Meta makes recommended changes to add transparency to content takedowns, the DOJ reportedly plans to block Adobe’s Figma acquisition, and Google brings Magic Eraser to Google One subscribers.
Our “March that is Mad” tournament is live! 15 books enter, one gets to be the April pick, and everyone wins! Plus, please stop flooding Clarkesworld with AI-written manuscripts. Use ChatGPT for good! Also, we kick off our March read and wrap up our thoughts on Nettle & Bone.
We analyze the US Copyright Office’s rationale for not copyrighting works created from the Midjourney text to image generator. Plus we examine Canada’s Bill C-18 that would enact legislation compelling big tech companies to pay news publishers for linking to their stories. And we discuss Towns, a protocol and a web-based chat app designed to facilitate self-owned, self-governed online communities from the person that brought us Meerkat.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Joe, Amos
Netflix cuts subscription costs in over 36 countries in recent weeks, Meta testing a Roll Call feature in Messenger, and Samsung announces a standardized 5G non-terrestrial network modem.
We have the latest on Microsoft’s allay concerns over its attempted acquisition of Activision Blizzard by expanding its 10-year deal to publish Call of Duty franchise on other platforms. Google is rolling out a new radio feature on YouTube Music letting users select artists on their “stations”. And Spotify launches a DJ feature in beta, that curates music with automatically generated spoken commentary about the tracks and artists powered by OpenAI. Plus we breakdown the latest on SCOTUS hearings on cases that could affect Section 230.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Amos
Chinese regulators reportedly inform local tech giants not to offer ChatGPT service, Microsoft signs deal to bring Activision games to GeForce Now, and Quest headsets get new hand tracking features.
We learn about Rimac, Croatia’s EV Supercar company, and their latest car, the Nevera. Scientists at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology have come up with a way to inexpensively remove pollutants in water. And does Apple have an in-built competitive advantage with the Gen Z demographic?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Tim Stevens, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos