Buzzfeed's shares go from $15 to 70 cents, now approaching bankruptcy, seemingly as a result of going all-in on 'AI' generated content.

This emerging pattern does not speak to a wicked problem. Rather, it should be no surprise that people don't want to read machine-generated content that outwardly pretends to come from a person. Because it is innately &intrinsically deceptive, which people do not like, so ending trust that will be very hard to win back. If at all

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/buzzfeed-disastrous-earnings-ai

#ai

It's time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource news show!

We talk about some open source projects adding AI generated code, with the good and the bad it brings, SUSE potentially being sold (again), and a new interesting API that might be a boon to all de-googled Android ROMs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzFglOqtvZA

"This Week in Plasma" brings the news that...

You can use long-presses on your regular keyboard to access alternative glyphs—just like on your phone, e.g. press and hold down [$] and a popup appears that let's you choose between €, £, ¥, ¢, ₹. Also new is that you can download and install alternative sound themes and that we reduced CPU and GPU load for full-screen windows on screens using more fractional scale factors, and much more!

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/03/14/this-week-in-plasma-press-and-hold-for-alternative-characters/

#desktop #FreeSoftware #openSource

Happy π Day! And Albert Einstein was born #OTD 147 years ago!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi

Isaac Newton used infinite series to compute π to 15 digits, later writing "I am ashamed to tell you to how many figures I carried these computations".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#cite_note-Newton-60

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."

Einstein at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1630

#books #mathematicsDay

Good morning!

Since Trump was re-elected, Forbes estimates—

💰His net worth is up $2.1 billion, to $6.4 billion

💰Eric’s is up 10x, to $400 million

💰Don Jr.’s is up 6x, to $300 million

💰19-year-old Barron is worth $150 million

And Jared became a billionaire last year.

Have a great day!

#news #uspol #trump

The word is "cover up." The Times has found email proof that Kash Patel's FBI combed the Epstein files to protect Trump and 14 others.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/us/politics/trump-epstein-files-fbi-doj.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SlA.eZnK.neSkFik4rPMr&smid=url-share