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ABC News launches four experimental, half-hour programs on ABC News Live, based on web data about the news stories audiences are seeking out (Brian Steinberg/Variety)

Mediagazer , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 11:45:01 AM

A.J. Jacobs recently interviewed “the Papa Bear of...

kottke.org , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 11:43:00 AM

Claude is changing how it generates prose to be more detectable (and maybe worse?)

Nieman Lab , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 11:38:17 AM

Can we gamify that? The innovators turning investigations on spying scandals and vote rigging into video games

Nieman Lab , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 11:12:44 AM

Meet Daune Marie: Owner of Blooming Peace Studio, now open at former Then and Again space in Glenside

Glenside Local , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 11:11:47 AM

Federal Court Rules That Blocking Speech Is Protected By The First Amendment, But Recommending It Isn’t

Techdirt , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 11:10:16 AM

Looking for events to attend…?

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 11:07:31 AM

Daily Deal: The Complete Arduino, Raspberry Pi & ESP32 Bundle

Techdirt , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 11:05:16 AM

are interviewers lying when they say they don’t know the salary range yet?

Ask a Manager , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:59:43 AM

Call for Applications: Information Controls Research Program 2026

The Citizen Lab , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:57:35 AM

Would you take a Waymo to Sea Ranch?

The San Francisco Standard , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:53:22 AM

Monday assorted links

Marginal REVOLUTION , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:50:54 AM

The item vs. the position

Unsung , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:43:46 AM

For students who make websites

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:37:00 AM

Media Use and Wellbeing

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:37:00 AM

Thanks For Joining the Movement: French Constitutional Council Strikes Down Kids’ Social Media Ban

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:37:00 AM

Good Morning Campers! DS106 Radio Summer Camp is Tomorrow

bavatuesdays , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:35:18 AM

Enhanced external sharing insights now available in Drive Inventory Reporting

Google Workspace Updates , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:34:55 AM

Unwinding the Great Tech Power Grab . “If tech seeks to...

kottke.org , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:33:00 AM

I pushed out some updates to my OPML viewer app to add a toggle for expand/colla...

Andy Sylvester's Web , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:31:22 AM

‘Lanterns’ Is Here and Sets the Stage Masterfully

io9 | We Come From the Future , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:30:13 AM

YouTube will start counting a view as soon as a video starts to play, from August 24, lining up with the system used by Instagram, TikTok, and its Shorts videos (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Mediagazer , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:25:00 AM

Curious about Panthalassa…? Listen to the cofounder and CEO explain their solution

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:19:36 AM

Q&A with WHCA president Jacqui Heinrich about her role, Trump plane swap in Turkey, why the annual dinner is important, Karoline Leavitt stepping down, and more (Michael Calderone/New York Magazine)

Mediagazer , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:10:00 AM

Now Amazon is destroying rare books to train its AI.

Literary Hub , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:06:03 AM

Opus Origin Sells InfraXmedia in First Major Exit Since Founding

A Media Operator , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:01:55 AM

Trickle-Down Economics Sues Third Law of Motion for Being a Thing

McSweeney’s , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:00:00 AM

What the 49ers’ cautious praise of De’Zhaun Stribling really means

The San Francisco Standard , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 10:00:00 AM

RainyAgainDay

Doc Searls Weblog , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 9:48:31 AM

Service Restored from Overnight Power Outage

Internet Archive Blogs , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 9:44:32 AM

Book Theft at Lloyd Currey Booksellers

Locus , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 9:42:02 AM

Christopher and Kevin

Hugh Howey , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 9:33:40 AM

Fiji Hands Over a Man Suspected of Ponzi-style Crypto Investment Schemes to US

OCCRP , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 9:33:00 AM

HBO Has Finally Made ‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Season 2 Official

io9 | We Come From the Future , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 9:30:41 AM

Rather Than Investigate The Alex Pretti Murder, The DHS Investigated Minneapolis Activist Groups

Techdirt , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 9:30:07 AM

Investigation: Amazon is buying huge quantities of rare books, scanning them for AI, and destroying them; a tracked Biblio order went to Amazon's Vegas facility (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)

Mediagazer , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 9:30:00 AM

am I patronizing the admin?

Ask a Manager , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 9:29:37 AM

That Hotel Wi-Fi Password Does Not Make the Network Safe

CybersecKyle , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 9:21:32 AM

We live in a world of ordinary abundance & luxuries...

kottke.org , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 9:18:00 AM

Spain Seizes 13 Tonnes of Nitrous Oxide in Tenerife

OCCRP , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 9:15:00 AM

Lessons in turning email newsletters into subscription engines

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 9:14:51 AM

Will China Crack Down on Open-Weight Models?

Tech Policy Press , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 9:13:07 AM

Github down… 404 on any repo I visit, just another reason I’m going to switch to...

A Node on the Web , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 9:10:06 AM

Summer Fair? Summer Fare!

The Bittman Project , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 9:07:21 AM

What’s an Orchestrator—and Why Does Software Need One?

Radar , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 8:55:11 AM

The Daily Show faces an uncertain future under Paramount; a source says Paramount has a strong interest in renewing Jon Stewart's deal at the end of 2026 (Max Tani/Semafor)

Mediagazer , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 8:50:00 AM

“Outrageous” handcuffing of New Orleans journalist sends a “chilling message,” media group says

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 8:48:43 AM

Registration is Now Open For Internet Archive’s Annual Celebration

Internet Archive Blogs , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 8:45:52 AM

With search traffic tumbling, SFGate creates a paywalled ad-free app

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 8:45:18 AM

What should I ask Roman Mars?

Marginal REVOLUTION , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 8:40:34 AM

From Propaganda to Practice: Instructional Media and the Diffusion of Drone Capabilities in Jihadist Ecosystems

GNET , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 8:36:19 AM

A court has struck down Maryland’s tax on digital advertising after Google and Apple complained

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 8:35:05 AM

Alyssa Katz, who became EIC of Jewish newspaper The Forward in January, has left; she previously worked in editorial positions for The City and NY Daily News (Sharon Udasin/The Times of Israel)

Mediagazer , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 8:25:00 AM

The Sinking City 2 is a moody Lovecraftian story with some compromises

RegionFree , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 8:24:46 AM

“Behind their simplistic behavior is a fairly elegant system.”

Unsung , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 8:23:57 AM

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

Simon Willison's Weblog , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 8:21:29 AM

Is zoervleisj een soort rendang?

Interdependent Thoughts , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 8:20:45 AM

U.S.-Iran MOU expires without agreement; Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon; DNC votes to abolish ICE

Drop Site News , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 8:14:51 AM

Newspaper office flooded

stumble.press , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 8:03:03 AM

Write Now with Dinesh Thiru

Justin Cox , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 8:00:15 AM

my employee is threatening to stop working if we don’t ban a member of the public

Ask a Manager , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:59:03 AM

Ozu in Color (Every Frame a Painting)

kottke.org , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:58:00 AM

No, Dario Amodei, we will not be curing cancer and “most human disease” in five to ten years

Marcus on AI , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:56:48 AM

‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit

404 Media , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:56:24 AM

How a Brazilian Governor Turned Rare Earths Into a Campaign—and Washington Into a Partner

Tech Policy Press , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:53:09 AM

Why I still hand write my commit messages

articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:51:56 AM

I gave a TED talk?!

Scientific Discovery , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:49:35 AM

Microsoft confirms GitHub is down worldwide

BleepingComputer , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:47:08 AM

Philosophy Mondays: Human Nature and Multiscale Analysis

Continuations , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:46:51 AM

Four States Take Meta to Trial in California, the Latest Front in Sprawling Multidistrict Fight

Tech Policy Press , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:46:06 AM

Court turns down Trump’s request to reconsider its refusal to hear Carroll suit against him

SCOTUSblog , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:46:00 AM

Sources: CNN President Mark Thompson pitched an independent editorial board for CNN similar to Guardian's Scott Trust; Paramount reportedly discussed the idea (Max Tani/Semafor)

Mediagazer , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:40:00 AM

The Future of Deepfakes and the Decline of Reality (With Hany Farid)

404 Media , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:19:26 AM

Inside America's First Venture Backed Bot Farm

User Mag , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:07:25 AM

The MPA reaches an MOU with ByteDance to establish "strong guardrails" in its products like Seedance, TikTok, and CapCut to protect Hollywood IP and likenesses (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:05:01 AM

Software Engineer, Release Engineering

Current Mozilla job openings , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:03:28 AM

Certighost and the Privilege Hiding in Your Certificate Authority

BleepingComputer , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:00:10 AM

SCOTUS litigator Floyd Abrams at 90

SCOTUSblog , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 7:00:00 AM

Two new episodes of Ric Burns’ 1999 documentary...

kottke.org , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:57:00 AM

Rocket equation 101: Revealing our Moon’s value as a launchpad

jatan.space 🌙, Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:50:00 AM

How Gen Z protests exposed India’s “lapdog media” and ushered in a new wave of reporters

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:44:16 AM

AI video generation startup Higgsfield raised $400M from DST, Goldman Sachs, Liberty Global, Intel, and others at a $5.4B valuation, up from $1.3B in January (James Fontanella-Khan/Financial Times)

Mediagazer , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:40:01 AM

Follow the path of a rare book, from bookstore to Amazon’s book-destroying warehouse

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:36:48 AM

Who is Justice Barrett?

SCOTUSblog , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:30:00 AM

No Warrant, No Problem: Administrative Subpoena Powers and an Outdated Fourth Amendment Doctrine

Just Security , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:28:38 AM

Yale study : “A single-payer universal health care...

kottke.org , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:27:00 AM

Vietnam Tightens Online Speech Controls as Cyber Law Takes Effect

Tech Policy Press , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:26:38 AM

“Transparency was thrown entirely out the window, replaced by outright deception.”

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:25:19 AM

Muzzle follow-up: Plymouth County sheriff ordered to turn over ICE detainee medical records

Dan Kennedy , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:23:19 AM

Packing In As Much Summer

Lilith Saintcrow , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:19:59 AM

The Iranian YouTube show posing questions few dare ask

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:17:45 AM

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

404 Media , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:16:09 AM

Blind to the Feeling of Advancement

Hey Loura!, Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:15:52 AM

Crib sheet: The Regicide Report

Charlie's Diary , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:08:23 AM

Test, Standardize, Restrict: A U.S. Policy for Chinese AI Models

Just Security , Monday, Aug 17, 2026 6:04:28 AM