Harry McCracken
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Fast Company global technology editor. Boy journalist. Bon vivant. Lefthander. Westcoastian. 🇺🇦 Sign up for my free Plugged In newsletter: https://www.fastcompany.com/section/plugged-in
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Here’s a feed of stuff from Fast Company and people who write for it, which I created using Flipboard’s Surf app.
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Not a third-party likeness, Sora. Last time I checked, I was me.
Sora refusing to make a video of me and a chimp cohosting a tech news show
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Dear video-calling platforms,

YOU ALL WORK PRETTY WELL NOWADAYS AND CAN STOP ASKING US THIS AFTER EVERY CALL.

Best,

Harry
How would you rate the quality of this call?
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A wonderful-looking movie. I like its comics-like palette, the Sondheim music, and Dick Van Dyke as a bad guy. I believe most serious Dick Tracy fans hate it.
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If there were a Nobel Prize for infantilism…
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Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"
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Speaking of protesters in Portland, my father took these evocative pictures many years ago. They might be protesting the Vietnam War, and I think they’re in Portland. Can anyone verify location based on the building in the background?
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DM me, and I’ll give you one.
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It was a Vegas loop driver who explained to me he had to drive slow because Teslas kept getting backed up in the next station.
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It turns out you can only create 30 Sora videos in a 24-hour period. I am currently feeling deprived.

(This really is the best new social network to come along in many years.)
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I’ve experienced and written about this aspect of the service.
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This land is my land. This land is your land. But I sometimes wonder if he’s ever seen it, except on TV and in his imagination.
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Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
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For some reason, Trump’s desire to win a Nobel Peace Prize and failure to do so reminds me of Red Buttons’ signature bit. m.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tnv...
Red Buttons Never Got A Dinner l The Dean Martin Roast
YouTube video by Dean Martin
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Here’s the final chapter of our oral history of YouTube. We talked to CEO Neal Mohan, veteran creators, and other folks about how the company became a huge force in TV, podcasting, and TikTok-style short video—and how AI could be its biggest sea change yet. www.fastcompany.com/91413109/you...
Inside YouTube's battle against AI slop - Fast Company
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan and others detail how the platform took over TV, podcasting, and shorts, and whether AI will help or hurt its future.
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This company has been a blight on the profession of public relations forever, and is apparently using AI to scale up its awfulness.

(It’s not just UK media they bombard, though I’ve long tried to block all contact from them.) pressgazette.co.uk/news/automat...
Automated PR tool is bombarding UK media with AI-generated content - Press Gazette
'Olivia Brown' reads websites, writes press releases then 'relentlessly' sends emails.
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What!?! I own two Synologys and can’t imagine being required to buy drives from Synology.