Hours after our own Chris Welch revealed what will likely be Sonos’s next two speakers, a leaker has tweeted what appear to be additional images of the Era 100 and Era 300. You can check out all the images in the thread. Sadly there is not a 3.5mm port in sight.
Clarkesworld has always been a great place to submit your short fiction because they respond fast and pay well. There’s not a lot of waiting to learn if you’ve been accepted or not. Unfortunately, the Hugo-winning magazine has been forced to temporarily stop accepting submissions because it was getting hit with too many AI-generated submissions. Submissions will reopen eventually, but editor Neil Clarke says the current tools for spotting AI-generated submissions aren’t “reliable enough.”
Sometimes you don’t need violence and zombies. Sometimes you just need human beings hanging out at the end of the world.
The conservative organization’s board placed the founder on paid leave earlier this month after numerous complaints from staff about his managing style and use of funds. In a speech to the organization today he said, “I have no job at Project Veritas, I have no position here based upon what the board has done.” The group is currently under federal investigation as part of a larger case involving the theft of President Biden’s daughter’s diary.
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Rounds of layoffs and restructuring have turned some of the biggest streamers in the U.S. into much leaner businesses, and the halcyon days of infinite content are coming to an end.
Besides observing that “the bubble is bursting,” Shades of Blue showrunner Adi Hasak called the U.S. business a “disaster zone” during a recent panel of showrunners in Berlin. The panel also talked extensively about the looming strikes in U.S. entertainment, and you can read more about it over at Deadline.
and now Joseph James O’Connor, alternatively known as “PlugWalkJoe”, could be headed to the U.S. for trial after Spain’s High Court approved the United States’ extradition request. The court claimed that the U.S. would be best equipped to prosecute O’Connor, but he’s not headed straight to America yet. He can still appeal the court’s decision.
And then last night the company began telling people to move away from SMS-based 2FA or get willing to pay for Twitter Blue. While we didn’t know what would happen hours later, we did talk about Twitter’s finances, as well as the world’s continued obsession with Bing’s AI, Susan Wojcicki’s departure from YouTube, and more car news than you’d think.
As James Vincent has noted, people simply love Bing despite its tendency to just...make stuff up. Adi Robertson and James joined us to talk about everyone’s newfound affection for AI. We also spoke with Zoe Schiffer about the latest chaos at Twitter and we chatted about Susan Wojcicki’s departure from Youtube.
The last season of Picard is truly wild, and while it’s filled with action, it never seems to lose that sense of wonder that makes Star Trek Star Trek.
Bing has gotten smarter, Google had a not great announcement of its competitor, Bard, Elon’s Twitter reach is on the decline, and Bob Iger is restructuring Disney, again. It was a busy week and we covered it all on the Vergecast.