This Week In Techdirt History: October 5th – 11th
Five Years Ago
This week in 2020, Reps. Gabbard and Gosar brought out the ridiculous House companion to one of the Senate’s anti-Section 230 bills, while Donald Trump got on board the “repeal 230�...
Bose is yanking key features from its SoundTouch speakers
Bose is discontinuing support for the cloud-based features available on its SoundTouch products on February 18th, 2026.
“After February 18, certain features — including access to integrate...
Edifier’s new wireless speaker looks like a gaming PC
It takes up as much room as a desktop PC, but Edifier’s Cyber is just a speaker. | Image: Edifier
With RGB lighting, exposed electronics, and a full color screen inside a transparent enclosure...
UMG Removes Songs From TikTok After Breakdown in Negotiations
Universal Music Group and TikTok are in a dispute that has resulted in users losing access to songs from artists such as Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish.
The breakdown of contract negotiations between ...
Enabling Creative Expression with Concept Activation Vectors
Posted by Been Kim, Research Scientist, Google Research, Brain Team, and Alison Lentz, Senior Staff Strategist, Google Research, Mural Team
Advances in computer vision and natural language processin...
10 things before the opening bell
Good morning. A sea of red has throttled the stock market in recent months, and Wall Street seems to think that things will only improve if the Fed pumps the brakes on tightening.
But a few things h...
VideoNuze Podcast #495: The Top 10 Video Stories of 2019
I’m pleased to present the 495th edition of the VideoNuze podcast, with my weekly partner Colin Dixon of nScreenMedia.
In today’s podcast, our final one for 2019, Colin and I share our top 10 v...