After decades of serving as a reliable, authoritative public repository of basic information about countries, their economies, and their people, The World Factbook disappeared from the internet on February 4 with no advance notice. https://cnn.it/4kqanLy
Search engine feature of the moment: DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results
techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/d...
This week we celebrate 50 years since the University of Westminster launched the first BA Media degree in the UK. Follow our anniversary event for colleagues, alumni and students on Wed 21, and our international academic conference on Thu 22 and Fri 23 May, through the hashtag #UoWMEDIA50
Just two weeks to go until Media Democracy Festival 2025, at London's Fyvie Hall!
With keynote speeches from @sangitamyska.bsky.social & @zackpolanski.bsky.social + panels on breaking up Big Tech, exposing failed war reporting & building a media commons.
Only a few spaces left! Ticket link below
#PlayStation sales and blockbuster #games propel #console market back to growth
on.ft.com/3NC9YpQ
#AI machine cannot be called an #inventor, rules UK court
Interesting long awaited judgement
t.co/fG24RLMpK8
Powerful piece of research from @propublica.bsky.social and Priyanjana Bengani here @towcenter.bsky.social , conducted over months, into the failure of blue checks and community notes as brakes on misinformation over at X - no surprise, but key documentation www.propublica.org/article/x-ve...
“New #FCC Rules Signal a Shift From #NetNeutrality to #UserNeutrality”
by Media and Journalism Research Center
medium.com/journalism-t...
#Goetz’s 1st #software patent in 1968
“helped managers, programmers & lawyers at ..software firms feel as if they were forming an industry …creating products that were potentially profitable & legally defensible as #proprietary inventions,” prof Gerardo Con Díaz
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/t...
#Microsoft can buy #CallofDuty maker #Activision #Blizzard, says UK #CMA lifting earlier concerns following revised offer. This follows regulatory approvals of the deal in the EU and USA
#Microsoft concession a gamechanger that will promote #competition
www.gov.uk/government/n...
#Cloud busting will mean a messy time for tech regulators
#bigtech #regulation #competition #interoperability #standards
via @FT
on.ft.com/3FbCo5H
#Adobe launches new symbol to tag #AI-generated content—but will anyone use it? | Ars Technica
#GenAI #deepfakes #CR
arstechnica.com/information-...
RT @UniWestminster
We have become one of 65 members of @turinginst, the UK’s national institute for #Data Science and #ArtificialIntelligence.
Our successful application shows the #Turing Institute’s recognition of research taking place at Uni of Westminster 👏
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/3QbsOWu
#AI designs new #robot from scratch in seconds
news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023...
Fascinating discussion yesterday of the #SantiagoBoys #podcast, with @evgenymorozov and comments by @CeciliaRikap @Jackstilgoe @rainerkattel
Lots of good for thought
@IIPP_UCL
If you haven’t already listened to the podcast, do it. Definitely worth it!
UK: #Passport database ‘will be used to catch #shoplifters and #burglars’
#Police will be able to match #CCTV footage to a majority of adults in the country.
#facialrecognition
What can go wrong?
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/4c8d...
“Harm” figures a lot in policy. It’s contentious. Similarly in #competition cases: harm to consumers, competitors, democracy etc.
I’ve got a forthcoming publication on this.
What Lina Khan’s #antitrust case could mean for #Amazon via @FT
#FTC
on.ft.com/3PZC4gg
Tech entrepreneur Niklas #Zennström: ‘Let’s break the #SiliconValley monopoly’ via @FT
“Even the most storied US VC companies…are paying attention and have opened offices in London. Silicon Valley is coming to Europe, rather than the other way round”
#ventureCapital
on.ft.com/3tiJL8q
#streaming paradox: An #entertainment business model & a consumer experience that has become a victim of its own success; more choice but harder to enjoy it
#television #audiovisual #consumerchoice. By Charlie Warzel
bit.ly/46v5SHb
Some of us have talked about this. My take (OA)
bit.ly/3rvHTZG
Finally, what we’ve all been waiting for !
#Meta #AI #chatbot
🔔
#OECD #AI Policy Observatory internships in Paris or virtually
oecd.ai/en/wonk/inte...
#Spotify will not ban #AI-made #music, says boss
#GenAI
www.bbc.co.uk/news/technol...
Worth (re) reading
Check the trail 👇
For new Bluesky friends:
- @deck.blue is amazing, works like TweetDeck, very frequent updates 💙
- Use feeds to discover other users, since there is no "for you" algorithm
- Ignore/mute/block is the way to go, don't engage with trolls or rage baiters
Welcome to Bluesky, have fun, be kind 🥰
#AI and #news : what’s next?
#GenAI
By David Caswell #bbc
generative-ai-newsroom.com/ai-and-news-...
#Longwave #radio fans mourn fading #frequencies
#radiospectrum
In the U.K., Denmark & Iceland LW stations are closing down.
“The only other remaining broadcasters in the world using the lw band are ..in Romania, Poland, Algeria, Morocco and Mongolia.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...
UK PSBs launch free #TV #streaming service #Freely for next year
#PSB #PSM
This is #Kangaroo (the original project some 15 yrs ago, stopped on #competition grounds, if you remember) round 2
#BBC #ITV #C4 #C5
www.digitaltveurope.com/2023/09/18/u...
#WhatsApp explores #ads in chat app as #Meta seeks revenue boost
Ad revenue or fees being considered
on.ft.com/3sSX6V5
