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After Macmillan's Minotaur Books signed a two-book, $2M deal with author Jerry Falade, his agency, Europa Content, withdrew support over concerns he used AI (Melissa Korn/Wall Street Journal)

Mediagazer , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 11:50:00 PM

ITV reports H1 2026 revenue up 2% YoY to £1.9B, ITV Studios revenue up 2% to £912M, and ad revenue up 3% to £850M, with digital ad revenue up 13% (K.J. Yossman/Variety)

Mediagazer , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 9:50:00 PM

Emergent Ventures India, 18th cohort

Marginal REVOLUTION , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 9:24:42 PM

You only get one chance to make a zeroth impression

Unsung , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 8:35:45 PM

Made 62 tofu waffles. Not sure why they came out denser than usual, I thought I ...

Aaron Parecki , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 8:33:36 PM

July 2026

Joe Woods , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 8:18:42 PM

DNA Lounge: Wherein the Surveillance-Industrial Complex is asking for volunteers

jwz , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 8:01:49 PM

You May Be Severely Injured and Anemic but Don’t You Dare Skip Gym Day.

daniel.industries , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 7:51:23 PM

A US judge largely denies Perplexity and three data scraper firms' bid to dismiss Reddit's lawsuit over claims of copyright law violations under DMCA (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)

Mediagazer , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 7:50:00 PM

RFK Jr., Who Is Definitely Not Checked Out Of His Job, To Host A Cooking Show

Techdirt , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 7:39:00 PM

The Bear (2022-2026)

Justin Cox , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 7:11:50 PM

New Attack Puts Arch’s AUR Into Lockdown… Again

https://fossforce.com , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 5:56:18 PM

Googly-eyed Kremlin bitch loses defamation lawsuit

jwz , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 5:32:28 PM

DirecTV and EverPass make a multiyear deal letting bar owners show NFL Sunday Ticket via satellite or streaming; DirecTV becomes EverPass' main sales partner (Jacob Feldman/Sportico)

Mediagazer , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 5:15:00 PM

Nesting Behavior of Imported Species Troglodytes aedon on Planet Americearth by R.L. Meza (audio)

Clarkesworld Magazine – Science Fiction & Fantasy , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 5:12:45 PM

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731

Simon Willison's Weblog , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 4:59:44 PM

OpenAI Finds Evidence It Failed to Monitor Other A.I. Agents

Pixel Envy , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 4:49:04 PM

Dulles Airport does need a reboot, but the two dumbest parts of its $22.5 billion redesign need to get the boot first

Rob Pegoraro , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 4:40:53 PM

She Fought to Wear Tribal Regalia at Graduation. Then She Helped Change California Law.

The Fault Line | California, Below the Surface , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 4:35:28 PM

Lurie has spent $1.22M on private consultants since taking office

The San Francisco Standard , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 4:23:49 PM

SerpApi’s Motion to Dismiss Reddit Lawsuit Fails

Pixel Envy , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 4:18:00 PM

Stateless MCP has recaptured my interest (and inspired mcp-explorer and datasette-mcp)

Simon Willison's Weblog , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 4:13:22 PM

MAGA Media’s Fauci Fever

Status , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 4:10:02 PM

How to be a petty motherfucker

Mike Monteiro’s Good News , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 4:08:36 PM

weekend open thread – August 1-2, 2026

Ask a Manager , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 4:07:35 PM

llm-mcp-client 0.1a0

Simon Willison's Weblog , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 4:03:47 PM

at Lloyd Center

Aaron Parecki , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 3:50:59 PM

Emptywheel Fridays with Marcy Wheeler on the Nicole Sandler Show 7-31-26

The Nicole Sandler Show , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 3:33:13 PM

How Fred Warner and Dre Greenlaw’s ‘menacing aura’ started a fight at 49ers camp

The San Francisco Standard , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 3:20:00 PM

Eulogy for Dr Geoffrey Butcher

Mike Butcher , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 3:18:31 PM

Amgen says cloud data breach exposed patient health, proprietary info

BleepingComputer , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 3:16:42 PM

What Ukraine’s Battlefield Openness Can Teach Washington About AI Access

Techdirt , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 3:14:27 PM

US Virgin Islands need transparency to weed out corruption

Freedom of the Press Foundation , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:59:07 PM

This Week in the IndieWeb

https://indieweb.org/this-week/, Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:50:09 PM

The Mask In the Mirror

Hey Loura!, Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:45:12 PM

Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption to stop malware flood

BleepingComputer , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:38:08 PM

Cheltenham police looking to identify elderly woman found in Elkins Park

Glenside Local , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:35:18 PM

Oxide and Friends: The Open Weight Revolution with Simon Willison

Simon Willison's Weblog , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:33:13 PM

Sam Raimi to Produce New Stephen King Adaptation From ‘Final Destination’ Directors

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:30:28 PM

Google Earth AI Fiasco Underscores Why Tech Firms Must Listen to Outside Experts

Tech Policy Press , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:20:27 PM

Amnesty International UK Caves To JK Rowling

jwz , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:20:05 PM

smevals - a small eval suite for evaluating models, prompts, and harnesses

Simon Willison's Weblog , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:15:23 PM

Online ad firm Adform’s script compromised to steal cryptocurrency

BleepingComputer , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:09:25 PM

“This speech isn't free”: America moves closer to unofficially reconstituting the U.S. Information Agency

All-Source Intelligence , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:08:27 PM

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Helps Discover New Marine Species

Schneier on Security , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:06:46 PM

The hardest thing for people to get about open systems is that if you move forwa...

Scripting News , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 1:54:45 PM

Waxy Refresh: Supercut.org

Waxy.org , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 1:36:55 PM

Behind the scenes of a science story

Mixture , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 1:26:35 PM

Security Signal Weekly: July 25-31, 2026

CybersecKyle , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 1:21:41 PM

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Safe Superintelligence And Commonwealth Fusion Lead With Billion-Dollar Deals

Crunchbase News , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 1:14:23 PM

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Zuck Starts Throwing His Weights Around

Techdirt , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 1:12:12 PM

Sources: California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office urged state AG Bonta to settle the lawsuit against Paramount's WBD acquisition; Bonta has independent authority (Wall Street Journal)

Mediagazer , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 1:10:07 PM

DC’s ‘Booster Gold’ TV Series Is No Longer Happening

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 1:00:19 PM

Amending AB 1709 Doesn’t Fix It: California’s Social Media Ban Still Threatens Free Speech and Privacy

Electronic Frontier Foundation , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 12:47:34 PM

The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites

Electronic Frontier Foundation , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 12:41:55 PM

Variety Executive Editor Brent Lang has been named editor-in-chief of IndieWire, succeeding Dana Harris-Bridson, who is stepping down after 15 years (William Earl/Variety)

Mediagazer , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 12:41:03 PM

Stood literally 50 feet away from actual Kylie Minogue! Thank you Nick Cave.

Paul Robert Lloyd , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 12:30:15 PM

Plague Poems – The Three-Hundred-and-Thirty-Third Week

LibrarianShipwreck , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 12:29:54 PM

Analysis shows declining YouTube and X viewerships for several high-profile right-wing influencers, pointing to a shrinking audience for pro-Trump content (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times)

Mediagazer , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 12:25:02 PM

Google Workspace Weekly Recap - July 31, 2026

Google Workspace Updates , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 12:25:01 PM

The CHATBOT Act Forces One Parenting Model On Every Family

Electronic Frontier Foundation , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 12:06:43 PM

DOJ Drama, Prediction Markets, and the Limits of Congressional Power

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 12:02:03 PM

OpenAI says its new GPT 5.6 models are becoming more cost-efficient

BleepingComputer , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 11:52:44 AM

‘Section 415’ podcast: What 49ers training camp looks like as Kyle Shanahan recovers

The San Francisco Standard , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 11:50:03 AM

Kate Robertson on the Risks That Lie Behind Canada’s Unexpected Signing of the UN Cybercrime Convention

The Citizen Lab , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 11:40:20 AM

A deep look at FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's moves favoring the Trump administration; former chair Tom Wheeler warns against the agency becoming a political tool (Nancy Scola/Washingtonian)

Mediagazer , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 11:40:00 AM

The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel R...

Ryan Barrett , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 11:31:58 AM

Still no QR for you

jwz , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 11:30:46 AM

Gavin Newsom releases tax returns amid DOJ probe

The San Francisco Standard , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 11:30:12 AM

Three reactions to Anthropics’s latest apologia

Marcus on AI , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 11:14:21 AM

Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department For “Unlawful,” “Unethical” And “Unseemly” Conduct

Techdirt , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 11:12:12 AM

Daily Deal: The Lifetime Learner Bundle

Techdirt , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 11:07:12 AM

Mahershala Ali Has ‘Moved On’ From ‘Blade’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 11:00:45 AM

Snap says its recommendation systems will be adjusted so only videos created by real people, not AI-generated ones, are eligible for Spotlight recommendations (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

Mediagazer , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 11:00:42 AM

Redefining Global Health in the 21st Century

Marginal REVOLUTION , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 10:54:16 AM

Airlines Are Using AI to Maximize Prices – Here’s How You Fight Back

Hunter Walk , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 10:46:21 AM

Introducing The Defender’s Dispatch

CybersecKyle , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 10:45:00 AM

PureGenius - AI Powered Learning Platform

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 10:37:00 AM

Hacker uses DeepSeek AI to autonomously attack vulnerable servers

BleepingComputer , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 10:35:35 AM

Democrats Won’t Save Voting Rights Without Building Black and Brown Political Power

Dame Magazine , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 10:26:38 AM

Anthropic’s Opus 5 Is Better at Resisting Prompt Injection

Schneier on Security , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 10:23:16 AM

Samara Weaving Is Marvel’s New Emma Frost

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 10:15:14 AM

Hair by Erica Loney & Company in Cheltenham to take over former Studio 456 by Alma location in Glenside

Glenside Local , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 10:10:02 AM

GNU nano 9.2 Adds New Buffer Synonym and Fixes Crashes

https://fossforce.com , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 10:08:27 AM

Through the lens of young artists with LensBright Initiative

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 10:06:00 AM

Instruments of Empire

Transfer Orbit , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 10:00:59 AM

Gov. Shapiro sues Trump Administration over election, immigration conditions on federal grants

Glenside Local , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 10:00:52 AM