As Anthropic argued, it now "faces hundreds of billions of dollars in potential damages liability at trial in four months" based on a class certification rushed at "warp speed" that involves "up to seven million potential claimants, whose works span a century of publishing history," each possibly triggering a $150,000 fine. - Ars Technica
Hosting their own podcasts and making-of series, networks "try to anticipate what beats from the episode people will be talking about and then ... dive in.” But there’s a lot of marketing mixed into the content sauce. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
On the one hand, there are quite a few data-stealing cheat systems out there. On the other hand, "your laptop’s probably never as safe as when you are playing Fortnite; anti-cheat protection will actually keep you safe from a whole range of malware.” - Wired
“Black Swan felt magical to me. It offered this picture of being in New York and dancing for a professional company. I don’t remember being alarmed or scared. Which is pretty funny, now.” - The New York Times
"Sound can tell you a lot, and Seattle’s fiction podcast scene is using that powerful storytelling tool to keep audiences on the edge of their metaphorical seats during stories full of tension, passion, mystery, intimacy and more.” - Seattle Times
“With a steely command of omniscience, selective disclosure, irony, and other narrative devices, Spark re-creates in the relationship between author and reader the sadomasochistic partnership between the Almighty and his hopelessly wayward flock.” - The Atlantic
Two galleries vie to show the rejected artists’ work, of course. “People loved coming and supporting it and having another opportunity, obviously, to show their work, too.” - MPR
“Palmieri was one of the truly revolutionary figures of postwar American music, up there with Muddy and Miles and Aretha and Dolly: a musician who reshaped a genre and extended the music’s possibilities.” - The Guardian (UK)
“Only 1,500 first-edition copies were printed. Since it's a children's book, many copies are battered and worn, with few still possessing their dust cover.” - CBC
“The most interesting and fun part of this convention is away from the stage. There are hundreds of RVs, and there are jam sessions everywhere where people trade songs, musical tips.” - NPR
A zero percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes is like a 90 percent for some movie fans - a must-watch. Why? “Truly atrocious movies are preferable to those that are simply forgettable.” - BBC
Er, that was a fast update. “The new text makes minor changes to — and offers slightly fewer details than — the temporary signage.” - Washington Post (Yahoo)
But how would Austen handle one of today’s extremely normal plot lines: “If marriage is the ultimate accomplishment, or if your accomplishments all amount to marriageability, what does that mean for you if your marriage ends?” - LitHub
“Unfortunately, the audience for book reviews is relatively low and we can no longer sustain the time it takes to plan, coordinate, write and edit reviews.” - Media Nation
