A look at the potential future of personalized, AI-generated entertainment, and how it could both submerge human originality and enable new forms of expression
NOTE: Our Forums and CMS and RSS were nixed when our host updated Perl … Phil Hoad / The Guardian : An inside look at how Netflix's use of data led to generic “algorithm films” intended for broad appe...
Investigation: as Amazon and Netflix back down on daring films, self-censorship pervades the Indian streaming industry due to pressure from Modi's ruling BJP
MUMBAI — Over a three-decade career, the filmmaker Anurag Kashyap often trained a critical eye on his native India as he wove tales … X: @aaschapiro , @gerryshih , @gerryshih , @anujbhuwania , @vakash...
Twitter no longer lets users browse tweets, user profiles, and comment threads on the web without logging in, redirecting Twitter URLs to the sign in page
https://www.theverge.com/... @ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social : You can no longer view tweets if you're not logged in to twitter. — You can't even view someone's twitter profile, not even if it's public....
An interview with Dave Winer, who was instrumental in the creation and evolution of RSS, on Google Reader's demise, support for RSS feeds on Mastodon, and more
Thomas Claburn / The Register : Tweets: @rustybrick Tweets: Barry Schwartz / @rustybrick : Oh how I miss Google Reader and love RSS https://twitter.com/...
Ethereum co-founder responds: “the properly authenticated decentralized blockchain world is coming”, but is slowed by “limited technical resources and funding”
I've been thinking about Matt Mullenweg's response to Brian Armstrong's response … Rick Webb / Webb Chatham Report : Good morning. Hello. How are you? #562 Cooper Midroni / Future Proof : Chip Off the...
Apple's App Store brings in users because it is the only choice, not because it offers some kind of exceptional distribution and marketing to developers
Today, Apple's stance seems … Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1335: Tiktokers v Trump, Apple and ARM and the App Store, the mystery of Tether's growth … Stuart Dredge / Music Ally : More c...
Media historians, tech designers, science fiction writers, and activists on how and why “slow media” curated by humans should replace today's social media
My quest to imagine a different reality. Tweets: @nytimes , @ngrossman81 , @scottgreenfield , @craigmod , @profjessmaddox , @annaleen , @noahpinion , @warinthefuture , @janinezacharia , @fox , @amyxzh...
After Luminary admits using links that hide some podcast listener data, popular creators like Ben Thompson, Owen Williams, Federico Viticci pull their podcasts
great way to make a good impression in the podcasting community! http://twitter.com/... Luminary / @hearluminary : @marcoarment This ensures that all requests go directly to the original media file's ...
Security researcher takes over a subdomain that Windows 8 and Windows 10 use to deliver RSS-based news and updates to Live Tiles
Subdomain currently in the possession of a German security researcher, preventing any abuse. — Microsoft has lost control over a crucial subdomain …
A look back at the evolution of RSS and why it lost out to centralized information silos on the web controlled by corporations, despite being an open format
Sinclair Target / Motherboard : Tweets: @wingedpig , @davewiner , @drandrewthaler , @derektmead , and @dangillmor Tweets: Mark Fletcher / @wingedpig : I think this is a good overview of the history o...