Daniel NichanianThe world's richest man buying one of the world's most successful communication websites to shut down his critics is pretty sad & petty & risible, but it's also just such a wildly powerful illustration of how much of an unchecked oligarchy we live in.
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TechmemeTwitter suspends the accounts of several journalists, including NYT's Ryan Mac and CNN's Donie O'Sullivan; Musk says "same doxxing rules apply to journalists" (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-suspends-journalists-covering-elon-musk-company-rcna62032
http://www.techmeme.com/221215/p43#a221215p43
For those coming from #Twitter and looking for a similar style web app; pinafore.social
TweakersTomTom begint een joint venture met Amazon, Meta en Microsoft voor het maken van kaarten op basis van open data. De nieuwe Overture Maps Foundation wordt onderdeel van de Linux Foundation. https://tweakers.net/nieuws/204552/tomtom-en-techbedrijven-gaan-samen-open-kaartenplatform-bouwen.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1671113002
OnMSFT on MastodonNew post: Microsoft's new Outlook for Mac now lets you save files in local folders
https://www.onmsft.com/news/new-outlook-for-mac-saves-files-in-local-folders
https://www.onmsft.com/news/new-outlook-for-mac-saves-files-in-local-folders
Michael ClemensThe Boston University School of Public Health is withdrawing from Twitter.
The dean’s thoughtful, nuanced explanation raises the question: Why are other institutions still there?
https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2022/reconsidering-our-engagement-with-twitter/
Microsoft will roll out its "EU data boundary", allowing EU cloud customers to process and store data in the region, starting with customer data, from January 1 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-roll-out-data-boundary-eu-customers-jan-1-2022-12-15/
http://www.techmeme.com/221215/p4#a221215p4
Microsoft to roll out ‘data boundary’ for EU customers from Jan. 1
Microsoft Corp <a href="https://www.reuters.com/companies/MSFT.O" target="_blank">(MSFT.O)</a> said on Thursday its European Union cloud customers will be able to process and store parts of their data in the region from Jan. 1.