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I Attended Google's Creator Conversation Event, And It Turned Into A Funeral

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Ed Zitron yelling abuse at CEOs for twenty-three minutes

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 17th November 2024

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Google Search is getting worse and worse

Nobody wants Copilot Pro AI for Office 365 — so Microsoft will force-bundle it and raise the price

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 10th November 2024