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Okay, buuuut this isn't as good as Adobe is presenting. — “Maintenance mode” essentially means they'll provide security fixes for existing operating systems. So Windows 11 should be fine, right? — Except ... which Windows 11? — 24H2? 25H2? 26H2? — And what about Windows 12? [embedded post]

2026-02-04 View on X

The Verge

Adobe reverses its plans to discontinue Animate after creators expressed frustration, saying it won't get new features but will remain available “indefinitely”

It won't get new features, but it will still be available. … Adobe is no longer planning to discontinue Adobe Animate on March 1st.

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This is the part where they're going to pretend every single one of us who were correct about “AI” for the past few years actually wasn't, because that would mean the media, tech executives and most of Wall Street were wrong.

2025-08-20 View on X

Financial Times

The Nasdaq fell 1.4% on August 19, as Nvidia dropped 3.5% and Arm 5%, with AI enthusiasm cooling after a critical report from MIT and a warning from Sam Altman

Warning from OpenAI's Sam Altman and MIT paper puncture Wall Street's enthusiasm — US tech stocks sold off as warnings …

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This is the part where they're going to pretend every single one of us who were correct about “AI” for the past few years actually wasn't, because that would mean the media, tech executives and most of Wall Street were wrong.

2025-08-20 View on X

CNBC

SoftBank's shares plunged up to 9.2% on August 20, as tech stocks in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong fell after US tech stocks dropped overnight

Link: fortune.com/2025/08/18/m... Nash / @radiodeadair.com : This is the part where they're going to pretend every single one of us who were correct about “AI” for the past few yea...

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This is the part where they're going to pretend every single one of us who were correct about “AI” for the past few years actually wasn't, because that would mean the media, tech executives and most of Wall Street were wrong.

2025-08-19 View on X

Fortune

An MIT report finds that 95% of GenAI pilots at companies have little to no financial impact, due to the “learning gap” for both the tools and the companies

Good morning. Companies are betting on AI—yet nearly all enterprise pilots are stuck at the starting line.

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I've mentioned this repeatedly, but Fair Use is an affirmative defense. — You affirm that you did indeed violate copyright, but based on the accepted definitions of fair use you feel as though you can prove your use case was legal. — I don't think “We wanted to do this but not pay anybody” will work.

2025-08-10 View on X

Ars Technica

Tech trade groups CTA and CCIA back Anthropic's appeal of a court ruling allowing a copyright class action, fearing big settlements could chill AI investment

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/ ... Their argument is apparently that that the legality of their business model should not be questioned because AI is too important. Lili Saintcrow /...

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The crux of their argument is that if they're found liable, then the consequences of their own actions that no one forced them to take could ruin them and the rest of their industry that undertakes similar practices. — To which I say motherfucker did you never hear about Napster

2025-08-10 View on X

Ars Technica

Tech trade groups CTA and CCIA back Anthropic's appeal of a court ruling allowing a copyright class action, fearing big settlements could chill AI investment

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/ ... Their argument is apparently that that the legality of their business model should not be questioned because AI is too important. Lili Saintcrow /...

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The crux of their argument is that if they're found liable, then the consequences of their own actions that no one forced them to take could ruin them and the rest of their industry that undertakes similar practices. — To which I say motherfucker did you never hear about Napster

2025-08-09 View on X

Ars Technica

Tech trade groups CTA and CCIA back Anthropic's appeal of a court ruling allowing a copyright class action, fearing big settlements could chill AI investment

AI industry groups are urging an appeals court to block what they say is the largest copyright class action ever certified.

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... the hell is this nonsense? — Get a year of additional Windows 10 security updates for ... Microsoft reward points? What the entire fuck? — Either give people longer to migrate from Windows 10 or don't, but this is the kind of thing that'll definitely run afoul of the EU somehow.

2025-06-25 View on X

Windows Central

Microsoft makes Windows 10's extended security updates free for an extra year for users who sync PC settings via a Microsoft Account and the Windows Backup app

but it could test your loyalty Thom Holwerda / OSnews : Microsoft grants stay of execution for Windows 10 users: use OneDrive, and get one additional free year of security updates ...

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This is essentially shuffling chairs. — 1) The $12 billion in loans is no longer his personal debt, and — 2) Anyone who invested in “xAI” is now on the hook for Twitter — Musk has been playing these kind of games since Solar City. (Remember that scam?) — He's always been a con artist and a swindler. …

2025-03-29 View on X

CNBC

Elon Musk says xAI acquired X in an all-stock deal valuing xAI at $80B and X at $33B; xAI was reportedly in talks to raise funds in February at a $75B valuation

Elon Musk said on Friday that his startup xAI has merged with X, his social network, in an all-stock transaction that values …

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