Caroline O'Donovan

new personal low: downloaded the dropbox app to my phone

Good to see the country moving on from identity politics

This billionaire Trump ally and his son are building an unprecedented media empire Larry and David Ellison’s holdings span movies, TV networks, CBS and soon a stake in TikTok, in a paradigm shifting portfolio with huge influence.

Larry Ellison and his son David have rapidly assembled a potentially Trump-friendly tech & media empire that spans Hollywood, television, the cloud, new media and soon a chunk of TikTok.

We wrote about the rise of America's newest media barons: wapo.st/3KyaHtE by @ceodonovan.bsky.social & me

What is ‘AI psychosis’ and how can ChatGPT affect your mental health? Mental health experts say cases of people forming delusional beliefs after hours with AI chatbots are concerning and offer tips on how to help someone affected.

As use of ChatGPT and other AI chatbots grows, reports of people apparently losing touch with reality after intense use of chatbots have gone viral on social media in recent weeks, with posts labeling them examples of “AI psychosis.”

thanks for this drew

Analysis | Amazon’s Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door For the first time, the company is putting facial recognition into its home security doorbells and video cameras.

smart scoop by @shiraovide.bsky.social here! www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

dogopticon www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices...

a roomba on a bench at Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco

while it’s bad that robots are taking our jobs, it’s nice to see them returning to office and revitalizing our urban core

usually college

The Washington Post wrongly fired Opinions columnist Karen Attiah over her social media posts. The Post not only flagrantly disregarded standard disciplinary processes, it also undermined its own mandate to be a champion of free speech.

After failing to get in last min to the fancy tech investor event at the Palace Hotel in SF today, a security guard yelled at me for trying to exit thru the Market Street door bc "We don't want to let bums in here!" Also the mens' room had a line down the hall, women's was empty. What an industry!

Automation comes for tech jobs in the world capital of AI Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has made himself a cheerleader for AI’s potential to disrupt work while also laying off staff.

Wow!!! Tough times to work in customer service

Salesforce just cut 4,000 costumer support roles even after strong earnings. CEO Benioff: “I need less heads.” AI now handles 1M conversations

efficiency wins over human touch

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A look at Marc Benioff's pursuit of productivity gains through AI at Salesforce, which has undergone a series of layoffs over the past two years (Caroline O'Donovan/Washington Post)

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JetBlue will use Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites for free in-flight internet | TechCrunch While many other airlines are choosing Starlink, JetBlue is opting for Amazon's newer Kuiper satellites. But the service won't launch until 2027.

Interesting to me that Amazon removed the language from its Project Kuiper page that said its mission was to bring internet to "unserved and underserved communities around the world"

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What to Know About Plague After a New Case in California

"What to Know About Plague After a New Case in California"

comfort the comfortable and afflict the afflicted

vote for drew

The New York Post is launching a California edition. Why? The new newspaper will have a dedicated staff to provide the West Coast with “serious reporting and puckish wit,” a publishing executive says.

finally some good news www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The full list of all 18,500 children killed in Gaza, in video form.

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papacy flakes

You know the Kelloggs founders are looking down at this scandalized that their anti-masturbation wellness corn flakes have been seized by decadent Italian nut butter merchants

you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

to be fair it’s kind of hard for the big streaming companies not to do any shows about their rivals when the big streaming companies are also big AI companies, retail giants, cloud providers, grocery chains, pharmacies, book publisher, and device makers

Well, well, well. If it isn't our old nemesis deadly heatwave.

real tree shit fr

online communities dedicated to the use of bleach

lol same i literally could not parse this when i first read it i was thinking about baseball bleachers

The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the "future of tax filing."

New from 404 Media: the IRS tax filing software Turbotax tried to kill just got opened source. Available on Github, people are forking it

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What Is Code? If You Don't Know, You Need to Read This The world belongs to people who code. Those who don’t understand will be left behind.

10 years later: what was code? www.bloomberg.com/graphics/201...

new media funding model just dropped 🛏️