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Capitol Police confront fallout from violent protest at Democratic headquarters
Politico,
The Hill’s police force has been on edge after recent assaults on lawmakers and the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Daily Cartoon: Thursday, November 16th
The New Yorker,
“Jen, you came the closest without going over.”
Google is opening up its Bard AI chatbot to teenagers
TechCrunch,
Google is opening up access to Bard, its conversational AI tool, to teens in most countries around the world. Teens who meet the minimum age requirement to manage their own Google Account will be able to access the chatbot in English, with support for more languages to come in the future. The expanded launch comes with […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Brazilian Fans Want to Make Jesus a Swiftie
Vulture,
Well, a Jesus statue, at least.
7 SaaS resiliency lessons for doing business in a volatile market
Cloud leaders will inevitably experience up and down markets depending on the market cycle. We reflect on seven lessons about resilience. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
SpaceX's Starship Rocket Finally Flies—but Blows Up Minutes Later
Gizmodo,
It finally happened—and it was as spectacular as we hoped. SpaceX’s Starship megarocket blasted off from the Boca Chica, Texas, launch pad just after 9:30 a.m. ET this morning, lifted upwards by a record-breaking amount of thrust. Read more...
New Percy Jackson And The Olympians trailer finally gives us some actual Olympians
AV Club,
After 20th Century Studios’ dismal stab at the Percy Jackson series in 2010, Disney+ series co-showrunners Jonathan E. Steinberg and and Dan Shotz knew they one job: don’t fuck it up. Based on the latest trailer for Percy Jackson And The Olympians (and everything else we’ve seen), it seems they’ve completed their… Read more...
Uncertain future for Tumblr
Manton Reese,
Kudos to Matt Mullenweg for making public the internal memo about the future of Tumblr. It seems they’ll pivot to a smaller team, acknowledging that maybe Tumblr can’t be competitive with other massive social networks, but could do just fine as a more niche platform: We are shifting from the mode of “surging” on Tumblr with tons of people to get it to exciting growth, to working on how we can run Tumblr in the most smooth and efficient manner. Pretty amazing things in the social and messaging space have been accomplished with small teams, so I’m actually quite curious to see a smaller and more focused Tumblr’s performance in 2024. I’m a little confused about what Tumblr has been up to in the four years since the acquisition. Automattic had ambitious plans both for ActivityPub and to rebuild the foundation of Tumblr on WordPress. But there are a lot of smaller things they could do, like add support for IndieWeb standards Micropub and Webmention, simple protocols that are straightforward to implement. Even so, Automattic is a great home for Tumblr. Social networks come and go, but I expect Tumblr to be with us in some form for years. It still has a lot of potential.