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John William Sherrod

@jwsherrod
20 posts
2025-08-13
@elonmusk Notice what he's doing here, people. He wouldn't say this if the App Store editorial team had chosen to highlight Grok. He'd shout it from the rooftops. He's using the specter of “anti-trust” to bully Apple into being more friendly to him.
2025-08-13 View on X
@markgurman

In response to Elon Musk's claims that the App Store favors ChatGPT, Apple says that it “is designed to be fair and free of bias” and has “objective criteria”

Apple on @elonmusk's claims: “The App Store is designed to be fair and free of bias. We feature thousands of apps through charts, algorithmic recommendations, and curated lists sel...

@elonmusk Notice what he's doing here, people. He wouldn't say this if the App Store editorial team had chosen to highlight Grok. He'd shout it from the rooftops. He's using the specter of “anti-trust” to bully Apple into being more friendly to him.
2025-08-13 View on X
Reuters

Elon Musk says that Apple “makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI” to top its App Store, an “antitrust violation”, and xAI will take legal action

This is a column about AI.  My boyfriend works at Anthropic. Becca Monaghan / indy100 : Elon Musk has dropped the Trump feud for now - he's falling out with another CEO instead For...

2025-08-12
@elonmusk Notice what he's doing here, people. He wouldn't say this if the App Store editorial team had chosen to highlight Grok. He'd shout it from the rooftops. He's using the specter of “anti-trust” to bully Apple into being more friendly to him.
2025-08-12 View on X
Reuters

Elon Musk says that Apple “makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI” to top its App Store, an “antitrust violation”, and xAI will take legal action

Billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday his artificial intelligence startup xAI would take legal action against Apple …

2025-07-02
Erebor is kind of a great name for a bank, though one has to remember that the wealth of Erebor was stolen by Smaug. And then after the dwarves reclaimed it their king succumbed to gold sickness (massive greed that overpowered his judgement).
2025-07-02 View on X
Financial Times

Sources: Palmer Luckey is preparing to launch Erebor, a US bank backed by Joe Lonsdale and other tech investors to serve startups, including crypto businesses

Start-up named after the dragon's mountain in ‘Lord of the Rings’  —  A group of tech billionaires led by Palmer Luckey …

2025-01-20
TikTok has also been pulled from the App Store along with CapCut. If you already had the app downloaded you can use it if you're using a VPN.
2025-01-20 View on X
The Verge

TikTok restores its service in the US, thanking Donald Trump for “the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties”

The company said this afternoon that it is “in the process of restoring service” and thanked President-elect Trump for …

TikTok has also been pulled from the App Store along with CapCut. If you already had the app downloaded you can use it if you're using a VPN.
2025-01-20 View on X
TechCrunch

In a rare move, Apple publishes a statement and a support document listing all ByteDance apps inaccessible in the US alongside TikTok, including Lemon8 and Lark

So even though we banned TikTok, ostensibly for security reasons, we end up creating an even bigger security problem when millions of people install some app that can read and modi...

2025-01-19
TikTok has also been pulled from the App Store along with CapCut. If you already had the app downloaded you can use it if you're using a VPN.
2025-01-19 View on X
Axios

Donald Trump says he will sign an EO on Monday to delay enforcing the TikTok ban and argues for a TikTok JV with 50% US ownership

President-elect Trump said he will sign an executive order Monday to delay enforcing the U.S. ban on TikTok, just hours after the popular app went dark,

TikTok has also been pulled from the App Store along with CapCut. If you already had the app downloaded you can use it if you're using a VPN.
2025-01-19 View on X
TechCrunch

In a rare move, Apple publishes a statement and a document listing all ByteDance apps inaccessible in the US alongside TikTok, including Lemon8 and Lark

Amid the TikTok shutdown, in a rare move, Apple published a statement and a support document listing all affected apps that are inaccessible …

2024-12-11
Note here that Google's argument is that it is Microsoft that is being “anticompetitive” while Google lobbies the Federal government to damage their competitor.
2024-12-11 View on X
The Information

Source: Google asked the US to break up Microsoft's exclusive agreement to host OpenAI's tech on Azure, after the FTC asked Google about Microsoft's practices

Google recently asked the U.S. government to break up Microsoft's exclusive agreement to host OpenAI's technology on its cloud servers …

2024-03-22
Remember: the definition of “antitrust” means whatever grandstanding politicians need it to be.
2024-03-22 View on X
Wall Street Journal

The US DOJ sues Apple, alleging the company blocked its competitors from accessing iPhone features, made switching to non-Apple devices more difficult, and more

In 2010, a top Apple executive emailed Apple's then-CEO about an ad for the new Kindle e-reader. TechCrunch : TechCrunch Minute: Breaking down the Apple iPhone antitrust lawsuit fr...

Remember: the definition of “antitrust” means whatever grandstanding politicians need it to be.
2024-03-22 View on X
The Verge

In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple exert too much control over the auto industry; some analysts say the DOJ may be misunderstanding CarPlay

Buried in the 88-page antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Apple is a reference to everyone's favorite phone-projection system, CarPlay.

2024-03-21
Remember: the definition of “antitrust” means whatever grandstanding politicians need it to be.
2024-03-21 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: the US DOJ plans to sue Apple as soon as Thursday, accusing the company of violating antitrust laws by blocking rivals from accessing iPhone features

- Lawsuit to be filed in federal court as soon as Thursday  — Case comes as iPhone maker also faces scrutiny in Europe

2024-02-20
My current TV is a Vizio and I really like it. May need to look elsewhere next time I need a TV.
2024-02-20 View on X
CNBC

Walmart agrees to acquire TV maker Vizio for $2.3B, or $11.50/share, to boost its ad business via Vizio's SmartCast OS, which lets users stream content with ads

- Walmart is buying TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion in cash.  — The move is a bid to boost the big-box retailer's high-margin ad business.

2024-01-12
Al Gore came in to the Nashville Apple Store back in the day when I worked there.  And there were two or three years when he and Tipper sent cookies to the store at Christmas...
2024-01-12 View on X
MacRumors

Apple says Al Gore and James Bell will retire from its board this year, and Wanda Austin, ex-president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, will join the board

Dr. Wanda Austin joins as Al Gore departs Vish Gain / Silicon Republic : STEM advocate Wanda Austin to join Apple board Mark Gurman / Fortune : Apple undergoes its biggest board sh...

2023-09-16
@tim_cook I think a desire to be good stewards of the environment is healthy. But this video was super cringe. Super cringe.
2023-09-16 View on X
Hardcore Software

Apple's Mother Nature skit at the Wonderlust event was awkward, but every fact or position put forth is a strategic, money-saving, and innovative effort

Apple's showed a widely criticized video showing their efforts to fight climate change.  Looking past the video is a significant and strategic set of initiatives worthy of praise.

2023-07-03
This is amusing in light of people encouraging people to follow them on Bluesky because of today's “rate limit” drama on Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
2023-07-03 View on X
Waxy.org

A developer says Twitter appears to be DDoSing itself via a Twitter web app JavaScript bug, which could be tied to Elon Musk's emergency blocks and rate limits

For anyone keeping track, this isn't even the first time they've completely broken … Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : Tweets Are Now Login-Walled  —  Like Šime Vidas, I have often linked o...

2023-07-02
This is amusing in light of people encouraging people to follow them on Bluesky because of today's “rate limit” drama on Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
2023-07-02 View on X
Waxy.org

A developer says Twitter appears to be DDoSing itself due to a bug in Twitter's web app, which could be tied to Elon Musk's emergency blocks and rate limits

For the last two days, Elon Musk has claimed that Twitter is under attack from “several hundred organizations” who were conducting …

This is amusing in light of people encouraging people to follow them on Bluesky because of today's “rate limit” drama on Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
2023-07-02 View on X
The Verge

Bluesky says it is “temporarily” pausing new sign-ups to resolve performance issues caused by “record high-traffic”

/ ‘We will temporarily be pausing Bluesky sign-ups while our team continues to resolve the existing performance issues.’

2023-05-08
It's actually good for people to be confronted with the brutal reality of violence. We especially need to see the true cost of the wars we're being asked to finance and sacrifice for. https://twitter.com/...
2023-05-08 View on X
New York Times

Images of a Texas mall mass shooting go viral on Twitter, fueling criticism of its reduced moderation; Twitter allows some graphic posts like Ukraine war images

Graphic images of the attack went viral on the platform, which has made cuts to its moderation team.

2023-03-30
Apple is about to experience its most significant challenge in decades. Let me explain: By now you're likely aware that @Apple is probably weeks away from launching its own virtual reality headset. I always caution readers not to put too much stock in any one rumor, or in any... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2023-03-30 View on X
MacRumors

Apple schedules WWDC 2023 for June 5 to June 9 as a virtual event with a June 5 keynote, where iOS 17, iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS 14 are expected

where it aims to debut its first mixed-reality headset in addition to iOS 17 and watchOS 10 — will kick off on June 5th and run through the 9th. Patrick McGee / @patrickmcgee_ : @a...