2022-09-09
I think this will have a hard time tempting people away from Garmin, Suunto, and Coros. Battery life is *deeply* underwhelming and I see no evidence of software designed for serious backcountry use. Where's the topo mapping? https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Apple Watch Ultra's app ecosystem challenges Garmin, which dominates the $699+ premium active wearables market, and its usability could erode Garmin's position
2021-10-03
A brief thread about stupid robots, and Amazon's latest wonderful opportunity for people to become part of a cynical experiment in surveillance capitalism, brought to you by our late lamented friend Douglas Adams. First, the offending item: https://www.theverge.com/...
Fast Company
Amazon Astro review: impressive autonomous navigation skills, reasonable price for the tech, attractive design, but its daily utility is questionable
In a two-week trial, Astro was surprisingly endearing and avoided hazards such as pets and stairs. But I still don't know what I'd do with one.
2021-10-02
A brief thread about stupid robots, and Amazon's latest wonderful opportunity for people to become part of a cynical experiment in surveillance capitalism, brought to you by our late lamented friend Douglas Adams. First, the offending item: https://www.theverge.com/...
Fast Company
Amazon Astro review: impressive autonomous navigation skills, reasonable price for the tech, attractive design, but its daily utility is questionable
In a two-week trial, Astro was surprisingly endearing and avoided hazards such as pets and stairs. But I still don't know what I'd do with one.
2020-08-19
Google Maps is getting more geographical detail, but that still doesn't make it a functional choice for use in the mountains. There's a big difference between this and a good topographic map. https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Google Maps says it's rolling out more detailed maps with improved street designs for SF, NYC, and London, and with more accurate natural features worldwide
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2020-07-19
If true, this is quite a story. It's a tale of opportunistic and mediocre hackers (hardly criminal masterminds) who got lucky and took advantage of Twitter's incompetent security. There's a lesson here for us all. https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
A person involved in Twitter hack may have gained access to Twitter's internal dashboard using credentials pinned in one of the company's Slack channels
one of whom says he lives at home with his mother ... 19 and lived in the south of England with his mother.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Eric Geller / @ericgeller : Wow. Just seein...
If true, this is quite a story. It's a tale of opportunistic and mediocre hackers (hardly criminal masterminds) who got lucky and took advantage of Twitter's incompetent security. There's a lesson here for us all. https://twitter.com/...
Twitter
Twitter provides an overview of what it knows about Wednesday's hack so far: how it happened, what the attackers accessed, how it reacted, and the next steps
As we've been informing via the @TwitterSupport account, on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, we detected a security incident at Twitter and took immediate action.