#19 The Weekend Download – Catching Up on What Matters

Essential insights you need to stay ahead

📩 Issue #19 – 28/06/2025

⚡ Quick Hits – What You Need to Know

⚖️ Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Anthropic
A key decision allowing AI companies to train on books without author permission sets a new precedent.
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🖥️ Microsoft Revamps Blue Screen of Death
Microsoft is altering the famed error screen’s appearance in a surprise overhaul.
🔗 Read More (CNN)

📉 Anthropic to Track AI’s Economic Fallout
As job losses mount, Anthropic is launching a program to study how AI impacts employment and wages in real time.
🔗 Read More (TechCrunch)

🔥 Top Insights

🔄 Infinite Workday Is Blurring Boundaries
Microsoft’s latest Work Trend Index highlights how remote work is extending our hours into everything.
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📈 Top 10 Emerging Tech for 2025 Revealed
The World Economic Forum ranks the next wave of potentially world-altering technologies.
🔗 Read More (Fast Company)

🤖 Ad Industry Grapples with AI at Cannes
Heavy AI optimism masks existential questions within the advertising world.
🔗 Read More (Adweek)

🆕 AI Is Changing How You Apply for Jobs
From resume tips to automated assessments, AI is reshaping the entire hiring pipeline.
🔗 Read More (NYT)

📊 Numbers to Watch

🍕 Pizza Orders Hint at Pentagon’s Response to Iran
A surreal but true case of open-source intelligence: watching war unfold through food deliveries.
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✈️ Bezos’ Wedding Emitted as Much CO₂ as 27,000 Cars
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez arrived in Venice with a 96-private jet entourage
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🚫 Longer Bans Reduce Repeat Offenses, Says Roblox
A study of 770,000 users found that longer suspensions curb bad behaviour without driving players away.
🔗 Read More (Fast Company)

💡 Something to Think About

😰 TikTok Moderators Share Their Trauma
Workers in Turkey describe the psychological toll of reviewing disturbing content daily.
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📱 Smartphones Are Powering Light Data Centers
New benchmarks show your phone may now outperform some small-scale data center setups.
🔗 Read More (IEEE Spectrum)

🗨️ Gen Z Internet Slang, Decoded
From “aura farming” to “mewing,” get a quick guide to the most viral terms changing online conversation.
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🎥 New Documentary Examines Tech-Era Adolescence
Lauren Greenfield’s film dives deep into teenagers’ lives shaped by phones, image culture, and pressures.
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🌀 Offbeat & Unexpected

🗣️ ChatGPT Becomes a Spiritual Mentor
AI users are increasingly turning to ChatGPT for metaphysical guidance and spiritual advice.
🔗 Read More (Dazed)

🌍 Luxury Travel Now Comes with Family Therapy
Well-heeled vacationers can expect emotional guidance as part of their high-end adventures.
🔗 Read More (Wall Street Journal)

🏘️ Women-Only London Flats Spark Discussion
A private apartment block for women only highlights cultural debates around gendered living spaces.
🔗 Read More (Secret London)