Just today, I stumbled upon a piece of news that’s as intriguing as it is complex. Picture this: The New York Times, a giant in the world of news, is taking on two tech behemoths, OpenAI and Microsoft. Why, you ask? Well, it’s all about copyright infringement, and the plot is thicker than a bowl of oatmeal.

If you fell for the New York Times’ “Create a free account to continue reading” online offer, and now you want to cancel the account, here’s how.

When you are scrolling through your newsfeed on Facebook and see an interesting article someone has shared – a dispatch from a war zone from the New York Times, for instance, or a listicle about the top five reasons why flossing in your 20s is better than flossing in your 30s from Buzzfeed – you are burdened with the task of clicking on that link and waiting a few seconds for the article to load. Now imagine a world in which shared articles are posted in their entirety on Facebook, much like the videos that automatically start playing as you scroll down your feed, which would mean that you never even have to leave the Facebook universe to read whatever your friends are sharing. Whether this sounds great or frightening probably depends on whether you work in the media industry.

The New York Times recently did a comparison of Google searches originating in areas where, according to the NYT, people have life the easiest to areas where life is the hardest. Here’s what they found.

With apologies to Olivia Newton-John, it seems that we are all about getting fidgital, as in let’s get figital…let me hear your device squawk, your device squawk…. At least, fidgetal is what the New York Times says is the newest word. In fact, the NYT coined the newly minted term in its Sunday edition, just yesterday. According to the Times, “fidgital” (get it? A cross between “digital” and “fidget”) means:

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