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The Academy makes another reasonable choice!
Brooks Barnes: Oscars OK the Use of A.I., With Caveats
A.I. and other digital tools “neither help nor harm the chances of achieving a nomination,” the Oscar rules now state. The academy added, however, that the more a human played a role in a film’s creation, the better. (“The academy and each
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You don't have to be famous to be great at your job
Christopher Butler: You Can Be a Great Designer and Be Completely Unknown
Especially today, when we live in an attention economy that equates visibility with value. Social media follower counts, speaking engagements, press mentions, and industry awards have become the measuring sticks of design success. This creates a distorted picture of what greatness in design
Comfort Zone
Get Off My Turf, Lawley
Matt finally found a new use for the action button, Niléane is here to fix your Finder, and Chris raises
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The Intuit vs the government cage fight
Daniel Boguslaw: Intuit, Owner of TurboTax, Wins Battle Against America’s Taxpayers
Even when the Biden administration broke through in the Inflation Reduction Act to fund a pilot program for Direct File, which expanded to 25 states this tax season, Intuit didn’t stop fighting. Instead, it continued cajoling lawmakers and the White House into
On the "streaming is more expensive than cable" complaint
A social media post flew by today where someone was complaining that they stopped paying $180 for cable and now they're paying $200 for streaming apps. I see this sort of complaint a lot, and I find myself feeling like I'm taking crazy pills whenever I do: I had cable, I
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Chrome might be for sale. OpenAI says they'd buy it.
Ryan Whitwam: ChatGPT Head Tells Court OpenAI Is Interested in Buying Chrome
According to Turley, OpenAI would throw its proverbial hat in the ring if Google had to sell. When asked if OpenAI would want Chrome, he was unequivocal. "Yes, we would, as would many other parties," Turley said.
And:
If OpenAI were
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If this post isn’t a joke, it’ll win my “most cringe blog post of 2025” award
I don’t have time to read every dumb post about AI that comes across my feeds (it’s a new, massive, growing market so of course there are a bunch of people who are getting it way wrong), so I didn’t think much about this post when I saw it glide by in
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AI as Normal Technology
Arvind Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor: AI as Normal Technology
We articulate a vision of artificial intelligence (AI) as normal technology. To view AI as normal is not to understate its impact—even transformative, general-purpose technologies such as electricity and the internet are “normal” in our conception. But it is in contrast to both utopian
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Slamming Into Walls
Mark Crump: Slamming Into Walls
The thought process behind this current post, was a long decision made quickly. It was a difficult decision as I spent a lot of time reconciling where I believe the future of computing to lie, and the reality of where computing is. The hard fact is, I can’t currently
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Stunts are getting their Oscar in 2028
Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences: Academy Establishes Stunt Design Award for 100th Oscars
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today the creation of an annual competitive Academy Award® for Achievement in Stunt Design, beginning with the 100th Academy Awards® for films released in 2027.
Good!
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Apple hits a major milestone in greenhouse emissions
Apple Newsroom: Apple Surpasses 60 Percent Reduction in Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Apple today announced that the company has surpassed a 60 percent reduction in its global greenhouse gas emissions compared to 2015 levels, as part of its Apple 2030 goal to become carbon neutral across its entire footprint in the next five years.
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Comfort Zone
Oh my gosh, I can try the horse browser!
Listen or watch now!
Niléane brings a spicy browser extension, Chris works through some iPad feelings, and Matt made the
Politics
Who has time for due process these days?
The Vice President of the United States on Twitter:
To say the administration must observe "due process" is to beg the question: what process is due is a function of our resources, the public interest, the status of the accused, the proposed punishment, and so many other factors. To put it in concrete
Modding a Nintendo 3DS is precise, but doable in 2025
I went through the act if installing custom firmware on my New Nintendo 2DS tonight, and I wanted to shout out this guide for being absolutely spectacular. Not only does it have the best step-by-step instructions I think I've ever seen, it even has branches off the main guide for those
Dangerous ground
Zolan Kanno-Youngs: El Salvador’s President Says He Won’t Return Maryland Man Who Was Wrongly Deported
In an Oval Office meeting with President Trump on Monday, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador said that he would not return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported from the United States and sent to a
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Who pays tariffs
Lee Morris of Fstoppers on how tariffs impact him, as someone who wants to make his stuff in the US:
This is a really good breakdown of how tariffs impact small businesses and why they aren't a great tool for getting manufacturing to come back to America (at least not if you want
