We are back from summer hiatus! Now with even more Onion-like headlines!
Intel's lifeline ends up costing shareholders 10-15%, in what was “supposedly necessary” for the CEO to keep his job. This innovative new model for "getting your government-funded handouts" has other companies so inspired, they're considering just refusing the money entirely to avoid the drama. Probably not a winner for the shareholders of the USA.
And now it seems the FTC is trying to protect X's bottom line by investigating brands who dared to pull their ads after they appeared next to literal Nazi content. The FTC's argument that brand safety is an anti-competitive conspiracy is being called "borderline absurd," which, to be fair, is a borderline absurd understatement.
The Pixel 10 is here, proving that Google has officially given up on human-to-human interaction in favor of an AI that acts as your "digital mind reader". This new phone is so smart it can edit your photos to remove cars and make the sky bluer, but not smart enough to prevent you from using a 100x zoom to take a blurry picture of the moon. Yup, AI will save us all!
Trump says US will take 10% stake in Intel because CEO wants to “keep his job” - Ars Technica
Is it illegal to not buy ads on X? Experts explain the FTC’s bizarre ad fight. - Ars Technica
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