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Rob PegoraroWeekly output: customer satisfaction scores, Qualcomm Quick Charge, TiVo OS, The Onion
This week started at home, then took me out of town first to New Orleans for the Online News Association’s conference (the ninth I’ve attended), followed by Los Angeles for Cranky Dorkfest (my overdue introduction to that avgeek meetup).
9/9/2025: This PC Maker Just Pushed Apple Out of the Top Spot for Customer Satisfaction, PCMag
I had more time than I thought I would Monday to write this when jury duty turned into a roughly 20-minute exercise–they seated the jury they needed right before my reporting time.
9/10/2025: Qualcomm Quick Charge Tech Gets Big Update. Will It Appear on Any US Phones?, PCMag
One of my editors asked if I could pick up this embargoed item, and I had enough slack time in my schedule Tuesday to make that happen.
9/12/2025: Xperi’s TiVo OS aims to bring search and simplicity to TV makers, Light Reading
After a show-floor interview at IFA that gave me about 95% of what I needed, it took a few more days for Xperi’s PR firm to confirm a couple of details, after which I wrote and filed the piece for my telecom trade-pub client during some downtime at ONA Thursday afternoon.
9/14/2025: The Onion CEO Unloads on AI’s Joke-Writing Skills, Says Infowars Purchase Still on the Table, PCMag
Having seen Ben Collins on a panel at SXSW 2019, I thought he would make an engaging, funny speaker at ONA. He was, but he also made some serious points about the Trump administration’s frequent hostility to dissent and the need for journalists to resist that pressure.
#ACSI #avgeek #BenCollins #connectedTV #CrankyDorkfest #CrankyFlier #customerSatisfaction #fastCharging #IFA #LAX #LosAngeles #NewOrleans #ONA #OnlineNewsAssociation #Qualcomm #QuickCharge #satire #streamingVideo #TheOnion #TiVoOS #Xperi
Father EnochPoetic, indeed.
If anyone told me they DID have The Onion buying out Infowars "on their bingo card," I would have asked them if they worked for the Onion themselves.
The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction
The Onion, the satirical news company that repeatedly spoofed conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has won the bankruptcy auction for control over his media empire — most notably Infowars, the far-right, conspiracy-minded website that served as Jones’ primary online platform.
Gayle J. Greenlea 🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Ben Collins’ scoop about Elon Musk’s motives for destroying Twitter includes a mystery text, a white nationalist blog hosted by a former Trump speechwriter, and an antisemitic plot against the ADL. Read here:
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/was-elon-musks-strategy-twitter-rcna118490
#BenCollins #ElonMusk #MysteryText #WhiteNationalists #TrumpSpeechWriter #Antisemitism #ADL
Scoop from Ben Collins:
“What’s going on with Elon Musk, and why is he doing this to Twitter?
I spent the last few months digging into it.
I found a pretty big clue.”
https://x.com/oneunderscore__/status/1709001742002581626?s=61
joe•iuculano 
As per #BenCollins, senior reporter at #NBCnews
«What’s going on with #ElonMusk, and why is he doing this to #Twitter?
I spent the last few months digging into it.
I found a pretty big clue.»
PoeticLicenseDK@monatemchin
#EssentialJournalism
#BenCollins
#BattleStations
Brilliant analysis about the scope of Ding Dong's attack on journalism by guest on Ali Velshi.
Time to defend the free and independent press by encouraging the spread of distributed platforms. The owner of the "public square" must be repulsed.
Journalists who remain on the #DirtyBird site and continue to promote conversation need to consider how their actions serve the #DarkLord
ACAB for Cutie 
Keith Olberman?! Really?
I see that #BenCollins is keeping tabs on the suspensions.
I hope they all come here! I know a few have already
#TwitterImplosion #banned
I see that #BenCollins is keeping tabs on the suspensions.
I hope they all come here! I know a few have already
#TwitterImplosion #banned
Mark W. AlexanderRepost: #BenCollins of #NBCNews on Twitter is doing it right.
The rest of the news media.... not so much.
(no + on the warning because that would indicate good news, if I have that right?)