Katherine Blunt and Rolfe Winkler, reporting for The Wall Street Journal from Google I/O (gift link): … WSJ: ‘Google Unveils New Gemini AI Agent for Personal Tasks’Read more
Games
Easier Way to Win a Million Dollars: Going on Survivor or Storming the Capitol?
“In the end, only one will remain and will leave the island with one million dollars … Easier Way to Win a Million Dollars: Going on Survivor or Storming the Capitol?Read more
NYT: ‘Powered by A.I., Google Changes Its Search Box for the First Time in 25 Years’
Tripp Mickle, Kate Conger, and Brian X. Chen, opening The New York Times’s report on yesterday’s … NYT: ‘Powered by A.I., Google Changes Its Search Box for the First Time in 25 Years’Read more
‘You Do Not Need Fancy Equipment, You Do Not Need a Degree, to Make Money and to Do This as Your Job’
22-year-old pop singer-songwriter Brye, on TikTok: “Lemons”, my biggest song ever, that went like super viral … ‘You Do Not Need Fancy Equipment, You Do Not Need a Degree, to Make Money and to Do This as Your Job’Read more
Corruption Has Gotten Way Too Lazy
“President Donald Trump dropped his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service on Monday in … Corruption Has Gotten Way Too LazyRead more
Scenes from The Baltimore Beefcake, an Edgar Allan Poe Biopic in Which He is Totally Jacked
SCENE 1. EXT. A BOULEVARD. MIDNIGHT. POE drops his frock coat, loosens his cravat, and tears … Scenes from The Baltimore Beefcake, an Edgar Allan Poe Biopic in Which He is Totally JackedRead more
Oh No, I Left the US Because of Trump and Moved to the Part of Europe Where All Live Performances Are Cirque du Soleil Knockoffs
Like many others, I left the United States because I wanted to get away from Trumpʼs … Oh No, I Left the US Because of Trump and Moved to the Part of Europe Where All Live Performances Are Cirque du Soleil KnockoffsRead more
Andrej Karpathy Joined Anthropic
Andrej Karpathy, on Twitter/X (XCancel link): Personal update: I’ve joined Anthropic. I think the next few … Andrej Karpathy Joined AnthropicRead more
What I Imagine William Shakespeare Thought Every Time He Rewrote the Same Scene Over and Over Again
It is widely believed (by me, just now) that William Shakespeare revised his plays constantly, fueled … What I Imagine William Shakespeare Thought Every Time He Rewrote the Same Scene Over and Over AgainRead more
McSweeney’s Books: An Excerpt from Our New Book, Documentary Now!
– – – McSweeney’s and Broadway Video present the official over-six-hundred-page comprehensive companion book to IFC’s … McSweeney’s Books: An Excerpt from Our New Book, Documentary Now!Read more