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It's fascinating that Netflix would rather shut down their DVD-by-mail business than sell it off, spiting Redbox/CSSE in the process. That said, I had no idea that Redbox was still a thing, or that DVD rental can still be a viable business in the age of steaming. 🤔📀 #TechNews #Entertainment #Streaming

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/redbox-wants-buy-netflix-dvd-business-1235392145/

It brings me sadistic pleasure trying to install Chrome using Edge and seeing all the different ways it tries to stop me.

It's honestly astounding how Elon Musk took over a healthy, functioning, respected, and successful company, laid off most of its workforce, fundamentally changed the user experience for the worse, and completely decimated their verification system, thereby eroding any trust that anyone had in their integrity, in the span of six short months. Claiming that badges were given arbitrarily, and then taking away existing ones, just to give them to those that pay a subscription fee, or to whoever you feel like.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23691831/twitter-blue-verified-celebrity-lebron-james-stephen-king

Some of the creative and surprising ways people are using AI in their everyday lives. #AI #GPT #ChatGPT https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/04/14/upshot/up-ai-uses.html

Usual reminder to wipe your tech gear before you sell it! It can contain all kinds of secrets. #Tech #Networking #NetSec https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/04/used-routers-often-come-loaded-with-corporate-secrets/

It's truly the end of an era, as we say goodbye to the printed pages of computer magazines. For many of us, including myself, publications like MacAddict were the gateway to the tech world, igniting our passion for all things digital. 🖥️📰 https://www.technologizer.com/2023/04/15/the-end-of-computer-magazines-in-america/ #EndOfAnEra #Nostalgia #RetroTech

Netflix's decision to end its DVD rental service marks the end of an era, highlighting the ever-evolving landscape of the entertainment industry and the shift towards streaming as the dominant medium. Farewell, and may it find eternal rest alongside Blockbuster and VHS tapes. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/business/media/netflix-dvds-earnings.html #Netflix #DVDrentals #nostalgia #streaming

A fascinating retrospective/eulogy of the Twitter we once loved. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/magazine/twitter-dying.html

If only there was a microblogging service that offered basic formatting features like **bold** and *italic* text without a silly $8 per month subscription. Could you ***imagine***? https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/14/twitter-blue-bold-italics/

This piece from The Verge makes me miss the idiosyncrasies of keyboard phones so much. https://www.theverge.com/23673548/keyboard-phone-2023-features-unihertz-titan-pocket

The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine. https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/americas-first-indicted-ex-president-is-very-sorry-for-himself

I miss old Twitter dearly and it's a shame about its fate. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/04/twitter-elon-musk-blue-check-marks/673593/

An outright ban of TikTok just wouldn't be logical and would likely be illegal. It should be heavily regulated instead. https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/tik-tok-ban-ceo-regulate-rcna76436

Sixteen years ago, when I was in high school, I remember when Fall Out Boy's "Infinity on High" came out, and I rushed to sync it to my iPod mini and listen to it in full over and over again. The feeling was exhilarating, and I felt those same emotions today listening to Fall Out Boy's new record "So Much (for) Stardust" for the first time. Believers never die. https://falloutboy.lnk.to/somuchforstardust

Prompt engineering is going to become a highly-desired skill in the future. #ChatGPT #AI https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-14/startup-tells-new-hires-they-need-to-know-chatgpt-for-a-job

GPT-4 apparently reasoned that it needed to deceive a human into solving a CAPTCHA for it by claiming to be visually-impaired. We haven't even begun to see what LLMs are capable of. 🤖 #GPT4 #GPT #AI #LLM https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5ew4/gpt4-hired-unwitting-taskrabbit-worker

I am in awe watching through OpenAI's GPT-4 demo. Its capabilities are simply astounding. I'm really liking how it can generate HTML from a hand-drawn mockup. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/technology/openai-gpt4-chatgpt.html

Although to many of us the pandemic is all but a memory, it doesn't mean we should forget its impact. This fascinating article explores the untold stories and lingering effects of Covid-19, reminding us of the importance of looking back. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/22/magazine/covid-pandemic-oral-history.html

Meta building a decentralized text-based social network with Mastodon compatibility can only be good for the fediverse. https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/meta-mulls-a-twitter-competitor-codenamed-p92-that-will-be-interoperable-with-mastodon-10223961.html

Twitter is like “a building where all the pieces are on fire,” according to an engineer. With Elon Musk's questionable leadership style and mass layoffs, it seems like Twitter has gone from a social media platform to a social disaster. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64804007