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A look at the AP's shift into video to generate DTC revenue; a source says US papers make up under 10% of its overall revenue and non-media clients are growing (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/associated-press-launc…

The Associated Press, With Long Ties to Print, Ramps Up Video Shows
The Associated Press, With Long Ties to Print, Ramps Up Live-Streamed Video Shows

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All longest regex matches in linear time is possible.
https://iev.ee/blog/all-longest-regex-matches-in-linear-time/
saved 2026-03-17

La basura de Musk, de sus cohetes, por puntualizar, llega hasta Madagascar.

After backlash, Microsoft deleted a blog post written in November 2024 that critics said encouraged developers to pirate Harry Potter books to train AI models (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

Microsoft deletes blog telling users to train AI on pirated Harry Potter books
The now-deleted Harry Potter data set was "mistakenly" marked public domain.

Tubi partners with TikTok to launch the Creatorverse Incubator, giving creators support like promotions and potential funding to make Tubi originals (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/tubi-joins-for…

Tubi joins forces with popular TikTokers to create original streaming content | TechCrunch
Tubi launched its “Creatorverse Incubator” to help TikTokers create original shows exclusively for the streaming service.

Sources: banks including Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas, and HSBC began selling an extra $8.2B of short-term loans to help Netflix fund its WBD purchase (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-20/banks-selling-8…

Publisher Chicken Soup for the Soul sues several tech companies including Google and Anthropic in federal court, claiming its content was used to train LLMs (Blake Brittain/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactiona

Reddit is testing an AI search feature that takes community recommendations and shows matching products from its advertisers in the results (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/reddit-is-testing-a-new-ai-search-feature-for-shopp…

Reddit is testing a new AI search feature for shopping | TechCrunch
A small group of users in the U.S. will start to see search results that include interactive product carousels with pricing, images, and direct where-to-buy links.

Google is running a "small" experiment replacing news headlines in search results with AI-generated ones, after adding the feature in Google Discover in January (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/896490/googl

Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines
Google is beginning to replace news headlines in its search results with ones that are AI-generated. After AI clickbait nonsense in its Google Discover news feed, it’s starting to mess with headlines in the “10 blue links” too.

Similarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android as of January 7, driven by Instagram promotions, while X had 125M DAUs; X continues to lead on the web (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/18/threads-edges-out-x-in-daily-mo…

Threads edges out X in daily mobile users, new data shows | TechCrunch
Threads’ daily mobile usage has quietly surpassed X as Meta leans on cross-promotion, creator tools and fast feature rollouts — even as X faces fresh controversies