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IN THE NEWS
SEC approves bitcoin ETFs (for real this time)
ChatGPT maker OpenAI launches GPT Store and a subscription tier for teams
A Volkswagen with ChatGPT told me a story about dinosaurs at CES 2024
Amazon and BMW are replacing the driver's manual with AI
Unity to lay off another 1,800 employees, representing 25% of its workforce
Layoffs Loom at NASA After Termination of Over 100 Contractors Amid Mars Budget Constraints
Duolingo cuts 10% of its contractor workforce as the company embraces AI
Amazon is laying off ‘several hundred’ employees at Prime Video and MGM Studios
Amazon-owned Audible lays off 5% of staff
Twitch is laying off 35 percent of its workforce
As Disney pushes toward streaming profitability, Pixar to undergo layoffs in 2024
Humane lays off staff before its 'Ai Pin' begins shipping
Google lays off “hundreds” more employees, strips Google Assistant features
Thousands of Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much Worse
MEDIA CANDY
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING, PART ONE
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment
Halo Season 2 trailer promises a live-action "Fall of Reach"
‘Slow Horses’ Rides to Season 5 Renewal at Apple
The Last Season of Stranger Things Has Finally Begun Production
Netflix’s sci-fi adaptation 3 Body Problem finally gets a full-sized trailer
Broadcaster Audacy Files for Bankruptcy After Deal to Slash Debt
Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer at 90: a life of scientific satire
APPS & DOODADS
The King of Vogue - Dashaun Wesley
SetApp - Dozens of apps. One subscription. $9.99
An iPhone Fell From Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 and Survived Unscathed
Play background sounds on iPhone to mask environmental noise
Learn more about Apple Vision Pro
Samsung debuts the world's first transparent MicroLED screen at CES 2024
MouthPad turns your tongue into a mouse for your phone
Google Just Disabled Cookies for 30 Million Chrome Users. Here’s How to Tell If You’re One of Them.
Chrome Users Now Worth 30% Less Money Thanks to Google's Cookie Killing, Ad Firm Says
Using the 2003 Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED to Digitize Film in 2023
THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE
How to Turn Your iPhone Screen Red
Hackers can infect network-connected wrenches to install ransomware
Wave of the hand defeats new $700k subway gates meant to deter fare evaders
Canadian Police Say 'Porch Pirates' Have a Right to Privacy
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