The moral case for iMessage on Android
It’s bad for Apple but good for humanity.
Spotify to buy podcast ad company Megaphone for $235 million
Spotify said it has agreed to acquire Megaphone, which offers technology for podcast publishers and advertisers seeking targeted slots on podcasts.
Reddit CEO doubles down on attack on Apollo developer in drama-filled AMA
Reddit’s unpopular decision to revise its API pricing in a move that’s forcing third-party apps out of business has taken a weird turn. In an AMA hosted today by Reddit co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman, aka u/spez on the internet forum site, the exec doubled down on accusations against the developer behind the well-liked third-party […]
Twitter Admits in Court Filing: Elon Musk Is Simply Wrong About Government Interference At Twitter
It is amazing the degree to which some people will engage in confirmation bias and believe absolute nonsense, even as the facts show the opposite is true. Over the past few months, we’ve gone throu…
none establishing a state-imposed rule responsible for Plaintiffs’ challenged content-moderation decisions.
The Information: Siri’s Flagging Quality Is the Result of ‘Turf Wars’ – Pixel Envy
Normally, I would not link to something for which I have not read the source story. In this case, I will make an exception, as the original is by Wayne Ma of the Information, who has a solid track record. I hope these two summaries are accurate reflections of Ma’s reporting. Hartley Charlton, MacRumors: The […]
Ancestry.com Deleted 10 Years’ Worth of My Family History
Around the year 2007, just after Thanksgiving, my grandmother noticed a tiny seed near the faucet of her kitchen sink that had somehow, implausibly,...
John McAfee’s Folly Was Founder Worship at Its Most Extreme
Bloomberg Technology reports on the self-destruction of a Silicon Valley icon in the podcast Foundering: The John McAfee Story.
Twitter, Meta, and Blowing the Whistle on Big Tech
Plus: Decades-old security flaws, a wave of startup layoffs, and multiple “thousand-year” rainfalls.
Period tracking app privacy, Snapchat’s subs, TikTok ban – TechCrunch
This Week in Apps is the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.
Spam Botnets – Darknet Diaries
This episode tells the stories of some of the worlds biggest spamming botnets. We'll talk about the botnets Rustock, Waledac, and Cutwail. We'll discover who was behind them, what their objectives ...