https://gizmodo.com/leica-m11-p-content-credentials-anti-ai-1850963601 The hotel lobby, or more correctly the bar, was where they spent their time. It was no safer than their rooms but its opulence offered some comfort. The hacks grouped on the sofas when they came back from following a story. There was always a feeling of relief when someone walked in who’d not … [Read more…]
https://the-media-leader.com/bbcs-rigidity-over-the-t-word-is-damaging-its-reputation/ I’ve seen it all. I started as a journalist just as the Web was decimating classified advertising. Lived and wrote through the dotcom bubble when we built destinations and the social bubble when we built “communities”. I’ve been lucky to work in an age if synthetic media for a company that hung on to … [Read more…]
https://www.engadget.com/google-is-reportedly-testing-an-ai-tool-that-can-generate-news-articles-054602544.html Woodward and Bernstein obviously. The Sunday Times Insight team. Carole Cadwalladr. There are so many. I’m standing on the shoulders of giants. There’s never been a shortage of scandals to investigate but now we’re needed more than ever. Fake news, synthetic media, floods of data that overwhelm and hide. Real, dogged, brave journalists are … [Read more…]
https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/hulus-animayhem-activation-san-diego-comic-con/ Heh, I’m a fan. What can I tell you? You know what it’s like when you get into a programme? I mean you can’t blame me, it’s just so… good. The characters. Each episode has drama, tension oh and the humour. You have to admit it’s funny. I mean really funny. And of course … [Read more…]
https://the-media-leader.com/the-lowdown-from-advertising-week-europe-2023/ I cover all sorts of events. Real world and virtual. The organisers are glad to have me. My coverage extends their reach of course and their sponsors like it too. I’m not their PR though. I am objective, sometimes even critical. Entertaining as well as informative. I pick the focus. I’m closer to our … [Read more…]
https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/pick-week-asda-dispels-food-panic-well-placed-humour/1815014 She’d always wanted to be on the Foreign Desk. Big stories, important events, world-shaking news. Hard-bitten hacks who’ve covered every war, famine, crisis and coup. Battle scarred but determined to be there, cover everything. In her mind she heard old-fashioned phones ringing, fax machines churning out the latest. She saw them ripping, reading and … [Read more…]
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/30/23532567/meta-acquires-lensmaker-luxexcel-ar-glasses Reality was layered. He knew that. It was his job, dealing with it. Thick and thin data overlayed. Feeds of information blending with the world he looked at, studied, reported on. It had become so much easier now he didn’t have to juggle tabs or windows. His interface was now his field of view, … [Read more…]
https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/facebook-set-launch-news-service-uk/1692644 He nudged the controls and took another sip from his pint. His hackcam drone hovered on the court steps part of the news swarm. His question sounded through the speakers,and appeared on the PR’s tablet. The soundbite came through just as the celebrity said it. He worked in some background. He looked around the … [Read more…]