Sources in Hollywood and Silicon Valley discuss AI's impact: creatives view AI as an existential threat, studios see a cost saver, and both sides need a deal
Adam Conover started to worry a few months ago that a computer could take his job. A comedian in Los Angeles … Twitter: @lucas_shaw and @lucas_shaw See also Mediagazer Twitter: Lucas Shaw / @lucas_sh...
How book publishers are trying to turn the age-old library system into a “reading as a service” operation through their lawsuit against the Internet Archive
In a lawsuit against the Internet Archive, the largest corporations in publishing want to change what it means to own a book. Tweets: @transgamerthink , @mariabustillos , @hkesvani , @es_taa , @shujax...
El Paso, the third mass shooting announced on 8chan, shows how its /pol/ board deliberately radicalizes users into mass shooters and gamifies massacring people
lone shooter, assault rifle, online manifesto, a link to a live stream—appears to be contagious. https://www.newyorker.com/... Dave Zatz / @davezatz : @Techmeme 'Let's do nothing because it's just not...
Lawsuit alleges a NYC Airbnb scheme bypassed Airbnb policy to generate $20M in revenues by creating more than 100 misleading host accounts and 18 corporations
Multiple misleading identities, more than 100 host accounts and 18 corporations were created to run an illegal hotel business in Manhattan … Tweets: @swgs , @jeremyunger1 , @sobendito , @clarajeffery ...
James Damore's memo made giant, unfounded logical leaps and ignored important evidence that didn't support his conclusion
Last week this newspaper said Alphabet's boss should write a “detailed, ringing rebuttal” of a viral anti-diversity memo sent at Google. Here is how we imagine it Tweets: @eudaimonisty , @adamconover...