Leo’s Twitter Updates for 2008-02-16

I think I suffer from Oppositional Defiance Disorder. #
The Air is the notion of a computer — its Platonic ideal. It doesn’t seem like a real computer at all. I’m not sure how I feel about this. #

Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet - The New York Times 25 October 2020

Apple now receives an estimated $8 billion to $12 billion in annual payments — up from $1 billion a year in 2014 — in exchange for building Google’s search engine into its products. It is probably the single biggest payment that Google makes to anyone and accounts for 14 to 21 percent of Apple’s annual […]

US judge stands firm in decision to block ban on WeChat | Engadget 25 October 2020

Last month, US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler issued a preliminary injunction blocking the order that would’ve been enforced on September 20th, explaining that the government “put in scant little evidence” that WeChat’s ban would address its national security concerns. The Justice Department put in a request to reverse the decision, but the judge has now […]

Burma Superstar’s new Oakland restaurant has a surprise investor: DoorDash - SFChronicle.com 25 October 2020

DoorDash was founded as Palo Alto Delivery in 2013, when it started delivering food around the Stanford campus. It has since become one of the largest delivery apps in the Bay Area. While Burma Bites is the first DoorDash investment in a standalone space for one restaurant, the company opened a commissary kitchen in Redwood […]

Zoom Deleted Events Discussing Zoom “Censorship” 25 October 2020

“Everyone working in higher education right now depends on Zoom and we cannot be in a position of allowing a corporate, third-party vendor to make these kinds of decisions,” Ross said. “It’s simply unsustainable.”

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