We used to care about space programs.

Now the real fight in the broligarchy, of course, is around a bad chat bot that can write really long emails and lie confidently. The true technology of our time.

Hmm I haven't tried ChatGPT in a while — time to give it a spin and see why it's worth $157 billion

Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier.bsky.social) 2025-01-27T21:32:27.978Z

Every single one of these is made up

Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier.bsky.social) 2025-01-27T21:39:17.245Z

Meta's new policy chief is a former senior adviser to George W. Bush.

Joel Kaplan on the left, Aug. 8, 2007, at the U.S. Department of Treasury

From The New York Times:

Meta on Thursday appointed Joel Kaplan, a longtime executive who was a former senior adviser to George W. Bush and is known for his Republican ties, to be its new head of global policy, as the social media giant seeks to strengthen its links to the incoming Trump administration.
Mr. Kaplan, 55, replaces Nick Clegg, a former deputy prime minister of Britain who had handled policy and regulatory issues globally for Meta since 2018. In a post to his personal Facebook page, Mr. Clegg, 57, said Mr. Kaplan was “quite clearly the right person for the right job at the right time, ideally placed to shape the company’s strategy as societal and political expectations around technology continue to evolve.”

From Deadline:

In 2020, The Washington Post reported that Kaplan argued against some content moderation measures, arguing that they would disproportionately harm conservative voices.

Australia was behind a lot of 2024 games - SIFTER has the full list.

It’s so awesome to see Australia’s video game industry coming back to life, especially over the past few years.

SIFTER has put together a great list of Australian-made games, plus has a few lists from years past of Australian-made gems:

2024 The definitive list of Australian made video games | SIFTER
SIFTER’s sixth annual list collecting every single game released in 2024 that has been made in Australia, from PC, Xbox, PlayStation Switch and more.

Wordpress ordered to revert WP Engine attack, including update and plugin directory block.

Via TechCrunch:

A California district court judge has granted a preliminary injunction to WP Engine. The order asks WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg and WordPress.com owner Automattic to restore WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org, a WordPress theme and plug-in repository site owned by Mullenweg.
This ban also resulted in WP Engine not being able to access and update its popular Advanced custom field (ACF) plug-in. Automattic took control of the plug-in, forked it, and named it Secure Custom Fields (SCF). The court has also ordered Automattic to restore WP Engine’s access and control of ACF on WordPress.org.
Court orders Mullenweg and Automattic to restore WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org | TechCrunch
A California district court judge has granted a preliminary injunction to WP Engine. The order asks WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg and WordPress.com