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The harmful mythology of “we didn’t use CG”
Todd Vaziri: FXRant: The Most Egregious Example of "We Didn't Use CGI" Mythology (So Far)
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Big month for plagiarism
Case Marshall writing for Polygon: Hbomberguy’s 4-hour YouTube plagiarism video set social media abuzz
Brewis systematically goes through Somerton’
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Google releases Gemini Nano, which runs locally on Pixel 8 (just like Apple should next year)
Casey Newton reporting on Google’s update to their AI backend, Gemini
In accordance with Google’s preference for chaotic
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Disney belittled Pixar’s brand
Charles Pulliam-Moore for The Verge: Pixar’s Turning Red, Soul, and Luca are getting theatrical releases
Today, Disney and Pixar
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You have every right to block whoever you want (and a quick story!)
Joan Westenberg: The block button is the ultimate source of dopamine. Use it
It's your right to choose
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Casey Newton’s internet problems vs. platform problems
Casey Newton: How Facebook helps predators find each other
This year Stanford found equally disturbing CSAM issues at networks including
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A blog without a website
theunderground.blog is a blog that only exists in RSS form. There is a home page, but that’s it.
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How Be My Eyes is working with OpenAI to make a more accessible future
Steven Aquino writing for Forbes: Be My Eyes CEO Mike Buckley Talks OpenAI Boardroom Saga, ‘Life-Changing’ Tech, More
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Batman: Arkham Knight is another terrible port on Switch
Richard Leadbetter writing for Eurogamer: Arkham Knight on Switch is disastrously poor
Lighting is savagely downgraded, texture quality is a
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Decentralization is the cherry on top
Flipboard CEO Mike McCue on his new podcast, Dot Social:
Decentralization isn't a feature in and of itself.
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Does Birchtree have the rizz?
Jennifer Schuessler for the New York Times: Oxford’s 2023 Word of the Year Is … ‘Rizz’
“Rizz” — Gen Z (or
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Greenlight everything
Tim Wu for the New York Times : Mergers Like JetBlue’s Proposed Acquisition of Spirit Usually Turn Out to Be
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Puzzmo, my favorite new website of 2023, has already been acquired
Andrew Webster for The Verge: Zach Gage’s Puzzmo gets acquired as the newspaper games space heats up
As part
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One woman, two mirrors, three looks…but I’m suspicious
Matt Growcoot: 'One in a Million' iPhone Photo Shows Three Versions of the Same Woman
Standing in front
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But what if like, I just don’t like it anymore?
Mike Masnick: Musk’s Faulty Vision Of ‘Free Speech’ Is Driving Speech Off ExTwitter
I mean, it’s not like
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Annoyed by the car market, defensive of the camera market
Lloyd Alter: How 'Skeuomorphism' Is Making U.S. Roads More Deadly — Streetsblog USA
The electric car revolution is
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Plex started emailing your friends and family what you’ve been watching. People didn’t like that
Jason Koebler: Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Their Friends and Family
A new feature, called
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Robert De Niro is the best
Marianne Garvey for CNN: Robert De Niro claims his speech was censored by the Gotham Awards and Apple: ‘How dare