Apple Vision Pro in the wild; everyone hates Sam; META's Project: Ghostbusters; getting device-blocked on Facebook; Meta & Google restricting reproductive health ads; anti-trans hate widespread on META properties; X testing NSFW communities, caught selling data to government while complaining about surveillance; FTC might sue TikTok; school boards suing social media giants; Truth Social stock; Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; 3 Body Problem; Constellation; Heathers is 35 years old; the future of Star Trek needs to not be old and white; Adobe subscription shenanigans; YouTube Shorts; MacWhisper; Whoa API; why AI sucks; the Anxious Generation; german politeness; Keys to the Kingdom; What Went Wrong; keeping your mouth shut; being a pedandick.
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Apple launches first ever Immersive Video sports film for Apple Vision Pro
Sam Bankman-Fried just got sentenced to 25 years in prison
IN THE NEWS
Project Ghostbusters: Facebook Accused of Using Your Phone to Wiretap Snapchat
Facebook Allegedly Killed Its Own Streaming Service to Help Sell Netflix Ads
Meta and Google face claims of restricting reproductive health ads and fueling misinformation
Anti-trans hate is ‘widespread’ on Facebook, Instagram and Threads, report warns
X is testing NSFW adult communities, according to screenshots
Twitter Caught Selling Data to Government Spies While Complaining About Surveillance
The FTC might sue TikTok over its handling of users’ privacy and security
Ontario school boards sue Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok
Uber Eats courier's fight against AI bias shows justice under UK law is hard won
DJT stock hits turbulence: More volatility ahead for Trump's high-flying Truth Social
MEDIA CANDY
Fred Durst and Billy Corgan to Host Shows on Bill Maher’s New Podcast Network
Schmactors with James Marsters and Mark Devine
It’s almost time for T-Mobile customers to claim their free year of MLB.TV
35 Years Later, Heathers Has Been Often Imitated, Never Duplicated
APPS & DOODADS
Google says Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in ‘fall of 2024’
YouTube says over 25% of its creator partners now monetize via Shorts
This Website Plays Every Keanu Reeves 'Whoa' in Movie History
Can an A.I. Make Plans? | The New Yorker
Biden orders every US agency to appoint a chief AI officer
Disillusioned Businesses Discovering That AI Kind of Sucks
AT THE LIBRARY
THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE
'This Is a Sputnik Moment': NYC Is Adding AI Metal Detectors to the Subway
A Data Broker Reportedly Tracked Visitors to Jeffrey Epstein’s Island
First Day - A Star Wars Short Film Made with Unreal Engine 5
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87
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