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Tom Mckay

@thetomzone
46 posts
2023-07-03
gotta hand it to Elon here. we were all joking about how he was gonna implement a paywall on posting but he came up with the even better idea of a paywall on seeing the posts https://twitter.com/...
2023-07-03 View on X
TechCrunch

Elon Musk says Twitter has temporarily limited verified accounts to reading 10K posts/day, unverified 1K, and new unverified 500, due to “extreme” data scraping

Censorship Expert Says Musk ‘Has Stepped on a Rattlesnake’ Jonas Mäki / Gamereactor UK : Twitter stops data collection by adding lots of restrictions Brayden Lindrea / Cointelegrap...

gotta hand it to Elon here. we were all joking about how he was gonna implement a paywall on posting but he came up with the even better idea of a paywall on seeing the posts 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
gotta hand it to Elon here. we were all joking about how he was gonna implement a paywall on posting but he came up with the even better idea of a paywall on seeing the posts 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 …

gotta hand it to Elon here. we were all joking about how he was gonna implement a paywall on posting but he came up with the even better idea of a paywall on seeing the posts https://twitter.com/...
2023-07-02 View on X
TechCrunch

Elon Musk says verified Twitter accounts are temporarily limited to reading 10K posts/day, unverified 1K, and new unverified 500, due to “extreme” data scraping

Twitter is putting limits to how many tweets its users can read as the Elon Musk-owned service suffers extended outage …

2023-05-16
hey guys, free hackable TV https://variety.com/...
2023-05-16 View on X
Fast Company

Pluto TV co-founder Ilya Pozin's Telly opens a waitlist to give away 500K 55-inch 4K HDR TVs, which have a second screen for constantly showing ads, in 2023

but there's a massive catch Cesar Cadenas / TechRadar : This free TV has a second screen for extra ads - and it could be a privacy nightmare Axios : Axios Pro: Media Deals Kyle Fun...

2023-05-11
the fun thing is that even when this inevitably destroys the value of Google search, Google has immense power to keep users softlocked in via Android and Chrome (and is default on Apple/iOS too) https://twitter.com/...
2023-05-11 View on X
The Verge

Google shows AI features coming to Search, including an AI-powered “snapshot” that summarizes search results with links to sites “corroborating” the information

Google is moving slowly and carefully to make AI happen.  Maybe too slowly and too carefully for some people.

2023-04-20
this actually sounds really hard to remember? who thought of using synonyms for this? https://www.microsoft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2023-04-20 View on X
The Verge

Microsoft starts naming threat actor groups after weather events, like typhoon, sandstorm, and blizzard; each name represents a nation state or a motivation

Microsoft has started naming hackers after the weather in a new naming taxonomy update.  Hackers will now be named after events like storms …

2022-12-10
uh well, here's the new head of Twitter trust and safety saying she's the one taking photos of the moderation backend for Bari Weiss https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-10 View on X
Bloomberg

Twitter Trust and Safety VP Ella Irwin says she took the screenshots of internal systems that Bari Weiss shared and that “reporters were not accessing user DMs”

do Weiss and Taibbi have access to users' DMs? It would be good to get clear explanation about this screen and yes/no answer to this straightforward question. https://twitter.com/....

this couldn't possibly be new twitter head of trust and safety Ella Irwin (@ellagirwin) letting Bari Weiss rifle around in a backend tool that clearly says “Direct Messages” in the sidebar could it? 🤔 https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-10 View on X
TechCrunch

Despite Elon Musk's opaque approach, the “Twitter Files” give a peek at moderation at scale and are a win for transparency, while failing to prove systemic bias

Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, is feverishly promoting his “Twitter Files”: selected internal communications from the company …

uh well, here's the new head of Twitter trust and safety saying she's the one taking photos of the moderation backend for Bari Weiss https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-10 View on X
TechCrunch

Despite Elon Musk's opaque approach, the “Twitter Files” give a peek at moderation at scale and are a win for transparency, while failing to prove systemic bias

Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, is feverishly promoting his “Twitter Files”: selected internal communications from the company …

this couldn't possibly be new twitter head of trust and safety Ella Irwin (@ellagirwin) letting Bari Weiss rifle around in a backend tool that clearly says “Direct Messages” in the sidebar could it? 🤔 https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-10 View on X
Bloomberg

Twitter Trust and Safety VP Ella Irwin says she took the screenshots of internal systems that Bari Weiss shared and that “reporters were not accessing user DMs”

do Weiss and Taibbi have access to users' DMs? It would be good to get clear explanation about this screen and yes/no answer to this straightforward question. https://twitter.com/....

2022-12-09
this couldn't possibly be new twitter head of trust and safety Ella Irwin (@ellagirwin) letting Bari Weiss rifle around in a backend tool that clearly says “Direct Messages” in the sidebar could it? 🤔 https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-09 View on X
Bloomberg

Twitter Trust and Safety VP Ella Irwin says she took the screenshots of internal systems that Bari Weiss shared and that “reporters were not accessing user DMs”

Elon Musk is giving outside writers unprecedented access to internal Twitter Inc. information …

uh well, here's the new head of Twitter trust and safety saying she's the one taking photos of the moderation backend for Bari Weiss https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-09 View on X
Bloomberg

Twitter Trust and Safety VP Ella Irwin says she took the screenshots of internal systems that Bari Weiss shared and that “reporters were not accessing user DMs”

Elon Musk is giving outside writers unprecedented access to internal Twitter Inc. information …

2022-01-20
I'm sure Kotaku would have loved that! https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2022-01-20 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: in recent weeks, CEO Bobby Kotick suggested Activision Blizzard make an acquisition, including of trade publications like Kotaku and PC Gamer

After a lawsuit and a Journal report, the company's stock was falling, board members were getting anxious—and the tech giant was ready to take a gamble

2021-10-31
I think most reasonable people would acknowledge that the Italian American community is being held responsible for conduct that runs much deeper in society. If this thing of ours didn't exist, these crimes wouldn't magically disappear. More thoughts on what we should do here. https://twitter.com/...
2021-10-31 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Nick Clegg, Amy Klobuchar, Josh Hawley, Chris Hughes, Clay Shirky, and others on how to reform social media platforms and limit their harm

including Nick Clegg, Amy Klobuchar, Josh Hawley, Sherry Turkle and Jaron Lanier—discuss how to deal with the problems posed by the biggest social-media sites https://www.wsj.com/....

2021-10-30
I think most reasonable people would acknowledge that the Italian American community is being held responsible for conduct that runs much deeper in society. If this thing of ours didn't exist, these crimes wouldn't magically disappear. More thoughts on what we should do here. https://twitter.com/...
2021-10-30 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Nick Clegg, Amy Klobuchar, Josh Hawley, Chris Hughes, Clay Shirky, and others on how to reform social media platforms and limit their harm

including Nick Clegg, Amy Klobuchar, Josh Hawley, Sherry Turkle and Jaron Lanier—discuss how to deal with the problems posed by the biggest social-media sites https://www.wsj.com/....

2021-10-29
I'm almost certainly wrong but I feel like the question of the odds of Facebook being the future monopolist power of the “metaverse” comes down to: how many people do you know who own or use a VR headset?
2021-10-29 View on X
Bloomberg

The Facebook View app on iOS contains an image of a potential Meta smartwatch, with a front-facing camera notch, rounded screen, and a detachable wrist strap

- Device has front-facing camera, possibly for videoconferencing  — Image of watch is found inside of Facebook View iPhone app

this feels a bit like late-90s early-2000s Microsoft, minus the.. very important fact they actually antitrusted Microsoft. Facebook is probably not capable of envisioning whatever the next shift will be, like MS lost on mobile. When's last time FB did anything but buy competitors
2021-10-29 View on X
VentureBeat

Facebook unveils Horizon Home social VR spaces, Messenger VR calls, fitness VR, Quest for Business, including Work Accounts support on Quest 2, and more

Facebook's metaverse could be the successor to the modern internet … Devindra Hardawar / Engadget : Facebook says it doesn't want to own the metaverse, just jumpstart it Lisa Brown...

I'm almost certainly wrong but I feel like the question of the odds of Facebook being the future monopolist power of the “metaverse” comes down to: how many people do you know who own or use a VR headset?
2021-10-29 View on X
VentureBeat

Facebook unveils Horizon Home social VR spaces, Messenger VR calls, fitness VR, Quest for Business, including Work Accounts support on Quest 2, and more

Facebook's metaverse could be the successor to the modern internet … Devindra Hardawar / Engadget : Facebook says it doesn't want to own the metaverse, just jumpstart it Lisa Brown...

this feels a bit like late-90s early-2000s Microsoft, minus the.. very important fact they actually antitrusted Microsoft. Facebook is probably not capable of envisioning whatever the next shift will be, like MS lost on mobile. When's last time FB did anything but buy competitors
2021-10-29 View on X
Bloomberg

The Facebook View app on iOS contains an image of a potential Meta smartwatch, with a front-facing camera notch, rounded screen, and a detachable wrist strap

- Device has front-facing camera, possibly for videoconferencing  — Image of watch is found inside of Facebook View iPhone app