Trump meets with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey theguardian.com #
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Microsoft Paint to remain part of Windows 10 after all theverge.com #
Huawei will help build Britain’s 5G network, despite security concerns - There is a danger of becoming complacent in deciding that there are "non-core" components in the network, an entity that was out to cause harm, might like the shadow that the non-core moniker gives them, and remember what MacGyver was able to do with only an armrest, a curtain rod and a toothpick - I'd like to see the government publish a list of these so called non-core components, which presumably shouldn't be a problem given their non-coreness theverge.com #
Reddit Rolls Out Collections and Events Posts to All Communities (EXCLUSIVE) - I like the sound of these new features, Reddit is such a power house of the web variety.com #
Blocking social networks after terrorist attacks can do more harm than good theverge.com #
Brexit - Anne Widdecombe leaves Tories to stand in Euro elections for Nigel Farage's new party - That's a bit unnexpected, I thought she was dead standard.co.uk #
The Dread of Waiting for the Supreme Court to Rule on L.G.B.T. Rights - I'm so glad that the LGBT communities are having a better time than years gone by, and there's plenty progress still to make, but it occured to me today that being straight might become old fashioned, I mean there's no cool 4 letter acronym, and it's not curvy, curly or even wiggly, just plain old boring straight, hopefully this isn't going to become an issue, thought it was worth mentioning newyorker.com #
Plate Echo - The Greatest Studio Effect Of All Time! Plate echo for the win :) youtube.com #
Emilio Estevez uses some public domain footage in film, so Universal Studios forces original public domain footage offline - Yet another example of the awfulness of copyright filters techdirt.com #
John Gruber - "It’s a sign of deep dysfunction within Samsung, one of the biggest companies in the world" daringfireball.net #
I can't shake this feeling that Anne Widdecombe and Nigel Farage in Europe is going to turn into some kind of Brexit Western youtube.com #
Made in China, Exported to the World - The Surveillance State - One thing that I find suprising is that surely a big risk especially in countries that are rife with crime and corruption, is that it's only a matter of time before it's the criminals that will be using the systems to plan and excute their crimes? Seems like a very risky short term solution to a problem that is irreversible - Also quite worrying that there are European nations buying Chinese survellance tech nytimes.com #
Hard to get exited about brain reading tech in this climate of all pervasive survelllance even if it is useful for people that have lost their speech because of illness bbc.com #