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Samit Sarkar

@samitsarkar
15 posts
2026-03-11
“But for both ‘expert review’ and chatbots in general, my underlying discomfort is the same.  Most of my published work appears already to be inside these models, shaping their outputs in ways I never agreed to and will never fully understand.  Grammarly just had the bad manners to put my name on it.”
2026-03-11 View on X
The Verge

After social media backlash, Superhuman says authors can now opt out of Grammarly's Expert Review feature by emailing a dedicated address

No apology, no overall change in direction. … They did the same to my boss Nilay Patel, my colleagues David Pierce and Tom Warren, and …

2026-03-10
“But for both ‘expert review’ and chatbots in general, my underlying discomfort is the same.  Most of my published work appears already to be inside these models, shaping their outputs in ways I never agreed to and will never fully understand.  Grammarly just had the bad manners to put my name on it.”
2026-03-10 View on X
The Verge

After backlash, Superhuman says authors can now opt out of Grammarly's Expert Review feature by emailing a dedicated address

No apology, no overall change in direction. … They did the same to my boss Nilay Patel, my colleagues David Pierce and Tom Warren …

2023-08-16
welp, so they finally got around to putting up the paywall for TweetDeck — I just tried to load it and was redirected to a sign-up page for Twitter Blue guess I'll just be looking at way fewer tweets! [image]
2023-08-16 View on X
The Verge

Users of X Pro, previously TweetDeck, report encountering X Blue paywalls to use the service; X said on July 3 that “in 30 days” X Pro would be subscriber-only

X, the social network formally known as Twitter, appears to be finally following through on its promise to make TweetDeck a paid service.

welp, so they finally got around to putting up the paywall for TweetDeck — I just tried to load it and was redirected to a sign-up page for Twitter Blue guess I'll just be looking at way fewer tweets! [image]
2023-08-16 View on X
Washington Post

X added five-second delays, some now removed, on t.co links to Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Substack, the NYT, Reuters, and other sites Musk attacks

The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times …

2023-01-27
a sentence to put on journalism's tombstone if I've ever seen one: “BuzzFeed remains focused on human-generated journalism in its newsroom, a spokeswoman said Thursday.” https://www.wsj.com/...
2023-01-27 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Memo: BuzzFeed plans to rely on OpenAI to enhance its quizzes and personalize its content while humans offer ideas, “cultural currency”, and “inspired prompts”

CEO Jonah Peretti intends for artificial intelligence to play a larger role in the company this year

2022-09-08
hold the phone (sorry)... do you mean to tell me that iPhones are only just now getting an always-on display??? https://twitter.com/...
2022-09-08 View on X
The Verge

Hands-on with iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max: similar design to 13 Pro but without the notch, thanks to the playful Dynamic Island; always-on display looks great

A first look at the new always-on display, camera, and more  —  Apple just announced the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.

2022-08-19
some pretty awful stories here about life at Nintendo from women working there as contractors! “After she put on a shield against sexual comments at work, her supervisor commended her for being tougher than the girl who had cried at the office.” https://kotaku.com/...
2022-08-19 View on X
Kotaku

Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser tells staff the company is “actively investigating” claims that female contractors were sexually harassed

2022-08-17
some pretty awful stories here about life at Nintendo from women working there as contractors! “After she put on a shield against sexual comments at work, her supervisor commended her for being tougher than the girl who had cried at the office.” https://kotaku.com/...
2022-08-17 View on X
Kotaku

Former Nintendo female contract testers in the US describe years of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and a lack of advancement opportunities for women

Female game testers at Nintendo had ‘frat house’ experiences within a gaming company known for its wholesome image

2022-03-30
so you're saying that Rob Schneider, not Samit Sarkar, sent me those spam texts? https://twitter.com/...
2022-03-30 View on X
The Verge

Verizon blames “bad actors” and engages US law enforcement after its customers and users of its MVNO Visible receive spam texts from their own phone numbers

2021-12-30
lmao what “... once the standard is released, by the HDMI Licensing Administrator's rules, all new ports will, in theory, be labeled HDMI 2.1a — but they won't have to offer the new SBTM or even any HDMI 2.1 features.” https://twitter.com/...
2021-12-30 View on X
The Verge

HDMI Forum will introduce HDMI 2.1a, the latest standard, at CES 2022, with minor updates that only further complicate the system's haphazard device support

Brace yourself for yet another new HDMI standard  —  The HDMI standards are a mess.  HDMI 2.1, in particular, is a uniquely frustrating mess …

2020-12-18
what's higher: the number of products/services that Google has shut down ... or the number of times the Trump campaign and his supporters have lost election lawsuits in the courts? https://twitter.com/...
2020-12-18 View on X
The Verge

Google to shut down Android Things, a stripped-down version of Android designed for smart home devices, on January 5th, 2022

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge :

2020-02-12
“... and the headphone jack is gone, making 2020 the first year when every major flagship phone from Samsung won't have one” well, fuck that https://www.theverge.com/...
2020-02-12 View on X
Engadget

Hands-on with Samsung's new S20 lineup: 120Hz refresh rate makes the screens stand out, the Ultra is significantly bigger, and the cameras are ambitious

If you were planning to buy a premium Android smartphone this year, you can rest easy knowing they'll all come with more or less the same things.

2020-02-05
I hope this ends up being long-term good news for @ringer, a website I like very much, and specifically for — just as importantly — everyone at @RingerUnion https://www.vox.com/...
2020-02-05 View on X
Vox

Spotify will buy The Ringer, the podcast-centric media company run and owned by Bill Simmons, and plans to hire Simmons and his approximately 90 employees

The Ringer CEO Bill Simmons in 2015 |  Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images for Vanity Fair  —  It's the fourth podcast deal Spotify has done in a year.

2020-01-15
“We did find one time that bouncing a yoga ball, it made the Kinect think it was a person in a fetal position bouncing up and down,” [@phacktweets] says. “Which was, like, terrifying when you show the debug render. It was really gross.” https://www.polygon.com/...
2020-01-15 View on X
Polygon

Former Microsoft employees and third-party developers reflect on the rise and fall of Microsoft Kinect, which was once billed as the future of Xbox

For a moment a decade ago, the game industry looked like a very different place  —  Illustrations by Cobysoft Joe for Polygon Tweets: @papakipos , @simulacracid , @samitsarkar , @j...

2018-01-10
remember that Mark Zuckerberg keeps his webcam taped up http://twitter.com/...
2018-01-10 View on X
Cheddar

Sources: Facebook plans to unveil Portal, an Echo Show-like video chat device with a screen and camera, at F8 in May and ship it in second half of 2018 for $499