parismarx

parismarx, 11 months ago to threads

No pressure to join the new Zuck app, but if you’re on Threads feel free to give me a follow! I’m already blocked by DoorDash 😂

https://www.threads.net/@parismarx

#threads #meta #tech #socialmedia

parismarx, 11 months ago to random

lmao he’s so mad

parismarx, 11 months ago to random

In 1983, Time Magazine named the computer its “Machine of the Year.” A few months later, radical Detroit newspaper Fifth Estate responded by naming the sledgehammer its Tool of the Year.

“Today the computer promises utopia, reassures us that it will usher in freedom and dreams,” they wrote. “Tomorrow we will be chained to it.”

Front page of Fifth Estate in spring 1983 with a sledgehammer smashing a computer screen. Tool of the year: A sledgehammer.

parismarx, 11 months ago to internet

Instagram head Adam Mosseri says pretty conclusively they don’t want Threads to be the new app for news and journalists. Makes sense given Meta is threatening to pull news in Canada and California.

Ultimately, Threads is a sanitized space for brands, grifters, and celebrities — all designed to sell you more shit.

#meta #tech #threads #socialmedia #instagram

parismarx, 11 months ago to random

Respect to @ryanbroderick for saying the words that so many journalists seem unable to utter: Threads sucks.

https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-algorithmic-anti-culture-of-scale

parismarx, 11 months ago to tech

Threads already has more than 30 million users, but that doesn’t mean it’s sure to displace Twitter.

We shouldn’t forget Meta is a terrible company with a long history of spreading right-wing propaganda. Plus, if Threads succeeds, it will be filled with targeted ads just like Facebook and Instagram are now. We can do better.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/threads-wont-save-us-from-twitter

#tech #meta #threads #twitter #socialmedia #instagram

parismarx, 11 months ago to tech

Google and Meta are threatening to pull Canadian news from their platforms because a new law will make them pay publishers a small sliver of their digital ad profits.

I talked to @David_Moscrop about why they’re not just fighting the Canadian government, but are using it as an example to jurisdictions like California that want to do something similar.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/13162642-google-and-meta-are-fighting-with-canada-w-david-moscrop

#tech #meta #google #journalism

parismarx, 11 months ago to random

“threads is going to win”

sure man, whatever you say man

parismarx, 11 months ago to random

Hard to believe it’s been a year since ROAD TO NOWHERE was released!

In that time, I’ve done book events in seven countries and we have a Brazilian Portuguese translation on the way.

If you haven’t read it yet, grab a copy for 30% off from Verso Books: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2795-road-to-nowhere

Paris speaking with Waag in Amsterdam.
Paris speaking with Gemma Milne in Edinburgh
Paris speaking with the Wellington Socialist Society in Wellington

parismarx, 11 months ago to tech

Meta isn’t launching Threads in the EU on Thursday because of its stricter laws on user data

https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/no-instagram-threads-app-in-the-eu-irish-dpc-says-metas-new-twitter-rival-wont-be-launched-here/a1927220337.html

#tech #meta #threads #data #privacy #sociamedia

parismarx, 11 months ago to tech

hahaha pretty obvious threads is a meta product 🫠

#tech #meta #instagram #threads #socialmedia

parismarx, 11 months ago to tech

we’re not ready for the crazy shit tech bros are gonna try with the apple vision pro

#tech #apple #visionpro #reddit

parismarx, 11 months ago to tech

Apple was reportedly hoping to sell a million Vision Pro headsets in 2024, but it slashed production to less than 400,000 and is asking some suppliers for enough components to make as few as 130,000.

Good news for those of us who don’t want this future!

https://www.ft.com/content/b6f06bde-17b0-4886-b465-b561212c96a9

#tech #apple #visionpro

parismarx, 11 months ago to tech

Google and Meta are threatening to pull news content in Canada in response to a law that will force them to pay news publishers.

For Disconnect, I explain how the tech giants have effectively directed criticism at the government with the help of local commentators to distract from the power they wield in Canada and their own culpability in starving news organizations.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/google-and-meta-go-to-war-with-canada

#tech #meta #google #canada #journalism

parismarx, 11 months ago to tech

Marc Andreessen wants you to believe AI will save the world. But just a couple years ago, he was saying something very similar about crypto.

The truth is Andreessen doesn’t actually care about improving people’s lives. His positive vision of a world made better by AI tools is just a means to pump up the valuations of companies his venture capital firm has invested in. We can do much better than Andreessen’s lies.
https://www.disconnect.blog/p/ai-wont-save-the-world

#tech #ai #chatgpt #artificialintelligence

parismarx, 11 months ago to tech

This week in the roundup: An Apple executive admits streamers want to pay writers as little as possible and replace union crews with non-union workers, and Reddit’s CEO says he’s inspired by Elon Musk’s Twitter cost cutting. Plus, recommended reads & more!

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/roundup-streamers-undercutting-writers

#tech #apple #wgastrike #streaming #reddit #elonmusk