Leo’s Twitter Updates for 2008-02-29

Hey! My followers count is correct and I can follow people again. Twitter is fixed – knock on astroturf. #
TWOTD: philately, as in, "@hotdogsladies lifelong love of philately began with the discovery of a rare set of 1980s nightclub hand stamps." #
The next February with five Fridays won’t be until 2036, which is, coincidentally, when Duke Nuke ‘Em Forever is expected to ship. #

Steven Levy's Plaintext Newsletter 5 June 2020

Look, I get it—who wants to take on the president and the ruling party, especially when regulation is in the air? But instead of avoiding conflict, Facebook and Twitter leaders should have been emphasizing that they have just as much right to set their own standards as television stations, newspapers, and other corporations. Despite the […]

How Apple learned automation can't match human skill | Appleinsider 5 June 2020

Apple has spent years and millions of dollars on automating its production lines with technology, and it has always reverted to using skilled human beings instead.

All Facebook users can now access a tool to port data to Google Photos | TechCrunch 5 June 2020

The data portability feature enables users of the social network to directly port a copy of their photos to Google’s eponymous photo storage service via encrypted transfer, rather than needing to download and manually upload photos themselves — thereby reducing the hassle involved with switching to a rival service.

Study: Autonomous vehicles won't make roads completely safe 5 June 2020

Auto safety experts say humans cause about 94% of U.S. crashes, but the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study says computer-controlled robocars will only stop about one-third of them. Researchers and people in the autonomous vehicle business never thought the technology would be capable of preventing all crashes now caused by humans, she said, calling […]

Twitter has a record-breaking week as users looked for news of protests and COVID-19 | TechCrunch 5 June 2020

Twitter’s app had its largest-ever week, globally. Twitter’s usage is on the rise because of the immediacy around news-sharing its platform provides. This was in particular demand amid the George Floyd protests in the U.S., as protestors used Twitter to share live images and videos of the demonstrations, the fires and looting, instances of police […]

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