US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump and Xi will “consummate” a TikTok deal on October 30 in South Korea, confirming a final US-China deal on the sale
with Trump and Xi set to ‘consummate’ agreement Claudia Aoraha / Daily Mail : Trump and China reach groundbreaking TikTok deal after years-long battle over the app X: Mario Nawfal / @marionawfal : 🇺🇸🇨...
A look at the collapse of narrative podcasts, facing high production costs and limited ad revenue, despite overall podcast listenership reaching all-time highs
David Attenborough has been making the video format of this for a lifetime [embedded post] Justin Ling / @justinling.ca : “It feels like podcasts speed-ran the development of an industry to the declin...
OpenAI's pitch deck to news publishers promises priority placement to partners in chat conversations and payment contingent on “display success”
Mark Stenberg / Adweek : Bluesky: @justinling.bsky.social . X: @markstenberg3 and @pkafka . LinkedIn: Mark Stenberg Forums: Hacker News and r/LocalLLaMA See also Mediagazer Bluesky: Justin Ling / @ju...
A look at Ukraine's combat drone startup industry; Kyiv estimates ~200 local startups produce drones based on commercial first-person-view or photography drones
Ukraine needs small drones to combat Russian forces—and is bootstrapping its own industry at home. Mastodon: @justinling@mastodon.online Mastodon: Justin Ling / @justinling@mastodon.online : I got the...
Sources: on December 11, Twitter briefly blocked traffic from ~30 mobile carriers mainly in the Asia-Pacific region as part of an attempt to rid Twitter of spam
PLUS: Why it's time to start leaving Twitter behind — On Sunday, Elon Musk tweeted a vague warning: “the bots are in for a surprise tomorrow.” Tweets: @elonmusk , @elonmusk , @justin_ling , @saeeddi...
Doreen Bogdan-Martin's election to the UN's ITU, beating the Russian candidate, signals support for a US-backed open internet, but significant issues remain
Open-internet advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after a recent election for the International Telecommunications Union's top leadership. Tweets: @justin_ling Tweets: Justin Ling / @justin_ling ...
Parler agrees to be acquired by Ye, formerly Kanye West, to create “an uncancelable ecosystem where all voices are welcome”; the deal is set to close in Q4 2022
and will also sign up to Truth Social Clare Duffy / CNN : Kanye West's biggest challenge with owning Parler may come from Elon Musk Anousha Sakoui / Los Angeles Times : What to know about Parler, the ...