Gadgets
New Kodak Super 8 Film Camera Thought to Be Vaporware Is Actually Coming Out, Costs $5,495, Charges With MicroUSB
A new hybrid film-digital movie camera for a format invented in 1965 is actually coming. It's very weird, and very expensive.
repair
Consumer Rights Groups Petition Government to Create Formal Rules Protecting Right to Repair
The FTC and Biden have repeatedly argued repair monopolies are illegal. So why haven't they created formal regulations protecting right to repair?
OpenAI
OpenAI Announces Sam Altman Is Returning as CEO With a 'New Board'
OpenAI has replaced almost all of the members of the board that fired former and now-current CEO Sam Altman.
OpenAI
CEO Reminds Everyone His Company Collects Customers' Sleep Data to Make Zeitgeisty Point About OpenAI Drama
The Eight Sleep pod is a mattress topper with a terms of service and a privacy policy. The company "may share or sell" the sleep data it collects from its users.
Adblock
YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users
Firefox users are reporting an 'artificial' load time on YouTube videos. YouTube says it's part of a plan to make people who use adblockers "experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser they are using."
AI
New OpenAI CEO Was a Character in a Harry Potter Fanfic That's Wildly Popular With Effective Altruists
OpenAI interim CEO Emmett Shear says he believes there is a 5-50 percent chance of AI-induced apocalypse.
Music
Has Anyone on the Internet Listened to Garth Brooks’ New Album Released Exclusively on CD Through Bass Pro Shops? An Investigation
The best-selling country music artist of all time released a new album called Time Traveler last week. It is possible to count by hand how many people have posted on the internet about it.
TikTok
TikTok Deletes 404 Media Video About The Guardian Deleting Bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’
TikTok is moderating reporting and news about extremism in the exact same way that it moderates actual extremism.
News
Users Can't Speak to Viral AI Girlfriend CarynAI Because CEO Is in Jail for Arson
“CarynAI being down has really caused an uproar within my community,” Caryn Marjorie said.
Guardian
The Guardian Deletes Osama Bin Laden's 'Letter to America' Because It Went Viral on TikTok
“The transcript published on our website 20 years ago has been widely shared today on social media without its original context. Therefore we have decided to take it down."
FOIA
Feds Have No Idea How Many Times Cruise Driverless Cars Hit Pedestrians
'Not ideal:' NHTSA is learning about driverless car incidents from Reddit videos because its safety incident reporting form is deeply flawed, internal emails show.
repair
Rivian Pushes Software Update That Breaks Infotainment System
An over-the-air software update breaks the truck's infotainment system in a way that will require an in-shop repair.