https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/zero10-debuts-ar-store-for-standalone-retail-experiences/ They called it the “mall” in all those American teen movies where the mean girls hang out, moving from shop to shop or just sitting. We sometimes hung out in the “shopping centre”,if the private security guards let us. But my mates and I just met on the corner (until we were moved on) … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/acf0307c-ca6d-445d-889a-50cbe64d61e2 It takes time but it’s worth it. My right-on parents only had to check that the toys weren’t uniformly pink or blue and the story didn’t include golliwogs. We’ve got it more difficult. So many more books and toys to check. So many ever-changing issues, and so many things to try and raise with … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/7f3551e2-fa0c-42b8-b88e-ec134cb82063 I can’t go in with that. Yes I know, there are more important things but… look, things have changed. since your day. I have an image to protect. I’m gonna be a laughing stock if I walk in with… well, that! You have to see that. Wrong logo and you’re out. yesterday’s guy. Yes, … [Read more…]
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jun/15/black-mirror-6-review-prepare-to-convulse-in-horror-on-the-sofa-netflix “He didn’t see that one coming!” That was the joke that went around when he left. It had been a good time to be a futurist. Exponential change. New tech. Fast moving cultural movements. He’d never been short of things for his newsletter. There’d always been a conference platform but his bread and butter … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/13/fan-fiction-writers-are-trolling-ais-with-omegaverse-stories/ Are we sure about this? Really sure? Yes, I know we’ve had successes. I couldn’t have predicted how the last launch went down. It’s revolutionised NPD and new launches. No doubt about that. Our new Saudi investors are very happy. The power of picking up on every idea our customers and stakeholders are talking … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/12/meta-open-sources-an-ai-powered-music-generator/ He pressed his nose against the virtual shop window and dreamed. There it was, the axe his hero had used on that album. If he could just get one, he could make it. It was when his hero had plugged that one in – that very one – that was when he’d found his … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/09/sol-reader/ It was like a scene from Brideshead Revisited or Educating Rita. Students were sitting on the biolawns under the latest tree sculptures. Since the library had been repurposed, this was where the students chose to study. Some students sat alone absorbed in a novel. A few searched through textbooks. In one corner a group … [Read more…]
https://adage.com/article/digital-marketing-ad-tech-news/adobe-sell-generative-ai-subscription-copyright-assurance/2498951 Coffee? Check. Playlist? Check. Screens aligned? Check. He was a little obsessive but that’s what made him good. His work was meticulous, precise, as perfect as his desk setup. He finished his mindfulness exercise, noted the streak number and his resting heart rate and started work. The layers were where he had left them, … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/09/teasers-ai-dating-app-turns-you-into-a-chatbot/ Practice makes perfect. That’s what my dad says. He means school or occasionally football but… Another of his favourite clichés is: “try. try, try again”. Anyway there are more important things than school and certainly football – sorry dad. He has occasionally talked about previous girlfriends but in a very general way… Nothing about … [Read more…]
https://www.engadget.com/the-desantis-campaign-used-ai-generated-images-to-attack-trump-062923571.html Can a lie about a lie be a lie? It was one of those big questions she thought about as she watched the screens. She’d got into the campaign because she believed in the candidate – too many hours watching The West Wing in her youth, perhaps. He wouldn’t use synythetics, “And he doesn’t… … [Read more…]