Behind the scenes. iykyk
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Behind the scenes. iykyk
Verge is among the best at this. www.theverge.com/press-room/2...
And on Halloween! An entire theater full of Doc Browns.
for what it's worth we posted this before watching the latest episode of Alien Earth. we couldn't have known it would literally feature a sheep
I'd rather stay single forever!
<--- Not going to Burning Man
"While ChatGPT use has been linked to suicides and mental-health hospitalizations among heavy users, this appears to be the first documented murder involving a troubled person who had been engaging extensively with an AI chatbot. apple.news/AkivURY-lRtm...
That’s $5.75 billion more than the $0 the president said the government is paying for its stake in Intel.
Ryan Gosling, Amy Adams, and Matt Smith in a Star War? Let’s gooooooo! www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...
If you’re not watching Alien Earth you are missing out.
What a series! 🧹
McLean is ridiculous! 😍 #LGM
No more bets.
We’re all counting on you.
Praising Jake Tapper = death penalty
A lone cybercriminal used Anthropic's vibe-coding LLM to automate a massive spree that hacked and extorted 17 companies. It did almost everything for him: Scoped out who to hack and how, organized the hacked material, helped him decide how much to ask each company for and wrote his extortion emails.
A woman in Manhattan reported to police that an Amazon delivery man, 5'6'', exposed himself to her. Police did a face recognition search, showed her result, arrested the wrong guy, 6'2''. What did the NYPD not do? Call Amazon. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...
First time I saw an engagement post on Instagram that didn't start with: "I'm marrying my best friend!"
Fed’s gotta hike.
Preview of Apple’s Sept. 9 iPhone event.
Happy National Dog Day!
It’s nearly impossible to lie in SEC disclosures, which is why you find the best stuff there.
No pressure. #LGM
And if he wants Apple’s editorial team to feature Grok he might want to make an AI app that doesn’t call itself “Mecha Hitler” or generates nudes of Taylor Swift.
If Elon Musk wants a higher ranking in the App Store he needs to make an app more people want to download.
Montreal bagels live up to the hype. (But not as good as NYC)
Just learned what Shreking means
It still hasn’t hit me that LaGuardia is a nice airport now.
You are a top-flight semiconductor engineer. Do you want to work for a company with a future or a company controlled by Donald Trump?
Three different Intel CEOs have tried everything to compete with TSMC and I promise you government control of the company is not going to work any better
A fun mad lib: Replace “INTEL” with “HUAWEI” and USA with China.
NEW on Meta: CNBC has extensive details on the company's upcoming Hypernova device, its first consumer-ready glasses with a display, and its accompanying neural-tech wristband www.cnbc.com/2025/08/22/m... with @lorak.bsky.social & @jonathanvanian.bsky.social
That’s not how the companies are pitching it! They say it’s here, now. Salesforce has Matthew McConaughey making commercials about it!
A lot of people asking me this after I said I have never seen a functional agent. Yes, I’ve tried these features. But I mean agents that do things for you like book a flight or restaurant reservation or handle customer service without a human, which is what Microsoft, OpenAI, and Salesforce pitch.
Has anyone seen an AI agent that actually works? If so, show me? Because I'm skeptical they exist.
I have never seen a functional agent.
Alien Earth is so good.
Oh damn. I forgot about that!
Nothing will top Samsung's Broadway musical phone announcement from last decade.
This isn't even peak NYC mayoral election craziness. It's only August. Buckle up. www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
Eric Adams Staffer Tries To Give Reporter Cash Stuffed in Bag of Potato Chips for Some Reason
now I want chips
Elizabeth Warren on WSJ Op-Ed Page: "The Fed’s ability to conduct monetary policy without fear that the chairman will be fired by an angry president is a bedrock of our economy. But independence doesn’t mean impunity. We need real reform..." www.wsj.com/opinion/eliz...
Waymo is pretty legit.
Week 4 of the Sydney Sweeney discourse.
New Google phones.
Someone has to eat the tariff costs. Video game companies are passing it to the customer. Nintendo raised prices on its accessories, for example. Now this.
Jackson Hole looks nice.
A group of current and former Microsoft employees, as well as community members, has taken over a plaza at Microsoft’s HQ as part of a No Azure for Apartheid protest. The protesters plan to occupy the plaza until they are forcibly removed. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
You wouldn't know that listening to the folks at OpenAI!
Soon: Meta will pivot a full 360 degrees and become Facebook
It made a simple html5 game on the first try. I don't see where ChatGPT is claiming you can code with just a prompt only (or primarily) applies to html5. Plus, when I ask it to make a Mac app, it still tries instead of saying it can't do it. I am not using beta MacOS or xcode.
Getting mad did not help
So bad. I've been trying to get it to write a simple Mac app for the last 2 days and the code is riddled with errors. I thought this was supposed to code for you with just a prompt. No coding experience necessary. It just doesn't work.
The president gave Apple a pass on making iPhones in India after Tim Cook gave him a golden trophy and promised $600 billion in "investments" in the U.S. Smaller companies that can't get inside the Oval Office aren't as fortunate. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/19/a...
MAHA achieved. www.nbcwashington.com/entertainmen...
CNBC is not changing its name. CNBC has always been an acronym for "Consumer News and Business Channel" and that will continue. But CNBC will be getting a new logo that ditches the NBC peacock. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/18/c...
New name for MSNBC: MS NOW www.cnbc.com/2025/08/18/c...
I can’t get ChatGPT 5 to make an app based on a simple prompt. “Often” is doing a lot of work here.
Also hearing you must now post “yes go off king” about the DC subway sandwich thrower or risk a life ban.
New rule: Bluesky will delete your account unless you complain about New York Times headlines or Jake Tapper's book.
What gif pops up when you type your name?
Room key at the Watergate Hotel:
Next step: Nationalize the companies
Is the USA an emerging market now www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This tracks. I know loads of people who quit drinking in recent years. I’ve cut back a lot too. Sometimes I’ll go weeks without having a drop. Turns out alcohol is only fun for like an hour and then you feel terrible for the next 24.
Yup. And it won't change until advertisers pull out in a significant way for a significant amount of time. But they won't because Meta's ad tech is so effective.
We already know the answer
Bob Pisani is blogging! bobpisani.substack.com/p/on-asshole...
One of the first movies I saw in a theater. I still remember it.
Proud of my son. 🥹
And no small business owner has the clout to show up in the Oval Office and give the president a gold statue to catch a break.
But yeah, I was in high school when that happened and my biggest concern at the time was my next game of Halo.
I'm 40.
AOL to buy Time Warner www.cnbc.com/2025/08/12/p...
That all said, Apple could rank xAI as the best app if you’re looking for an anime boyfriend.
New Siena poll has @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social winning across every demographic group (age, religion, income, ethnicity), except Black, Jewish, 55+ • notably, he's 2nd among conservatives • overall, he leads Cuomo by 19 sri.siena.edu/wp-content/u...
I am so hyped for this.
Some are paid advertising and labeled as such. Most of it comes from App Store editors.
Musk may be complaining about other way apps get featured, like when App Store editors make lists of cool apps. I doubt excluding xAI from those features violates antitrust law. And I doubt Apple would want to feature an app that recently turned into "MechaHitler." www.cnbc.com/2025/07/08/e...
xAI is ranked 5th in the Top Free apps, which is based on the number of downloads. That's really, really good! If Musk wants to get to number one then he needs to make an app more people want to download.
Now these posts are making ME feel old.
Did Intel's CEO bring tacos to his meeting with the president? (And yes, Truth is showing me a huge ivermectin ad on the post)
It's not just slowness. @sal19.bsky.social pointed me to the "MyBoyfriendIsAI" subreddit where everyone's freaking out because ChatGPT 5 nerfed their AI lovers. www.reddit.com/r/MyBoyfrien...
Is ChatGPT 5 muuuuuuch slower or is it just me?
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/11/t...
Taco Monday! 🌮
Nice chip business you got there… www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
Nice chip business you got there… www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
Panicking over the Mets
😢
