Hot, Hot, Hot; Google fires engineer that claimed AI was sentient; Shkreli, Cracker Barrel enthusiast & ponzi schemer, is back; ghosted politician wants to make ghosting a crime; Senate grills Apple, Google over crypto app scams; Jon & Punch & the CHIPS act; Westworld turns the ship around; John Oliver is back; the Old Man; Spotify gains users, loses money, ditches Car Thing; hiding AirTags on bikes; Instagram's very busy week; Twitter Blue price hike; Snapchat+ inexplicably doing well; Tinder "desk mode"; smart scarves; Chuck Palahniuk's Plot Spoiler; Star Trek coffee table book; Happy Birthday Dave!
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FOLLOW UP
White House launches a website to help people cope with extreme heat
Google fired engineer who said its AI was sentient
GOOGLE FIRES ENGINEER WHO SAID ITS EXPERIMENTAL AI GAINED SENTIENCE
IN THE NEWS
Martin Shkreli Is Out of Prison, So of Course He's Getting Into web3
A Filipino politician wants to make ghosting a criminal offense
Senate committee chair grills Apple, Google over protection against crypto app scams
CHIPS Act passes House on way to Biden signing
MEDIA CANDY
Spotify has 188 million Premium users, but continues to lose money
Spotify has stopped making its Car Thing dashboard accessory
APPS & DOODADS
Instagram gets worse with dark patterns lifted from TikTok
Instagram will survey US users about race to assess if it is ‘fair and equitable’
Instagram Pauses Changes to Feed After Week-Long Drama
Twitter raises the price of its ‘Blue’ subscription for the first time
Social subscription Snapchat+ is already faring better than Twitter Blue
Manchester City shows off a smart scarf that tracks fan reactions
Apple’s Butterfly Keyboard Fiasco Leads to a $50M Settlement
Latest iOS 16 beta limits the ability to edit and delete messages
AT THE LIBRARY
Chuck Palahniuk's Plot Spoiler
Star Trek: Designing the Final Frontier: How Midcentury Modernism Shaped Our View of the Future
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
David Warner, British Actor Known for ‘The Omen’ and ‘Tron,’ Dies at 80
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