Why AI is boosting Meta's ad business while hurting Google search
The gap between Meta's ad revenue growth and Google's search expansion was the widest it's been since 2021 in the latest quarter.
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Breaking the silence in Mexico’s barracks
In Mexico’s armed forces, an order from a superior is meant to be obeyed without question. For many women in uniform, investigative journalist Zorayda Gallegos found, that can include an order to step into an officer’s b...
The Hollywood Color Nerd Who Shot ‘Knives Out’ Explains His Viral iPhone Camera App
The Chromagraph Camera app costs $13 dollars and processes iPhone photos with the same color math Rian Johnson’s cinematographer, Steve Yedlin, uses for film.
There’s a Free Video Editor Inside Google Drive That Anyone Can Use
You may not have noticed everything Google’s free software suite offers—especially a web app called Google Vids.
Links 11/1/2026 | naked capitalism
Our strategic daily links: Witches on wheels, ghostly presences, sinkholes in Turkiye, EU housing costs, Mideast horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk matters, hapless Democrats, immigration tro...
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Il Sospetto (1975) Run Time: 1H 46M Plus Bonuses | naked capitalism
Il Sospetto is a movie about the courage of one's convictions.
Lenovo LOQ 15: The Only Gaming Laptop Worth Buying Below $1,500
As prices escalate on gaming laptops, there’s really only one affordable option still around: the Lenovo LOQ 15, which offers a solid performance and display.
Private Equity Is Buying up More Methadone Clinics – Access to the Lifesaving Drug Isn’t Getting Easier | naked capitalism
"That kind of guaranteed, captive demand is exactly the sort of investment that can be profitable for private equity investors."
What Democrats Can Learn From New York’s Data Center Moratorium
With a number of anti-data-center candidates poised to win on Tuesday, New York provides a glimpse at the tensions around actually having to do something about the digital infrastructure.
7 Best Travel Mugs (2026): Insulated, Leakproof, and Self-Heating
These travel mugs from Ember, Owala, Hydro Flask, and more are built to last. They keep your drinks hot and your mornings smooth—no lukewarm lattes, no stress.
Chatbots Are Leading Hikers Astray, With Dangerous Consequences
Outsourcing planning to AI can lead people to surrender their own critical thinking, which can have potentially deadly results in places like the backcountry.
AI Could Do My First Job. Not My Last.
Warning: This is different from what my other Occasional Posts will be. It is longer, more personal and more opinionated, with almost no data and no charts. But it also addresses some important issues, so I hope you read...