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Looks like cloudflare is down, weird
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Looks like cloudflare is down, weird
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Turns out both DownDetector and DownForEveryoneOrJustMe use Cloudflare so are currently, themselves, down
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Turns out both DownDetector and DownForEveryoneOrJustMe use Cloudflare so are currently, themselves, down
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McClatchy, the 168-year-old newspaper chain, has gutted its national news operation—another reminder of how once-towering newspaper giants are struggling to survive.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
McClatchy’s Quiet Cuts
McClatchy, the 168-year-old newspaper chain, has gutted its national news operation—another reminder of how once-towering newspaper giants are struggling to survive.
www.status.news
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
McClatchy, the 168-year-old newspaper chain, has gutted its national news operation—another reminder of how once-towering newspaper giants are struggling to survive.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
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Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory. www.wired.com/story/maga-r...
‘New York City Has Fallen’: MAGA Responds To Zohran Mamdani’s Victory With a Racist Freak Out
Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory. www.wired.com/story/maga-r...
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Zohran Mamdani was the right amount of online
New York voters chose reality over AI slop.
www.theverge.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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this is very cool: Kodak quietly relisted Kodak Gold and Ultramax on its website and confirmed to me it is selling the films directly to photography stores again. this is a big deal because for the last decade, Kodak has not controlled distribution of its own film
www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...
www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...
Kodak Quietly Begins Directly Selling Kodak Gold and Ultramax Film Again
Kodak appears to be taking back control over the distribution of its film.
www.404media.co
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
this is very cool: Kodak quietly relisted Kodak Gold and Ultramax on its website and confirmed to me it is selling the films directly to photography stores again. this is a big deal because for the last decade, Kodak has not controlled distribution of its own film
www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...
www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...
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We try to give as much insight into how we report our stories and our dealings with tech companies as we can, and the narratives that they push. Meta has become obsessed with telling reporters that its smart glasses are no different than an iPhone. So we wrote this:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
What’s the Difference Between AI Glasses and an iPhone? A Helpful Guide for Meta PR
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We try to give as much insight into how we report our stories and our dealings with tech companies as we can, and the narratives that they push. Meta has become obsessed with telling reporters that its smart glasses are no different than an iPhone. So we wrote this:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
Fight! Or mate! 🕷️
#SpidersAtTheServo #spiders #spider
📷: Shell Reddy Express, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia.
#SpidersAtTheServo #spiders #spider
📷: Shell Reddy Express, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia.
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Fight! Or mate! 🕷️
#SpidersAtTheServo #spiders #spider
📷: Shell Reddy Express, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia.
#SpidersAtTheServo #spiders #spider
📷: Shell Reddy Express, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia.
Seems to me that Zip Pay is having issues at the moment.
October 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Seems to me that Zip Pay is having issues at the moment.
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YouTube Just Ate TV. It’s Only Getting Started:
In two decades, the app has grown from a user-generated circus into the most powerful platform on earth. CEO Neal Mohan on his $100 billion vision for YouTube’s future and the disruption it’s left in its wake: bit.ly/48qlobE
In two decades, the app has grown from a user-generated circus into the most powerful platform on earth. CEO Neal Mohan on his $100 billion vision for YouTube’s future and the disruption it’s left in its wake: bit.ly/48qlobE
October 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
YouTube Just Ate TV. It’s Only Getting Started:
In two decades, the app has grown from a user-generated circus into the most powerful platform on earth. CEO Neal Mohan on his $100 billion vision for YouTube’s future and the disruption it’s left in its wake: bit.ly/48qlobE
In two decades, the app has grown from a user-generated circus into the most powerful platform on earth. CEO Neal Mohan on his $100 billion vision for YouTube’s future and the disruption it’s left in its wake: bit.ly/48qlobE
Tip @techmeme.com and @mediagazer.com.
YouTube Just Ate TV. It’s Only Getting Started:
In two decades, the app has grown from a user-generated circus into the most powerful platform on earth. CEO Neal Mohan on his $100 billion vision for YouTube’s future and the disruption it’s left in its wake: bit.ly/48qlobE
In two decades, the app has grown from a user-generated circus into the most powerful platform on earth. CEO Neal Mohan on his $100 billion vision for YouTube’s future and the disruption it’s left in its wake: bit.ly/48qlobE
October 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Tip @techmeme.com and @mediagazer.com.
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The award-winning novelist and veteran tech activist Cory Doctorow has written millions of words in his nearly four-decade career. Now he's best known for a single one: "Enshittification." How did he get here? My profile: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...
A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The award-winning novelist and veteran tech activist Cory Doctorow has written millions of words in his nearly four-decade career. Now he's best known for a single one: "Enshittification." How did he get here? My profile: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...
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“He’s an idea machine,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn said of @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy in @NYTimes.com. “He’s the source of more ideas about how technology and people should interact than any single person.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/...
Can Cory Doctorow’s Book ‘Enshittification’ Change the Tech Debate?
Cory Doctorow’s new book looks to offer comfort, and solutions, to the inescapable feeling that digital platforms have gotten worse.
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“He’s an idea machine,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn said of @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy in @NYTimes.com. “He’s the source of more ideas about how technology and people should interact than any single person.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/...
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Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
The Case Against Generative AI
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth
Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...
www.wheresyoured.at
September 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
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Experts say the FCC commissioner's conduct—testing how far the agency can go to limit speech without ever quite formally censoring it—is flatly unconstitutional. That won't make it stop. www.wired.com/story/brenda...
Brendan Carr Isn't Going to Stop Until Someone Makes Him
Experts say the FCC commissioner's conduct—testing how far the agency can go to limit speech without ever quite formally censoring it—is flatly unconstitutional. That won't make it stop.
www.wired.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Experts say the FCC commissioner's conduct—testing how far the agency can go to limit speech without ever quite formally censoring it—is flatly unconstitutional. That won't make it stop. www.wired.com/story/brenda...
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Wrote a bit about how FCC Chair Brendan Carr won't stop his attacks until someone makes him. At this point, no one's really all that optimistic Congress or the courts will step up.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/brenda...
More here:
www.wired.com/story/brenda...
Brendan Carr Isn't Going to Stop Until Someone Makes Him
Experts say the FCC commissioner's conduct—testing how far the agency can go to limit speech without ever quite formally censoring it—is flatly unconstitutional. That won't make it stop.
www.wired.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Wrote a bit about how FCC Chair Brendan Carr won't stop his attacks until someone makes him. At this point, no one's really all that optimistic Congress or the courts will step up.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/brenda...
More here:
www.wired.com/story/brenda...
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Yes, it's cool to have my books contribute to the global brain. But LLMs wouldn't be the same without books. Companies are spending 100s of billions to create AI. Fair use shouldn't mean that there's no fair share for authors. www.wired.com/story/anthro...
I Wasn’t Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now
Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement for authors whose books were used to train its AI model. As an author who fits that description, I’ve come around to the idea.
www.wired.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Yes, it's cool to have my books contribute to the global brain. But LLMs wouldn't be the same without books. Companies are spending 100s of billions to create AI. Fair use shouldn't mean that there's no fair share for authors. www.wired.com/story/anthro...
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Is Elon's Mars talk overblown? Total B.S.? Maybe even a deliberate distraction?
That's what one Musk admirer — and well-regarded space analyst — told me for my new feature for @wired.com.
Let me explain. (1/x)
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
That's what one Musk admirer — and well-regarded space analyst — told me for my new feature for @wired.com.
Let me explain. (1/x)
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk Is Out to Rule Space. Can Anyone Stop Him?
With SpaceX and Starlink, Elon Musk controls more than half the world’s rocket launches and thousands of internet satellites. That amounts to immense geopolitical power.
www.wired.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Is Elon's Mars talk overblown? Total B.S.? Maybe even a deliberate distraction?
That's what one Musk admirer — and well-regarded space analyst — told me for my new feature for @wired.com.
Let me explain. (1/x)
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
That's what one Musk admirer — and well-regarded space analyst — told me for my new feature for @wired.com.
Let me explain. (1/x)
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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we're doing great, gen AI working out really well for everyone www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated YouTube Channel Uploaded Nothing But Videos of Women Being Shot
YouTube removed a channel that posted nothing but graphic Veo-generated videos of women being shot after 404 Media reached out for comment.
www.404media.co
September 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
we're doing great, gen AI working out really well for everyone www.404media.co/ai-generated...
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NEW: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding the agency release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read messages from encrypted chat apps www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
We’re Suing ICE for Its $2 Million Spyware Contract
404 Media has filed a lawsuit against ICE for access to its contract with Paragon, a company that sells powerful spyware for breaking into phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps.
www.404media.co
September 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
NEW: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding the agency release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read messages from encrypted chat apps www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
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Some very exciting news to announce: @status.news is expanding! We are hiring Natalie Korach as a media correspondent and Brian Lowry as our Hollywood correspondent, while also working with Stacey Farish on sponsorship opportunities. Details here: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
Oliver Darcy Staffing Up Status: Hires Brian Lowry and Natalie Korach in Expansion Push (Exclusive)
The writers join from Vanity Fair and The Wrap, with Darcy also working with Stacey Farish on advertising and sponsorship opportunities.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Some very exciting news to announce: @status.news is expanding! We are hiring Natalie Korach as a media correspondent and Brian Lowry as our Hollywood correspondent, while also working with Stacey Farish on sponsorship opportunities. Details here: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
David Ellison is certainly throwing around a lot of money and making some bold decisions:
"It’s that he wants to do cool stuff. That sounds very basic, but underneath it all ‘making cool stuff’ is the Hollywood dream.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...
#ParamountWBD #DavidEllison 💵📺🎬
"It’s that he wants to do cool stuff. That sounds very basic, but underneath it all ‘making cool stuff’ is the Hollywood dream.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...
#ParamountWBD #DavidEllison 💵📺🎬
David Ellison’s Hollywood Plan: Lights … Camera … Spend!
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
David Ellison is certainly throwing around a lot of money and making some bold decisions:
"It’s that he wants to do cool stuff. That sounds very basic, but underneath it all ‘making cool stuff’ is the Hollywood dream.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...
#ParamountWBD #DavidEllison 💵📺🎬
"It’s that he wants to do cool stuff. That sounds very basic, but underneath it all ‘making cool stuff’ is the Hollywood dream.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...
#ParamountWBD #DavidEllison 💵📺🎬
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So I wrote a thing on the occasion of @techmeme.com's 20th birthday, and I couldn't help but drag Bluesky into it (don't dogpile me please). news.techmeme.com/250912/20-ye...
September 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
So I wrote a thing on the occasion of @techmeme.com's 20th birthday, and I couldn't help but drag Bluesky into it (don't dogpile me please). news.techmeme.com/250912/20-ye...
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