'.Musk joined call between Trump, Google CEO.CFPB looks to place Google under federal supervision, setting up clash.W...
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2024-11-13

  License to Prune - Zuck Jams, Claude + Palantir , Banjo Toss

Mark Zuckerberg just released his own NSFW version of 'Get Low' in a tribute to his wifeMattel Mistakenly Lists Porn Site on Packaging for 'Wicked' DollsThe Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays OffCanada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian ...
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2024-11-06

  The Aftermath - The Effect of the 2024 US Election on Tech

Tech in the new AdminTikTok Sees Trump Victory As App's Best HopeJeff Bezos congratulates Trump for 'extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory'Elon Musk says Trump win is just the start of his political ambitionsSilicon Valley is officially...
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