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https://arstechnica.com/?p=2000247 It comes with the job. I’m the punchbag when here-today-gone-tomorrow politicians want to make their mark and get some airtime. I don’t blame them. They haven’t done what I’ve done and really changed the world. Anyway. The thing that annoys me most is the amount of time I have… Read the rest

https://www.marketing-interactive.com/feature-all-tiktok-videos-shoppable Shopping has always been a thing for me and my friends. As kids we’d meet up and window shop, imagine stuff we’d buy when we could. Then when we had money we’d meet up again but this time we’d actually buy things: clothes, gadgets whatever. I even had a… Read the rest

https://hyperallergic.com/868602/laurie-anderson-loses-german-professorship-over-pro-palestine-letter/ Surprised? No, not really. Very little surprises me these days. I saw it coming TBH. They shouldn’t really have been surprised at what I said. But they were. It’s not as though my position on these issues hasn’t been clear, or, I would argue, legitimate. They know I’m not… Read the rest

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/business/amazon-ring- doorbell-camera-police.html He knew he’d have problems. The WhatsApp group was buzzing since he’s floated the idea. Phrases like “hole in the fence”, “blind spot” and even “failing in his responsibilities” were now common. Opting out wasn’t going to be easy. It was partly money. He wanted to cancel his… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/26/chef-robotics-eyes-commercial-kitchens-with-a-14-75m-raise/ I love Bake Off. I can cook, but I can’t Cook, you know?. And I hate “food” shows. You know, the ones with famous chefs making everything look easy with a nonchalant smile or a careful edit. And don’t get me started on restaurant kitchen dramas or documentaries. No.… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/26/nightshade-the-tool-that-poisons-data-gives-artists-a-fighting-chance-against-ai/ We’re in two minds about it to be honest. We sometimes joke that it might be easier if it wasn’t called that. After all who feels good about giving their child “poison”? But it’s not the name of course. We want to protect our kids and letting them have… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/25/taylor-swift-ai-deepfake-fan-response/ Of course she has a say in it. She makes the decisions, decides what responses she wants to make, what she wants to say and how. She decides how she wants to come across in her response. Angry, exasperated even amused. Depending on the ‘original’ piece she might laugh… Read the rest

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/style/spotify-daylists.html My mum still has it. She admits she sometimes plays it. She says it’s a bit like the mixtape her mum had: a cassette still in it’s envelope with the letter my grandad included. Mum doesn’t have a cassette obviously. She’s not that old. But she treasures it. Backs… Read the rest

https://www.marketing-interactive.com/clean-creatives-b-lab-havas-shell Look, it’s not good enough. This shouldn’t happen. We can’t afford this sort of misstep. Have you seen the sentiment stats? Our PR bots are having to work on this rather than what they should be. So what went wrong? Why didn’t you model this? We have the best… Read the rest

https://www.marketing-interactive.com/instagram-top-video-content-distribution-platform-study I think younger colleagues have it easier. It’s natural for them. I sometimes think I can hear it when they talk. Punchy, punctuated conversations. I’m probably imagining it. But they’re experts at what I call “Haiku content”. Small things that open to something bigger. They call it “Tardis speak”… Read the rest