Daily Archives: January 3, 2019

Wake Up, Google Books! It’s Public Domain Time!

Posted on January 3, 2019 by mikecane

January 1, 2019 is (finally) Public Domain Day: Works from 1923 are open to all! The Catalogue of Copyright Entries for 1923 states there were 6,977 American publications registered (some listings are from 1922, so are already public domain). I’ve … Continue reading →

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Radio, What’s New? Radio, Someone Still Loves You.

Posted on January 3, 2019 by mikecane

1922. Click to enlarge and see how much came true: Google Books: Radio for All by Hugo Gernsback, perhaps best-known as a legend of SF.

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HAL World

Posted on January 3, 2019 by mikecane

Artificial Intelligence Can Read X-rays Better Than Doctors Do Perhaps an oversight by the interviewee in the heat of the moment, but the clinician and hospital deploying AI aren’t the primary targets for legal liability: the company and coders who … Continue reading →

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The Further Collapse Of Conventional TV

Posted on January 3, 2019 by mikecane

Tribune TV stations, including KTLA Channel 5 in Los Angeles, blacked out on Charter Spectrum service WGN has been blacked-out here in NYC. WGN is a station that runs Last Man Standing reruns, a show I’ve recently clued into. I … Continue reading →

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The Apple Bombshell

Posted on January 3, 2019 by mikecane

I had CNBC on yesterday when this news broke. I got to watch Tim Cook’s exclusive interview, analyst reactions, and market reactions. The most interesting bit was watching analyst Trip Chowdry calling for Tim Cook to be fired! He was … Continue reading →

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