Inappropriate portal behavior; RTO drives away top talent; Apple may add OpenAI to iOS; garbage in, garbage out; AI continues to promise more than it can deliver; Twitter redirecting to X; entire Supercharger staff fired; enshittification of the Web speeds up; Google AI search will kill what's left of the old internet; Uber announces new, worse bus; Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare; the Rings of Power returns; Dune: Prophecy; MoviePass, Ashley Madison docs; bundling & a return to cable; no MTV Movie Awards this year; ToDoIst; Sonos app; PPSSPP; META Quest on a plane; the Far Reaches &...
Inappropriate portal behavior; RTO drives away top talent; Apple may add OpenAI to iOS; garbage in, garbage out; AI continues to promise more than it can deliver; Twitter redirecting to X; entire Supercharger staff fired; enshittification of the Web speeds up; Google AI search will kill what's left of the old internet; Uber announces new, worse bus; Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare; the Rings of Power returns; Dune: Prophecy; MoviePass, Ashley Madison docs; bundling & a return to cable; no MTV Movie Awards this year; ToDoIst; Sonos app; PPSSPP; META Quest on a plane; the Far Reaches & Forward Collections; Erik Larson; Neal Stephenson; Star Wars Oreos; Chuck E. Cheese Band, Jasper T. Jowls in the wild; Fabio and the Goose; Thelma.
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IN THE NEWS
Apple Reportedly Close To Deal With OpenAI To Add AI Features To iPhone
OpenAI inks deal to train AI on Reddit data
Google Project Astra hands-on: Full of potential, but it’s going to be a while
For self-driving cars, the free ride is over - The Verge
Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says
Here's the inside story of why Elon Musk fired the entire Tesla Supercharger staff - Autoblog
Enshittification
As Google AI search rolls out to more people, websites brace for carnage - The Washington Post
Google is overhauling its search results page with AI overviews and Gemini organization - The Verge
Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results
Google I/O 2024: Here's everything Google just announced | TechCrunch
Learn how to use ChatGPT for SEO
ChatGPT likes to fight. For military AI researchers, that’s a problem
Uber announces its new, worse version of a bus
MEDIA CANDY
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power - Official Teaser Trailer
The Stars of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Promise Things Will Actually Happen This Season
Max Releases First Dune: Prophecy Teaser: Watch
Dune: Prophecy | Official Teaser | Max - YouTube
HBO’s upcoming MoviePass documentary is a must-watch for fans of tech trainwrecks
Ashley Madison - Sex, Lies & Scandal
'The Boys' Renewed for Season 5
Jimmy Kimmel Unleashed at Disney Upfronts: See His Best Jokes
A ‘vastly reduced’ Netflix, Peacock and Apple TV+ bundle is coming this month
The MTV Movie & TV Awards Scrapped for 2024, Returning Next Year
Sony Music Warns Companies to Stop Training AI on Its Artists’ Content
APPS & DOODADS
ToDoIst
URL Cleaner
Is Sonos' New App a Podcast Killer? : r/sonos
Apple brings eye-tracking to recent iPhones and iPads
PPSSPP game emulator now available on the iOS App Store
Wipeout Pure
Meta encourages you to disregard your seat mates and use VR headsets on a plane
AT THE LIBRARY
The Far Reaches collection
The Forward Collection, curated by Blake Crouch
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson
Polostan: Volume One of Bomb Light by Neal Stephenson
THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE
The CyberWire
Dave Bittner
Hacking Humans
Caveat
Control Loop
Oreo's Special Edition Star Wars Cookies Are Here to Feed Your Inner Wookiee
The Chuck E. Cheese Animatronic Band Is Breaking Up
Fabio and the Goose
Thelma - Official Trailer | June Squibb, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey, Fred Hechinger
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