Anthropic—Accused of Stealing Data to Create Their Product—Accuses Others of Stealing Data to Create Their Product

I see someone brought stones to the glass house again

…What’s Up With Threads?

Threads was supposed to be a new take on corporate social media and…it’s really not, is it? They kinda just gave up on the whole Social Web thing…

Welcoming New Communities to the Social Web

Please stop being pretentious, we're building a community here

GPT-4o Is Dead—Good Riddance

It’s time for the most dangerous model to have been released to die, hopefully freeing many from their AI psychosis

Having a Seat at the Table is No Longer an Excuse

A lot of people write off their staying on Twitter or giving Trump useless trophies as doing what they need to do to have a seat at the table; that maybe if they stay they can do something to make things better. That time is gone, we need to move to a better system.

Own Your Ideas

Don’t just hand all of your ideas over to some company, publish them somewhere that’s sustainable and a place that you can control

The Browser Company Keeps Proving Me Wrong — And I Love It

I’ve been an avid follower of The Browser Company for years and I haven’t always been their biggest supporter, but time and time again they keep proving me wrong and I’m honestly here for it!

The AI Revolution Is Happening…on the Mac?

For the longest time, if you wanted to develop on a platform with reach, you’d build on Windows. Though recently we’ve been seeing a whole host of AI apps that are coming to the Mac first.

Elon Musk Cannot Spend His Entire Net Worth (And Neither Can You)

Let’s talk a little bit about how to stop wealth hoarding

How Useful Are Prediction Markets, Anyway?

It’s still just guessing…

Yup. It’s a Browser. It Browses.

You can almost just forget about the AI part of most AI browsers

Is It Dia’s Time?

As an Arc power user, can I finally switch over to Dia?

Apple

On: Apple’s Exec-sodus

Apple’s big, sweeping changes at the executive level can cause chaos, but there’s also potential for a lot of good here

Business

It’s Time for Equal Opportunity Securities Fraud

Usually this kind of fraud is reserved for Elon Musk, but not anymore!

Technology

Alright, Dia. You Got Me.

Dia’s finally starting to come into its own as the successor of Arc and the future of The Browser Company

Apps

The Odd Technical Battle Within the AI Browser Explosion

The Browser Company made some interesting claims about not being able to get the performance needed out of SwiftUI for Dia, but Atlas went all in on it

Artificial Intelligence

I Am Still Not Quite Sure What an AI Browser is For

All of these AI browsers are supposed to be the next big thing…but I don’t actually know what to do with them at this point

Technology

Seriously, What the Fuck, OpenAI

What exactly made you think that releasing Sora as a social media app was a GOOD IDEA

Technology

There’s No Such Thing as a Backdoor for the Good Guys

If Bluesky built robust moderation software for the whole of the platform it’s just Twitter

Social Issues

“They Win By Making You Think You’re Alone”: Why All of This Matters

There are a lot of things we do in protest that are to show people they are not alone

Technology

Technological Desire Paths

You can’t make people use tech a certain way, you need to adapt your tools to the needs of your users

Apps

‘Revealed Preference’ Is Really Just Playing on Addictions

There’s a concept in the world of algorithms that they show a ‘revealed preference’; that, even if someone says they want a particular thing, the algorithm is able to look past that and show what a person “truly” wants

Apple

Classic Apple

Apple showed us that it’s still the company we all became fascinated with—and the company with English narrators and white backgrounds

Apps

Finally: Instagram Released an iPad App

I can’t believe we waited 15 years for this app and it sucks. Maybe Threads will be next to suffer the same fate?