Merriam-Webster’s word of the year delivers a dismissive verdict on junk AI content
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Merriam-Webster names ‘slop’ the word of the year
AI’s impact on our social media feeds has not gone unnoticed by one of America’s top dictionaries. Amidst the onslaught…
OpenAI learned the hard way that Cameo trademarked the word ‘cameo’
In Brief Posted: 2:27 PM PST · November 24, 2025 Image Credits:Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto (opens in a new window) / Getty…
Users only care about 20% of your application
I often destroyed our home computer when I was a kid. Armed with only 2GB of storage, I’d constantly hunt…