We briefly focus on some hopeful technology breakthrough news, before returning to our bread & butter; we have achieved fusion, kind of; wind from another planet; AI revolution, Kurzweil & baby steps; Dramatron; social media for strangers; Meta’s Hasher-Matcher-Actioner; Twitter’s do what I say not what I do; Tesla’s failure is not fraud; Sam Bankman-Fried & continued crypto arrests & lawsuits; Lord of the Rings marathon feast; Wednesday; The Peripheral; the White Lotus; Slow Horses; Drumpf NFT; too many tabs; Apple to allow outside app stores, dropping Webkit requirement; password managers; Twitter suspensions; the Marshall amp.
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IN THE NEWS
Breakthroughs of the Year (https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/12/technology-medicine-law-ai-10-breakthroughs-2022/672390/)
Scientists achieve fusion ignition, a major milestone in clean energy production (https://www.engadget.com/first-fusion-reaction-ignition-155212785.html)
Audio from a Martian dust devil captured for the first time (https://www.engadget.com/mars-dust-devil-audio-nasa-perseverance-224215815.html)
The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence (https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html)
DeepMind created an AI tool that can help generate rough film and stage scripts (https://www.engadget.com/deepmind-ai-tool-film-theater-scripts-dramatron-212328597.html)
Google execs warn company’s reputation could suffer if it moves too fast on AI-chat technology (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/13/google-execs-warn-of-reputational-risk-with-chatgbt-like-tool.html)
Social Media Is for Strangers Now (https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/12/instagram-facebook-friends-online/672394/)
Meta releases an open-source tool that can scan for terrorist content (https://www.engadget.com/meta-open-source-tool-scan-terrorist-content-130952284.html)
A New Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Inflaming Civil War in Ethiopia (https://www.wired.com/story/meta-hate-speech-lawsuit-ethiopia/?bxid=5dfac41c3f92a458a46550c2&cndid=18937196&esrc=AUTO_PRINT&source=EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_content=WIR_Daily_121322&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_121322&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=P4)
Twitter disbands its Trust and Safety Council of external advisors (https://www.engadget.com/twitter-dissolves-its-trust-and-safety-council-064143124.html)
Elon Musk’s new Twitter Blue logo is perfectly awful (https://www.fastcompany.com/90823987/elon-musk-twitter-blue-logo)
The college student tracking Elon Musk’s jet lashes out after Twitter bans his account. He says he’ll keep posting. (https://www.businessinsider.com/man-who-tracks-elon-musk-private-jet-permanently-banned-twitter-2022-12)
Twitter Suspends the Accounts Tracking Musk’s Jet and The Man Behind It (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-14/twitter-suspends-account-that-tracked-elon-musk-s-private-jet?cmpid=BBD121422_CUS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=221214&utm_campaign=closeamericas)
Elon Jet, the Twitter account tracking Elon Musk’s flights, was permanently suspended (https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/14/elon-jet-the-twitter-account-tracking-elon-musks-flights-was-permanently-suspended/?tpcc=tcplustwitter&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACMzEaQDhhVTvbnyjrwc2v98SYiOEQ6s_ynQQuh6Oil3rKQH7RyH1HGiJ4cyhLvk5R8-CB-MvT1y_yQPlmS4_kMQSbqUUyUbypor9f1mE_tYpbuc8_S0UwAx6saYUr0_Sf8IZEGddNWgtgDEFNE82X39kqdWGqfQgfb63ZCUgu6M&guccounter=2)
Tesla: Our ‘failure’ to make actual self-driving cars ‘is not fraud’ (https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/12/business/tesla-fsd-autopilot-lawsuit/index.html)
Tesla’s latest update adds Steam games and Apple Music (https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/13/23508269/tesla-holiday-update-steam-apple-music-support-light-show-mode)
Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested by Royal Bahamas Police Force (https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/sam-bankman-fried-arrested-by-royal-bahamas-police-force)
Sam Bankman-Fried: FTX founder charged with defrauding investors (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/13/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-charged-sec-crypto-exchange)
Celebrity Promoters Sued…
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