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Bose launches an in-house studio and a record label to surface new artists and use their music in Bose ads; Bose also plans live events, YouTube series, more (Lara O'Reilly/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/bose-becoming-media-com…

Bose is becoming a media company and launching a record label
Bose is launching a new entertainment division, Bose Studios, which includes the creation of a record label.

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it,
and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books
https://www.404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of-rare-books-it-ende…

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

Bondi library removes book How to Sell a Genocide from shelves after complaint
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/18/sydney-waverley-library-removes-book-how-to-sell-a-genocide-from-shelves-ntwnfb

Bondi library removes book How to Sell a Genocide from shelves after complaint
Author Adam Johnson criticises Waverley council saying ‘reality is often upsetting’ while Palestinian group says libraries should hold ‘challenging’ books

Here, you are not limited to 40 minutes viewing https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeux-tapestry/discover-the-bayeux-tapestry/explore-online/
Click the TXT button on the right for a translation of the Latin inscriptions and follow…

Explore the Bayeux Tapestry online - Bayeux Museum
For the first time, you will be able to freely explore the entire Bayeux Tapestry scene by scene with a never seen quality of images !

Investigation: Amazon is buying huge quantities of rare books, scanning them for AI, and destroying them; a tracked Biblio order went to its Las Vegas facility (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of…

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

Automation bias

Nie wieder werde ich behaupten, dass die E-Mails, die die University of Edinburgh an ihre Alumni verschickt, nutzlos sind. Heute habe ich echt was daraus gelernt: automation bias.
Automation bias is the propensity for humans to favor suggestions from automated decision-making systems and to ignore contradictory information made without automation, even…

Baas opvangorganisatie COA: ‘Er is géén gebrek aan opvangplekken, er is een gebrek aan wil’
https://www.ad.nl/politiek/baas-opvangorganisatie-coa-er-is-geen-gebrek-aan-opvangplekken-er-is-een-gebrek-aan-wil~aaa70631/…

Baas opvangorganisatie COA: ‘Er is géén gebrek aan opvangplekken, er is een gebrek aan wil’
Stevent de asielopvang af op een code zwart? De komende drie weken zijn bepalend voor het verloop van de asielzomer. De baas van opvangorganisatie COA maakt zich zorgen. Joeri Kapteijns komt eind van de zomer achtduizend opvangplekken tekort. „Als die plekken er niet komen, gaan we een ingewikkelde zomer tegemoet.”

BGH ruft EuGH an: Wo endet die private Datenverarbeitung in Chat und Küche?
Der Bundesgerichtshof will vom EuGH wissen, wie weit die „Haushaltsausnahme“ der DSGVO bei weitergeleiteten Messenger-Nachrichten und Heimüberwachung reicht.

BGH ruft EuGH an: Wo endet die private Datenverarbeitung in Chat und Küche?
Der Bundesgerichtshof will vom EuGH wissen, wie weit die „Haushaltsausnahme“ der DSGVO bei weitergeleiteten Messenger-Nachrichten und Heimüberwachung reicht.

On Bluesky last night
Catherine Rampell noted that in documents Trump released
there were confirmations of Russia’s work on Trump’s behalf in 2020
and that China “did not intend to “try to affect the election.”
https://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/…

Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social)
one of the supposedly damning docs the White House released tonight says Russia tried to undermine BIDEN. Also says China "prefers that President Trump be defeated" but actually "Beijing did not intend to try to affect the election" (!)

Spider-Man: Brand New Day tops 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens to be the highest-grossing domestic release ever, earning $936.773M vs. Force Awakens' $936M (Rebecca Rubin/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/box-offi

Spider-Man Beats Star Wars as Biggest Movie at Domestic Box Office
"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" has overtaken 2015's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" as the highest-grossing movie of all time at the domestic box office.