Kate Irwin
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Writer & journalist | Bylines @ PCMag, Blockworks, Decrypt, other places kateirwin.ca
The thing is generative AI is never gonna be able to physically go to the restaurant eat the food and then write about it So much short-sighted thinking in media right now
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SCOOP: Neon Machine is in the red. Neon Machine, the company behind Shrapnel, has a slew of unpaid debts, owing millions to external vendors, multiple sources tell Blockworks.
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Neon Machineās Shrapnel is in the red: Sources
Documents and sources suggest Neon Machine is running out of cash and has laid off nearly all its employees ā and struck a deal with the Chinese government to stay afloat.
https://blockworks.co/news/neon-machine-shrapnel-in-the-red
11 months ago
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Kat Tenbarge
about 1 year ago
Microsoft found in its own AI research that it encourages less critical thinking. Unfortunately, this isn't poised to stop the mass AI integration into all levels of schooling, including early childhood education, where critical thinking skills should be formed.
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Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition āAtrophied and Unpreparedā
Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use.
https://www.404media.co/email/9d5175a3-2562-4236-9a27-adddffef39dc/
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Talking Biz News
about 1 year ago
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hired by
@blockworks.bsky.social
for its The Drop newsletter:
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Blockworks hires Irwin for The Drop newsletter - Talking Biz News
Cryptocurrency news site Blockworks has hiredĀ Kate IrwinĀ to be the lead writer for its The Drop newsletter. She has been atĀ PCMag as a reporter. She previously worked as a reporter and producer for De...
https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/blockworks-hires-irwin-for-the-drop-newsletter/
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Kevin McShane (Verified)
about 1 year ago
"Masculine Energy"
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William Shakespeare
about 1 year ago
Hell is empty, And all the devils are here.
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If you havenāt seen the David Lynch cooking video yet you should
about 1 year ago
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Sheera Frenkel
about 1 year ago
As a reporter who covered the Facebook apology tour circa 2016, and spent HOURS on the phone with FB flak and executives earnestly telling me Zuckerberg was torn up over Russian election interference and was making it a top priority to fix misinfo on FB, this weekās developments are š
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about 1 year ago
On my home white board, April 27, 2020, Dovercourt Park, Toronto.
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UPDATE: Great to see Airbnb stepping up and offering temporary free housing for evacuees and first responders through its nonprofit arm,
airbnb.org
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about 1 year ago
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My heart goes out to everyone in the Los Angeles area who has lost their homes or is watching from nearby as the region burns right now. š¢
about 1 year ago
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All these devastating fires and people sharing their experiences just reminds me that Airbnb and insurance companies really need to overhaul their "ethics."
about 1 year ago
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Tim Onion
about 1 year ago
Please be safe, LA friends.
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It's like people in the Tristate area suddenly forgot what the subway and train are Hilarious
about 1 year ago
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Tiernan Blanchard
about 1 year ago
I don't think writers and artists were supposed to be constantly reachable online
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Hours after I got in touch with AT&T about this crazy bill, the customer said the issue was resolved.
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AT&T Hits Texas Man With $6,000 Bill for Using 3GB of Data
AT&T charged the customer $2 per MB of data used, but ultimately reversed the charges after the customer spent days trying to resolve the issue.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/att-hits-texas-man-with-6000-bill-for-using-3gb-of-data
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Sometimes the āsmartā home tech turns out to be pretty stupid Like my dishwasher app which I will never use
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about 1 year ago
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Idk why this level of bribery is legal
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about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
Google's quantum computing division unveiled a new chip, dubbed Willow, that the tech giant says makes it infinitely faster and better than existing supercomputers.
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Honestly Iām just on here for a good laugh. The dark place used to have those
about 1 year ago
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Peanut butter and pickles is actually not bad
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about 1 year ago
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Rich Campbell
about 1 year ago
We pay for our current health care system with our lives.
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Over on Xitter, people (mostly men) are very mad because a woman got a PhD in English Literature while writing about a niche topic (as most academics do) while being attractive. In case you're wondering how things are going over there.
about 1 year ago
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Apparently in Georgia "bless you," when not in response to a sneeze, means exactly this
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about 1 year ago
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Itās a catās world, weāre just living in it.
about 1 year ago
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Do you use a VPN? If so, why? Do you use it on Windows, Mac, iOS, or Android? Curious about this š
about 1 year ago
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Bitcoin is nearing $100K and yet no one uses it to buy anything
about 1 year ago
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I spent 6 years of university across 2 degrees reading every day. It made me hypercritical of all writing, including my own. The past 4 years have been spent largely trying to undo that harsh self-criticism.
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about 1 year ago
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Ziff Davis Creators Guild
about 1 year ago
(Thread 1 of 2) Just as Ziff Davis celebrates a nearly 6% increase in digital media business, management plans to hit our members with a 7% increase in health care costs and changes which spouses can and canāt receive healthcareā¦
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Happy Friday! Hacktivists have derailed Andrew Tate's online "courses." They leaked user messages, got emails and usernames, and added a feminist fist emoji, a trans flag emoji, and emojis of Tate with a rainbow flag and a giant ass to the platform's chat:
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Hackers Breach Andrew Tate's Online 'University,' Exposing 800,000 Users
The website is 'hilariously insecure,' according to the hackers.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/hackers-breach-andrew-tate-university-exposing-800000
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The only FDA-approved medication for moderate to severe eczema (you canāt use steroid cream forever) is Dupixent. There is no generic. GoodRx says it costs $5.3K a month. Thatās over $63K a year w/ no insurance. ZipRecruiter says average US wage after tax is $58,389. Something is broken.
over 1 year ago
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onion person
over 1 year ago
i love typing and viewing
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For every 5 journalists who uncritically shill new technology, there is at least 1 doomer, 1 journalist that is falsely accused of being a doomer, and 300 burnt-out journalists who are just very, very tired.
over 1 year ago
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Weāll have a cute lil moment here before things turn to dust
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over 1 year ago
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Personally I'm excited to see all the posts that go like, "10 ways helping my wife with the chores increased my synergistic coworking and empowered me to exceed our quarterly KPIs"
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over 1 year ago
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My Bluesky is glitching out today. Having to hit "like" about 10 times and it keeps deselecting lol
over 1 year ago
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I love getting messages from people who enjoy my work! My favorite thing, always brightens my week.
over 1 year ago
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Polling USA
over 1 year ago
This is going to be very funny to revisit after tariffs go into place
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AI does not help the education sector. In fact, it does quite the opposite.
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over 1 year ago
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The algorithm got embarrassingly biased and bad
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over 1 year ago
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If tariffs are implemented this will absolutely happen overnight. A tariff is not going to suddenly stop manufacturers from using foreign sources. Supply chain not going to change overnight. It would be a long painful process for customers instead.
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over 1 year ago
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If youāre looking to follow folks in the tech news & reviews space I got you!
go.bsky.app/93YxCzB
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over 1 year ago
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doing the thing!
over 1 year ago
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ChrisO_wiki
over 1 year ago
1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.ā¬ļø
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An independent Chrome would be fascinating to see. If it went privacy-focused instead of selling your data to the highest bidder, that would be great.
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DOJ: Chrome Must Split Off From Google
Android is no longer on the chopping block in the Google antitrust case.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/doj-chrome-must-split-off-from-google-not-android
over 1 year ago
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My novel is this can't wait for you to read it!
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over 1 year ago
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I make the mistake of going on the cursĆØd place for 2 seconds and immediately see posts of conservatives claiming "leftist" women are using abortions as a primary form of birth control Like how stupid do you have to be to believe this conspiratorial shit
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amerimaidan imminent
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people are acting like bluesky is bad because it's everyone's job to get berated and trolled and abused online. it absolutely is not. online is for Having A Good Time On The Computer. i am not engaged in ideological combat in the marketplace of ideas.
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