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This is a blunt reminder that your #AI prompts aren't private, so be careful what you ask, since you never know where they may end up.

That was quick. What a historic campaign.

YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal I Tried the First Humanoid Home Robot. It Got Weird. | WSJ

I think the mission and technology behind the 1X NEO is absolutely fascinating (and it reminds me a lot of "Robot & Frank," a movie that is worth watching if you haven't seen it), but it's still deep enough in the uncanny valley that it creeps me out and I fear it will murder me in my sleep.

Smart Beds Helped Them Sleep on a Cloud. Then the Cloud Crashed.

Any #IoT device with "smart" or "cloud" features should have a local/offline/Bluetooth backup mode. Even if it's a limited experience due to the nature of the device, there should be some way to bypass cloud dependency in case of outages. Anything else is short-sighted at best and hostile at worst.

Jews are worried about Zohran Mamdani. Here's why they shouldn't be Zohran Mamdani's run for New York City mayor has been marred by charges of antisemitism. Here's why Jews should trust the candidate.

“Jewish New Yorkers are not single-issue voters living in fear. We are looking for a mayor who can build a coalition to improve our already great city.”

Great op-ed by former NYC Corp Counsel & Jewish communal leader Victor Kovner on why he’s supporting @ZohranKMamdani.

forward.com/opinion/7782...

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

Climb on board, the Zohran Express has no brakes.

Unless it assumes the form of a talking paperclip, I'm not interested.

Why Can’t People Pronounce ‘Zohran Mamdani’? Friends and foes keep getting it wrong. Mr. Mamdani says, “It’s pretty phonetic honestly.”

If you're going to criticize him, at least make the effort to pronounce his name correctly. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I don't know about you, but my top issue for the NYC mayoral election is absolutely how many parades each candidate will attend. We really need to start focusing on what matters.

I give this meme SIX-ty SEVENNNNN more days until it runs out of steam and we can move on to the next piece of brain rot.

I won't be satisfied until it's rebranded Apple TV Plus Pro Max.

OpenAI’s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real

We as a society are absolutely not prepared for what is about to come. AI-generated content is at the point where it is all but indistinguishable for reality. If you haven't been fooled by it yet, you will be.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/t...

I tried the viral AI 'Friend' necklace everyone's talking about—and it's like wearing your senile, anxious grandmother around your neck | Fortune New Yorkers are vandalizing posters advertising friend.com, calling the AI necklace “dystopian” and “creepy.” It also just doesn’t really work.

This harsh yet fair review of Friend shows where AI is headed. Who doesn't want a pendant that listens to everything around you and only barely understands it? There is backlash now since the technology is novel yet flawed, but it's the worst it's ever going to be.
fortune.com/2025/10/03/f...

A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls

If Friend really did expect the banners to be vandalized and that's why they left all of that white space, it's honestly a brilliant campaign for what's turning out to be a mediocre product.
"A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls" via @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/s...

OpenAI’s New Video App Is Jaw-Dropping (for Better and Worse)

"Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it." ― S1m0ne (2002)
OpenAI’s New Video App Is Jaw-Dropping (for Better and Worse) via @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/t...

Perhaps, if we ignore the problem, it will go away?

Trump Misleads on Climate Change and Renewables at U.N. - FactCheck.org In an hourlong address before the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 23, President Donald Trump lashed out at those promoting "the green energy agenda." Along the way, he made numerous false and misleadin...

@factcheck.org put together an excellent article debunking the misleading statements and outright lies regarding climate change and renewable energy from the recent UN address. The truth is more important now than ever.
www.factcheck.org/2025/09/trum...

Seems that #AI copies human behavior closer than we'd like to admit.

It's rather amusing how around half of the "new" features in iOS 26 are already present on Android/Pixel. In some cases (circle to search, call screening, adjustable snooze length), they're been around for many years. Also, Material 3 Expressive looks so much better than Liquid Glass.

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This is absolutely ludicrous. I still have my Canon PowerShot SD600 sitting in a drawer somewhere. Hard to imagine that digicams are trending again.

FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

This is the biggest news since Calculator and Weather came to the iPad.

Apparently, machines are creatures of habit, much like humans.

There's a story about how Steve Jobs said Apple's design team was "taking the Apple logo in vain" by putting it beside every menu item, leading to the command symbol (⌘) instead. This new internal drive icon isn't it. We do not need more Apples on the screen. Minimalism is so boring and uninspired.

Defying all odds, Roku has managed to select a streaming service name even worse than "Max" or "Peacock."

Just finished the new season of King of the Hill. This revival absolutely serves the original series justice. It's funny and heartfelt and it continues its story so seamlessly that it's easy to forget that it seemingly ended 15 year ago.

A better idea: how about @nypost.com moves to California and stays there?

The Future is NOT Self-Hosted Hey friends 👋, A few months ago, Amazon announced that Kindle users would no longer be able to download and back up their book libraries to their computers. Thankfully, I still have access to my libr...

I've been self-hosting most of my services for a while now (TV, movies, music, audiobooks, photos, notes, RSS reader), and it really can be such a chore to keep your own little personal cloud running smoothly. That said, it's absolutely worth it.