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It was a proudly techno-utopian creation, one Hunter and Lindenbaum claimed was the first literary magazine with an app. "Electric Literature was born in a time where there was tons of anxiety about what digital was going to do to literary culture", Hunter says. All the while, Hunter watched as Amazon steadily obliterated bookstores. Hunter is hoping people will take the extra steps of buying Bookshop ebooks through their browsers rather than Apple's app store and then reading them on Bookshop's app, which would circumvent the Apple tax. Bookshop didn't have an advertising budget, but Hunter hired a publicist, and she pushed the anti-Amazon angle hard. [Extracted from the article]

The Supreme Court has upheld the access to the abortion pill mifepristone in a unanimous vote. The court affirmed the FDA's approval of the drug and found that the plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking to remove the drug from the market lacked standing. This decision ends legal disputes and confusion over the drug's status and allows it to remain legal in states that permit abortion and to be distributed by mail. Medical experts and healthcare providers have praised the decision, emphasizing the safety and importance of mifepristone in expanding abortion access. [Extracted from the article]

Frank Reig, Revel's 35-year-old chief executive, got hooked on mopeds as an undergrad in 2007. She compared Revel to the city's bike-share program: Revel had 1.38 fatalities per million rides, while Citi Bike had 0.02, meaning the mopeds were nearly 70 times more deadly than the shared bikes. The day of Malave's death, a shaken Reig called the city's transportation department to say Revel would pull its mopeds off the streets until further notice. In the three years since Revel first hit the streets, the electric-moped-sharing startup has racked up more than 600,000 riders in six US cities. [Extracted from the article]

AI-generated clickbait is proliferating on spam sites that have taken over abandoned web domains of reputable news organizations, according to Kate Knibbs. These sites, such as the Clayton County Register, use artificial intelligence to generate thousands of garbled and irrelevant articles per day. By using names with established reputations, these sites gain prominence in search rankings and generate ad revenue through Google's ad platform. This trend not only exploits failing news organizations but also raises concerns about the potential for spreading misinformation and propaganda. [Extracted from the article]

The internet was overflowing with news of the global variety: prospects for a vaccine, testing shortages, government ineptitude. Although born of quarantine living, the paper will evolve as the national landscape does: Long after the pandemic's medical phase is over - knock wood - there will be economic, social, and psychic impacts to process for years. - AS TOLD TO PIA CERES Illustration by Noma Bar HOW WE'LL LISTEN ETHAN DIAMOND CEO OF THE ONLINE MUSIC PLATFORM BANDCAMP The pandemic has caused a lot of fans to reevaluate how they support their favorite musicians. Even after the pandemic, I expect we'll still see a lot more direct support of artists, which is great for music overall. [Extracted from the article]

In early March, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey put his first tweet up for sale on Valuables. MIND GRENADES ONE NIGHT IN early March, as I was getting ready for bed, a notification popped up on my laptop: A stranger was offering $500 for an autographed digital certificate of one of my tweets. As these markets go, Valuables is quite restrictive: NFTs of tweets purchased on Valuables live only on its platform and can't be resold on any other market. [Extracted from the article]

We can't be picky about wildlife encounters, as our campsite for the foreseeable future is the roof of our Brooklyn apartment building. The roof is not like the sumptuous sky decks on nearby high-rises, with professional landscaping and handsome patio furniture. Maybe someday I'll pitch a tent in British Columbia or rent a hut in southern Thailand again. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on statistics on the top ten cities in the U.S. for heartbreak based on how long marriages last, the number of dating services available, how cities measure on the Gallup Well-Being index, and gonorrhea rates. Cities listed include San Diego, California, Los Angeles, California and Miami, Florida.