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Taylor Fritz wins match to become first American man in a U.S. Open final since 2006


Taylor Fritz surged with a six-game run against a fading Frances Tiafoe, also of the U.S., to come out on top 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 and reach his first Grand Slam final.

#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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"Every single personality-centric chatbot ever produced has failed. So why does Apple think it can succeed?" computerworld.com/article/3502…
in reply to Mike Elgan

@chris

"Another problem is that personality chatbots are liars. They express emotions they don’t have, make vocal intonations based on thoughts they don’t have, and often claim experiences they never had.

People don’t like to be lied to. What we need instead of a profane, inappropriate, ingratiating, boring liar is something useful."

That's just describing Trump's rambling and his behaviour at every public speech, right? 😂

in reply to Mike Elgan

We don't have enough data on LLM-based personality-centric chatbots that can do anything useful.

Likely Apple has enough of your private information, like emails and calendars, to build something useful.




Yoga for the brain: Research shows it may sharpen your mind and protect against cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s byteseu.com/399031/ #EverythingScience #Science


Meta will let third-party apps place calls to WhatsApp and Messenger users — in 2027 byteseu.com/399029/ #Technology



Probabilmente grazie anche al blocco di #X in Brasile, #Bluesky ha avuto un'impennata di iscrizioni: 2milioni di nuovi utenti in 4giorni
techcrunch.com/2024/09/03/blue…
in reply to Emanuele

soprattutto per via del blocco di X, peccato che il fediverso ne abbia goduto solo in parte minima. Mi viene da pensare che probabilmente le istanze brasiliane sarebbero collassate con un numero così importante di utenti 🙄



Has Reddit already sealed its fate by selling out for profits, or is there still hope for the platform that once defined internet culture? Are we witnessing the death of the "front page of the internet" in real time? What’s your take—can Reddit bounce back, or is it too late?

joanwestenberg.com/how-the-int…







HEADLINE: "Trump taps Musk to lead 'government efficiency' task force"

ALT HEADLINE: "Trump taps Musk to do to the US government what he did to Twitter"

theregister.com/2024/09/06/mus…

#enshittification




Well, this is a surprise, isn't it?

(Context: Australia did a Cass Report, which contradicts Cass. Like, because they're not narrow minded transphobic dicks.)

abc.net.au/news/2024-09-06/gen…

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