Penguin Random House, the trade publisher, is adding language to the copyright pages of its books to prohibit the use of those books to train AI. The Bookseller reports that new books and reprints of older titles from the publisher will now include the statement, “No part of this book may be used or reproduced […]
Bluesky continues to soar, adding 2M more new users in a matter of days
Social networking startup Bluesky continues to benefit from X’s shutdown in Brazil having now added over 2 million new users over the past four days, up from just half a million as of Friday. This rapid growth led some users to encounter the occasional error that would state there were “Not Enough Resources” to handle […]
NFL analyst sees Jaguars adding high-end defensive player in 2025
The Jacksonville Jaguars have several defensive questions. From Week 10 onward in 2023, the Jaguars were 24th in defensive EPA per play and 25th in success rate. Firing Mike Caldwell and hiring Ryan Nielsen was certainly a great upgrade at defensive coordinator, but that doesn’t make all of their issues go away. Their defense lost […]
X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn’t want to emulate Reddit
X, formerly Twitter, could be bringing back a downvote feature for posts — something it had previously tested back in 2021, ahead of Elon Musk’s acquisition of the social network. At the time of the original experiment, Twitter had tested both upvoting and downvoting buttons, similar to how users can vote on the social forums […]
Apple Watch is finally adding a feature I’ve been requesting for years
It’s always fascinating to see what excites people during keynotes. There are the usual marquee items that make the biggest headlines; this week at WWDC 2024, that prize went to Apple Intelligence. Often, however, it’s the smaller items a presenter opts to breeze through that really fire people up. The arrival of Calculator for the […]