Soulless Music
AI music is stealing from real artists. Search AI artists hiding on Spotify. No bands, no studios, no soul, just machines and melody. Home Artists Analyze a song Earnings Stories Articles Open Landscape Podcasts Comments Genres Albums
FoodFinder
FoodFinder – Search by Zip Code Anywhere in America. Any time of year. Everyone should be able to find help. Hungry families can only get help from places they know about. That’s where we come in. It seems obvious, but the first step in getting help from any social service program is knowing that it’s …
Annual State of Nursing Report: AI Adoption Trends and Future Implications for Retention
Incredible Health: “AI adoption among nurses nearly tripled in a single year. Yet almost half of those using AI report little or no time saved. Drawing on a survey of 2,240 U.S. nurses and data from 1.5 million healthcare professionals, the 2026 Annual State of Nursing Report reveals a workforce moving faster than its employers. …
The End of Reading Is Here
The Atlantic Gift Article – Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history. Twenty-three hundred years ago, the legend goes, King Ptolemy I of Egypt asked his court adviser to assemble a comprehensive collection of the world’s written works. …
Every Way Meta Tracks You, and How to Fight Back
Meta has control over many of the social platforms that people use every day – YouTube. “Since Facebook started in 2004, the company has been fine-tuning how to turn user data from apps like Instagram and WhatsApp into ad revenue. Now Meta’s $1.5 trillion market cap isn’t enough for them, so they’ve been looking for …
Common Crawl – free, open repository of web crawl data that can be used by anyone
Common Crawl is a 501(c)(3) non–profit founded in 2007. We make wholesale extraction, transformation and analysis of open web data accessible to researchers. Overview Over 300 billion pages spanning 19 years. Free and open corpus since 2007. Cited in over 10,000 research papers. 3–5 billion new pages added each month.
You’re putting your Wi-Fi router in the exact wrong spot (and how to fix it)
How to Geek: “If your Wi-Fi works fine in some parts of the house but feels downright miserable in others, you’re probably dealing with Wi-Fi dead zones. And yes, they can still be a thing even right next to your router under the wrong circumstances. Before you start buying Wi-Fi extenders or mesh Wi-Fi systems, …
Courts Split Over AI Training Fair Use Rulings
Let’s Do Data Science: “U.S. courts remain split on whether training AI models on copyrighted material is fair use, after Judge William Alsup ruled in June 2025 that training on purchased, digitized books was fair use while Judge Vince Chhabria reached the opposite conclusion two days later in a related San Francisco case. The split …
Most everyday products are sourced from fossil fuels. Are there any alternatives?
ABCNetAU: “The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz almost immediately caused a fuel price shock felt in bank accounts around Australia. Even if the Strait returns to normal, that shock will keep sending prices up in a range of industries. Economic ripples will filter through to a plethora of products, such as plastics, fertilisers, building …
DuckDuckGo Browser can now block video ads, including YouTube’s
Bleeping Computer: “DuckDuckGo announced that its browser can now block most video ads on YouTube, including those shown before the video starts playing and during playback. The feature is enabled by default in the latest versions of DuckDuckGo for iOS, Mac, and Windows, while Android users can enable it manually by going to Settings > …
A New AI Tool Lets Candidates See What Chatbots Are Telling Voters
NOTUS: “In California’s gubernatorial primary, Tom Steyer had the biggest war chest in a crowded field of Democrats, spending more than $200 million out of his own pocket. But money alone wasn’t enough — he ended up placing third, falling just short in his quest to compete for November’s general election. A contributing factor, according …
You Can Remove [Some] of Your Personal Info From Google Search
PC Mag: “Does a Google search turn up way too much information about you? Follow these tips to remove your phone number, email and physical addresses, and other data from the site’s results….How to Submit a Manual Request to Delete. Google will let you manually request the removal of other things you may find harmful. That includes: …