Google search results really are getting worse; Artifact shutting down; more Google layoffs, even more coming; Uber shuts down Drizzly; Sandberg leans out of Meta; Zack's general intelligence; OpenAI a-ok with military & warfare; drone attack prep; Bluey; the Brothers Sun; Bear; She-Hulk; Fargo; Weird: the Al Yankovic Story; Carlin AI special; Rick Rubin; What Next: TBD; BBEdit; Vienna RSS; Permute; Apple overtakes Samsung; AI binoculars; self-checkout nightmare; Wordpress; Greg Bear; Dr. Karan Rajan; Martha Wells Murderbot; Dune & David Lynch; Star Wars; Disneyland; Star Wars Land; HoloTile; Incognito mode only hides things from yourself; Apple Vision Pro; defending Apple.
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You're Not Imagining It: Google Search Results Are Getting Worse, Study Finds
Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles
IN THE NEWS
Instagram's founders are shutting down Artifact, their year-old news app
Google is laying off hundreds of workers who sell ads to big businesses
Google CEO says more layoffs expected 'throughout the year' in internal memo
Uber is closing alcohol delivery service Drizly three years after acquistion
Sheryl Sandberg Is Leaving the Meta Board
Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence
OpenAI's policy no longer explicitly bans the use of its technology for 'military and warfare'
U.S. tech companies prepare for potential drone attacks as international strikes spark concern
Las Vegas Criminalizes Stopping For Selfies on Pedestrian Bridges
MEDIA CANDY
Bluey’s cricket episode: why did it leave Australians in tears and Americans puzzled?
She-Hulk Season 2 Seems Unlikely, According to Tatiana Maslany
Netflix Reveals a New Look at Its 3 Body Problem Adaptation—and Its Release Date
EU says music streaming platforms must pay artists more
George Carlin's Daughter Doubles Down in Bashing AI Comedy Special
George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead (2024) - Full Special
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
APPS & DOODADS
Apple ends Samsung's decade-plus run as global smartphone shipment leader
Apple updates US App Store guidelines allowing developers to link to third-party payments
Amazon Wants You to Start Paying for Alexa
Marc Newson designs Swarovski's world-first AI binoculars that identify species on their own
The Self-Checkout Nightmare May Finally Be Ending
AT THE LIBRARY
This Book May Save Your Life: Everyday Health Hacks to Worry Less and Live Better by Dr. Karan Rajan
System Collapse - Murderbot Diaries Book 7 by Martha Wells
David Lynch's Lost Dune 2 Script Has Been Found
THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE
The New and Updated Guide to Every Star Wars Movie and TV Show We Know Is Coming
'The Mandalorian' Is Getting a Movie—Which It Should Have Been All Along
All Your Questions About The Mandalorian & Grogu, Answered
No, Rey's Star Wars Movie Hasn't Been Delayed
Meet the Disney Imagineer Behind the VR Breakthough That Is the 'HoloTile'
Google now admits it could collect data in Chrome's Incognito mode
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