Season 11 · Episode 295
I’m still gonna call it Twitter, rejecting cultural vandalism
Tech Talk Y'all · Edgewise Media
July 27, 202347m 53s
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Show Notes
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In this episode:
- Twitter becomes X
- Musk Says Twitter Will Change Logo to X, ‘Bid Adieu’ to Bird
- Twitter's new 'X' logo looks suspiciously like a generic Unicode symbol
- The problem with X? Meta, Microsoft, hundreds more own trademarks to new Twitter name
- Twitter Announces Coming Restrictions on How Many DMs Non-Twitter Blue Users Can Send
- Your iPhone Can Now Decode the Warning Lights in Your Car
- iPhone 15 might not get a spectacular battery tech upgrade after all
- Meta cancels Quest Pro, stops development of Quest Pro 2
- Threads Is Already Losing Its Allure for Users, Adding Urgency for New Features
- Scripps Research scientists develop AI tool to track the detailed evolution of viral pandemics
- India’s AI newsreaders are multilingual, cost-saving and ‘never tired’. Can they replace humans?
- Apple is already using its chatbot for internal work
- Sam Altman's Worldcoin eyeball-scanning crypto project launches
- IRS moves forward with a new free-file tax return system, supporters and critics mobilize
- Signal is finally getting a major feature Telegram launched four years ago
- Exotic New Silicon-Based Speakers Are Coming to Next-Generation Earbuds
- TikTok is adding support for text posts
- A battle of rickshaw apps shows the promise of India’s digital stack
- Amazon says it’ll ditch plastic padded mailers
- Reddit takes control of popular subreddit that protested API changes
Weird and Wacky:
Tech Rec:
- Adam - OCEARCH Shark Tracker
- Sanjay - Batteryless jump starter
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