2022-10-07
Among other galactic problems he tries to solve in @FT lunch w/@khalafroula, Elon Musk reckons future Taiwan crisis can be averted by creation of “special administrative zone for Taiwan” - because One Country Two Systems worked so well in Hong Kong... https://www.ft.com/...
The Verge
Filing: a judge grants Elon Musk's request to halt the Twitter trial and says that if the deal doesn't close by 5pm on October 28, the trial begins in November
The pending trial between Elon Musk and Twitter is suddenly on hold, as Judge Kathaleen McCormick granted the Musk side's request for a stay …
Among other galactic problems he tries to solve in @FT lunch w/@khalafroula, Elon Musk reckons future Taiwan crisis can be averted by creation of “special administrative zone for Taiwan” - because One Country Two Systems worked so well in Hong Kong... https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
Interview with Elon Musk: it is “vaguely therapeutic” to “play the fool on Twitter”, Truth Social is a right-wing echo chamber that can be called Trumpet, more
Dinner with Elon Musk begins with a drive in a Tesla. I am seated in the back, next to X, the billionaire's two-and-a-half-year-old son.
2021-07-17
Rise of invasive digital surveillance often painted as a Chinese innovation. But companies from many other nations are selling these tools to govts w/ repressive tendencies. @citizenlab reports on Israeli group w/ spyware active in UAE, Hungary & Indonesia https://citizenlab.ca/...
VICE
Microsoft and Citizen Lab say government hackers from several countries have used spyware from Israeli vendor Candiru that uses two 0-day exploits in Windows
2021-07-16
Rise of invasive digital surveillance often painted as a Chinese innovation. But companies from many other nations are selling these tools to govts w/ repressive tendencies. @citizenlab reports on Israeli group w/ spyware active in UAE, Hungary & Indonesia https://citizenlab.ca/...
VICE
Microsoft and Citizen Lab say government hackers from several countries have used spyware from Israeli vendor Candiru that uses two 0-day exploits in Windows
Microsoft and Citizen Lab found a new kind of spyware made by the mysterious Israeli vendor Candiru, and targeting someone in Europe based on their political beliefs.
2020-05-11
Good @benyt piece on Australia's global leadership in pushing Facebook & Google to pay for news. Media execs are “licking their chops” at possible $$$. But shift toward national internet regulation has worrying implications for media freedom, esp in Asia https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
As Australian and French regulators plan to make tech companies pay publishers for news content, leaders from Ireland to Malaysia say they are paying attention
we simply are running out of innovation to cover your salary and benefits” https://twitter.com/... Dave / @davewiner : Disappointed that Ben Smith, the new media columnist at the N...