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AI Carlin was people; FTX not coming back; Neuralink implants a human; Yaccarino invents a new company; Senate hearing on online child exploitation; Universal pulls its music from TikTok; music piracy is back; Comcast forced to drop misleading 10G Network claim; 23andMe almost worthless now; FCC takes on AI-generated robocalls; Musk's bad week, Tesla sued, Musk loses case, voted most overrated CEO, SpaceX sued; Monarch: Legacy of Monsters; Eugene Levy; SiriusXM vastly overpays for SmartLess; Hulu cracks down on password sharing; Masters of the Air; Monsieur Spade; Star Trek ghost sex; Apple Vision Pro; Snap drone fireballs; AI & blockchain bullcrap; This Book May Save Your Life; Daily Laws & Daily Stoic.
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IN THE NEWS Thank God FTX Won't Be Coming Back Elon Musk Says Neuralink Has Implanted Its Chip in a Human for the First Time X CEO Linda Yaccarino claims company has 90M US users, less than 1% are teens Senate tells social media CEOs they have ‘blood on their hands Universal Music Group Warns It Will Pull Songs From TikTok After Deal Expiration TikTok Is Thrown Into Disarray As Music From Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande Disappears Music Piracy Is Back in a Big Way—Especially From YouTube Comcast reluctantly agrees to stop its misleading “10G Network” claims 23ANDME HAS LOST BILLIONS, ALMOST WORTHLESS NOW FCC moves to outlaw AI-generated robocalls iRobot and Amazon call it quits, terminate acquisition agreement Tesla sued by 25 California counties for allegedly mishandling hazardous waste HEAVY METAL DRUMMER COST ELON MUSK $55.8 BILLION Tesla Lawyer Cried at a Deposition Because He Loves Elon So Much ELON MUSK VOTED "MOST OVERRATED CEO" BY HIS COLLEAGUES SpaceX sued for negligence in accident that led to worker's coma
MEDIA CANDY Monarch: Legacy of Monsters The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy SmartLess Podcast Moves to SiriusXM in Exclusive $100 Million Deal Hulu is the latest streaming service to crack down on password sharing Masters of the Air Monsieur Spade 22 Years Later, Cillian Murphy Might Return for 28 Years Later 30 Years on, TNG's Ghost Sex Episode Remains as Unhinged and Awful as Ever Wilson Bethel's Bullseye Returning for Daredevil: Born Again (Exclusive) Richard Prince to Pay Photographers Over $650,000 In Copyright Lawsuits
APPS & DOODADS Apple Has Sold Approximately 200,000 Vision Pro Headsets Apple says the EU accounts for just 7% of its global App Store revenue Snap Recalls All of Its Selfie Drones Due to Fears They'll Become Flying Fireballs Sam Altman Says GPT-5 Will Be ‘Okay’ How AI Works How AI Doesn't Work The promise and challenges of crypto + AI applications Pivot: Deepfake Regulation, Media Layoffs, and Guest Chris Dixon Read, Write, Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet by Chris Dixon
AT THE LIBRARY This Book May Save Your Life: Everyday Health Hacks to Worry Less and Live Better by Karan Rajan The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human Nature by Robert Greene The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman The stoics and the Sex Pistols: Philosophical roots of punk rebellion go back to ancient Greece Itchy by Teresa McNulty See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. |