This Week In Techdirt History: February 15th – 21st
Five Years Ago
This week in 2021, we looked at how state laws around community broadband were harming communities during the pandemic, just as one Congressional representative introduced a new such la...
Georgia says Elon Musk’s America PAC violated election law
Of course, it’s the guy who constantly complains about voter fraud who may have committed voter fraud. | Image: The Verge
For all his bluster about voter fraud, Elon Musk has been one of the m...
Google Turns Up in the Music in AI
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Techies Are Getting Hot and Bothered For Home Saunas
The tech world is a realm that enjoys obsessing over the newest things: the vibe coding apps, the orchestrating agents, the driverless cars. It also enjoys modernizing the very ancient.
The latest ex...
People Loved the Dot-Com Boom. The A.I. Boom, Not So Much.
Tech leaders are beginning to worry about the public’s underwhelming enthusiasm for their plans to remake the world with artificial intelligence. Will that burst the bubble?...
AI: The Best Supporting Actor You’ll Never See
Every Oscars season, Hollywood celebrates “human artistry” while quietly adopting whatever tech makes the deadline less terrifying. This year, artificial intelligence (AI) is the newest crew membe...