Leo’s Twitter Updates for 2008-01-01

Turkish coffee and a flight to Aswan where we meet the Sun Boat IV. Sarkozy and Blair are in town, snarling the traffic. #
Happy 2008 to my friends in the US. It’s been a great year so far here in GMT +2! #

The TikTok War – Stratechery by Ben Thompson 14 July 2020

This is, without question, a prescription I don’t come to lightly. Perhaps the most powerful argument against taking any sort of action is that we aren’t China, and isn’t blocking TikTok something that China would do? Well yes, we know that is what they would do, because the Chinese government has blocked U.S. social networks […]

Atlas of Surveillance 14 July 2020

Leo's pick 7/15

Grant Imahara Dead: 'MythBusters' Host Was 49 | Hollywood Reporter 14 July 2020

Imahara died suddenly following a brain aneurysm, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. "We are heartbroken to hear this sad news about Grant. He was an important part of our Discovery family and a really wonderful man. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family," a representative for Discovery said in a statement on Monday.

Facebook Considers Banning Political Ads Before US 2020 Election - Bloomberg 13 July 2020

Facebook Inc. is considering imposing a ban on political ads on its social network in the days leading up to the U.S. election in November, according to people familiar with the company’s thinking.

Apple Silicon: The Passing of Wintel | by Jean-Louis Gassée | Jul, 2020 | Monday Note 13 July 2020

We’re about to enter an exciting, messy transition. Not only will Apple Silicon make better Macs, it will force Microsoft to polish its Windows on ARM act, both hardware and software. In turn, this will cause PC OEMs to reconsider their allegiance to x86 silicon…and that will have serious consequences for the old Wintel partnership.

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