Katie Notopoulos

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Correspondent for Business Insider. I regret registering this user handle.
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I could really go for a bigass fountain soda right about now.
Wow the Times is really out here trying to ruin marriages (I am the one who is always turning off the lights and chiding "what, do you own stock in the electric company??") https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/ask-wirecutter-turn-off-the-lights/
Stop Stressing About Turning Off the Lights When Leaving the Room!

If you’re of a certain age, you may be following outdated light bulb advice.

Wirecutter: Reviews for the Real World
in this weeks episode of the pod we look at why Christian DevOps engineers have been reluctant to embrace a HOLISTIC view of DevSecOps through out the sdlc
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One thing about these new AI devices is that I'm not sure exactly how I'd use them, but it DOES really show to me just how stupid my Alexa device is in comparison. Which.... gives me hope? https://www.businessinsider.com/smart-home-speakers-amazon-echo-alexa-dumb-innovation-ai-2024-1
Smart home speakers are actually pretty dumb. Maybe AI can save them.

My Amazon Echo Dot basically won't stop swearing in front of my 7-year-old son. Maybe new AI-powered smart devices will actually ... be smart.

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Bill Ackman's celebrity academic wife Neri Oxman's dissertation is marred by plagiarism

Bill Ackman used plagiarism charges in pushing to remove Harvard's president, Claudine Gay. But new reporting shows his wife, Neri Oxman, also plagiarized.

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I wrote about Substack’s decision to not ban or demonetize Nazi blogs.

“That's one of the nice things about money: You don't have to accept it from Nazis. Money has a way of making things a lot more clear. Content has moral ambiguity; money doesn't.” https://www.businessinsider.com/substack-nazi-problem-free-speech-money-analysis-2023-12

Substack's Nazi problem isn't about speech; it's about money

The refusal to remove or demonetize extremist blogs means Substack is likely making money from them. It should stop.

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A funny thing about this story is that it's a rare instance (lol) of something that went viral first on Mastodon, then X, then Hacker News, then Reddit etc https://www.businessinsider.com/car-dealership-chevrolet-chatbot-chatgpt-pranks-chevy-2023-12
A car dealership added an AI chatbot to its site. Then all hell broke loose.

Pranksters figured out they could use the ChatGPT-powered bot on a local Chevrolet dealer site to do more than just talk about cars.

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“According to staffers present at the meeting, management gave them an ultimatum: sign a side agreement allowing the company to hire non-union contractors, or Mailchimp walks not only from the new series, but from the ads and existing show as well.” — https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/14/24002001/mailchimp-pineapple-street-union-podcast-canceled

contractually stipulating that your account’s staffed by non-union labor is

well, it’s certainly a look

Mailchimp cancels Pineapple Street Studios podcast after refusing to work with union producers

The email marketing company has sponsored top podcasts like Serial. But at a time when podcast companies are unionizing, Mailchimp is seeking non-union work.

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