Joe Ortiz @joeo@mastodon.xyz

RT @rstephens@twitter.com

This was always shady. https://twitter.com/techmeme/status/1085825657177808896

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/rstephens/status/1085878446373330946

Yes, that too.

RT @ShiraOvide@twitter.com

Your periodic reminder that Apple gets billions of dollars a year from Google -- to enable Google's data harvesting/tracking/online advertising.

Tim Cook strangely doesn't mention this here: http://time.com/collection/davos-2019/5502591/tim-cook-data-privacy/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ShiraOvide/status/1085899233054650369

The big question: Is the US Congress going to write true privacy legislation or will it be in name only, written by Big Tech and Telecoms?

Plus Timmy doesn't even mention their relationship with China and its surveillance state here.

RT @dhh@twitter.com

Great to see Cook advocate for strong privacy regulations. But even better if we removed the incentive to collect the data in the first place: Make it illegal to target advertisements based on personal information. Render the data a liability not an asset. http://time.com/collection/davos-2019/5502591/tim-cook-data-privacy/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/dhh/status/1085917964476403712

RT @RDRv3@twitter.com

Looks like the Google Store isn't quite out of Chromecast Audios after all. Get one now if you want it, I doubt they're going to be available long. https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/01/16/you-can-still-grab-a-15-chromecast-audio-from-google-while-they-last-which-probably-wont-be-long/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RDRv3/status/1085636278970773504

This is a great read on the competitive pinball boom especially in this case, for women (from @merrittk@twitter.com) https://www.fanbyte.com/features/women-only-pinball-shows-another-side-of-competitive-gaming/

Following in the footsteps of this classic piece from 2015, good to see it's spreading to other places. https://boingboing.net/2015/08/03/pinball.html

Yep...

RT @HisRepMajesty@twitter.com

#Slack has a new logo that I'm pretty sure is actually four ducks sewn together in an uroboros human/duck centipede. You add eyes and you can't miss it.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/HisRepMajesty/status/1085610469300170753

RT @trevortimm@twitter.com

Assault is already a crime. More laws that lengthen prison sentences doesn't bolster press freedom. If you want to help journalists, strengthen NY's FOIA law, which is constantly ignored and abused by the NYPD. https://nypost.com/2019/01/15/cuomo-wants-to-make-it-a-felony-to-assault-journalists/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/trevortimm/status/1085319438449037312

RT @nemalki@twitter.com

Egon's absence will, no doubt, be a noticeable one if the old crew comes back as a team. For all we know, one of the teens could be Egon's kid. https://twitter.com/THR/status/1085402529989566465

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/nemalki/status/1085607135197700096

RT @KarlBode@twitter.com

As the support of killing #netneutrality, attacks on the EFF, and merger falsehoods have shown, T-Mobile's "uncarrier" schtick is a bit hollow.

When push comes to shove they're just another large, ethically shaky telecom. https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/1085510936700555264

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/KarlBode/status/1085545126288490496

Or in other words, the heel turn is nearly complete.

RT @dangillmor@twitter.com

Legere's "I'm so cool" legend (a PR creation) wore thin a long time ago. He's just another rapacious oligopolist. https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/1085544034779713538

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/dangillmor/status/1085547493008556032

A lifeline then.

RT @CNBC@twitter.com

Sears has reached a roughly $5 billion deal with its chairman, Eddie Lampert, to save the company and roughly 400 stores, according to a person familiar with the situation. https://cnb.cx/2FAaC5b

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1085538821570215937

RT @dangillmor@twitter.com

Legere's "I'm so cool" legend (a PR creation) wore thin a long time ago. He's just another rapacious oligopolist. https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/1085544034779713538

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/dangillmor/status/1085547493008556032

RT @AnnemarieBridy@twitter.com

Reading #Article13, it's almost as if the EU Parliament imagines that the entire universe of rightholders with which/whom online platforms would have to conclude licenses is somewhere around, idk, a dozen.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AnnemarieBridy/status/1085273752588304389

This is great news for voting rights in New York, which was basically much like deep red states before today.

RT @Brendan_LyonsTU@twitter.com

Legislature passes sweeping electoral reforms @rachelsilby@twitter.com reports https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/NY-Legislature-passes-sweeping-electoral-reforms-13532415.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Desktop)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral via @timesunion@twitter.com

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Brendan_LyonsTU/status/1084978062272417792

Again:

Slowly buy surely they're headed towards Cable TV Boulevard.

Piracy is going to be back in full force.

RT @JasonAbbruzzese@twitter.com

And then we’re getting Disney, WarnerMedia and Comcast. Let’s assume an average of $12 per service (that’s probably on the low side) and you’re adding $36 bucks.

And voila, we’re at $81 plus how much you pay for internet. The bundle is back babayyyyyyyyyy! https://twitter.com/d_arkin/status/1085192032476250116

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JasonAbbruzzese/status/1085192491211444226

Major congrats and well deserved!

RT @leighalexander@twitter.com

I can’t believe it. Congratulations to all the nominees, I’m completely overwhelmed, thanks to @nerial@twitter.com for the opportunity https://twitter.com/TheWritersGuild/status/1084900807126986757

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/leighalexander/status/1084901390475055104

"This is a Trumpian level of propaganda and bullshit, being pushed by the EU Parliament on behalf of the legacy copyright industries." - @mmasnick@twitter.com is so spot on with this. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190112/00014941381/eu-parliament-puts-out-utter-nonsense-defending-copyright-directive.shtml