The war on general computing is coming for the world's most popular operating system. Important info here on the push to keep Android open:
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Freelance producer of videos, podcasts, & chili. Work in Vox, Vice, WSJ. Interested in tech/media's impact on social progress. Probably listening to someone rock out on a B3.
Google quietly vanishes its net zero carbon commitment
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/05/google-quietly-vanishes-its-net-zero-carbon-commitment/
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/05/google-quietly-vanishes-its-net-zero-carbon-commitment/
"what would it mean to acknowledge and codify the idea that every creature born into this world has as much right to a continued existence as we do?"
Bring back RSS screensavers. Hire whoever made this:
rssence.com/
Actually, "96%" would be worse
Hard to think of a more damning stat than this: 95% of companies forcing AI onto their customers & employees see ZERO returns
https://fortune.com/2025/08/18/mit-report-95-percent-generative-ai-pilots-at-companies-failing-cfo/
James GleickDid you know that a white anti-vax terrorist killed an Atlanta police officer Friday and fired more than 500 rounds into the CDC headquarters that RFK Jr has called a “cesspool of corruption”?
Yes, the cabinet secretary responsible for these health workers has eviscerated their funding and made them targets.
🧵by @skiles https://carhenge.club/@skiles/115041668370886047
John Skiles Skinner (@[email protected])
A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵 An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 "blast-proof" windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
We already have superintelligence.
No single mind could eradicate polio, or develop solar panels, or get us to the moon. But through cooperation and coordination, we can combine multiple human minds to achieve great ends. Society is superintelligence.
RSS is such a great tool, but there are shockingly few good ways to visualize RSS feeds for full screen. (Anyone remember the old Apple screensaver?)
This project is one of my favs. Love to put it up on the TV and let it run in the background.
This story is amazing. A VC seems to be increasingly delusional as an AI chatbot feeds him sci-fi from a popular online story collection
https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-tech-bros-are-making-themselves-sick
