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Alex Fink

Zuckerman vs Zuckerberg

July 14, 2024

Ethan Zuckerman is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a scholar of digital media. He and his team work to understand the contemporary digital world and build social media systems that are focused on communities, not on profits. Ethan is currently suing Meta (i.e. Facebook) in a landmark case that might (and likely should) change our interpretation of section 230. Please tune in to hear the details of the case and the various ways it could change the social media landscape. It's fascinating!

Prof. Jeff Jarvis - Rewriting Media's Business Model (Yet Again)

May 24, 2024

Jeff Jarvis is a journalism professor at the City College in New York (CUNY), the author of six books, and the cohost of the successful podcast "This week in Google and AI". Jeff spent many years teaching entrepreneurial journalism - and God knows journalism could use some entrepreneurial spirit, right about now. Please check out Jeff's books, The Gutenberg Parenthesis and Magazine, both from Bloomsbury (discount codes here: gutenbergparenthesis.com).

Donald Robertson - Where Philosophy Meets Psychology

June 22, 2024

Our guest today is Donald Robertson - Donald is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist and author of several books, including How to Think Like a Roman Emperor and, more recently, Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor. He is one of the founders of the Modern Stoicism nonprofit organization and the founder and president of the Plato's Academy Centre in Athens, Greece. He was born in Scotland but now lives in Montreal, Canada. His upcoming book, How to Think Like Socrates, will be released later this year, and can be preordered on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or anywhere else books are generally sold.

Rick Edmonds - Analyzing the Financial Decline of Legacy Media

July 8, 2024

Rick Edmonds is the media business analyst for the Poynter Institute, a school and study center for working journalists. He has been doing research and writing for 25 years on the financial decline of legacy media, newspapers particularly, and the rise of new media alternatives. His reporting and commentary appear regularly on the Poynter Online site. He has spoken to conference groups in the U.S.A. and in Paris, Norway, Madrid, Vienna and Chile.

Jonathan Green - How To Make ChatGPT and Other Tools Useful (Right Now)

July 5, 2024

Welcome to the Otherweb. Our guest today is Jonathan Green - a bestselling author of hundreds of books, a celebrity ghostwriter, and an expert in using artificial intelligence tools to their utmost capacity. This is the best conversation I've had on the practical implications of ChatGPT and how regular people can augment their own capabilities by using these tools as a shortcut.

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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Japan, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 611 stories have been published about Japan which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Global News

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EurekAlert!

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Understanding how smiling influences relationship building during real-life conversations

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Reuters

Reuters

Japan should keep energy subsidies for a while, Komeito leader says

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Last of the week

Reuters

Reuters

Chinese stocks climb; dollar steady before US inflation test

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Popular Science

Popular Science

The world’s tiniest Rubik’s cube is as wide as 3 grains of rice

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Verge

Verge

Casio super-sized a classic digital watch to create this retro desk clock

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ESPN

ESPN

Japan face pivotal week in Asian World Cup qualifiers with Saudi Arabia, Australia lying in wait

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ABC News

ABC News

Ishiba dissolves Japan's lower house to set up an Oct. 27 parliamentary election

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Uplynk

Uplynk

New Rupert facility will bake, freeze, then ship Idaho potatoes to world markets

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POWER Magazine

POWER Magazine

GE Vernova Turbines Part of Upgrade at Japan Gas-Fired Power Plant

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National Geographic

National Geographic

A guide to Japan’s wild north

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Newsweek

Newsweek

US Helps Japan Build First Aircraft Carriers Since WWII Amid China Threat

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ABC News

ABC News

Japan prosecutors will not appeal acquittal of world's longest death-row inmate in retrial

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BBC

BBC

Japan's government admits editing cabinet photo

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GlobalData

GlobalData

Onboard the Shiki-Shima, Japan’s newest luxury sleeper train

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GlobalData

GlobalData

Japan car sales flat in September

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ABC News

ABC News

Stock market today: Asian shares climb after blockbuster US jobs report

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CNBC

CNBC

Asia-Pacific markets mostly set to climb ahead of a week of central bank decisions

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Reuters

Reuters

Japan expands LNG flexibility via cooperation with S.Korea, Italy

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Interesting Engineering

Interesting Engineering

Japan's tokamak sets world record with 160-cubic-meter plasma volume

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