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India's youth protests have shown open hostility toward Modi-allied traditional media, using Instagram and YouTube to bypass pro-government outlets (Vidya Krishnan/Nieman Reports)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 10:55:00 PM

secret restructuring would mean I’d report to a coworker I hate, rejected for not having experience that I actually have, and more

Ask a Manager , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 9:03:26 PM

Analysis: Grokipedia appears not to have updated any articles since April 24, when it stopped processing human-suggested edits; xAI launched it in October 2025 (Lawfare)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 8:55:01 PM

Budget Cuts, Apathy Lead To Trump Administration Being Slow Acknowledging Two Cyclosporiasis Deaths

Techdirt , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 8:08:46 PM

Talkin' Politics with Shannon Watts

https://charlotteclymer.substack.com , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 7:10:46 PM

Regal Cinemas CEO Eduardo Acuna backs Paramount's acquisition of WBD, saying the antitrust trial "creates more uncertainty and distraction" for the industry (Anthony D'Alessandro/Deadline)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 6:40:00 PM

I’m taking up blogging again because the alternative was sending my friends extr...

b10g.xyz , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 6:26:54 PM

The Guthrie Gridlock

Status , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 6:05:28 PM

Inside the little-known political account bankrolling Matt Dorsey

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 6:00:00 PM

TikTok says a "moderator error" delayed the removal of a Perez Hilton livestream, during which he appeared to self-harm, and the subsequent ban of his account (Ej Dickson/Wired)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 5:50:01 PM

I've been on quest to see if we could bridge AT Proto and RSS. I love the bright...

Scripting News , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 5:37:50 PM

I asked Claude for a list of popular feed readers that hook into WebSub. Turns o...

Scripting News , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 5:36:16 PM

An AI model from Meta also hacked another company during testing

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 5:25:27 PM

Day 2024: “Reluctantly.”

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 5:06:00 PM

Introducing Muse Code and Muse Spark 1.2

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 4:58:35 PM

Behind the Biamp history museum

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 4:46:16 PM

Third-party cyber evaluations involving OpenAI models

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 4:45:32 PM

As injuries alter 49ers camp, one young receiver is seizing his shot

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 4:33:37 PM

Incident Report: unsanctioned agent behaviour during cyber testing

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 4:32:06 PM

Xcode’s clever minimap

Unsung , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 4:10:28 PM

Sources: nearly all staff at music outlets BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Revolver, and Goldmine appear to have been laid off by Veeps, owned by Live Nation (Jazz Monroe/Pitchfork)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 4:05:00 PM

RAJARs Q2 2026: GB News posts strong growth as BBC dips

Press Gazette , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 4:01:00 PM

Ransom Cartel ransomware creator sentenced to 16 years in prison

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 4:00:50 PM

Under the Canopy: Why you always choose the shady side of the street | Abington Shade Tree Commission

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 3:46:13 PM

Man sentenced for multiple robberies of armored trucks, including one attempt in Elkins Park

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 3:33:07 PM

“It’s unclear how Sopwith escaped to the general public.”

Unsung , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 3:30:37 PM

Anthropic’s New AI Model Can Identify More Software Bugs Than Ever. Microsoft Is Struggling To Fix Them Fast Enough.

Techdirt , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 3:28:00 PM

Elon Musk’s preposterous and possibly harmful prediction about robotic surgery

Marcus on AI , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 3:19:41 PM

The Truth About The OpenAI Brand Trip

User Mag , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 3:17:58 PM

Dow Jones Reports 7% Full Year YoY Revenue Growth; News Media Continues Contracting

A Media Operator , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 3:10:53 PM

‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ Creator’s New Manga Series Is a Love Letter to ‘Inception’ and Soulsborne Games

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 3:00:49 PM

Local Businesses Turn to NGR Industries to Simplify Manufacturing and Strengthen Supply Chains

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 3:00:00 PM

Canadian pleads guilty to Snowflake cloud data-theft attacks

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 2:53:26 PM

Sinclair reports Q2 revenue up 7% YoY to $840M, a net loss of $76M, vs. a $64M loss a year ago, and political ad revenue of $59M, up 9% from Q2 2022 (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 2:45:01 PM

Spider-Noir (2026-)

Justin Cox , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 2:43:38 PM

Astronomers have measured the size of the largest galaxy...

kottke.org , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 2:40:00 PM

‘I’m really blowing it’: Chicken Fried Palace closes after less than a year in the Mission

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 2:35:21 PM

RSS.chat now supports WebSub. This means that posts on RSS.chat will appear inst...

Scripting News , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 2:13:55 PM

The intelligent organisation is not the one with the most AI

Kate Carruthers , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 2:07:16 PM

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed's Win Isn't Just Historic—It Proved Something Many Thought Impossible

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 2:06:18 PM

A Spider-Man’s Spider-Man

E.W. Doc Parris , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 2:01:04 PM

Dale Dickey on How She Got Through Rosemary’s Big ‘Widow’s Bay’ Scene

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 2:00:19 PM

Portland’s Porkbun passes 4 million domains under management

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 1:58:54 PM

Losing your best tradeshow conversations…? Capfora AI can help

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 1:47:14 PM

“ In this video , I’ll take you from farm to...

kottke.org , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 1:40:00 PM

News Corp reports Q4 revenue up 11% YoY to $2.34B, net income up 167% YoY to $230M, news media revenue up 5% YoY to $545M; WSJ subscriptions grew 6% YoY to 4.8M (News Corp)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 1:40:00 PM

August 2026: The Latest in Tech Authoritarianism

Overturned by Kelly Stonelake , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 1:37:34 PM

2026 Mythopoeic Awards Winners

Locus , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 1:36:13 PM

Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits Is Leering and Traumatic

Pixel Envy , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 1:35:30 PM

Straight Down the Middle

The Present Age , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 1:34:51 PM

"Aha! This office supplies purchase will surely cure my writer's block!"

b10g.xyz , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 1:31:20 PM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for August 5, 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 1:30:39 PM

Is Americans’ declining trust in media driven by political messaging?

Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 1:23:03 PM

Trump’s War On Journalists Also Includes Targeting A Freelance NYT Contributor

Techdirt , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 1:21:44 PM

‘Too dangerous to be among us’: 5 charged in SF child exploitation sting

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 1:19:24 PM

The Honorable Andrew Gregg Curtin, Pennsylvania’s Civil War-Era Governor

47th Pennsylvania Volunteers , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 1:17:50 PM

Food with Mark Bittman: A Conversation with Congressman Jim McGovern

The Bittman Project , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 1:13:09 PM

Even The New York Times “isn’t immune” to declining search traffic — one reason it’s leaning into video

Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 1:07:23 PM

Hackers run khunt post-exploitation toolkit from Oracle database

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 12:55:25 PM

Monty Python and the Holy Grail, in alphabetical order

Waxy.org , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 12:48:08 PM

Just a friendly reminder: Supporting startups doesn’t have to be complicated

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 12:46:45 PM

NFL 2026-2027 streaming guide: It may be cheaper than you think

Advisorator , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 12:45:28 PM

As Mattel tries to evolve from a toy maker into an entertainment company, its movie releases see only mixed success and its entertainment push pressures profits (Connor Hart/Wall Street Journal)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 12:45:00 PM

One-shotting a Raccoon Heist game using Claude Fable 5

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 12:42:38 PM

The Final ‘Insidious: Out of the Further’ Trailer Brings Demons Into the Real World

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 12:34:47 PM

The prisoner’s dilemma: Why U.K. publishers are signing Google AI deals

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 12:31:25 PM

A TikTok A/B Test Proves It Is Responsible for What Users See

Pixel Envy , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 12:31:10 PM

The Computer That Helped Win World War II . “…it...

kottke.org , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 12:30:00 PM

People Inc not blocking Google ‘at the moment’ as it rolls out digital subscriptions

Press Gazette , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 12:27:42 PM

The ‘Free State of Florida’ is watching — and withholding

Freedom of the Press Foundation , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 12:21:00 PM

The Title Cards in Blade Runner Are Fucking Amazing

Rands in Repose , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 12:18:29 PM

Google Names Demis Hassabis to New AI Role in a Leadership Shake-up

NYT > Kate Conger , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 12:17:32 PM

OSU celebrates semiconductor spinouts

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 12:14:27 PM

Release Notes: A brand new way to watch web pages for changes

Muckrock News , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 12:08:36 PM

DOJ Fights IRS-Suit Fees, Amazon Loses Perplexity AI Ban, Final Oath Keepers Cases Dismissed & EPA Climate Grants Restored

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 12:01:49 PM

FuboTV reports Q3 revenue up 38% YoY to $1.48B and narrows its net loss to $25.7M from $38M in Q3 2025, says it has 5.75M North American subscribers, up 2% YoY (Etan Vlessing/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 11:42:50 AM

News: Microsoft Disclosures Suggest OpenAI Sales Account For Around 70% Of FY26 AI Revenue, More Than 7% of FY26 Revenue

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 11:41:14 AM

2026 N3F Awards

Locus , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 11:36:45 AM

The secret killer of startups may not be what you think

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 11:36:18 AM

Here are the finalists for the 2026 World Fantasy Awards

Transfer Orbit , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 11:28:09 AM

Ninth Circuit: Your AI Agent Can’t Violate Hacking Law. But You Might.

Techdirt , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 11:23:37 AM

Daily Deal: The Ultimate Python & Artificial Intelligence Bundle

Techdirt , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 11:18:37 AM

‘The Apothecary Diaries’ Stars Break Down the Mystery, Romance, and Frog Between Jinshi and Maomao

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 11:15:10 AM

SpaceX Unlocks Tomorrow

Matt Levine - Bloomberg Opinion Columnist , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 11:07:34 AM

Please keep this clown out of Congress, redux

jwz , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 11:02:17 AM

why do managers give such conflicting messaging?

Ask a Manager , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 10:59:10 AM

The Big Idea: Griffin Barber

Whatever , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 10:57:18 AM

How to Store Ebooks in Instagram Reels and Other Covert Data Storage Tricks

kottke.org , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 10:55:00 AM

COLDCARD security audit phishing attack installs remote access tool

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 10:49:41 AM

YouTube – Quantum Shorts 2 – Equestrian Physicist Needed ASAP

Green Comet , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 10:42:17 AM

Aurealis Awards Changes

Locus , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 10:40:59 AM

ABC News digital workers have voted unanimously to form a union with WGAE; the unit includes about 50 reporters, editors, and video and social media producers (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 10:35:01 AM

Disney Says ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ and ‘Moana’ Were Hits, Actually

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 10:30:29 AM

Finding the Rhythm of the Words

ruk.ca - Peter Rukavina's Weblog , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 10:14:18 AM

Lidar and other discoveries continue to show that the...

kottke.org , Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 10:10:00 AM