Adblock
Advertisers Don’t Want Sites Like Jezebel to Exist
The 'Brand Safety' and 'Suitability' industries have financially crushed the news business by keeping ads away from articles that its 'sentiment analysis' algorithms think will make people sad or upset.
SETI
Qualcomm Cofounder Leaves $200 Million Gift to SETI Institute in His Will
The gift highlights the fact that the search for extraterrestrial life is increasingly being funded by prominent tech founders.
Right to Repair
Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine
“Maine residents have won the right to control their destiny when it comes to car repairs."
Surveillance
Cops Sneak Onto Man’s Property, Confiscate Surveillance Camera Without a Warrant
Game wardens "put on full camouflage outfits" to sneak onto a Virginia hunter's property and confiscated his camera. Now, he's challenging a legal framework called the "Open Fields Doctrine" that let them do it.
News
How a 'Refund Fraud' Gang Stole $700,000 From Amazon
Court records and online research reveal how a highly professionalized industry uses malicious insiders at Walmart and fake shipping labels to get high-end items for practically free.
RAM
In Defense of RAM
Apple Silicon is not magic, and RAM still matters. On the MacBook Pro, 8 GB is not enough.
Adblock
As YouTube Declares War on Ad Blockers, Google Sponsors Ad Blocking Conference
Five Google employees recently presented at the Ad Filtering Dev Conference, highlighting the company's complicated relationship with ad blockers.
YouTube
YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet
Google's anti-ad scripts are breaking browsers and privacy plugins. It could get worse because Google controls the ad market, Chrome, and the extension store.
Labor
UAW Tells Other Unions to Align Contracts to Set Up Possible National General Strike in 2028
Auto workers ask other unions in other industries to collaborate with them to "take on the billionaire class."
AI
AI Seinfeld Is Broken, Maybe Forever
Nothing, Forever is getting another round of virality as people gawk at what might be the end of the first big AI show.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: 'Transcendence,' Blogging on an iPad, and Freedom of Information
This week, we discuss what a sci-fi movie from 2014 has to say about our AI debate today, what it's like to blog on an iPad, and the importance of freedom of information laws.
Israel
Elon Musk Broke All the Tools Historians Need to Archive Tweets About Israel-Gaza War
“It’s really important for there to be a persistent, trusted archive of who said what and when for public figures, because it’s not always clear at the time what’s going to be significant.”