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Patreon overhauls its platform with free content and more creator control

Patreon overhauls its platform with free content and more creator control The company also launched a redesigned app and chat rooms for communities. Will Shanklin   Updated Wed, Oct 4, 2023 Patreon Patreon announced a rebranding of its platform through a series of updates on Wednesday. New features give creators more personalization and control while … Continue reading Patreon overhauls its platform with free content and more creator control

Researcher Meredith Whittaker says AI’s biggest risk isn’t ‘consciousness’—it’s the corporations that control them

  By Wilfred Chan May 05, 2023 AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, a 75-year-old computer scientist known as “the Godfather of AI,” has made waves this week after resigning from Google to warn that AI could soon surpass humans in intelligence and learn how to destroy humanity on its own.    But Hinton’s warnings, while dire, … Continue reading Researcher Meredith Whittaker says AI’s biggest risk isn’t ‘consciousness’—it’s the corporations that control them

Tech layoffs: Are they a necessary evil or a control tactic for bosses to regain power?

  By Jennifer Alsever February 24, 2023 Tech companies laid off more than 108,000 people in the past two months, amid an economy marked by severe labor shortages that for the past two years put employees firmly in the driver’s seat. Now some workers speculate that the job cuts could be a veiled power grab … Continue reading Tech layoffs: Are they a necessary evil or a control tactic for bosses to regain power?

Elon Musk Suggests Independents Vote Republican For Control Of Congress

Elon Musk Suggests Independents Vote Republican For Control Of Congress by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, November 7, 2022 If comedian Kathy Griffin didn’t impersonate Twitter CEO Elon Musk this past weekend, misleading people on the social network to believe he would vote Democrat in Tuesday’s election, the general public might not know his political views.  Some … Continue reading Elon Musk Suggests Independents Vote Republican For Control Of Congress

A bipartisan data privacy bill would give you more control over the information collected about you

By Anne Toomey McKenna   August 25, 2022   Data privacy in the U.S. is, in many ways, a legal void. While there are limited protections for health and financial data, the cradle of the world’s largest tech companies, like Apple, Amazon, Google, and Meta (Facebook), lacks any comprehensive federal data privacy law. This leaves U.S. … Continue reading A bipartisan data privacy bill would give you more control over the information collected about you

IAS Advances Contextual Targeting With Launch Of Control Panel For Planning, Reporting

IAS Advances Contextual Targeting With Launch Of Control Panel For Planning, Reporting by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, May 19, 2022 Integral Ad Science has advanced its suite of products to include Control Panel for reporting and planning. The new capabilities are intended to help consumers better understand the value and return on investment (ROI) that IAS’s contextual … Continue reading IAS Advances Contextual Targeting With Launch Of Control Panel For Planning, Reporting