2025-08-17
It's important that we destroy children's capacity for critical thinking at the earliest possible age. [embedded post]
New York Times
A look at AI-powered stuffed animals like Grem, Grok, and Gabbo, which are being promoted as an alternative to screen time for children as young as 3
Curio is a company that describes itself as “a magical workshop where toys come to life.” When I recently visited its cheery headquarters …
2025-05-24
You watch, this'll be one of those attacks on free speech. [embedded post]
The Verge
X experienced a significant outage globally on Saturday morning, after a fire reportedly broke out in an Oregon data center owned by X on Thursday
Feeds aren't loading on X following a reported data center fire earlier in the week. … Elon Musk's X appears to be in the midst of a significant outage.
You watch, this'll be one of those attacks in free speech. [embedded post]
The Verge
X experienced a significant outage globally on Saturday morning, after a fire reportedly broke out in an Oregon data center owned by X on Thursday
Feeds aren't loading on X following a reported data center fire earlier in the week. … Elon Musk's X appears to be in the midst of a significant outage.
2024-11-29
If you've any interest in books or publishing, then you need to read this article, because this is the business model for ‘AI’ publishing laid out in full by people who are doing it, and it's a fucking nightmare. A short, angry thread. 1/ https://www.thebookseller.com/ ...
The Guardian
Writers and publishers criticize Spines, which raised a $16M seed round and charges authors $1,200 to $5,000 to use AI to edit and distribute their books
These aren't people who care about books or reading or anything remotely related. These are opportunists and extractive capitalists. [embedded post] @canongate.co.uk : Then these...