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Good morning, it’s Thursday September 1st. I am Jose Montes de Oca and you are listening to Newslit daily, expertly curated news bits on what is happening around us to supercharge your mornings
Today’s pick
Disney Explores Amazon Prime-Like Membership Program to Offer Discounts and Perks. Walt Disney is exploring a membership program that could offer discounts or special perks to encourage customers to spend more on its streaming services, theme parks, resorts and merchandise. It also aims to add a commerce feature to its Disney+ streaming service. (Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal)
What does GPT-3 'know' about me?. Large language models are trained on vast datasets scraped from the internet. This most likely includes personal data such as addresses, phone numbers and emails. If you’ve posted anything even remotely personal in English on the internet, chances are your data might be part of some of the world’s most popular Models. (Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review)
Meta is planning more paid features for Facebook and Instagram. Meta is setting up a New Monetization Experiences division to identify and build "possible paid features" for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, according to an internal memo sent to employees last week that was obtained by The Verge. (Alex Heath / The Verge)
FDA authorizes Covid booster shots that target omicron BA.5 variant. The FDA authorized booster shots that target the omicron BA.5 variant. It is the first time the FDA has authorized an updated vaccine formula since the shots started in Dec of 2020. The new boosters are expected to roll out to the public after Labor Day weekend. (Spencer Kimball / CNBC)
Ticketmaster taps the Flow blockchain to let event organizers issue NFTs tied to tickets. Live Nation's Ticketmaster partners with Dapper Labs to release ticket NFTs on the Flow blockchain and expands its NFL partnership for NFTs to 100 games. (Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch)
I hope you found it interesting and, needless to say, if you have any questions or feedback let me know by hitting reply or on Twitter.
Take care and see you tomorrow!
— Jose Montes de Oca
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By NewslitGood morning, it’s Thursday September 1st. I am Jose Montes de Oca and you are listening to Newslit daily, expertly curated news bits on what is happening around us to supercharge your mornings
Today’s pick
Disney Explores Amazon Prime-Like Membership Program to Offer Discounts and Perks. Walt Disney is exploring a membership program that could offer discounts or special perks to encourage customers to spend more on its streaming services, theme parks, resorts and merchandise. It also aims to add a commerce feature to its Disney+ streaming service. (Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal)
What does GPT-3 'know' about me?. Large language models are trained on vast datasets scraped from the internet. This most likely includes personal data such as addresses, phone numbers and emails. If you’ve posted anything even remotely personal in English on the internet, chances are your data might be part of some of the world’s most popular Models. (Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review)
Meta is planning more paid features for Facebook and Instagram. Meta is setting up a New Monetization Experiences division to identify and build "possible paid features" for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, according to an internal memo sent to employees last week that was obtained by The Verge. (Alex Heath / The Verge)
FDA authorizes Covid booster shots that target omicron BA.5 variant. The FDA authorized booster shots that target the omicron BA.5 variant. It is the first time the FDA has authorized an updated vaccine formula since the shots started in Dec of 2020. The new boosters are expected to roll out to the public after Labor Day weekend. (Spencer Kimball / CNBC)
Ticketmaster taps the Flow blockchain to let event organizers issue NFTs tied to tickets. Live Nation's Ticketmaster partners with Dapper Labs to release ticket NFTs on the Flow blockchain and expands its NFL partnership for NFTs to 100 games. (Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch)
I hope you found it interesting and, needless to say, if you have any questions or feedback let me know by hitting reply or on Twitter.
Take care and see you tomorrow!
— Jose Montes de Oca
P.S. Want to advertise with us? We’d love to hear from you.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit newslit.substack.com/subscribe