AI backlash is coming for elections
AI backlash is coming for elections
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AI has a water problem. Google thinks it has a fix
In the face of widespread backlash to the AI data center buildout throughout the US, Google is touting its efforts to minimize the environmental impact by actually increasing water for local communities. …
25 years later, is it time for a new iPod?
… Bandcamp alone now sells 15 million digital albums per year, with total payments to artists surpassing $1.7 billion to date, according to company information. “There is this streaming backlash bubbling up,” Kell says. …
Notepad Newsletter
… Tom Warren Feb 23 Here’s what Xbox is working on for 2026 Tom Warren Feb 5 Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows Tom Warren Jan 29 Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft Tom Warren Jan 22 Microsoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptions Tom Warren … …
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… Hawkins Mar 11 Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash Jennifer Pattison Tuohy Feb 12 What 1,000 pages of documents tell us about DOGE As Brendan Carr heads to Capitol Hill, newly released documents still don’t say much about what DOGE did at the FCC. …
John Ternus’ first big problem is AI
… It led to user backlash, the rise of the term “Microslop,” and a decision to walk back some of the changes or at least appear to do so via a rebrand, amid user fears that Windows 12 would further embrace AI in everything . …
Why does the Googlebook exist?
… Apple is tweaking Liquid Glass, and Microsoft is trying to defuse the backlash from Windows users by slightly course-correcting on Copilot and de-enshitifying its OS. …
Tim Cook was an innovator — just not the Jobs kind
… Following public backlash around ICE activity in Minnesota, Cook offered only a mealy-mouthed statement about the need for “deescalation.” When the Grok app was clearly being used to create nonconsensual sexual deepfakes of women, Apple quietly asked X’s developers to rein it in — but never actuall… …
Razer
… Di Benedetto Mar 25 Razer’s BlackShark V2 Pro headset is down to $90, which is a new low price Sheena Vasani Mar 10 Razer’s new laptop sleeve wirelessly charges other devices Andrew Liszewski Feb 26 Razer’s resurrected 25-year-old gaming mouse will cost you $1,337 Andrew Liszewski Feb 10 Razer’s te… …
Asus
… Pricing and availability are TBD. …