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March 24, 2023

Washington Post: The internet rediscovered Blockbuster’s website. Press play on nostalgia.

Washington Post: The internet rediscovered Blockbuster’s website. Press play on nostalgia.. “The movie rental franchise, which first opened in 1985 and at its peak had more than 9,000 stores worldwide, has all but disappeared after it filed for bankruptcy in 2010. (A lone Blockbuster-branded store remains in Bend, Ore.) But nostalgia for it was triggered this week when some internet users realized its website, Blockbuster.com, had been revived with the words: ‘We are working on rewinding your movie.’”

March 19, 2023

Mashable: HustleGPT is a hilarious and scary AI experiment in capitalism

Mashable: HustleGPT is a hilarious and scary AI experiment in capitalism. “The internet is overflowing with examples of what GPT-4’s advanced intelligence can accomplish. It can write usable lawsuits, build websites from text prompts, automate online dating, and is generally freaking people out about all the jobs it can replace. [Jackson Greathouse] Hall has taken this a step further by harnessing its capabilities into an age-old ambition that’s the backbone of capitalist society: making money with as little effort as possible.”

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March 12, 2023

Irish Examiner: Cork motor dealership archive to be donated to city

Irish Examiner: Cork motor dealership archive to be donated to city . “The archive of Johnson & Perrott, one of Cork’s great family-owned businesses which dates from 1861 when a city centre carriage-building business was acquired by James Johnson, includes company documents, contracts and advertisements, as well as 11 personal diaries and some 200 photographs, negatives and glass plates.”

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March 11, 2023

Without us ‘there is no Google’: EU telcos ramp up pressure on Big Tech to pay for the internet (CNBC)

CNBC: Without us ‘there is no Google’: EU telcos ramp up pressure on Big Tech to pay for the internet. “Tensions between European telecommunications firms and U.S. Big Tech companies have crested, as telecom bosses mount pressure on regulators to make digital giants fork up some of the cost of building the backbone of the internet.”

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March 7, 2023

‘Lyft’ vs. ‘Lift’: Consumers are less likely to support brands with unconventional spellings, study shows (Notre Dame News)

Notre Dame News: ‘Lyft’ vs. ‘Lift’: Consumers are less likely to support brands with unconventional spellings, study shows . “New research from the University of Notre Dame finds that in general, consumers are less likely to support uniquely spelled unfamiliar brands, compared with those that use the conventional spelling of the same word… However, the study finds there is no backfire effect when a company’s motive for selecting a uniquely spelled name is perceived as sincere.”

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February 22, 2023

Motherboard: Companies Can’t Ask You to Shut up to Receive Severance, NLRB Rules

Motherboard: Companies Can’t Ask You to Shut up to Receive Severance, NLRB Rules. “The National Labor Relations Board ruled Tuesday that employers can no longer demand laid-off employees avoid publicly disparaging the company as part of their severance agreements, nor can they stop affected employees from disclosing the terms of their exit packages.”

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February 19, 2023

Washington Post: TikTok loves Gen Z’s true confessions. Colleges and employers, not so much.

Washington Post: TikTok loves Gen Z’s true confessions. Colleges and employers, not so much.. “While corporate social media campaigns ‘raised awareness’ around subjects like mental health and body positivity, young people shared their experiences in droves. But as they hit college or the working world, they’re met with a harsh reality: The standard of professionalism among older generations hasn’t changed, and it doesn’t make room for the type of authenticity social media companies tend to encourage.”

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February 10, 2023

Remote/Hybrid Work Policy Database: Flex Index

Discovered via a convoluted route it would take entirely too long to tell you about: the Flex Index. From the front page: “The world’s most robust source for full time, hybrid, and remote work requirements. 4,000 companies representing 100M employees.”

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February 9, 2023

India Times: Youth Organisation Appoints ChatGPT AI Bot As Its CEO, Calls It ‘Groundbreaking’

India Times: Youth Organisation Appoints ChatGPT AI Bot As Its CEO, Calls It ‘Groundbreaking’. “When ChatGPT went public last year, it was praised for its quick content creation abilities and the potential hidden therein. Regardless, many critics were sceptical of its capabilities, suggesting that it is susceptible to making errors. That didn’t stop an Indian youth organisation from appointing ChatGPT as its CEO.”

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February 5, 2023

PR Newswire: Nationwide Database of DBE-certified Companies Publicly Available Through DBEsearch.com (PRESS RELEASE)

PRNewswire: Nationwide Database of DBE-certified Companies Publicly Available Through DBEsearch.com (PRESS RELEASE). “Acknowledging the importance of supplier diversity, DBEsearch today announced the availability of the first nation-wide online database of minority-owned business. This searchable directory centralizes listings of more than 55,740 certified minority-owned businesses across 48 states.” I like the idea, but the implementation is awkward and you have to provide an email address in order to search. If the focus of this search engine was anything other than nationwide DBE-certified business search, I would have skipped it.

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February 4, 2023

Why We Still Need Twitter: How Social Media Holds Companies Accountable (Harvard Business School)

Harvard Business School: Why We Still Need Twitter: How Social Media Holds Companies Accountable. “Remember the viral video of the United passenger being removed from a plane? An analysis of Twitter activity and corporate misconduct by Jonas Heese and Joseph Pacelli reveals the power of social media to uncover questionable situations at companies.”

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January 20, 2023

UChicago News: UChicago launches accelerator for data science and emerging AI startups

UChicago News: UChicago launches accelerator for data science and emerging AI startups. “The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Data Science Institute today announced the launch of Transform, a new accelerator for startup companies focused on the breakthrough technologies of data science and artificial intelligence.”

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January 18, 2023

The Conversation: Twitter: how to remove Elon Musk and reinvent the company

The Conversation: Twitter: how to remove Elon Musk and reinvent the company (the author is a Professor of International Business at the University of Manchester.) “What follows is a proposal that would make Twitter more financially sustainable and move it back towards open speech, within limits. It would remove many of the problems related to anonymous and bot accounts while allowing Musk to recoup at least a substantial amount of his investment.”

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January 16, 2023

Wall Street Journal: TikTok Tries to Win Allies in the U.S. With More Transparency

Wall Street Journal: TikTok Tries to Win Allies in the U.S. With More Transparency. “Two years into negotiations with U.S. regulators about whether TikTok will be able to remain in the country, the popular video-sharing app is trying a new tack: increased transparency. In recent conversations with Washington lawmakers and civil-society organizations, TikTok has revealed details of a complex, $1.5 billion plan to reorganize the company’s U.S. operations, according to people familiar with the discussions.”

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January 15, 2023

United States International Trade Commission: USITC Launches New Investigations Database System

United States International Trade Commission: USITC Launches New Investigations Database System . “The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today deployed the Investigations Database System (IDS), an innovative new data management tool that captures, manages, and displays USITC investigation-related information…. A major new feature is the ability to conduct quick searches and advanced searches of the centralized investigation database that generate in-depth search results across multiple practice areas, providing new perspectives and value-added insights for users.”

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Without us ‘there is no Google’: EU telcos ramp up pressure on Big Tech to pay for the internet (CNBC)

‘Lyft’ vs. ‘Lift’: Consumers are less likely to support brands with unconventional spellings, study shows (Notre Dame News)

Remote/Hybrid Work Policy Database: Flex Index

PR Newswire: Nationwide Database of DBE-certified Companies Publicly Available Through DBEsearch.com (PRESS RELEASE)

UChicago News: UChicago launches accelerator for data science and emerging AI startups

The Conversation: Twitter: how to remove Elon Musk and reinvent the company

Wall Street Journal: TikTok Tries to Win Allies in the U.S. With More Transparency

United States International Trade Commission: USITC Launches New Investigations Database System

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