Tensions in Tech: WordPress and Data Privacy

All the controversies continue. I’ll update you on the Meta moderation controversy. The latest twist in the WordPress brouhaha. The TikTok thing is coming to a head right now as we speak, in the form of Supreme Court arguments. Asking again if the business model of Triple A gaming development is broken. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Links:

• Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta’s Llama team the OK to train on copyrighted works, filing claims (TechCrunch)
• Automattic says it will reduce its contribution to WordPress core project to match WP Engine (TechCrunch)
• Billionaire Frank McCourt's Project Liberty proposes bid for TikTok's US assets (Reuters)
• Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location (Wired)
• Call of Duty's massive development budgets revealed: $700 million for Black Ops Cold War (Game File)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• The New $30,000 Side Hustle: Making Job Referrals for Strangers (Bloomberg)
• The smart glasses era is here — I got a first look (The Verge)
• The Anti-Social Century (The Atlantic)

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