Amazon reveals plans to spend $200bn in one year the day after Bezos guts Washington Post
Tech giant reports $213bn in revenue after its founder, who owns the Post, lays off a third of newspaper’s employees
Amazon reveals plans to spend $200bn in one year the day after Bezos guts Washington Post
Tech giant reports $213bn in revenue after its founder, who owns the Post, lays off a third of newspaper’s employees
Jeff Bezos Is Afraid Of What Comes Next
What comes after authoritarianism and the golden age of corruption? Billionaires are desperate to abuse their control of mass media to convince you it's anything other than good faith, popular, progressive reform.
The most brilliant move in corporate history?
In a bold departure from its Big Tech peers, Apple sidestepped the $650 billion AI infrastructure spending frenzy, a move likened to opting out of purchasing the US Navy annually. While Amazon, Goo…
381. Musk, Bezos & The New East India Companies (Ep 1)
Podcast Episode · Empire: World History · 26 July · 48min
“Something I will be most proud of when I’m 90”: How Jeff Bezos used to talk about The Washington Post, and what’s changed
Jeff Bezos used to talk about The Washington Post with real curiosity, and the things he said were interesting and specific. Over time, that changed.
The Oligarchs' Coup Against the Free Press Is Happening Now
The American information space is not merely changing; it is undergoing a hostile takeover. It is a deliberate, coordinated campaign by a new class of oligarchs out of Silicon Valley that includes Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, and Mark Zuckerberg acting in concert with a Trump-led authoritarian political project.
Google and Amazon: Acknowledged Risks, and Ignored Responsibilities
In late 2024, we urged Google and Amazon to honor their human rights commitments. Since then, a stream of additional reporting has reinforced that our concerns were well-founded. Yet despite mounting
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See also the demise of Washington Post and Jeff Bezos
Quit Shopify
Quit Microsoft
If possible
Quit BeReal?
Or: Japanese grown-ups (who are around even remotely sensitive information) should quit BeReal, apparently, because who is even on BeReal any more anywhere else
AI* and the liar’s dividend
* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
AI* and the Dead Internet Theory/Zombie Internet
* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
US media
Reputations, biases, past controversies. Ranked 64th out of 180 countries for 2026 in the RSF’s Press Freedom Index. (Collection mostly intended for a friend who’s neither in nor from the US.)
US media: The New York Times
For context, I’m a former NYT and WaPo subscriber who wishes the former would do better and has given up on the latter
US media: The Washington Post
For context, I’m a former NYT and WaPo subscriber who wishes the former would do better and has given up on the latter
AI Images Detectors Are Being Used to Discredit the Real Horrors of War
DON'T SHARE THIS, IT'S AI FABRICATED It's fake - the media outlet almost certainly used generative AI to write this and it pulled from a…
Your AI Use Is Breaking My Brain
Donald Trump Claims BBC Used AI To Edit January 6 Speech
AI didn’t sway the election, but it deepened the partisan divide
How to Responsibly Report on Hacks and Disinformation
Shopify CEO endorses idea to give more votes to wealthy Canadians | CBC News
Microsoft handed the government encryption keys for customer data
The Quiet Decision Microsoft Made That Devastated Thousands of Nonprofits
Once-in-a-generation moment to protect U.S. Privacy - Irish Council for Civil Liberties
ICCL report on the scale of Real-Time Bidding data broadcasts in the U.S. and Europe - Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal
Windows 11 is adding another Copilot button nobody asked for
AI is eating website traffic, websites are blocking AI – and reliable information is getting harder to find
How Much of the Internet Is Written With AI?
Meet the Serbian Businessman/DJ Who Runs the Zombie AI Southwest Journal - Racket
Google Search's guidance about AI-generated content | Google Search Central Blog | Google for Developers
Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles
Copy of Digital Masquerade
「とっさに撮影」岩見沢の病院委託職員が患者20人分の個人情報画面をSNS「BeReal.」に投稿 個人情報漏えい
BeReal finds success in 'engaged' Japanese market, says CEO
Japan is giving the “anti-Instagram” app a second chance at life
若者に人気の映えないSNS｢BeReal｣本当の怖さ 授業中やバイト中でもおかまいなしに撮影
なぜ「BeReal」から漏えいが相次ぐのか “2分以内”の焦りが生む不用意な投稿
職場・学校を映したSNS投稿、ユーザー自身の安全のため停止を。不適切な投稿による情報流出問題が続発 BeRealのほかInstagramなどでも、限定投稿を流出させる“模倣犯”出現の可能性【INTERNET Watch編集部コラム】
Amazon reveals plans to spend $200bn in one year the day after Bezos guts Washington Post
“Something I will be most proud of when I’m 90”: How Jeff Bezos used to talk about The Washington Post, and what’s changed
The Worst Magazine In America
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
The day that CBS News became literally ‘fake news’ for America | Will Bunch
The End of CBS News
What Liberal Media? Axios Thinks Being Neutral Means Kissing Trump’s Ass
US media: The Washington Post (by あ) — Semble
No Opinion — The New York Times: Boycott, Divest, Unsubscribe
The New York Times neglects accountability after letters call out its anti-trans coverage
New York Times Sign On Letter | GLAAD
The New York Times helped fuel an anti-trans panic in 2022. Will 2023 be any better?
Lessons From a Heated Media Rivalry
The New York Times Responds to Criticism of Anti-Trans Bias by Silencing Its Own Reporters