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Valnet Threatens Lawsuit To Silence GFR’s Owner
Recently, I’ve been using the X platform and this website to report on the current state of the online publishing …
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The Enemies Of Independent Publishers And The Open Internet
Independent Publishers helped build the internet. Once we made it great and everyone wanted to hop online, other forces immediately …
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How Big Brand Bias Destroyed The Funniest Sci-Fi Movie, And Independent Publishers Saved It
Idiocracy is now viewed as one of the funniest and most predictive science fiction movies ever made. But it almost …
Dirty Tricks And Bribes: 10 Ways Big Media Companies Sabotage Independent Publishers
We’ve been forced to shut down day-to-day publishing operations on GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT. Which means I have more time on …
The End Of Independent Publishing And Giant Freakin Robot
After relaunching GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT in 2019, the site grew to a readership of more than 20 million a month, …
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Google Is Trying To Destroy Creators But YouTube Is Great, Here’s Why They’re Different
You might think YouTube and Google are similar since they’re both owned by the same company. But they’re so totally …
The SEO Industry Is A Scam Designed To Shield Google And Rob Old Ladies
The origins of SEO are not altruistic or well-intentioned. Early SEO was used as a way to subvert search results …
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I Attended Google’s Creator Conversation Event, And It Turned Into A Funeral
I recently attended a funeral. It was called the Google Web Creator Conversation Event and took place on October 29, …
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NFL Legend Reveals How He Lost Out On Multi-Billion Dollar Investment
If you’re a football fan, you’re certainly aware of Shannon Sharpe, the retired Denver Broncos player who is largely considered …
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Facebook Partner Confirms Phone Microphones Spy On Users
Many people have long suspected that our smart devices might be spying on us. People have often noticed the highly …
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The Mysterious Star Trek TNG Computer Voice Fans Are Still Trying To Decode
Even non-Star Trek fans usually know who provided the computer voice in The Next Generation and most other shows: Majel …
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How Buffy The Vampire Slayer Accidentally Made Internet History
Everybody knows that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a show that set the early internet on fire…it spawned endless online …
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Ashton Kutcher AI Movies Controversy Sparks After Remarks
Apart from fighting the studios for bigger salaries and streamers for royalties, one of the reasons why actors joined the …
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The New Term For Unwanted AI Generated Content
Artificial intelligence is one of the most hot-button topics in the tech space, and it’s only going to become more …
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Feds Demand Identity Of YouTube Users Who Watched Certain Videos
Federal authorities in the U.S. have ordered that Google hand over tens of thousands of names, addresses, phone numbers, and …
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AI Accurately Predicts Floods, New Technology Conquering Weather?
AI weather prediction just took a step forward, according to Google’s latest announcement. The tech giant has developed an AI-assisted …
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AI Realizes It’s Being Tested, Researcher Admits Never Seeing This Before
The fairly new chatbot Claude 3 Opus from Anthropic, a company backed by Google, surprised an AI testing researcher recently …
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Mark Zuckerberg AI Terrifies Experts
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Meta, recently announced his intention to develop an AI to rival humans. He …
Starbucks Allegedly Stole Almost $1 Billion Through Deceptive App
Starbucks is now the center of a complaint to the Washington Attorney General’s office. Allegedly, Starbucks has been using its …
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YouTube Slowing Down Loading On One Specific Web Browser?
YouTube appears to be making load times for its videos slightly more sluggish on the Firefox browser by Mozilla. This …
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Google Getting Sued Because Their Ads Are So Annoying
These days, it seems like Google is taking a beating from all sides. More and more users are using ChatGPT …
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Google Quantum Computer Is So Fast It’s Scary
What’s faster than a supercomputer? A Google quantum computer, that’s what. As reported by Science Alert, scientists trailblazing in the …
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Google Paying Out Massive Settlement For People Who Searched Platform Over Seven Years
If you searched Google between 2006 to 2013 you may be entitled to a small payout.
Social Media Companies Are Being Sued By A Maryland School
The major social media platform owners Google, Meta, ByteDance, and Snap are being sued by a public school system in Maryland for allegedly altering how children think and behave.
Google Android App Was Secretly Recording Users For Almost A Year
iRecorder – Screen Recorder, an Android app on the Google Play store, illegally downloaded and transmitted user audio.
Google Is Deleting Your Account If You Don’t Use It And This Means Disaster For Many
Google is deleting accounts that have been inactive for two years, which may cause inattentive users to lose data.
Wendy’s Wants To Replace Workers With AI And Google Is Helping
Wendy’s drive-thrus will start using AI to take customer orders.
Google’s AI Says The Government Should Shutdown Google
Google’s Bard AI was asked by a security researcher if it would side with the U.S. Government or Google, prompting the AI to explain how its company used unfair policies to maintain a monopoly.
Marvel Planning Major Punishments For People They Find Leaking Information
Marvel has subpoenaed Reddit and Google for information on the person(s) who leaked the Ant-Man and the Wasp script and will presumably take legal action against them.
The Last Of Us Now Is Purposefully Infecting The Internet
The Last of Us teamed with Google to create a fake cordyceps infection in browsers whenever anyone searches for the show.
