Political podcasts increasingly look and function like television. Distributed through YouTube and available on connected TVs, they compete with cable and broadcast news for political attention — raising a consequential question for the television business: Are advertising dollars leaving for the newer, sexier medium? TheWrap’s findings suggest that, at least for now, the growth of…
The price of a prompt is not a single number but a complex ecological transaction. For an image generated with NanoBanana Pro, nature pays with the extraction of gallium and copper, the evaporation of several milliliters of water, and a carbon release that requires several hours of a tree’s life to remediate. For an essay…
In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen declared “software is eating the world.” Today, AI is beginning to devour software. Instead of helping the industry improve, new AI tools and agents could end up replacing some software products entirely. This anxiety crystallized in recent weeks with three developments: Anthropic’s release of a new autonomous AI agent…
Alisha Jucevic for CalMatters Dancers say their craft can’t be duplicated by AI. Our tests show they’re right — for now. Bird singing and dancing, as practiced by the Cahuilla Band of Indians, tell a story about the creation of the world, and how the Cahuilla migrated to their current home in Southern California….
This article is part of a partnership between the Mendocino Voice and nonprofit newsroom CalMatters to bring relevant nonpartisan news to Mendocino County readers. Learn more about CalMatters here. Bird singing and dancing, as practiced by the Cahuilla Band of Indians, tell a story about the creation of the world, and how the Cahuilla migrated…
