This Week in Tech

GPT-4, TikTok's looming fate, Internet Archive vs Libraries, Olympic Esports
OpenAI announces GPT-4 AI language model.
Librarians should stand with the Internet Archive.
Here's how to...

Silicon Valley Bank collapse, FCC nominee Gigi Sohn, Apple headset
Hedge funds are offering to buy startups' deposits stuck at Silicon Valley Bank.
Etsy is delaying seller payouts following...

AI as parlor trick, LastPass hack detailed, Xerox Alto, TikTok ban, blogger registry
Bing Chat has a secret 'Celebrity' mode to impersonate celebrities.
@emollick: Bing, write the first chapter...

Section 230, NSA surveillance, Spotify podcasts flop, Apple Watch ban
U.S. Supreme Court snubs Wikipedia bid to challenge NSA surveillance.
Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill...

AI explosion, what ails Google, Section 230, Susan Wojcicki, Twitter SMS 2FA
Parallels Desktop for Mac: The Solution for Running Windows 11 on Apple M-series Macs.
Microsoft will limit Bing chat...

Microsoft AI Search, CPU Decline, Google Bard
US downs Chinese balloon, drawing a threat from China
U.S. adds six Chinese entities tied to balloon program to export blacklist
Microsoft's New...

Netflix password sharing, big tech earnings, Twitter API, Jony Ive
Cain's Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers.
Safer Internet Day USA.
Netflix Reveals How Password Sharing Crackdown Will Be...

AI everywhere, Hive hacked, Microsoft earnings, To Leslie, @ElonJet
Pluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification (21 Jan 2023).
Inside CNET's AI-powered SEO money machine.
If ChatGPT doesn't get a...

Twitter API fallout, Section 230, TikTok ban, tech layoffs, AmazonSmile RIP
Twitter's new developer terms ban third-party clients.
Twitterrific: End of an Era.
In Memory of Tweetbot.
Extremely...

CES 2023 Recap, ChatGPT and Plagiarism, Twitter API, 2016 Election and Twitter
CES 2023 Recap
A government watchdog spent $15,000 to crack a federal agency's passwords in minutes
Twitter is...

CES 2023, Lastpass hack, Meta's EU fine, FCC's robocall fine, Tesla autopilot
Adorable Rice Balls Reimagine Japan's Cutest Bird as Anime-Style Delinquents.
Yo-Kai To Debut Desktop Ramen Robot For...

Highlights from throughout the year
Remember SECOND LIFE? Its Founder is Back For The METAVERSE!
Neil Young's Spotify Ultimatum.
Fidonet vs. the Internet.
Apple Studio Display Doesn't Cut It....

2022 year in review, Crypto, Artificial Intelligence, Ukraine, Elon Musk
Spotify Boycott
War in Ukraine
Crypto crash & FTX
Acquisitions
Twitter and Elon Musk
The Metaverse
Apple
Tech worker...

Alex Barredo: @joinmastodon official account has been banned on Twitter.
Impulsive and Unjustified: CNN Slams Twitter for Suspending Journalists – Including Its Own Donie O'Sullivan.
Elon Musk...

Microsoft's Activision deal, Esports fading, Twitter Files, Apple car delays
Lina Khan, Aiming to Block Microsoft's Activision Deal, Faces a Challenge.
TikTok National-Security Deal Faces More...

Musk and Ye, chatting with ChatGPT, SF killer robots, Apple China protests
Elon Musk explains why Ye was suspended from Twitter.
EU warns Musk that Twitter faces ban over content moderation....

Apple chaos in China, Robocall crackdown, NFT nightclubs, Black Friday slump
The Top Tech and Tools You Need for Taking Digital Notes.
Ford Mustang Mach-E loses its Consumer Reports...

Elon Musk restores Donald Trump's Twitter account.
Twitter Locks Its Office and Suspends Badge Access.
I Was the Head of Trust and Safety at Twitter. This Is What Could Become of It.
Elizabeth...

Twitter brand chaos, Meta job cuts, FTX fiasco, Apple sued, Kevin Conroy RIP
Casey Newton on Twitter: "Update: company sources tell me that yesterday Twitter eliminated ~4,400 of its ~5,500...

Rocket takeover, Musk Lays Off Twitter, League of Legends Finals, FCC vs. TikTok
Elon Musk's Twitter layoffs leave whole teams gutted.
-2000 Lines Of Code.
Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to...