Pornhub shuts down site in Utah, Google searches for VPN access jump

After Pornhub blocked access to its site in Utah, it appears that residents took matters into their own hands — Google searches for VPN access spiked in the state, becoming the most popular search term statewide. While many searches came from Utah's urban areas, much of the search volume traces back to smaller towns such as Providence, Mount Pleasant, Moroni, and Magna. Other related topics — everything from different types of VPNs to "what is a VPN" — also saw spikes in search, according to Google data.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/pornhub-blocked-utah-google-vpn-access-search-jumped-2023-5?amp?source=Snapzu

25 years ago, we met the Mac that changed everything

In 2023, Apple is sitting on top of the world. At times ranked as the most valuable company around, its influence in technology and media–and even some realms beyond–exceeds almost any other single corporation. But it wasn’t always that way, and much of where the company is today can be attributed to a product released 25 years ago: the original iMac.
Read more: https://www.macworld.com/article/1801616/25-years-ago-apple-introduced-the-product-that-changed-everything.html?source=Snapzu

TV Writers Say They’re Striking to Stop the Destruction of Their Profession

Television shows across the country are going dark because their writers have walked off the job. The strikers say they had no choice but to walk, as new technology and the squeeze from executives have put their very livelihood in serious danger.
Read more: https://jacobin.com/2023/05/writers-strike-wga-amptp-streaming-pay/?source=Snapzu

Russia alleges Ukraine tried to attack the Kremlin in a Putin assassination attempt

Russia said Ukraine tried to attack the Kremlin with drones in an alleged attempt to kill President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine denies it, accusing Moscow of using this to justify a war escalation.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2023/05/03/1173626084/russia-alleges-ukraine-kremlin-drone-attack-putin-assassination-attempt?source=Snapzu

Tucker's Racist Text That Freaked Out Fox: 'It's Not How White Men Fight'

A message in discovery led to the eventual firing of the Fox News host, the New York Times reports
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tucker-carlson-fox-text-message-its-not-how-white-men-fight-1234728248/?source=Snapzu

US judge throws out Donald Trump’s lawsuit against New York Times

Lawsuit alleged newspaper sought out niece Mary Trump and persuaded her to join ‘insidious plot’ to obtain Trump’s tax records
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/03/donald-trump-lawsuit-new-york-times-mary-trump?source=Snapzu

ChatGPT and its ilk are definitely not sentient. Here's why

While the conversations they produce may seem astounding, ChatGPT, Bard and other contemporary "AI" chatbots are not magic. Rather, they are merely examples of what computer scientists call "large language models," or LLMs. Essentially, LLMs are trained to identify likely sequences of words, then generate coherent and convincing text.
Read more: https://www.salon.com/2023/04/30/chatgpt-chatbots-artificial-intelligence-llms/?source=Snapzu