I’ve combed the internet to find you the funniest/important/scary and fascinating stories about technology.
1 Elon Musk’s loyalty demands led to an exodus of Twitter workers
Hundreds of employees chose to quit rather than sign up to his vision of “tough Twitter.” (WP$)
+ The soccer World Cup will be a big stress test for what’s left of the platform. (The Atlantic $)
+ Musk’s management style is high risk, low reward. (WSJ$)
+ According to the senators, it has undermined the integrity and security of Twitter. (FT$)
+ Here’s how you can find your feet on rival Mastodon. (via cable $)
+ Here’s how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks. (MIT Technology Review)
2 How covid reinforced antimicrobial resistance
It made an existing problem significantly worse. (Scientific American $)
+ The next pandemic is already here. Covid can teach us how to fight it. (MIT Technology Review)
3 The glory days of Big Tech are numbered
Which leaves a lot of smart people with time on their hands. (Voice)
+ You could say the industry is having a midlife crisis. (The Atlantic $)
+ It’s no longer just about growing at any cost. (Blackboard $)
4 The search for a non-opioid treatment for pain
Marrying safety and efficacy is difficult to do, but scientists are not giving up. (Neo.Life)
+ Tens of millions of people in the United States live with chronic pain. (New Scientist $)
5 Passionate Taylor Swift fans are after Ticketmaster
The site failed sales for his new tour and furious fans want to break his monopoly. (Blackboard $)
+ Ticketmaster sold almost all pre-sale tickets in silos. (motherboard)
6 Broadband in the US is really awful
It is expensive, slow and contains a lot of hidden charges. (The edge)
+ Here’s a list of the worst offenders when it comes to running up your bills. (WP$)
+ Rising temperatures are likely to cause more global internet outages. (CNET)
7 Don’t fall for the stories we tell about the Internet
A good dose of critical thinking can cut the twist. (The Atlantic $)
8 AI has a trust problem
Some experts believe that demonstrating how systems learn is the solution. (WSJ$)
+ AI-generated deepfakes could help protect privacy. (New Scientist $)
+ We need to design distrust into AI systems to make them safer. (MIT Technology Review)
9 China’s TikTok marketers want to attract Western buyers 🛍️
They are setting their eyes firmly on the US market. (Rest of the World)
+ China wants to control how its famous live streamers act, talk and even dress. (MIT Technology Review)
10 Silicon Valley loves an electric bike 🚲
It’s the coolest way to flex your green credentials these days. (The $ info)
quote of the day
“Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of reliable financial reporting.”
