New Jersey drones
WTF Is Going on With the New Jersey Mystery Drones? Maybe Mass Panic Over Nothing
The New Jersey drone situation is very interesting. We've also seen this story before.
AI
I Went to the Premiere of the First Commercially Streaming AI-Generated Movies
“With premium original content, precise ad-targeting capability, and an AI-powered, innovative engaging viewing experience, TCL’s content service will continue its double-digit growth next year.”
Luigi Mangione
Luigi Mangione Played 'Among Us,' Breathes Air
The ritualized rifling through old internet accounts usually muddies the story more than it informs the public.
Announcements
404 Media Objects to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's Subpoena to Access Our Reporting
404 Media's reporting on an internal Google privacy violation database has been subpoenaed by the State of Texas. We are fighting it.
Labor
CEO Attempted to Navigate Anti-LGBT Hate Incident By Telling Employees His Mentor Was a KKK Member
Recordings show that while he was the CEO of Digital Ocean, Yancey Spruill told staff that they should bend their values because "we love the company."
Zipcar
‘A Total Meltdown’: Black Friday Zipcar Outage Strands Customers in Random Places
"Went to buy a quick drink to the store and all of the sudden the car is locked. I’ve been waiting over 4 hours in the cold."
OpenAI
Not Just 'David Mayer': ChatGPT Breaks When Asked About Two Law Professors
ChatGPT breaks when asked about "Jonathan Zittrain" or "Jonathan Turley."
Black Friday
Happy Affiliate Marketing Day to All Who Celebrate
Black Friday: A good encapsulation of why the internet is the way it is.
Redbox
The Redbox Removal Team
Redbox left 24,000 abandoned DVD rental kiosks. These are some of the people recovering them.
Overemployment
Are Overemployed ‘Ghost Engineers’ Making Six Figures to Do Nothing?
"We have data on the performance of >50k engineers from 100s of companies. ~9.5% of software engineers do virtually nothing: Ghost Engineers.”
X
X's Objection to the Onion Buying InfoWars Is a Reminder You Do Not Own Your Social Media Accounts
"X CORP. OWNS THE X ACCOUNTS."
News
Inside the Booming 'AI Pimping' Industry
AI-generated influencers that steal content from human models and adult content creators have taken over Instagram.