Kagi not worth it; RIP Passcodes; Sora demo not exactly Sora; FCC fines carries for selling location data; TikTok ban signed; Meta's ad-buying AI blows through budgets; fighting the algorithm; OpenAI privacy complaints; Amazon ad revenue big leap, wonder why; blockchain's real use case; ludicrously hard-core at Tesla; Lord of the Rings returns to theaters; Dune Part 2; The Bad Batch series finale; Fallout; UMG artists return to TikTok; Walmart selling IRL items to kids in Roblox; Snapchat will let you edit chats, if you pay; Bluesky ads GIFs; short sci-fi fiction with Amazon; Essentialism; AI wrappers; Gary's valuable GOG contributions; vision issues; stay on target, stay on target!
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TURNS OUT THAT EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE SORA DEMO... WASN’T EXACTLY MADE WITH SORA
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AT THE LIBRARY
Hello World (First Contact) by Peter Cawdron
The Forward Collection, curated by Blake Crouch
Essentialism - The Disciplined Pursuit of Less By: Greg McKeown
Audible to test using Prime Video data for audiobook recommendations as Spotify competition heats up
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Creative Computer Publishes Interview with the Guy Behind the Death Star Trench Run (1978)
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