DVDs and Blu-rays are necessary as streaming changes.
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DVDs and Blu-rays are necessary as streaming changes.

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Sign up to receive the Future Tense newsletter every other week. Wish We’d Published This “It’s Getting Too Hot to Make Snow,” by Chris Baraniuk, Wired Future Tense Recommends Whenever there’s a new dispute about online discourse these days, I turn to Moderated Content, a podcast from Stanford assistant professor Evelyn Douek. Evelyn and Alex Stamos, former chief security officer for Facebook, bring depth, nuance, and—dare I say—entertainment to stories that can be equal parts dull and maddening, like the future of content moderation at Twitter, Congress’ attempts to require platform transparency, ChatGPT, online hate speech laws, and much more. What Next: TBD On Friday’s episode of Slate’s technology podcast, host Lizzie O’Leary interviewed epidemiologist and data scientist Katelyn Jetelina about the false idea, popular on social media, that COVID vaccines are linked to sudden death in young people. Upcoming Events On Friday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. Pacific, Future Tense and Zócalo Public Square will host “How Has Computer Code Shaped Humanity?” in Los Angeles and online.

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Future Tense newsletter: The backlash to Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown.
1 year, 10 months ago

Future Tense newsletter: The backlash to Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown.

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Sign up to receive the Future Tense newsletter every other Saturday. But when contemplating how tech has changed since 2011—or, perhaps more accurately, how the public’s relationship with tech has changed—the best and most timely example may be Netflix. But so much of the backlash to the new rules feels like it’s rooted in how streaming together made us feel …

Future Tense newsletter: No 2022 predictions here.
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Future Tense newsletter: No 2022 predictions here.

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Sign up to receive the Future Tense newsletter every other Saturday. It’s from “Lisa the Greek,” a Season 3 episode in which Homer keeps losing money gambling on professional football, despite the guidance of Mr. 52 Percent, Smooth Jimmy Apollo, who every Sunday offers a “Lock of the Week” pick. After one bum pick, Smooth Jimmy says, “Well, folks, when …

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