NY goes after Twitch, Musk's real plan, Apple's DeepMind defection

  • Elon Musk says Twitter deal can't happen until bot account dispute is resolved.
  • Twitter asks shareholders to support Musk's purchase.
  • NY Launches Ridiculous, Blatantly Unconstitutional 'Investigations' Into Twitch, Discord; Deflecting Blame From NY's Own Failings.
  • @kendraschaefer: My goodness. China's cyberspace watchdog, the CAC, just published a long (and unprecedented) set of draft regulations for recommendation algorithms.
  • Why is the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial so visible on social media?
  • The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt.
  • Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell.
  • Dianetics and scientology technical dictionary by L. Ron Hubbard.
  • Losing Ian Goodfellow to DeepMind is the dumbest thing Apple's ever done.
  • The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology by Amy Webb, Andrew Hessel.
  • Apple Shows Headset to Board in Sign It's Reached Advanced Stage.
  • VeeCon: Exclusive Conference Around Web 3 and Culture.
  • Fears grow for smaller nations after ransomware attack on Costa Rica escalates.
  • Ransomware gang Conti 'shuts down' in midst of Costa Rica attack.
  • Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.
  • Bobiverse by Dennis Taylor.
  • The Nineties: A Book by Chuck Klosterman.
  • Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto by Stewart Brand.
  • Ideas That Created the Future: Classic Papers of Computer Science by Harry R. Lewis.
  • Pinball Map

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