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The Bachelor plans to keep milking its Golden cash cow
AV Club,
The Bachelor franchise was in something of a shambles before The Golden Bachelor came along, suffering a racism scandal and behind-the-scenes misconduct issues and the kind of contestants who don’t join the show for the “right reasons.” “The biggest producer of the show is the audience, and we were just starting to… Read more...
E3 Is Finally, Officially Dead
Gizmodo,
On Tuesday, the Entertainment Software Association announced that E3, once the biggest video game showcase on the planet, is officially dead. Read more...
Snapchat+ subscribers can now create and send AI-generated images
TechCrunch,
Snapchat is releasing a few new AI powered features for Snapchat+ subscribers, the company announced on Tuesday. Most notably, subscribers can now create and send AI-generated images based on a text prompt. In addition to getting access to a new AI extend tool, subscribers can now also use the app’s Dream selfie feature with friends. […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, December 12th
The New Yorker,
“You just missed my best-of list for the year.”
Instagram finstas may turn into a new product called ‘flipside,’ meant only for close friends
Instagram is considering a new feature called “flipside” that allows users to establish a new, private side to their profile where they can post more candid and personal photos for a subset of their friends. The feature essentially productizes “finstas” — the slang term for alternate Instagram accounts where people post their real-life photos, as […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
'A political dust storm in the Central Valley': McCarthy's succession is getting messy
Politico Picks,
The former House speaker has one well-positioned ally staying on the sidelines and another whose candidacy is in jeopardy.
The Eras Tour: A Timeline
Vulture,
This year, Taylor Swift was in her viral era.
Author Loses Book Deal After Blaming Star Wars Fans for Bizarre Review-Bombing Scheme [Update]
Update: Late Monday evening, Corrain confirmed that she’d been review bombing POC authors, attributing it to past struggles with mental health. As she explained on Twitter, she had a mental breakdown earlier this month, which resulted in her creating the Goodreads accounts to boost A Crown of Starlight’s rating and… Read more...