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techdemicon Microsoft will have to buy OpenAI in 2023

Agreed. Google processes about 8.5 billion search queries daily. Conversational voice assistants process about 120 million queries daily.

techdemicon OwnLocal (YC W10) nabs funding from Automattic to resurrect newspaper revenues

White-label software products--comprised of daily deals and social gaming--might boost a newspaper's online ad sales temporarily, but at what cost to the identity of the local publisher?

I feel fortunate enough to live in a small, quirky, University town in which the residents still value (and support) its 65-year-old weekly print newspaper. In fact, the paper does a terrific job engaging the community in local government and has a strong presence at local events.

I'm not sure if the technical solution to saving local media is turning readers into online gamers and shoppers, but rather developing a unique online forum for engaging residents in the beat of local issues and interests.

I suppose every community is different, and that's exactly the point I'm trying to make, but I hope local businesses will continue to support local media (so long as the editorial voice is there).

techdemicon One year old thinks magazine is a broken iPad

What does a one-year old do on an iPad (or other tablet for that matter)?

For those who are parents--are there certain apps/games you let your young ones play around on? Or, is the behavior demonstrated by the child in the video learned primarily by way of observation?

techdemicon Ask HN: What personal projects/goals are people working on for this summer?

Thanks for the tip Ben, regarding questions for the HN community; it's been noted.

I'm interested in learning more about this "directory of startup tools" you mentioned. Will it be a self-compiled directory, or something more collaborative in nature?