612: TwiX are for Kids

612: TwiX are for Kids

Threads is Twitter; Twitter is TwiX; Instagram preparing AI labels; META begins Canadian news blackout; NFT sales continue to decline; China considers more limits on kid's smartphone usage; Worldcoin offers up their digital ID service, no one wants it; Uber fatal self-driving case, turns profit for the first time ever; what Bores in Vegas; NASA loses contact with Voyager 2; Star Trek sings; Loki 2; Foundation Season 2 is horrific; Good Omens; 65; Shazam; Guardians of the Galaxy; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Apple subscriber growth; Sprite Max-tape art generator; billionaires: the pros, the cons, and mostly the cons; hop on the GOG Super Yacht!

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IN THE NEWS

Instagram seems to be working on labels for posts 'generated by Meta AI'

Facebook and Instagram Begin Their Canadian News Blackout

Monthly NFT sales fell for fifth consecutive month to $495M in July

China considers limiting kids' smartphone time to two hours per day

Worldcoin says will allow companies, governments to use its ID system

Worldcoin and Kenyan Argue About Who’s Breaking Up With Whom

Uber safety driver involved in fatal self-driving car crash pleads guilty

An Uber change of fortunes

Connected car data privacy under investigation by California regulator

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Elon Musk’s X sues anti-hate researchers for allegedly scraping data from Twitter

X Blue subscribers can now hide their checkmarks

The Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network under Las Vegas

NASA ACCIDENTALLY CUTS CONTACT WITH VOYAGER 2


MEDIA CANDY

Star Trek Strange New Worlds

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Loki season 2 looks like a race through time and space in new trailer

Foundation Season 2

Good Omens Season 2

65

Shazam: Fury of the Gods

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3


APPS & DOODADS

Apple surpasses 1 billion paid subscriptions as active devices are double that

Rumor: Apple Watch Series 9 to be available in new color option alongside black titanium Ultra

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THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie

Billionaires Should Not Exist — Here’s Why

Wealth Without Limits: in Defense of Billionaires


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Paul Reubens dead: Pee-wee Herman actor was 70

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637: Outragery!

637: Outragery!

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636: Verified Terrorists

636: Verified Terrorists

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635: Optical Vortex

635: Optical Vortex

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634: How the Sausage is Sequenced

634: How the Sausage is Sequenced

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