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“The shrinking of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation by 1,250 roles after a plunge in profits of almost a third serves as a stark reminder that the billionaire mogul’s abortive attempt to reunite his media empire was built on a mission to protect his weakest publishing assets.”

“Other Googlers reportedly posted memes comparing the past year at Google to a dumpster fire, while another employee said ‘pushing Bard to market in a panic validated the market’s fear about us.’ Google’s stock took a pretty big blow after news about Bard’s error started going around, losing nearly $100 billion of its market value in just one day.”

“There were ads for T-shirts printed with a horse’s head superimposed on a heartbeat line, served to someone who does not ride horses nor particularly like them. Also: fraudulent ads for discount drones, spots hawking crude gaming apps and promoted posts from people ranting about ‘puppet masters’ and ‘the slave mind.'”

“… after a committee of MPs found he made significant errors of judgment in failing to disclose his role in organising an £800,000 loan facility for Boris Johnson.”

“You are probably thinking that, as the reader of a serious national newspaper, you would not be fooled so easily, but [Sander] Van der Linden explains clearly why we are all vulnerable. We all have a tendency to accept information that is consistent with our prior beliefs, and reject that which is not, resulting in confirmation bias.”

“Projects and decisions that usually take days to sign off are now taking about a month in some cases, even in priority areas including the metaverse and advertising…’Honestly, it’s still a mess,’ said one employee. ‘The year of efficiency is kicking off with a bunch of people getting paid to do nothing.'”

“When you think of ChatGPT, don’t think of Shakespeare, think of autocomplete. Viewed in this light, ChatGPT doesn’t know anything at all.”

“Elon Musk’s restoration of 10 Twitter accounts that were banned under the platform’s previous management has generated enough engagement since they returned to the platform to likely generate $19 million in advertising revenue annually, a nonprofit dedicated to countering hate speech online has concluded.”

“Penetration of potential subscribers is still very low and there’s a lot of headroom for growth.”

“Amazon’s ad business, which has catapulted to third among digital ad companies, grew 19% in the fourth quarter, while Facebook parent Meta reported its third straight drop in revenue.”

“Some 625 of the top 1,000 Twitter advertisers, including major brands such as Coca-Cola, Unilever, Jeep, Wells Fargo and Merck, had pulled their ad dollars as of January, according to estimates from Pathmatics, based on data running through January 25.”

“Twitter’s troubles are due not just to [Elon] Musk, who appears to be both shooting himself in the foot and cauterizing the wound with his own brand of flamethrower. No, Musk is merely the vehicle. The real reason Twitter lies in ruins is because it was an abomination before God. It was a Tower of Babel.”

“Mr. DeSantis is the latest figure, and among the most influential, to join a growing list of Republicans calling on the court to revisit the 1964 ruling, known as The New York Times Company v. Sullivan.”

“Buying British newspapers gave the Lebedevs clout in Tory high politics. Over a decade on, it remains unclear what they hope to achieve.”

“Who needs Truth Social when Twitter’s owner is tweeting, ‘My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci’?”

“OpenAI’s chatbot offers paraphrases, whereas Google offers quotes. Which do we prefer?”