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OpenAI is testing Sponsored Agents, which let users chat with business-sponsored agents and visit advertiser websites via ChatGPT ads, with some US advertisers (Anzar Mehraj/Reuters)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 8:05:00 AM

Palestinian-American Journalist Naqaa Hamed Detained by Israeli Forces After Settlers Targeted Her

Drop Site News , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 8:04:45 AM

Wired launches a new app aimed at its most loyal readers

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 8:03:05 AM

Write Now with Beck Kubrick

Justin Cox , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 8:00:45 AM

“Being Undocumented Is Already a Chronic Stress. Then, Add in Blackness”: Talking with Dr. Felecia Russell on the Experience of Black Undocumented Folks

Public Books , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 8:00:00 AM

the “family-friendly” companies I’ve worked for were only friendly to employees with kids

Ask a Manager , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 7:59:07 AM

Google replaced the library card catalog. Imagining that, Claude and ChatGPT et ...

Scripting News , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 7:57:58 AM

Two Reasons Meta’s Settlement with State Attorneys General is a Win for Mark Zuckerberg

Tech Policy Press , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 7:56:39 AM

A Rural Florida County Quietly Built a Flock Camera Network. Now It’s Dismantling It.

Bolts , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 7:47:45 AM

Sources: Joe Buck agreed to a new, six-year contract with ESPN worth ~$108M that will keep him as the voice of Monday Night Football through the 2031 Super Bowl (Andrew Marchand/The Athletic)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 7:35:00 AM

Which Rude is it?

Chris Coyier , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 7:29:48 AM

Podcast: Humans Are Reading Your ChatGPT Conversations

404 Media , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 7:19:51 AM

Veronese's Dogs

The Public Domain Review , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 7:16:00 AM

Filing: Newsquest now has 159,000 paying digital subscribers, up 18% YoY, with online subscription revenue up 20% in FY 2025; overall revenue fell 4.5% to £192M (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 7:05:01 AM

In ‘Deserted,’ Nick Mathews explains how the local news crisis is devastating rural communities

What Works , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 7:04:05 AM

In ‘Deserted,’ Nick Mathews explains how the local news crisis is devastating rural communities

Dan Kennedy , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 7:02:55 AM

Virginia Woolf on Creativity

The Marginalian , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 7:02:06 AM

“To state the painfully obvious, I hope we’re right on this. Also, I hope we did our usual level of due diligence in handling this anonymous sourcing.””

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 7:01:47 AM

Here’s the longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Poetry.

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 7:00:36 AM

10 Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Movies to Watch Before They Leave Netflix

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 7:00:29 AM

The true cost of a ransomware attack, with and without BCDR

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 7:00:10 AM

The foreign affairs origins of domestic executive supremacy

SCOTUSblog , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 7:00:00 AM

FeedLand and WordPress have a new hookup. With Scott Hanson's plugin: River Embe...

Scripting News , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:59:24 AM

The Powerful Connection Between Smell & Memory

kottke.org , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:50:18 AM

Just a quick test post - to be deleted.

Hey Loura!, Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:49:27 AM

How much Steve Kornacki is too much Steve Kornacki?

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:40:26 AM

September 12th’s Red Alert: How International Lawyers Should Answer AI Leaders’ Wakeup Call

Just Security , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:40:06 AM

OpenAI strikes first news deal in Canada

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:37:31 AM

What AI Can Teach Us About Being Human

Radar , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:37:00 AM

The Department of Justice is demanding a reporter’s LinkedIn records in a secretive First Amendment court fight

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:30:35 AM

An interview with Sen. Ted Cruz on his biography of Justice Thomas

SCOTUSblog , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:30:00 AM

The Like Button Helped Social Media Put Profit Over People. We Can’t Let AI Do the Same.

Tech Policy Press , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:29:26 AM

Canadian Politicians Have Launched a New Push for Data Centres

Pixel Envy , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:29:03 AM

U.K. news company Reach to cut 220 journalism jobs as it deprioritizes volume

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:23:06 AM

Links of Interest - 2026-09-16

Very cool, if true , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:22:43 AM

From Fugitive to Federal Custody: Inside the Takedown of South America’s ‘King of the South’

OCCRP , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:19:00 AM

“When you build an independent tech publication, there’s always a temptation to retreat behind a paywall or talk exclusively to insiders. What sold us on NPR is its public-service mission. We get to bring sharp, independent reporting on AI to millions of people for free, right where they already listen.”

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:15:10 AM

The War on Terror: A Quarter Century of Unheeded Warnings

Just Security , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:14:22 AM

Oligarchy, Neo Fascism, and Liberation

Thinking about..., Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:12:10 AM

Very good news

Marginal REVOLUTION , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:12:00 AM

Attention LBJ nerds: Robert Caro is posting book updates on Instagram.

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:11:33 AM

Don’t Let Lebanon’s Peace Agreement Prove Hezbollah Right

Just Security , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:04:41 AM

9 million

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:03:12 AM

The best events in SF this week, from Flower Piano to the Lowrider Parade

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:00:00 AM

How the 49ers became Australia’s team — and why the NFL will want them to go back

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:00:00 AM

The Valkyries have a superpower. It might need to change in the playoffs

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Good news: This big fish is off the naughty list

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Stuart Brand sells his seaworthy Sausalito houseboat to tech CEO

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Behind the SF Opera strike, a bigger fight over the company’s future

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Lost Memories

Simon Collison | Journal , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Trump blasts Supreme Court on social media

SCOTUSblog , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:00:00 AM

The $75k-a-year private school encouraging kids to go viral on Twitter

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Sam Altman: “The world should trust” us on AI safety

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Axios tech arm says it’s turned a profit on $20M in revenue

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:56:58 AM

Polymarket’s next bet? It can also be a media company

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:51:45 AM

“They Will Kill Me”: Haitian Deportees from U.S. Face Fear, Uncertainty

Just Security , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:49:13 AM

Making Sense of AI Dread? Don't Get Distracted by Doomer CEOs or the China Canard

Tech Policy Press , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:41:49 AM

Bernie Sanders Tries To ‘Help’ Fix AI By Complaining With Steve Bannon, ‘Banning Superintelligence’

Techdirt , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:32:21 AM

Laika’s Final ‘Wildwood’ Trailer Is Filled With Pure Adventure

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:30:46 AM

A group of House lawmakers launches the Movies, Music, Entertainment & Sports Caucus amid an industry push for a federal film and TV tax incentive (Ted Johnson/Deadline)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:30:00 AM

Early Edition: September 16, 2026

Just Security , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:26:56 AM

What Von der Leyen’s State of the Union Means for Europe’s Tech Ambitions

Tech Policy Press , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:26:43 AM

Microsoft says Copilot buttons still missing in classic Outlook

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:16:32 AM

We Must Create the Shit Machine . “I asked...

kottke.org , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:16:00 AM

Detecting AI Agent Failures Is Not Enough to Govern Them

Tech Policy Press , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:14:47 AM

Webinar: What happens in the first hours of a Google Workspace breach

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:11:19 AM

REPAIRS • Ryan Standley

Every Day Fiction , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:06:00 AM

Online Safety (Amendment) Bill

Open Rights Group , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:02:46 AM

An Open Letter to Juvenile, Snoop Dogg, and Lil Jon Regarding My Recently Diagnosed Degenerative Knee Condition

McSweeney’s , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:00:00 AM

Data brokers have detailed files on you. Here’s what’s in them — and how it impacts you

The Markup , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:00:00 AM

Who’s buying your personal data: Disney, GM, your insurer and bank. Here’s what they get

The Markup , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 5:00:00 AM

Top Yemeni Journalist: Saudi Arabia Could Lose Territory to Ansarallah

Drop Site News , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 4:54:56 AM

The best books on Honesty, recommended by Christian B. Miller

Five Books , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 4:50:03 AM

China: “Thank Trump”

Can We Still Govern?, Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 4:48:37 AM

Three local news outlets unveil a detailed guide to this fall’s state ballot questions

Dan Kennedy , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 4:44:21 AM

NPR acquires Hard Fork co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton's video-first show Machine Gods, debuting as a podcast from October and as a radio program in 2027 (NPR)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 4:40:00 AM

Fake CAPTCHA Scams

Schneier on Security , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 4:25:26 AM

How to get a DOI for your blog posts

Terence Eden , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 4:23:38 AM

What CloserStill and RX Learned From Getting Event Launches Wrong

A Media Operator , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 4:21:00 AM

‘Crystal Lake’ Showrunner Denies Jason Voorhees’ Rumored Ties to CIA

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 4:20:53 AM

What Regulatory Capture Actually Looks Like

Marginal REVOLUTION , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 4:16:50 AM

Critical ScreenConnect flaw now actively exploited in attacks

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 4:14:28 AM

A Hard Year For Software IPOs

Crunchbase News , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 4:00:47 AM

Immerse Yourself in Dystopia With These ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Costumes and Props

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 4:00:29 AM

Violence against women and trans people is worse than previously thought, new research finds

The 19th , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 4:00:00 AM

Muni is giving voters a pricey would-you-rather: Pay the parcel tax, or pay for delays

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 4:00:00 AM

Memo: Reach plans to cut ~220 editorial jobs, create 60 new roles, and close three online-only brands, as it shifts focus away from page views and volume (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 3:50:00 AM

5.6.0

Release notes from kirby , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 3:49:08 AM

From Kashmir to Reels: The Localisation of Jihadist Propaganda in Indian Digital Spaces

GNET , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 3:38:58 AM

4.9.6

Release notes from kirby , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 3:38:49 AM

NPR announces a $1M restricted gift to the Public Media Bridge Fund to provide direct grants to eligible NPR Member organizations facing sustainability issues (NPR)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 3:35:02 AM

Lit Hub Daily: September 16, 2026

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 3:30:38 AM

Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People

404 Media , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 3:30:35 AM

Evictions impact millions of kids. These schools get an alert when it happens to their students.

The 19th , Wednesday, Sep 16, 2026 3:30:00 AM