Four former Google executives say innovation by rivals is key to breaking Google Search's dominance, and ChatGPT-like tools will one day supplant Google Search
Will a breakup of Google shift perceptions of the company? — www.wired.com/story/doj-go... X: Paresh Dave / @peard33 : Despite shared concerns about Google's power, critics of the company and former...
Microsoft will make Recall an opt-in feature, encrypt its search index database, and require Windows Hello authentication and proof of presence to view timeline
enhancing Recall's security and making it an opt-in decision Jacob Siegal / BGR : Microsoft's changes AI Recall feature after intense criticism C. Scott Brown / Android Authority : Microsoft finally r...
Google fires 28 employees over their participation in a 10-hour sit-in at the company's New York and Sunnyvale offices to protest its business ties with Israel
https://medium.com/... X: Dr. Ks / @katejsim : Terminated worker here. Listen when employers tell you exactly who they are McCarthyism is alive and well. Look how terrified they are of worker power 🔥 ...
Twitter appears to have restored verification checkmarks to many accounts with 1M+ followers, saying they are subscribed to Blue; some deny they paid for Blue
But Some Celebrities Don't Want Them Todd Spangler / Variety : Twitter Restores Blue Check-Marks for Many Celebs, Including Several Dead Ones Stan Schroeder / Mashable : Celebs weren't buying Twitter'...
Elon Musk tweets an excerpt of Yoel Roth's doctoral dissertation and baselessly suggests the former Twitter executive is an advocate for child sexualization
Elon Musk's “Twitter Files,” which supposedly reveal … Joseph Menn / Washington Post : Elon Musk uses QAnon tactic in criticizing former Twitter safety chief Livemint : Twitter character limit to incr...
A profile of Dan O'Dowd, who made a fortune with his embedded systems OS company and is now obsessed with exposing Tesla's FSD beta as incomplete and unsafe
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post : Tweets: @gerritd , @realdanodowd , @gartenberg , and @niubi Tweets: Gerrit De Vynck / @gerritd : Dan O'Dowd says Tesla's “full self-driving” tech is dangerous. He'...
Meta, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon join the NIST's push to scrap the leap second, which keeps clocks in sync with the Earth's rotation but can cause glitches
so Meta wants to get rid of them Mariella Moon / Engadget : Meta calls for the death of the leap second Ciaran / worthreading : Worth Reading Issue #12 Leigh Mc Gowran / Silicon Republic : Meta and ot...
Regulators should crack down on crypto, after it gained an illusion of respectability through association with high-status institutions and individuals
When the Federal Reserve speaks, it speaks in Fedspeak. A pithy turn of phrase or a striking metaphor can all too easily turn into a headline … Tweets: @smdiehl , @antoniogm , @chris_maag , @seneca_l...
Musk says he may not “actually be able to” buy Twitter, he is motivated by its public interest value, it should open source its algorithm, and he has a Plan B
Utopian good—with another six architectural and business model reforms. Let me run the place in my spare time from finding, funding, and growing Deep Tech breakthroughs. https://twitter.com/... Kurt W...
Internal docs show how antivax activists flooded vaccine content on Facebook with negative comments, despite Zuckerberg's push to promote COVID-19 vaccines
Internal company documents suggest that the company plays down awareness of its flaws. Kara Swisher / New York Times : The Endless Facebook Apology Katie Canales / Insider : Apple reportedly threatene...