Trump announces the US is planning to invade Iran.
I know Calvin’s dad is already having a moment, but every terrible “outsource precious and fleeting moments with your children to tech so that you can spend more time on your work” pitch makes me think of that one strip I never really cared about as a kid, but care a lot about as an adult.
humans have known how to construct a shoulder seam for thousands of years, but with AI, we are unlocking untold new ways to fuck it up
Ceinwen Langley
George Pearkes
Julia Carrie Wong
Teams have to wash and steam #WorldCup shirts to remove shoulder bulges.
"Nike boasted about the use of 'computational design'… driven by performance data that incorporated elements of AI to work alongside the company’s designers as they crafted the kits."
How could they even ship these?! Shame.
“The feature uses a combination of bedtime stories, relaxing sounds, and guided meditations along with scheduling and customization options accessible only to adults.”
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After acknowledging an issue with bulging shoulders in the shirts’ March debut, the company offered a solution that comes down to different treatment
It’s not really surprising that people are becoming more distrustful and cynical about tech (and everything else) when there’s a constant drumbeat of stories, like this, about a seemingly innocuous game/tool/website harvesting data that is then used for murderous purposes:
Wilton Park just published its new report "Building a new counter-extremism and democratic resilience approach for today and the future", which seems extremely relevant in the current moment
portal.wiltonpark.org.uk/public/resou...
Pokémon Go players' 30 billion scans trained navigation tech now bound for military drones, via Niantic Spatial's defense partnership with Vantor.
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In a Capitol Hill briefing, a high-ranking officer on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff stated that some of the people killed by the U.S. military may have been the victims of human trafficking. interc.pt/4xgem3f
In the same week that he became the world's first trillionaire, he spent hours on X whipping up a racist mob in Belfast, a week after doing the same in Southampton.
In effect, he's sending a message to lawmakers and regulators who may want to rein in his companies.
This is absolutely true. Not to mention the other awful ways people use Grok to make demeaning and provocative content at the expense of women.
X can fix this issue. They just choose not to.
There are currently 59,000 people watching the live stream showing construction crews removing Trump's name from the Kennedy Center in D.C.
Right now, the scaffolding is up and the workers are getting ready to start pulling the first letters down.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAhm...
EXCLUSIVE
YouTube is earning money from ads shown on dozens of channels run by US-sanctioned Iranians, including many government officials
In one case, a taxpayer-funded recruitment ad for a US government agency appeared on an Iranian government channel
www.wired.com/story/youtub...
Eliot Higgins
www.wired.com
New research suggests that dozens of monetized YouTube channels are run by people and organizations that the US government has sanctioned for their ties to Tehran.
I've reported on Musk for around 8 years. I've co-authored a book on him. I don't think folks understand the rate of his wealth accumulation.
Shortly after he helped elect Donald Trump in Nov 2024, his net worth was around $350 billion. That net worth has nearly tripled in less than two years.
