Trump's Truth Social Can Only Make Mastodon Stronger
The Trump-backed Twitter lookalike looks near to launch, and for better or worse, this will draw more attention than ever to my favorite social network.
CS educators: AI-based developer tools are gunning for your assignments. Resistance is futile GitHub’s AI-based Copilot tool went public this summer. It’s an amazing tool for software developers. B…
Apple Finds Its Next Big Business: Showing Ads on Your iPhone
Apple is set to expand ads to new areas of your iPhone and iPad in search of its next big revenue driver. Also: The company slows its pace of acquiring startups, and Peloton embarks on a major overhaul.
The Kansas City Defender is a nonprofit news site for young Black audiences across the Midwest
"We do advocate against the racist function of policing, [but] we focus equally on being present in the community, doing poetry nights, basketball park takeovers, and other community-building, life-affirming activities."
Transsion, a China-based smartphone manufacturer, is outpacing Apple and Samsung in Africa. It sells devices that take better selfies of dark skin and have features like a keyboard in Swahili.
Creators are getting nailed by photographers for simply wanting to celebrate other famous creators. This is backwards, and collectively, we should solve for it.
French iOS developers file antitrust suit over Apple’s App Store fees – TechCrunch
Apple is facing yet another antitrust lawsuit over its App Store fees, this time filed by a group of French iOS app developers who are suing the tech giant in its home state of California. The plaintiffs are accusing Apple of anticompetitive practices in allowing only one App Store for iOS devices,…
Twitter sues Elon Musk to hold him to $44 billion deal
Twitter Inc sued Elon Musk on Tuesday for violating his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform and asked a Delaware court to order the world's richest person to complete the merger at the agreed $54.20 per Twitter share.
Should You Really Delete Your Period Tracking App?
Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision depriving people of the right to abortion leaked last month, some have advised deleting period tracking apps to prevent that data from being used to target people seeking abortion care. But it’s useful to distinguish between the security and privacy threats that abortion seekers are actively experiencing now versus threats that may come in the future.
Real Life is a magazine about living with technology. The emphasis is more on living. We publish one piece a day—essays, features, uncategorizable—four or five days a week. We launched with funding from Snapchat, but we operate with editorial independence and without ads.
Democrats Must Become As Brave and Righteous as Abortion-Clinic Escorts
To win back abortion rights, Democrats need to learn how to fight the moral battle being waged by anti-abortion theocrats—something clinic escorts do every day.