Tesla off the hook; bees; SBF guilty on all counts; White House AI EO; META mostly ad-free plan;, toothless oversight board; WeWork nears bankruptcy; more X shenanigan; Bezos has been a naughty boy; Google .ing a th.ing; Loki; finales for Lower Decks, Gen V & Billions; the Traitors; World Series drones; Highlander reboot; Disney buys all of Hulu; loyal Max subscribers get less for more; Apple Journal; Microsoft Copilot; YouTube cracking down on ad blockers; Obsidian; Scalzi's Interdependency; Facebook tips & tricks; Space Mountain & Behind the Attraction; the Beatles; AI & ML definitions; Baader-Meinhof & my phone is reading my mind.
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The Beekeepers Who Don’t Want You to Buy More Bees
IN THE NEWS
Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all seven counts
Sweeping White House executive order takes aim at AI's toughest challenges
Meta Launches $10 Monthly Ad-Free Plan For Facebook and Instagram in EU
Meta’s Oversight Board: Dangerous diet videos can remain, but please demonetize them
Once valued at $47 billion, coworking-space provider WeWork nears bankruptcy
X won’t pay creators for tweets that get fact checked with community notes
Major critic of X sues after being banned from platform
Regulators blame Bezos for making Amazon worse in new lawsuit details
Google is officially trying to make .ing domains a th.ing
Introduc…ing the .ing top-level domain
MEDIA CANDY
Fox Sports will use drones in World Series broadcasts for the first time
Disney’s Officially Buying (All of) Hulu
Is streaming video even still worth it?
Betteridge's law of headlines.
APPS & DOODADS
EU Common Charger Law May Be Final Nail in Coffin for DSLRs
Apple's 'Scary Fast' Mac event was shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max
Microsoft Copilot Launches Worldwide Tomorrow, but What the Hell Is It?
Leo, Brave’s browser-native AI assistant, is now available in Nightly version for testing
YouTube is cracking down on ad blockers globally
AT THE LIBRARY
The Consuming Fire: The Interdependency, Book 2 by John Scalzi
The Last Emperox: The Interdependency, Book 3 by John Scalzi
44 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Add to Your November Reading List
Murderbot Struggles to Pass for Human in This Excerpt From Martha Wells' Exit Strategy
THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE
Space Mountain, with the lights on
The Beatles - Now And Then (Official Audio)
Learn the full story behind 'Now And Then' - watch the documentary today.
What's the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon?
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
Matthew Perry cause of death inconclusive pending toxicology tests
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