2023-04-23
Stephen King is literally offering FREE PUBLICITY for Twitter Blue (implicit here: “donating” his check is a cause he supports and *will vocally endorse*). And the replies are universally “hurrrrrr you're rich THIS ISN'T A CHARITY MISTER MURDER MILLIONS!!!111!!” https://twitter.com/...
Mashable
In a campaign called #BlockTheBlue, some Twitter users, including popular ones like @dril, are asking people to block anyone who subscribes to Twitter Blue
After Elon Musk removed legacy verified users' checkmarks, Twitter's biggest users are blocking everyone who pays.
Stephen King is literally offering FREE PUBLICITY for Twitter Blue (implicit here: “donating” his check is a cause he supports and *will vocally endorse*). And the replies are universally “hurrrrrr you're rich THIS ISN'T A CHARITY MISTER MURDER MILLIONS!!!111!!” https://twitter.com/...
Mashable
Some critics of Twitter Blue, such as @dril, Kara Swisher, and Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, say they have been given unwanted Blue checkmarks
If you can't beat 'em verify 'em. … The latest speed bump in the rollout of Twitter's revamped verification policy under new owner Elon Musk is here: Spite checkmarks.
2023-04-22
Elon didn't actually get rid of verified. He got rid of the actual UI element. The checkmark. Amazing. https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Twitter begins removing blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts, fulfilling one of Elon Musk's long-stated plans; Musk has called the system “corrupt”
Elon already took away the blue check from some publications like the The New York Times … Caroline Giegerich : The Twitter check shakedown has begun. Twitter has officially begun...
I will verify your Twitter profile if you send me $20 on Cash app and have a 15 second zoom in which I make you answer one inane and utterly unpredictable question with your face fully visible. For this, I will send you an individually numbered postcard. In the mail.
Mashable
In a campaign called #BlockTheBlue, some Twitter users, including popular ones like @dril, are asking people to block anyone who subscribes to Twitter Blue
After Elon Musk removed legacy verified users' checkmarks, Twitter's biggest users are blocking everyone who pays.
Elon didn't actually get rid of verified. He got rid of the actual UI element. The checkmark. Amazing. https://twitter.com/...
Mashable
In a campaign called #BlockTheBlue, some Twitter users, including popular ones like @dril, are asking people to block anyone who subscribes to Twitter Blue
After Elon Musk removed legacy verified users' checkmarks, Twitter's biggest users are blocking everyone who pays.
I will verify your Twitter profile if you send me $20 on Cash app and have a 15 second zoom in which I make you answer one inane and utterly unpredictable question with your face fully visible. For this, I will send you an individually numbered postcard. In the mail.
The Verge
Twitter begins removing blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts, fulfilling one of Elon Musk's long-stated plans; Musk has called the system “corrupt”
Elon already took away the blue check from some publications like the The New York Times … Caroline Giegerich : The Twitter check shakedown has begun. Twitter has officially begun...
2023-04-21
I will verify your Twitter profile if you send me $20 on Cash app and have a 15 second zoom in which I make you answer one inane and utterly unpredictable question with your face fully visible. For this, I will send you an individually numbered postcard. In the mail.
The Verge
Twitter begins removing blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts, fulfilling one of Elon Musk's long-stated plans; Musk has called the system “corrupt”
The change is apparent on Twitter accounts for several Verge writers and other journalists like LA Times reporter Matt Pearce …
2023-04-17
My view: Google has avoided doing this to date because it fears antitrust and regulatory scrutiny. By serving users more answers natively instead of asking them to click into a website, Google will create huge friction for publishers. https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Sources detail Google's project Magi to upgrade search with AI, as Samsung considers defaulting to Bing; source: 160+ employees are working full time on Magi
The tech giant is sprinting to protect its core business with a flurry of projects, including updates to its search engine and plans for an all-new one.
2023-03-31
at one point, printing presses were probably looked at with similar fear. If someone can print anything, how can we know what's true? well, by not just believing everything we read, and developing evidentiary standards. the bar for what's “real” will need to be raised again. https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post
Midjourney ends free trials, citing “extraordinary demand” and “abuse”, after fake images of Trump getting arrested and Pope Francis wearing a coat went viral
2022-03-24
@dcseifert the target market is likely zoomers in SE Asia and mayyyyybe Europe. The idea investors bought into them taking on the iPhone is lol. Carl is really good at crafting narrative, but this phone has literally no chance in the world's iPhone-dominant markets.
The Verge
Carl Pei teases Nothing's Phone (1), a smartphone running on Nothing OS, an Android skin, and powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon, debuting this summer
@dcseifert Just what US carriers want, another mediocre $600-900 phone that no one will buy! Apple, Samsung, and Google have extracted 100% of the oxygen in this space and collectively spend more on marketing every month than Nothing is worth to keep that edge. Good luck with that.
The Verge
Carl Pei teases Nothing's Phone (1), a smartphone running on Nothing OS, an Android skin, and powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon, debuting this summer
I don't buy that Nothing told its investors its goal is to meaningfully disrupt the iPhone. The goal, in my view, is to unseat OnePlus in India and try to fill the Huawei gap in Europe. And I see zero opportunity for this phone in North America whatsoever. Pointless.
The Verge
Carl Pei teases Nothing's Phone (1), a smartphone running on Nothing OS, an Android skin, and powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon, debuting this summer
This is the story I would tell if I, as a Marketer, wanted to maximize my SEO visibility and encourage tribalistic engagement on social networks by coopting the world's most famous brand and associating it with my own. you know, just hypothetically https://www.theverge.com/...
The Verge
Carl Pei teases Nothing's Phone (1), a smartphone running on Nothing OS, an Android skin, and powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon, debuting this summer
2022-03-17
So, no onsite attendee tickets this year, and not even any onsite press. I can understand the former, logistically. The latter? Incredibly opportunistic. https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Google schedules a virtual I/O 2022 for May 11 and May 12, with a limited live audience of Google employees and some partners
Registration opens this month — Google's big annual developer conference, Google I/O, will take place May 11th and 12th, the company announced Wednesday.
2022-03-09
The future of Android tablets is light duty, low cost convertibles and detachables. Something that gets you a keyboard and a desktop UI, but with very few frills. Maybe it's a smart display when you're not using it. Anything more than that is folly.
The Verge
Apple announces an updated iPad Air with M1, 5G, a 12MP ultra-wide front camera, and more, starting at $599 in 64GB or 256GB versions, available on March 18
Jon Porter / The Verge :
This isn't just chips, it's vertical integration and partnerships. Google or Qualcomm could make the fastest chip in the world and at this point, I think it would make literally no difference.
The Verge
Apple announces an updated iPad Air with M1, 5G, a 12MP ultra-wide front camera, and more, starting at $599 in 64GB or 256GB versions, available on March 18
Jon Porter / The Verge :
Game, set, match Apple for creative professionals. It's over. There is truly no point to making an Android tablet that costs more than $500, if there ever was. Google and Qualcomm fumbled that football, repeatedly, and you'd have to be a fanboy to keep buying into that circus.
The Verge
Apple announces an updated iPad Air with M1, 5G, a 12MP ultra-wide front camera, and more, starting at $599 in 64GB or 256GB versions, available on March 18
Jon Porter / The Verge :
With Apple introducing the M1 to iPad Air, it's only a matter of time before it trickles down to entry level models. And I see no future in which a $500 Android tablet renders 4K video as fast as a gaming laptop.
The Verge
Apple announces an updated iPad Air with M1, 5G, a 12MP ultra-wide front camera, and more, starting at $599 in 64GB or 256GB versions, available on March 18
Jon Porter / The Verge :
2022-02-08
I guess they weren't ARMed and ready https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Nvidia and SoftBank call off Nvidia's Arm acquisition, following regulatory scrutiny; Arm CEO Simon Segars resigns, replaced by Arm IP group president Rene Haas
Nvidia's deal to acquire Arm is off, the two companies and Arm's owner SoftBank announced (PDF) tonight.
2022-02-07
I'm going to be sustained by the energy of men losing their minds over this for months https://twitter.com/...
The Hollywood Reporter
Daniel Ek says “silencing” Rogan is not the answer in a staff email and commits $100M to licensing, developing, and marketing content from marginalized groups
Over the weekend, videos resurfaced by the musician India.Arie showed the podcaster repeatedly using the n-word and making derogatory comments about Black people.