https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/30/humanes-ai-pin-debuts-on-the-paris-runway/ He was a great fan of badges. When we found the box there were ones from the Miners’ Strike, anti apartheid, and of course lots of different bands. He used to get into trouble at school for refusing to take them off his blazer. He continued to wear his heart and opinions on his … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/27/metas-augments-place-digital-objects-around-your-physical-space/ When they’d moved in together they called it “merging”. They spent a long time sorting through their digital libraries laughing at the duplicates: films they’d both loved and now were slightly embarrassed about; books they admitted they’d never read. They particularly enjoyed merging their digital spaces, playing with the new shared avatars and objects. … [Read more…]
https://thenextweb.com/news/bloom-launches-erotic-ai-roleplaying-chatbots They obviously thought it was so funny. It was a full-on formal tea party. Best crockery. Tablecloth. My mum had even dug gran’s old cakestand out. I swear if my dad had a tie, he’d have worn it. It was like a scene from a nostalgic sitcom. It should have been in black and … [Read more…]
https://digiday.com/marketing/why-esports-companies-hope-generational-fandom-brings-sustainability-to-the-industry I’ll admit it, it wasn’t planned. But we’re made up. I’m nervous of course. Who’s ever ready to be a dad? Sometimes it’s the little things: how do you know the bath is the right temperature? Sometimes big: what if she wants to be a banker? But Il one thing I can be sure … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/3896db38-e7be-4679-9a40-caac9f7618ea Surely it wasn’t that long ago. Where had time gone? They found themselves letting the algorithms tell the stories as their son got ready for the ceremony. “On this day” their screens announced and they filled in the memory. He was excited, of course. A man at last… although the gender arguments they’d had … [Read more…]
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-60-dollar-icloud-storage-tier-is-the-future/ When you find out you’re expecting, you’re overwhelmed by worries big and small: how do you feed a baby? Change them? Bath them? What if he grows up to be a fascist or not stand their round in the pub? And then there are the logistical worries: decorating the house, reconfiguring the smart home … [Read more…]
https://gizmodo.com/mozilla-new-cars-data-privacy-report-1850805416?rev=1693965297260 You’re going to have to talk to him. No you should do it. Well you said he could take it! Alright I did agree to him going out midweek but I didn’t expect this. Yes maybe I am naive but really, he’s a good lad, did you expect this? Look at that data. It’s … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/16/snapchats-my-ai-goes-rogue-posts-to-stories-but-snap-confirms-it-was-just-a-glitch/ The morning meeting wasn’t going well. There was a tension that had been building all week. Maybe it was the time of year – a crucial one for them. The audience’s expectations were always high as schools returned. This was the time when the team needed to be singing from the same song. The … [Read more…]
https://www.monbiot.com/2023/08/11/the-mingling/ They’d noticed a change. Not just the usual pre-teen moods and movements but something deeper, more fundamental. The word “anxious” didn’t really cover it. It was a power full mixture of fear and anger. The last holiday had made it worse. The walks without swimming along the river, the night time strolls under starless, … [Read more…]
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/26/1076764/this-new-tool-could-protect-your-pictures-from-ai-manipulation/ Look, we know kids do it. They get up to things. We did when we were their age. Alright we didn’t have all this tech, but we did stuff! Teenagers will be teenagers. Maybe we’re lilly-livered liberals but we don’t want to stop them being kids. We just want to keep them safe. They … [Read more…]