Mastodawn

Journalists in Europe found it was "easy" to spy on top European Union officials using commercially obtained location data sold by data brokers, despite the continent having some of the strongest data protection laws in the world. https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/04/phone-location-data-of-top-eu-officials-for-sale-report-finds/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Archetypal Jun 4, 2025

Sarah Perez 💙Jun 4, 2025

It’s layoff ‘season’ at Phil Libin’s Airtime https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/04/its-layoff-season-at-phil-libins-airtime/

It's layoff 'season' at Phil Libin's Airtime | TechCrunch

Airtime, the video startup from Evernote's founder Phil Libin, has laid off dozens of employees, TechCrunch has learned, and Airtime confirmed.

TechCrunch

Archetypal May 27, 2025

Peter Gleick May 26, 2025

Forgive me, but if your "industry" depends entirely on stealing someone else's work, it deserves to die.

"Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would “basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight.”

https://www.theverge.com/news/674366/nick-clegg-uk-ai-artists-policy-letter

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Meta’s former head of global affairs Nick Clegg said asking for permission from rights owners to train models would is “implausible.”

The Verge

Archetypal Feb 5, 2025

Sarah Perez 💙Feb 4, 2025

A review of Tapestry, an app powered by the growing open web https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/a-review-of-tapestry-an-app-powered-by-the-growing-open-web/

A review of Tapestry, an app powered by the growing open web | TechCrunch

A new app called Tapestry, which launched Tuesday, aggregates and organizes information from across the web and social networks in a single place. It is,

TechCrunch

Archetypal Dec 13, 2024

Riker Googling Dec 11, 2024

non-exploding consoles

Archetypal Oct 20, 2024

Medieval Illumination Oct 20, 2024

Melancholic pussy-cat. book of hours, France 15th century. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 662, fol. 21r.
#medieval #MedievalArt

Archetypal Sep 1, 2024

Sarah Perez 💙Aug 29, 2024

X caught blocking links to NPR, claiming the news site may be ‘unsafe’ https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/29/x-caught-blocking-links-to-npr-claiming-the-news-site-may-be-unsafe/

X caught blocking links to NPR, claiming the news site may be 'unsafe' | TechCrunch

X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as Twitter, is marking some links to news organization NPR's website as "unsafe" when users click through

TechCrunch

Archetypal Jul 13, 2024

Sarah Perez 💙Jul 10, 2024

FTC study finds ‘dark patterns’ used by a majority of subscription apps and websites https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/10/ftc-study-finds-dark-patterns-used-by-a-majority-of-subscription-apps-and-websites/

FTC study finds 'dark patterns' used by a majority of subscription apps and websites | TechCrunch

Dark patterns refer to a range of design techniques that can subtly encourage users to take some sort of action or put their privacy at risk.

TechCrunch

Archetypal May 14, 2024

Riker Googling May 12, 2024

why did elon musk invent the borg

Archetypal Mar 12, 2024

nixCraft 🐧Mar 12, 2024

Compliance is the root of all evil. So, you want to destroy the SSD? Drill all SSDs. Destroyed finally. All data is safe. Let’s go home.

The SSDs: