Word of the moment: 'deathbot' restofworld.org/2024/china-ai-…

Researchers create a malicious ‘worm’ that targets AI securityintelligence.com/articles/malic…

Word of the moment: 'exhaustingly' sherwood.news/tech/meta-exha…

Percentage of the moment: 2% washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technol…

There are at least 100 Chinese police stations across Europe, and in some countries Chinese cops patrol with local counterparts. telex.hu/english/2024/0…

This very small, 384-square-foot house on a tiny lot right next to a noisy street in Cupertino, California (the Silicon Valley town where Apple is headquartered) is listed for $1.7 million. zillow.com/homes/10036-Ca…

'From California to Maine, Chinese organized crime has come to dominate much of the nation’s illicit marijuana trade'... the gangsters have unleashed lawlessness.' propublica.org/article/chines…

It now costs the US more than 3 cents to make each penny. (This makes no cents.) sherwood.news/power/it-costs…

Claim of the moment: If you want a raise, it's best to quit and get another job sherwood.news/power/the-ftc-…

Great site! Branding needs work. bookpecker.com

From today's Mike's List: 'Hype about good technology outcomes are often either bullshit or wildly exaggerated. But so is the moral panic about bad outcomes. Notably, fearmongering about AI destroying the world is almost certainly wrong.' mikeelgan.substack.com/p/why-silicon-…

Callum Turner to play lead character Case in Apple TV+'s Neuromancer TV series. variety.com/2024/tv/news/c…

This rainbow brought to you by The Morocco Gastronomad Experience (from last year) gastronomad.net/morocco

Claim of the moment: 'For every dollar of aid... China provides $9 of debt.' polygraph.info/a/fact-check-c…

Why Silicon Valley's high-flying aspirations often crash and burn mikeelgan.substack.com/p/why-silicon-…

Perplexity AI (which I highly recommend) is now a unicorn bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Phrase of the moment: 'a prequel to the prequel, itself a sequel to another prequel' engadget.com/paramount-anno…

Claim of the moment: 'Meta's 'metaverse' era didn't last long sherwood.news/business/meta-…

DRUDGE: drudgereport.com

This “virtual girlfriend” is always mad at you mikeelgan.substack.com/i/143727340/th…