2023, here we go; more talk, less social media - except for sharing reels; Twitter scrolling but no interactions; Elon Musk turns squatter; fines for Meta, Coinbase, Apple & Grubhub; Tesla violating employment law, but delivers record amount of vehicles - a solid company if they had a decent CEO; TikTok finally banned from some government devices; Salesforce & Amazon layoffs; World Cup hangover; Good Rivals; Nope; Jurassic World Dominion; 3000 Years of Longing; Slow Horses; Treason; Glass Onion; podcasting market corrections; RIP Dark Sky; AI image generation deep dive; Temple Grandin; Matthew Mather; Andor honest trailer; LastPass problems; Lockbit ransomware gang apologizes.
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In Praise of Real (Not Tweetable) Conversations
IN THE NEWS
What It Really Means for a Tweet to Have a Lot of Views
Twitter sued for not paying San Francisco office rent
Meta’s Ad Practices Ruled Illegal Under E.U. Law
Coinbase reaches $100M settlement over background check failures
France sticks Apple with €8M fine over App Store personalized advertising complaint from iOS 14
NLRB says Tesla violated the law by telling employees not to talk about pay
Tesla delivered over 405,000 vehicles in Q4 2022, setting a new company record
Grubhub ordered to pay $3.5 million to settle Washington DC deceptive practices lawsuit
TikTok will be banned on most US federal government devices
Salesforce to cut workforce by 10% after hiring ‘too many people’ during the pandemic
Amazon Layoffs to Hit Over 18,000 Workers, the Most in Recent Tech Wave
MEDIA CANDY
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Netflix sinks 1899 after one season
The Great Podcasting Market Correction
APPS & DOODADS
Apple’s Find My helps firefighters rescue car crash victim in California
Artists fed up with AI-image generators use Mickey Mouse to goad copyright lawsuits
Artists Are Revolting Against AI Art on ArtStation
John Carmack Quits Meta, Burns His Virtual Bridges Behind Him
How China is building a parallel generative AI universe
AT THE LIBRARY
Visual Thinking by Temple Grandin
Nomad: The Nomad Trilogy Book 1 by Matthew Mather
SECURITY HAH!
The LastPass disclosure of leaked password vaults is being torn apart by security experts
A Breach at LastPass Has Password Lessons for Us All
Adobe Podcast AI Demo for Location Audio Processing
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
Pelé, the Global Face of Soccer, Dies at 82
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