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‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’: Yanis Varoufakis on extremism, Starmer, and the tyranny of big tech
In his new book, Technofeudalism, the maverick Greek economist says we are witnessing an epochal shift. At his island home of Aegina, he argues it’s no longer the global finance system that shapes us, but the ‘fiefdoms’ of tech firmsWhat could be more delightful than a trip to Greece to... Read more »Source: Technology | The Guardian | Published: September 24, 2023 - 9:00 am - ●
An old master? No, it’s an image AI just knocked up … and it can’t be copyrighted
US ruling on works created through artificial intelligence gives boost to creative workers fighting for livelihoodsThe use of AI in art is facing a setback after a ruling that an award-winning image could not be copyrighted because it was not made sufficiently by humans.The decision, delivered by the US copyright... Read more »Source: Technology | The Guardian | Published: September 24, 2023 - 9:00 am - ●
The beer of the future? MailOnline tastes one of the world's first beers designed by AI
German beer brand Beck's has turned to the clever AI tool ChatGPT to make a futuristic beverage, called Beck's Autonomous... Read more »
Source: Science & tech | Mail Online | Published: September 24, 2023 - 7:17 am - ●
Some employees reminisce about Netflix's DVD subscription service, which upended the entertainment industry and is shutting down on September 29 after 25 years (New York Times)
New York Times: Some employees reminisce about Netflix's DVD subscription service, which upended the entertainment industry and is shutting down on September 29 after 25 years — The company's DVD subscription service is ending this month, bringing to a close an origin story that ultimately upended the entertainment industry.... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: September 24, 2023 - 5:45 am - ●
Q&A with outgoing Amazon SVP of Devices and Services Dave Limp on using generative AI for Alexa, a possible Alexa subscription, advice for Panos Panay, and more (Dave Lee/Bloomberg)
Dave Lee / Bloomberg: Q&A with outgoing Amazon SVP of Devices and Services Dave Limp on using generative AI for Alexa, a possible Alexa subscription, advice for Panos Panay, and more — The departing executive in charge of Amazon's voice assistant has a conversation about its future in the age... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: September 24, 2023 - 3:50 am - ●
In a countersuit, chip startup Rivos and six ex-Apple staff claim Apple intimidates those who "dare to leave"; Apple sued Rivos over trade secrets theft in 2022 (Malathi Nayak/Bloomberg)
Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: In a countersuit, chip startup Rivos and six ex-Apple staff claim Apple intimidates those who “dare to leave”; Apple sued Rivos over trade secrets theft in 2022 — - Rivos contests Apple's tech theft claims with countersuit — Apple accuses the startup of stealing proprietary information... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: September 24, 2023 - 12:00 am Three major US voting equipment makers let some researchers stress-test their software and hardware, to take on conspiracy theories with greater transparency (Sean Lyngaas/CNN)
Sean Lyngaas / CNN: Three major US voting equipment makers let some researchers stress-test their software and hardware, to take on conspiracy theories with greater transparency — Major US voting equipment manufacturers are enlisting cybersecurity experts to provide additional stress-tests of their systems …... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: September 23, 2023 - 10:55 pmA look at the flood of near-identical YouTube obituary videos, in which men read obituaries scraped from authorized publishers like funeral homes and newspapers (Kate Knibbs/Wired)
Kate Knibbs / Wired: A look at the flood of near-identical YouTube obituary videos, in which men read obituaries scraped from authorized publishers like funeral homes and newspapers — If you Google someone who recently died, you might see a flood of near-identical videos of men reading obits. Here's why.... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: September 23, 2023 - 8:30 pmCalifornia’s Governor Gavin Newsom Vetoes State Ban on Driverless Trucks
California lawmakers, egged on by unions, voted to require a human onboard autonomous trucks over fears about safety and job losses. Governor Gavin Newsom was having none of it.... Read more »
Source: Wired | Published: September 23, 2023 - 8:17 pmA leaked Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro promo video reveals new camera features: an Audio Eraser, the ability to swap faces, full manual controls like ISO, and more (Sanket Vijayasarathy/91mobiles)
Sanket Vijayasarathy / 91mobiles: A leaked Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro promo video reveals new camera features: an Audio Eraser, the ability to swap faces, full manual controls like ISO, and more — - A new promo video focuses on the many camera features of the Pixel 8 and... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: September 23, 2023 - 6:50 pmWalmart-backed PhonePe, which leads India's UPI-based payments market, launches the Indus AppStore on Android and promises no platform fees or IAP commission (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Walmart-backed PhonePe, which leads India's UPI-based payments market, launches the Indus AppStore on Android and promises no platform fees or IAP commission — PhonePe launched the Indus AppStore Developer Platform on Saturday, promising zero platform fee and no commission on in-app purchases …... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: September 23, 2023 - 5:45 pmA Hill to die on: Map reveals how old every state's elected officials are compared to their constituents amid calls for term limits... so use our interactive tool to see what age YOUR representatives are
Age has become a central issue this election cycle following a spate of high-profile 'senior moments' including two Mitch McConnell freeze episodes.... Read more »
Source: Science & tech | Mail Online | Published: September 23, 2023 - 4:57 pmCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes a bill that would have required a human safety operator in heavy-duty self-driving trucks on public roads in the state (Abhirup Roy/Reuters)
Abhirup Roy / Reuters: California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes a bill that would have required a human safety operator in heavy-duty self-driving trucks on public roads in the state — California Governor Gavin Newsom late on Friday vetoed a bill to prevent heavy-duty driverless trucks from operating in the state... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: September 23, 2023 - 4:30 pmDoes marriage at first sight really work? As the new season of MAFS UK kicks off, scientists reveal how long it really takes to find the one
MailOnline spoke with two psychologists to uncover whether love at first sight is truly possible or just a fairytale ideal.... Read more »
Source: Science & tech | Mail Online | Published: September 23, 2023 - 4:11 pmAcademics and US agencies are overhauling or ending online misinformation research due to Representative Jim Jordan and other Republicans' escalating campaign (Washington Post)
Washington Post: Academics and US agencies are overhauling or ending online misinformation research due to Representative Jim Jordan and other Republicans' escalating campaign — An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political disinformation …... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: September 23, 2023 - 3:50 pmAn AI Game of Thrones prequel? No wonder George RR Martin’s raining ice and fire on ChatGPT | Tim Adams
Authors have entered a war over words with OpenAI for using their books as ‘training’ feedstockBattles between human and artificial intelligence are no longer science fiction. The strikes in Hollywood led by the united guilds of actors and screenwriters have a common, intangible enemy: the algorithms and computer-generated imagery that... Read more »Source: Technology | The Guardian | Published: September 23, 2023 - 3:03 pmWhen it comes to creative thinking, it’s clear that AI systems mean business | John Naughton
The chatbot GPT-4 has produced more viable commercial ideas more efficiently and more cheaply than US university studentsIn all the frenzied discourse about large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 there is one point on which everyone seems to agree: these models are essentially stochastic parrots – namely, machines that... Read more »Source: Technology | The Guardian | Published: September 23, 2023 - 3:00 pmThe east German town at the centre of the new ‘gold rush’ … for lithium
Refining the metal – which is essential for electric car batteries – in Europe would ease the EU’s precarious reliance on ChinaIt has been called the new gold rush – a rush to catch up with China in producing and refining the materials needed in everything from computers to cars:... Read more »Source: Technology | The Guardian | Published: September 23, 2023 - 3:00 pmWaitrose turns to AI to create recipes for successful food products
The supermarket has used data from menus, online cuisine and social media posts to shape its Japanese rangeUnder fake pink cherry blossom, guests sipped House of Suntory cocktails and picked at plates of chicken karaage, prawn gyoza and cauliflower tempura from a kaitenzushi-style conveyor belt … This was the London... Read more »Source: Technology | The Guardian | Published: September 23, 2023 - 3:00 pmSources: India plans to delay its import license requirement for laptops and tablets by a year and propose a simpler import registration process from November (Reuters)
Reuters: Sources: India plans to delay its import license requirement for laptops and tablets by a year and propose a simpler import registration process from November — India will defer an import licence requirement for laptops and tablets, two government officials said, a policy U-turn after industry …... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: September 23, 2023 - 3:00 pm
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Remembering Fletcher Prouty (2012)
[iframe src="https://rumble.com/embed/v3hhjae/?pub=1h5b6y/" width="90%" height="320" allow="fullscreen"] FROM 2012: Some might know Fletcher Prouty through his involvement with Oliver Stone's JFK. Others may know his book on The Secret Team. Still others might know of his insights into subjects as diverse as the Gary Powers U2 incident, MKULTRA, and the Origins of... Read more »Source: The Corbett Report | Published: September 23, 2023 - 11:40 am - mp3
Interview 1837 - Half Way to The 2030 Agenda - #NewWorldNextWeek
This week on the New World Next Week: the UN globalists meet to discuss their progress toward the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals; the tyrants celebrate ID day with a new push toward the digital ID gulag; and the founder of Foxconn picks a Netflix actress as his Taiwanese presidential... Read more »Source: The Corbett Report | Published: September 21, 2023 - 10:00 pm - mp3
How To Defeat BlackRock - #SolutionsWatch
After watching How BlackRock Conquered the World, we know all about the problem: a financial behemoth is flexing its monetary muscle to shape society in its image. So what's the solution? Boycotts? Buycotts? Can we strive for something different, or are we condemned to forever be out of credit at... Read more »Source: The Corbett Report | Published: September 20, 2023 - 9:54 pm - mp3
Episode 449 - How BlackRock Conquered the World
What is BlackRock? Where did this financial behemoth come from? How did it gain such incredible power over the world's wealth? And how is it seeking to leverage that power in shaping the course of human civilization? Find out in this in-depth Corbett Report documentary on How BlackRock Conquered the... Read more »Source: The Corbett Report | Published: September 18, 2023 - 9:30 pm The Covid Protesters — Where Are They Now?
The people who are looking to traumatize and scare you, to keep you compliant and complacent, will never tell you what ended up happening to the COVID resisters. So, allow me to do exactly that. The post The Covid Protesters — Where Are They Now? first appeared on The Corbett... Read more »
Source: The Corbett Report | Published: September 17, 2023 - 1:49 pm- Video
The Anarchy of Language (2015)
No apostrophes? Misplaced commas? Starting a sentence with a conjunction? Whatever shall we do?! Join James in today's Thought for the Day as he ponders the miracle of communication, explores the anarchy of language, and celebrates the beauty of spontaneous order. The post The Anarchy of Language (2015) first appeared... Read more »Source: The Corbett Report | Published: September 16, 2023 - 12:16 pm - mp3
Interview 1836 - The 9/11 Emergency: From Gladio to Gun Grabbing - #NewWorldNextWeek
This week on the New World Next Week: the 9/11 legacy continues to reverberate as the national emergency renewal ritual repeats; NATO's false flag shenanigans are part of the latest Gladio trial in Italy; and the New Mexico gun grab psyop can be read in many ways. The post... Read more »Source: The Corbett Report | Published: September 14, 2023 - 10:07 pm - mp3
Monkeywrenching the New World Order - #SolutionsWatch
From ULEZ camera sabotage to culture jamming in the supermarkets to QR code tinkering, there are no shortage of wrenches that can be thrown in the gears of the technocratic enslavement grid. So, what methods of monkeywrenching the New World Order will work for your own purposes? Let's put on... Read more »Source: The Corbett Report | Published: September 13, 2023 - 10:38 am - mp3
Interview 1835 - COVID-911 Watch Along with James, Broc and Ryan
[iframe src="https://rumble.com/embed/v3e1pg0/?pub=4" width="90%" height="320" allow="fullscreen"] via TheLastAmericanVagabond.com: Joining me today is James Corbett, founder of The Corbett Report, and video editor extraordinaire Broc West, here for a 9/11 anniversary watch-along and Q&A of their excellent documentary titled: COVID-911: From Homeland Security to Biosecurity. Similar to our watch-along/Q&A of The Secret History of Al... Read more »Source: The Corbett Report | Published: September 11, 2023 - 5:34 am Remember What Happened Right Before 9/11? It's Happening Again.
After Uncle Sam's ignominious retreat from the graveyard of empires in 2021, the Taliban infamously regained control of the country and set about reinstituting their campaign to ban the cultivation of opium poppies. And, once again, the results of that ban have been nothing short of remarkable. So, are we... Read more »
Source: The Corbett Report | Published: September 10, 2023 - 2:25 pm
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Charge 6 devices with a portable power bank, now $90 off
The Flash Pro Plus 100W USB-C 25000mAh graphene power bank with MagSafe compatibility is just $229.99. That's 27% off its regular price of $319.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 24, 2023 - 9:00 am - ●
Capture HD photos and videos with these binoculars, now $100
A pair of mini dual-tube digital night vision binoculars with 1080p HD recording is on sale for $99.99. That's 37% off the item's regular price of $159.99.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 24, 2023 - 9:00 am - ●
Learn more about AI and ChatGPT with this $30 course bundle
A ChatGPT artificial intelligence OpenAI training bundle is on sale for $29.99. That's 42% off its normal price of $52.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 24, 2023 - 9:00 am - ●
This Magic Keyboard Folio for iPad 10th-Gen is $99
Save 60% on an open box Apple Magic Keyboard Folio for iPad at the Mashable Shop... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 24, 2023 - 9:00 am - ●
Get a Dell PC and a Microsoft Office license for $380
Save on a refurbished Dell Optiplex desktop PC and a lifetime Microsoft Office subscription at the Mashable Shop.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 24, 2023 - 9:00 am - ●
How to watch NASA bring back asteroid specimens to Earth
NASA will return samples from asteroid Bennu to Earth on September 24, 2023 and you can livestream the historic event on NASA TV and YouTube. Here's how.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 24, 2023 - 8:00 am - ●
Save 85% on a lifetime membership to eLearning
A lifetime membership to International Open Academy eLearning is on sale for £48.02, saving you 85% on list price.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 24, 2023 - 4:00 am - ●
How to unblock ViX for free
Unblock and watch ViX for free from anywhere in the world.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 24, 2023 - 3:50 am - ●
How to watch the NRL Grand Final 2023 online for free
Bypass geo-restrictions to watch the NRL Grand Final 2023 for free from anywhere in the world.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 24, 2023 - 3:35 am - ●
Connections today: See hints and answers for September 24
Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 24, 2023 - 2:00 am - ●
Wordle today: Here's the answer and hints for September 24
Here's the answer for "Wordle" #827 on September 24, as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 24, 2023 - 1:00 am 'Quordle' today: Here are the answers and hints for September 24, 2023
A strategy guide for the September 24 'Quordle,' a puzzle game similar to 'Wordle,' but which gives the user nine guesses to figure out four different words.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 23, 2023 - 10:10 pmCalifornia governor vetoes bill requiring human drivers in autonomous trucks
The California governor vetoed a teamsters-backed state bill requiring human drivers in autonomous trucks.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 23, 2023 - 9:26 pmMicrosoft's acquisition of Activision is essentially a done deal
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a report on September 22 essentially authorizing the merger between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, contingent upon Microsoft's sale of part of its cloud gaming operation.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 23, 2023 - 5:52 pmTinder users can now find true love for just $500 per month
Tinder has rolled out its Select premium monthly subscription to help users find love. It costs $499 a month.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 23, 2023 - 5:10 pmUnity is walking back its runtime install policy
Unity is walking back its controversial runtime install policy after developers expressed their outrage.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 23, 2023 - 2:52 pmThe best laptop deals for September 2023: Apple MacBook Airs, Microsoft Surface laptops, and more
Here's a running list of the best laptop deals from brands like Apple, Razer, Lenovo, and more as of Sept. 23.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 23, 2023 - 11:00 amWatch NASA test powerful motor for its moon megarocket
NASA completed a hot-fire test of a small-scale solid rocket motor that produced over 82,000 pounds of scorching thrust.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 23, 2023 - 10:30 amHow to watch the Rugby World Cup 2023 online for free
Bypass geo-restrictions to watch the Rugby World Cup 2023 for free from anywhere in the world.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 23, 2023 - 9:34 amHow to watch the Berlin Marathon 2023 online for free
Watch the Berlin Marathon for free from anywhere in the world.... Read more »Source: Mashable | Published: September 23, 2023 - 9:32 am