Amazon Kindle gets out of the magazine business. An ironically named PE firm is buying Porn Hub. Midjourney v5 is really mind blowing. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
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Amazon will discontinue newspaper and magazine subscriptions in September (GoodEReader)
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