Long Reads/

1mo ago

Comcast moves to separate NBCUniversal from its broadband business

CEO Mike Cavanagh said Comcast has “changed our mind” on keeping media and internet access under one roof, according to...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

ELIZA research project revisits the chatbot that started the genre

The ELIZA Archaeology Project is documenting Joseph Weizenbaum’s 1960s MIT chatbot, its code, its culture and its long t...

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

Web ELIZA build exposes the rules behind the 1966 chatbot

Ant and Max Hay’s browser reimplementation runs Weizenbaum’s DOCTOR script locally and adds tracing tools for inspecting...

By June Castellano

1mo ago

Mexican speech laws are being used against journalists, Times reports

Politicians have invoked laws against gender-based political violence and terrorism to punish satire, reporting and crit...

By June Castellano

1mo ago

Fifth Circuit says migrants get bond hearings after 90 days

The appeals court limited no-bond immigration detention under Section 1225(b)(2)(A), while still allowing a three-month...

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

WorkOS pitches Pipes as token plumbing for app integrations

WorkOS says Pipes gives apps and AI agents a single API for user-authorized third-party credentials, with refresh, stora...

By June Castellano

1mo ago

Mac icon debate revives the original 32-pixel rulebook

Dr. Drang’s look back at early Macintosh icons shows Apple’s app design conventions were constrained long before today’s...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

ABC’s The View slows candidate bookings after FCC equal-time fight

Semafor found the ABC talk show has not hosted a competitive midterm candidate since Brendan Carr opened an FCC inquiry...

By June Castellano

1mo ago

Microsoft will raise Xbox console prices worldwide in August

Xbox 512 GB models will rise by $100 and 1 TB models by $150, while Microsoft retires the 2 TB version, citing component...

By June Castellano

1mo ago

Tech journalist and investor Om Malik dies after heart illness

John Gruber said Malik, who built GigaOm and later joined True Ventures, had been writing from a Stanford ICU while awai...

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

ESA lobbyist calls private Minecraft servers piracy in California hearing

The game industry group opposed a California Stop Killing Games bill, then defended a claim that private servers infring...

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

WorkOS publishes auth.md spec for agent-run user registration

WorkOS says auth.md lets apps publish agent registration instructions at their own domain using OAuth-based flows.

By Mara Chen-Doyle