The "tragedy of the cognitive commons" explains how rational AI adoption could destroy entire professions' expertise

A new research paper frames AI adoption as a "tragedy of the cognitive commons." Every company that cuts entry-level jobs benefits individually, but the collective expertise of entire profes [...]

Zyzz Was the Original Looksmaxxer. His Rise and Untimely Death Feel More Relevant Than Ever

A new Apple documentary explores the life of Aziz “Zyzz” Shavershian, who rocketed to internet fame in an age before influencers, then died at age 22 in 2011. [...]

Stripe is reportedly in talks to buy PayPal

Stripe and private equity firm Advent previously offered a deal PayPal didn't take, the Wall Street Journal says. Now, they're negotiating a new price. [...]

AI-generated books are flooding Amazon and tanking sales for human authors

AI-generated books make up 20 percent of Amazon's self-published catalog but bring in only 12 percent of sales. A new study finds that revenue per book is dropping for human-written titles too, i [...]

A Kingdom Hearts anime is coming to Disney+

Disney has announced an anime based on Kingdom Hearts, featuring a brand new story. [...]

Your phone gets five years of updates by law. Your car gets nothing

Robert Ferris put the question to forecasters and executives for CNBC on 15 August. The average American car is now 12.8 years old, on Mobility Global’s figures. A new one costs close to $50,000, an [...]

Nvidia halved its $250bn promise to OpenAI. Then it showed investors what it owns

Anissa Gardizy reported the cut for The Wall Street Journal on 14 August. Under the new proposed terms Nvidia would initially backstop only half of the 10GW project, and it would decide about the rest [...]

Finished watching My Brilliant Career on Netflix? Stream this 'wild' and 'bonkers' period drama on Prime Video next — it's an even better double bill than Bridgerton

I know what you're thinking — it would be so easy to stream Bridgerton straight after the new Netflix period drama My Brilliant Career. But if you have a Prime Video subscription, try something [...]

Dolby says Dolby Vision 2 HDR should come to cheaper TVs than the original — and the basic version is less expensive to license than Dolby Vision 2 Max to achieve that

Dolby Vision 2 Max replaces Dolby Vision 1, while Dolby Vision 2 is meant for a new breed of budget TV — and Dolby says its the best-value picture upgrade that manufacturers can get. [...]