Cultural Reflections: Social Media Trends and Iconic Milestones

A run down of some interesting details from Tech’s big earnings day yesterday. Rufus is Amazon’s AI-powered shopping assistant. The Browser Company continues to be the catalyst for me thinking about how AI is going to change the web. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Links:

• Amazon debuts ‘Rufus,’ an AI shopping assistant in its mobile app (TechCrunch)
• Cloudflare hacked using auth tokens stolen in Okta attack (BleepingComputer)
• The Browser Company Announces Act II for Arc: ‘The Browser That Browses For You’ (MacStories)
• The Arc browser is getting better bookmarks and search results, all thanks to AI (The Verge)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• AI Can Speed Drug Discovery. But Is It Really Better Than a Human? (Bloomberg)
• The scariest sound on TikTok (The Verge)
• The 150 Greatest Science Fiction Movies of All Time (Rolling Stone)
• LATE BLOOMER (Vanity Fair)

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