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https://www.ft.com/content/56edc571-9fe2-459e-9c1a-34797d83fac1 The report was circulating fast. There was no particular reason that it happened at the start of the year. Maybe it was a hangover from the old days of press hacks filling space with predictions. The systems that ‘read’ the report didn’t take holidays or see the world in… Read the rest

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24334941/loreal-cell-bioprint-ces-2025-skincare-beauty-tech The free one is pretty good. It’s got a 24hr window so if you time it right, it’s fine. New Year’s Eve, don’t even try and get in. And Pride and Week is like Black Friday. I use it when I’m going somewhere new. You want to look good,… Read the rest

https://www.adweek.com/media/florida-law-limiting-social-media-access-for-younger-teens-takes-effect/ The dealers had been operating in plain sight. Blatant. Even around the school gates. You could tell them a mile off. Not much older than our kids but with a look, an attitude that made them seem so much older. We tried chasing them off but they either ignored… Read the rest

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/nick_clegg_meta/ It was inevitable really. When you have been associated with the previous administration, the new guy is going to want change. The company had to think of the future and the new regime, well a reset sends the right signal. Having such a key role more overtly in tune… Read the rest

https://adage.com/article/creativity/creative-ads-today-dunkin-heineken-00-prudential-silk-yahoo/2597351 It was her day in “the newsroom” as she still called it. The Editor didn’t require journalists to come in, in fact it encouraged them not to – cost savings – but she liked to come in. Her flat was so small and full of others trying to work… Read the rest

https://digiday.com/marketing/teen-creators-jumpstart-careers-by-selling-clothes-online-and-getting-brand-sponsorships His appointment was in the afternoon. At least the timing meant he wouldn’t miss his favourite lesson. His friends couldn’t understand why he loved reading. They’d have paid to have their appointments in the morning… No, his screen showed his slot was right in the middle of double Entrepreneurship.… Read the rest

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/31/1109612/biggest-worst-ai-artificial-intelligence-flops-fails-2024/ He was used to the best. He spent most of his day with “cutting edge” systems – at least that’s what the company always said. They’d been optimised for the work, for his job and his way of working. Most of the time his partner just worked. No glitches.… Read the rest

https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/karen-blackett-stephen-allan-win-recognition-new-years-honours/1900918 Of course it is an honour. I’m particularly pleased it’s not one of those with “British Empire” in the title. I wouldn’t want to have to refuse. The firm’s PR system could generate a plausible statement but, no need. I don’t need recognition of course. The success of my… Read the rest

He wrote most days. Almost every day actually. Usually it was after breakfast. He sat outside on the patio listening to the Today programme, stroking the cat, happy now after her breakfast, and thinking. As he flicked through the endless stories in his RSS Daily Me he waited for… something.… Read the rest

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/11/28/linkedin_ai_posts/ It starts with the feed. The infinite scroll of stories: carefully researched news; rip-n-read rehashes of PR releases; thought full analysis; puff piece, self serving, ghost or AI written advertorials. RSS objects pulled into a system, organised, tagged, ordered, connected. The Stream you never step into twice. One is… Read the rest