6 posts tagged ‘the new york times’
Hypertextual Writing and Social Media
mjtsai,
John Gruber (Mastodon): It also brought to mind how social media has largely kneecapped true hypertextual writing by not enabling it. You can, of course, add links to web pages in social media posts on any of the various basically-the-same-concept-as-Twitter platforms like X, Threads, Bluesky, or Mastodon, but you do so by pasting raw URLs […]
Click-to-Cancel
Thomas Claburn (MacRumors): The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced a final “click-to-cancel” rule that aims to simplify the process of ending unwanted subscriptions to products and services.[…]“Too often, businesses make people jump through endless hoops just to cancel a subscription,” said FTC Chair Lina Khan in a statement. “The FTC’s rule will end […]
Congress: Maybe We Shouldn't Let AI Destroy the News Media
Gizmodo,
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The New York Times Sues OpenAI
Emma Roth (Hacker News): The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, claiming the two companies built their AI models by “copying and using millions” of the publication’s articles and now “directly compete” with its content as a result.As outlined in the lawsuit, the Times alleges OpenAI and Microsoft’s large language […]
The biggest pop culture news stories of 2023
AV Club,
What a year, huh? It feels like we’ve been saying that since March (in the spirit of a 30 Rock meme) but, finally, the expression is earned. Every year is weird at this point; they have been since at least 2020, and you could make the case the weirdness started even earlier. Maybe life itself is weird. It probably is. Read more...
Saturday Night Live recap: Jason Momoa can't muscle through a clunky ep
He’s our biggest host of season 49—literally. Six-foot-four superstar Jason Momoa returned for his second hosting gig on this week’s Saturday Night Live, with musical performances by Canadian pop star Tate McRae. (He previously hosted back in 2018, with Mumford and Sons as his musical guest). This time around, he’s… Read more...