Mastodawn

CNET is being brought back after the AI articles fiasco

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/david-katzmaier_news-activity-7443045961079160832-YJND/

News | David Katzmaier | 121 comments

I am proud to announce that CNET News is back. We’ve remained a trusted voice in tech news throughout our nearly 35 year history -- yes, we own news.com -- and today marks the reformation of our official news team led by Jon Reed. He brings more than a decade of reporting experience, covering energy, government policy, finance and most recently AI. Our staff of dedicated reporters and editors includes Corinne Reichert, Gael Cooper, Katelyn Chedraoui, Macy Meyer, Blake Stimac, Laura Michelle Davis and Steve Musil. The entire CNET team is involved in this effort. Today’s moment calls for more than headlines and hot takes. We cover breaking news, then follow up with developments, liveblogs, analysis, thoughtful commentary and actionable advice. Our experts add unique hands-on experience and deep industry knowledge to current events, focusing on the tech angle that matters most to you. I’m so excited for the stories we’ll report. https://www.cnet.com/news/ | 121 comments on LinkedIn

Matt Zagaja 2d ago

William Shatner is 94 WAT

Matt Zagaja 2d ago

Mario Guzmán 2d ago

RE: https://social.panic.com/@cabel/116320055622201307

I submitted feedback to Apple about this back on October 21, 2021. This bug is about to be 5 years old now. Sad to see how Mail has just become Abandonware on the Mac. :(

FB9718240

Matt Zagaja Mar 26

Harry McCracken Mar 26

I can’t begin to tell you how much fun I had talking to people who were present at Apple’s creation—Woz, of course, but so many more. I learned so much, and really did feel like I was there. So will you, I think. Here’s a gift link which you’re welcome to share: https://www.fastcompany.com/91514404/apple-founding-50th-anniversary-apple-1-apple-ii-jobs-wozniak?mvgt=E5Loo3fO74zl

How Apple became Apple: The definitive oral history of the company’s earliest days

The true story of how Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and other bright young tech hobbyists of the 1970s joined forces to ignite a revolution.

Fast Company

Matt Zagaja Mar 25

Eris2cats Mar 23

"We use debian, that should be age verification enough"

Matt Zagaja Mar 23

Carl Malamud Mar 23

The senate (re-)introduces a bill of attainder aimed at outlawing the work of Public Resource (known in thousands of court documents as “PRO”). https://www.coons.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senators-coons-cornyn-colleagues-introduce-pro-codes-act-to-protect-and-improve-access-to-safety-standards/ Guess I should be proud and honored they named it to the “PRO Codes Act.”

Senators Coons, Cornyn, colleagues introduce Pro Codes Act to protect and improve access to safety standards

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) today reintroduced legislation to enhance public access to universal safety standards and codes. The Protecting and Enhancing Public Access to Codes (Pro Codes) Act of 2026 ensures safety standards do not lose copyright protection when they are […]

Senator Christopher Coons

Matt Zagaja Mar 21

Steve Troughton-Smith Mar 20

Here's one for the icons-in-menus haters on macOS Tahoe:

defaults write -g NSMenuEnableActionImages -bool NO

It even preserves the couple of instances you do want icons, like for window zoom/resize

/cc @gruber

Matt Zagaja Mar 15

I would like to ask all the civil liberties crowd if my Ring camera is a big threat to freedom and definitely a “surveillance nightmare” why do my packages keep getting stolen?

Matt Zagaja Mar 3

On a City of Boston public hearing in Zoom and 90 minutes in they haven't even started calling members of the public.

Matt Zagaja Mar 3

Longreads Mar 3

AI in IVF could be “awesome, or terrifying.”

Randomized trials show AI tools picking embryos almost as well as humans—but 10x faster. But who will control the algorithm? Phineas Rueckert digs into the new fertility frontier in our latest #Longreads piece: https://longreads.com/2026/03/03/ivf-and-ai-infertility/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#AI #IVF #fertility #AItools #algorithm #writing #reported #essays

My Unlikely Existence

Is AI helping prospective parents game the fertility lottery? Should it?

Longreads

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