2025-01-13
I have two pricey Sonos speakers that are both effectively doorstops even after two hours on @Sonos customer service just because the app can't find the internet any more.
Bloomberg
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is leaving following a botched app revamp that upset customers and stymied growth; Sonos names board member Tom Conrad as interim CEO
- 'We've let far too many people down,' company tells staffers — Former Snap and Pandora executive Tom Conrad named interim CEO
2025-01-11
Mark Zuckerberg is not an example of “a billionaire can buy something and say from this point on we're not gonna fact check anything” as he literally started the company. Fact check: Joe Biden's critique of Meta's policy contains an obviously false claim and misinformation.
New York Times
Sources detail Zuckerberg's sprint to remake Meta after meeting with Trump at Thanksgiving; he no longer wants to keep his views of how Meta should be run quiet
After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta's speech policies.
Mark Zuckerberg is not an example of “a billionaire can buy something and say from this point on we're not gonna fact check anything” as he literally started the company. Fact check: Joe Biden's critique of Meta's policy contains an obviously false claim and misinformation.
Bloomberg
Biden assailed Meta over its move to end third-party fact-checking on its social media platforms in the US, saying “it's really shameful”
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2022-03-19
“Buterin swiped the name from a Wikipedia list of elements from science fiction.” https://twitter.com/...
TIME
A profile of Vitalik Buterin, who says he decided “to try to be more risk-taking and less neutral” to shape Ethereum with “lots of good crazy and bad crazy”
In a few minutes, electronic music will start pulsing, stuffed animals will be flung through the air …
2020-11-17
FWIW I don't think this CJR-based take is accurate, though that's more about what we are learning about Patreon than Substack. https://twitter.com/...
Columbia Journalism Review
Profile of Substack, whose founders insist it is a platform, not a media company, and say there is less need for moderation as readers opt in to newsletters
Did a newsletter company create a more equitable media system—or replicate the flaws of the old one? Tweets: @benthompson , @cliomiso , @asymmetricinfo , @can , @bdomenech , @maxwe...
2019-09-12
None of these steps would prevent a single mass shooting, but that's irrelevant to the comprehensive corporatist agenda. https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Apple, Facebook, and Google did not sign a letter from 145 CEOs, including those of Lyft, Twitter, Airbnb, and Uber, urging Senate action on gun violence
“Doing nothing about America's gun violence crisis is simply unacceptable," the corporate chiefs urged senators in a letter.