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parismarx, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 months ago to random

“threads is going to win”

sure man, whatever you say man

parismarx, 10 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, 10 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, 10 months ago to tech

hahaha pretty obvious threads is a meta product 🫠

#tech #meta #instagram #threads #socialmedia

parismarx, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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

parismarx, 11 months ago to tech

Last week the SEC sued Binance and Coinbase, launching a legal process that could determine the future of crypto in the United States.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @molly0xfff to dig into why this is the “final boss fight” of the crypto industry and why it’s unlikely they could ever comply with US securities law. It’s a fascinating and very informative episode!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/13035732-crypto-s-final-boss-fight-w-molly-white

#tech #crypto #binance #coinbase #finance

parismarx, 11 months ago to tech

In this week’s roundup: What you should read to know about the SEC’s cases against Binance and Coinbase, and more bad news about Tesla’s Cybertruck and Autopilot. Plus, a bunch of recommended reads, labor updates, and other stories you might have missed!

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/roundup-crypto-lawsuits-and-more

#tech #crypto #tesla #elonmusk

parismarx, 11 months ago to tech

The risk presented by AI isn’t superintelligent computers, but how it expands the ability of those in power to shape our lives and ultimately to decide who lives and dies.

Dan McQuillan’s latest piece is a must-read to dispel the AI hype. “To put it crudely: AI can decide which humans are disposable,” he writes.

https://thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/june-2023/artificial-intelligence/predicted-benefits-proven-harms/

#tech #ai #chatgpt

parismarx, 11 months ago to random

Want to make sense of the AI hype? The New York Times says Tech Won’t Save Us is an “incisive weekly show” that “takes a highly skeptical view of Silicon Valley” — and you should go listen right now!!!

Honestly never thought my show would be recommended in NYT 🤯

‘Tech Won’t Save Us" This incisive weekly show isn’t explicitly about A.I. so much as the tech industry overall, but the subject has been unsurprisingly dominant in recent episodes. Hosted by the technology writer Paris Marx and a rotating cast of guest experts, the podcast takes a highly skeptical view of Silicon Valley, and specifically its tendency to prioritize efficiency and disruption regardless of the human cost. Nevertheless, “Tech Won’t Save Us” is neither doom-laden nor scaremongering, presenting potential solutions alongside its analysis of what’s not working. For anyone alarmed by all of the widespread predictions about A.I. swallowing whole entire job sectors, the show’s measured coverage might prove reassuring. Starter episode: “Chatbots Won’t Take Many Jobs”

parismarx, 11 months ago to tech

Apple’s Vision Pro headset is a $3500 product designed to isolate you from your environment and strap a screen to your face so you’re constantly making money for tech companies.

When it launches next year, every rich early adopter who puts one on their face should be ridiculed. It’s not a vision for the future of computing we should accept.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/apples-vision-pro-headset-deserves

#tech #apple #visionpro #wwdc #wwdc23 #applevisionpro

parismarx, 11 months ago to random

we need to endlessly ridicule every single loser who drops $3500 on these ski goggles

parismarx, 11 months ago to tech

This week in the roundup: Elizabeth Holmes is finally in prison, but should more founders follow her? Plus, a bunch of recommended reads, labor updates, and other news you might have missed!

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/roundup-elizabeth-holmes-is-behind

#tech #newsletter #labor

parismarx, 11 months ago to tech

After a pandemic boom, ecommerce companies are having a hard time getting us to buy more online and are even cutting back on perks like free returns.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to Amanda Mull about how ecommerce fits into the broader history of consumerism and how it might be forced to change as growth slows and companies need to cut costs. It’s a fascinating conversation!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/12954730-the-online-shopping-boom-is-over-w-amanda-mull

#tech #amazon #shopping

parismarx, 11 months ago to tech

Tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos tell us the world is dying, but if we support their plans for space colonization they’ll save humanity.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to Mary-Jane Rubenstein about how space colonization is an extension of previous forms of colonization, and is built on the same religious ideas even if its promoters don’t use religious language.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/12908146-the-dangerous-religion-of-the-corporate-space-race-w-mary-jane-rubenstein

#tech #space #spacex #blueorigin #elonmusk

parismarx, 11 months ago to tech

Hollywood writers are on strike over the effects of streaming on their profession and are concerned about the impact of AI.

But the problem they face runs much deeper. On every level, the digital transition in the film industry was an attack on workers’ power. Digital projection got rid of unionized projectionists, while digital production shifted power to executives. It needs to be challenged.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/how-hollywood-studios-used-the-digital

#tech #film #streaming #wgastrike #hollywood

parismarx, 1 year ago to tech

It’s Sunday morning, and that means it’s time for the roundup!

This week, Twitter’s new right-wing CEO is revealed and more nails are added to the metaverse’s coffin. Plus, recommended reads, labor news, and other stories from the past week!

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/roundup-a-new-twitter-ceo-rises-and

#tech #elonmusk #twitter #socialmedia #metaverse

parismarx, 1 year ago to internet

If you want to know more about Elon Musk’s half-baked plans to turn Twitter into “X, the everything app,” read what I wrote in February about his last attempt to create X and why he hasn’t learned the lessons of that failure.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/elon-musk-wants-to-relive-his-start

#twitter #tech #elonmusk #socialmedia

parismarx, 1 year ago to tech

Google’s vision for the future of search shows how generative AI is all about increasing corporate power.

Instead of sending you to different websites, Google has scraped the open web to generate plagiarized answers to keep you looking at ads on Google. We need to stop being distracted by AI hype and fantasies about intelligent machines, so we can push back on the real threats before it’s too late.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/google-wants-to-take-over-the-web

#google #tech #search #ai #chatbot #googleio