Mark Zuckerberg turned his back on the media
There was a time when Mark Zuckerberg did not consider the mainstream media as the enemy. He even allowed me, a card-carrying legacy media person, into his house. In April…
No Fact-Checking More Hate Speech: Meta Goes MAGA
since donald trump After winning back the presidency on November 5, a parade of Silicon Valley veterans are engaging in an inappropriate growl-fest, leading to Pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lagoshoveling million-dollar contribution…
No Fact-Checking More Hate Speech: Meta Goes MAGA
since donald trump After winning back the presidency on November 5, a parade of Silicon Valley veterans are engaging in an inappropriate growl-fest, leading to Pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lagoshoveling million-dollar contribution…
The inside story of Apple Intelligence
Google, Meta, and Microsoft, as well as startups like OpenAI and Anthropic, all had well-developed strategies for generative AI when Apple finally announced its own push this June. Conventional wisdom…
Bluesky says it won't make things worse
like a controversial cowboy human errorJournalists, pundits and people who shun MAGA merch have looked at the service formerly known as Twitter and lamented, "I don't know how to leave…
new hatred of technology
In our simulation year 2024, people have never been better at hating the powers that be simulation- In other words, there is hatred of digital technology itself. And good for…
Donald Trump is not the only anarchy agent
Eight years ago, November's US election results dealt a blow to the small staff at Backchannel, the boutique tech publication I used to lead. The next morning, an editor posted…