#Tech

Mark Scott

markscott82

So there’s a lot misinformation about #COVID19 out there on @facebook, @twitter and @YouTube. I mean a lot. And politicians are quick to point fingers at platforms for not doing

Katy Weathington

KatyCantSpell

I've spent about three years researching and wrote my MS thesis on algorithmic crime mapping, predictive policing, etc. So I'm going to lay out some things I learned in my

Shannon Coulter

shannoncoulter

Zuckerberg saying Facebook will prohibit hate speech is too little too late. He and Sandberg both have to go. Here is Zuck _last month_ making it clear that Facebook is

The Business Monk

BizMonk

1/x in which the Business Monk reflects on Tech, Business, Politics, and Power... and the Facebook Oversight Board. What are the balances that make life livable? Which are the struggles

Allie⁷ the heart & the head

Buckyreignz

i have the pettiest thread i could do about olicitys crossover moments since people think they aren't a focal point gjbsdkgbdskjgbsd the lois and superman proposal wasn't even talked about

Jennifer Huddleston

jrhuddles

Happening shortly House Judiciary Committee on #Antitrust and Big Techhttps://youtu.be/--jXAdjieTo Ranking Member Sensenbrenner points out the focus should be on consumer protection and that government breakup or changing antitrust la

Ben Formaker-Olivas

BenVRAR

Seeing tweets about Dijon Kizzee being shot by police juxtaposed against ppl posting selfies at VR burning man is nauseating. If the #XR community isn’t being rocked by the crisis

Iron Spike

Iron_Spike

*Beavis & Butt-Head style snickering*https://twitter.com/jason_koebler/status/1247896938181087237 In case you don't enjoy buzzard-circling around hyper-capitalist disasters: WeWork was/is a bullshit con. Another tech "unicorn" with

Joseph Jerome

joejerome

So it may not be fair to pick on @Cuebiq, since I doubt they're worse than any other location aggregator, but their "commitment to privacy" really does illustrate the whole

Lucie Ronfaut

LucieRonfaut

Facebook a annoncé un investissement de plus de 5 milliards de dollars dans Jio Platforms, l'un des principaux acteurs des télécoms et FAI en Inde. C'est son plus gros chèque

Brett Favaro

LetsFishSmarter

There’s an aspect of the “NL oil is clean growth” argument that is disingenuous and this column is the best example I’ve seen. (Short thread)https://www.thetelegram.com/business/local-business/guest-column-canadas-offshore-oil-and-g

Harini Nagendra

HariniNagendra

Is nature ‘reclaiming’ the earth in this time of COVID-19? Well... Yes and no. A thread - based on my piece in @the_hindu today https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/is-nature-reclaiming-the-earth-in-this-time-of-covid-19-well-yes-

Tom Swann

Tom_Swann

Energy Department admits the 'Tech Roadmap' is full of literal thought bubbles based on 'expert judgement' and not based on analysis. Favourable treatment of gas vs renewables ensured by assumptions

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

The "contact tracing" apps don't do "contact tracing" - they do "exposure notification." Contact tracing is a labor-intensive shoe-leather process built on relationships and it is stubbornly resistant to au

Vuyisile Ndlovu

TerraMeijar

Our economy is weak and unemployment is high. People are desperate for jobs so they are willing to work for anything.Companies from the US, Europe etc take advantage of this

Patrick Stevenson

stevensonpj

One of the most undercovered stories of this election is how seemingly every political decision @Google makes just so happens to benefit the Trump campaign.This is just the latest example:https://www.protocol.com/google-coronavirus-ad-ban-democrats