Spotify made £56m profit, but has decided not to pay smaller artists like me. We need you to make some noise | Damon Krukowski (www.theguardian.com)
Generative AI a stumbling block in EU legislation talks (www.reuters.com)
The biggest challenge to getting an agreement over the European Union’s proposed AI Act has come from France, Germany and Italy, who favour letting makers of generativeAI models self-regulate instead of having hard rules....
The Tyranny of Data and Its Digital War on Human Agency (theluddite.org)
Amazon's Fire TV is Adding Full-Screen Video Ads That Play When You Start Your Fire TV (cordcuttersnews.com)
Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers (www.engadget.com)
From the article: “In some ways, the current situation has spurred an arms race. YouTube has inadvertently improved ad blockers, as the new knowledge and techniques gained from innovating within the YouTube platform are also applicable to other ad and tracking systems.”
Really liked this article about the monopolies in the mail industry (cfenollosa.com)
I’m sure the email I sent to an academics using proton has gone in the spam. :( too bad
Facebook parent Meta sues the FTC claiming 'unconstitutional authority' in child privacy case (apnews.com)
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — The parent company of Instagram and Facebook has sued the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to stop the agency from reopening a 2020 privacy settlement with the company that would prohibit it from profiting from data it collects on users under 18....
Happy 40th birthday, Turbo Pascal! (blog.marcocantu.com)
November 28, 2023 - Turbo Pascal turns 40...
The Internet is Worse Than Ever – Now What? (yewtu.be)
Threads Is Coming to the EU in December (www.macrumors.com)
ChatGPT one year on: From viral AI bot to OpenAI's boardroom battle (www.reuters.com)
It’s ChatGPT’s first “birthday”. And it was a very eventful first year for the field of AI.
Sam Altman explains being fired and rehired by OpenAI - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Evernote is about to seriously limit its plan for free users (www.theverge.com)
Study finds no “smoking gun” for mental health issues due to Internet usage (arstechnica.com)
Researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, who said their study was the largest of its kind, said they found no evidence to support “popular ideas that certain groups are more at risk” from the technology....
Google search ads spotted in compromising placements (techcrunch.com)
Unity Layoff 3.8% Of Workforce - Weta Digital Closed – GameFromScratch.com (gamefromscratch.com)
Anger as some Google cloud customers locked out of files (www.bbc.com)
New GitHub user and extension developer claims Twitch’s website has malware (github.com)
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/5184#issuecomment-1829172308...
Tumblr sheds Post Plus subscriptions as the platform downsizes (www.theverge.com)
TL;DR: Tumblr is discontinuing its Post Plus feature, allowing creators to charge for content, starting December 1st. This decision follows a leaked memo about downsizing due to struggles in meeting usage and revenue targets. Post Plus, introduced in 2021, didn’t meet expectations, leading to its discontinuation. Existing Post...