Google says it will preserve “actively used” goo.gl URLs, after announcing earlier that all existing goo.gl links would stop working in August 2025
Here's How to Check Yours Roger Montti / Search Engine Journal : Google Backtracks On Plans For URL Shortener Service Shira Ovide / NZ Herald : Google plans to delete millions of “goo.gl” short links,...
Automattic lays off 16% of its staff, CEO Matt Mullenweg says to become “more agile and responsive”; ahead of the layoffs, its website listed 1,744 employees
· — Earlier today, CEO Matt Mullenweg shared … Business Today : WordPress parent Automattic lays off 16% of its employees amid legal and market challenges Emma Roth / The Verge : WordPress.com owner...
OpenAI responds to The New York Times' lawsuit: training is fair use and there is an opt-out, “regurgitation” is a rare bug, and NYT “manipulated” its models
written evidence (LLM0113) Dan Milmo / The Guardian : ‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says Ryan Daws / AI News : Copyrighted data ‘impossible’ to avo...
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Plus, a pilot plan with access in peak times, faster response times, and priority access to new features, in the US for $20 per month
and it has Google in its sights Preethi Cheguri / Analytics Insight : OpenAI Announces New Subscription Plan for ChatGPT Plus Marcus Gopolang Moloko / Gearburn : Here's why OpenAI will charge for prio...
Donald Trump and Facebook have both decayed since his ban, and despite his unpredictability and tech's recent wild swings, his reinstatement may not matter much
Trump is key to social media company's success Travis Gettys / Raw Story : Trump official: Former president would look ‘pathetic’ if he returns to Facebook — and destroy his ‘useless’ Truth Social pla...
As part of Safari's privacy push, it will delete a site's local storage, like Indexed DB, after seven days of inactivity, hamstringing Safari's offline web apps
time to ditch Chrome? Sleyhane / New board topics in Shopify Community : Safari 13.1 and embedded apps John Gruber / Daring Fireball : Safari Now Has Full Third-Party Cookie Blocking Eli Blumenthal / ...