I’m flying to Brazil tonight for Web Summit Rio, where I’ll be doing an onstage interview Thursday. Unlike last year’s trip to Rio de Janeiro, this one has much less free time–I’ll basically have only the end of Monday afternoon to myself before spending Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at this conference and then spending Friday on a series of airplanes–but the extra time with my family is worth it. And I know the yard looks better after the attention I was able to give it yesterday.
4/10/2024: Experts: Here’s Why Age-Verification Rules for Social Media Won’t Work, PCMag
I was going to write this at the end of the previous week but got sidetracked by the crazy story of Meta’s content-moderation machinery going rogue in a way that looked very much like the company suppressing hostile press coverage. And then I had my trip to Dallas to see the eclipse distract me further.
4/11/2024: Android 15 Steps Closer to Shipping With App-Focused Beta Release, PCMag
After Google PR provided me with an embargoed copy of its announcement in advance, I wrote a quick post about the beta release of the next version of Android.
4/12/2024: White House to Congress: Stop Stalling and Fund This Critical Broadband Program, PCMag
The White House’s press office noticed the piece I wrote for AARP in February about the impending demise of the Affordable Connectivity Program and asked if I’d like to interview one of their policy staffers. Originally, that person was going to be Tom Perez, director of intergovernmental affairs, but a schedule conflict led me to talking to Jon Donenberg, deputy director of the National Economic Council, Friday afternoon.
https://robpegoraro.com/2024/04/14/weekly-output-age-verification-rules-android-15-beta-affordable-connectivity-program/
#ACP #AffordableConnectivityProgram #ageVerification #Android15 #Brazil #RioDeJaneiro #socialMediaAgeVerification #WebSummit #WebSummitRio #WhiteHouse
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