This Week in Tech 911

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 Hardcore.
•  Looming Twitter interest payment leaves Elon Musk with unpalatable options.
•  Google has been sued and is involved in a lawsuit over YouTube algorithms.
•  Supreme Court allows Reddit mods to anonymously defend Section 230.
•  R Street Institute signs onto amicus brief in Gonzalez v. Google.
•  Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech.
•  India blocks YouTube videos and Twitter posts on BBC Modi documentary.
•  As states ban TikTok on government devices, evidence of harm is thin.
•  TikTok confirms that its own employees can decide what goes viral.
•  How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation.
•  Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs.
•  Microsoft set to lay off thousands of employees.
•  Microsoft has laid off entire teams behind Virtual, Mixed Reality, and HoloLens.
•  Apple Postpones AR/VR Glasses, Plans Cheaper Mixed-Reality Headset (AAPL).
•  How Apple Has So Far Avoided Layoffs: Lean Hiring, No Free Lunches.
•  Comixology hit hard by Amazon’s massive layoffs.
•  Inside CNET’s AI-powered SEO money machine.
•  CNET pauses publishing AI-written stories after disclosure controversy.
•  The Lisa: Apple's Most Influential Failure.
•  T-Mobile (TMUS) Says Hacker Stole Data for 37 Million Customers.
•  AmazonSmile set to close, Amazon announces.
•  Former Exec explains why on Reddit.

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• Transcripts: This Week in Tech Episode 911 Transcript

Links

• Twitter’s new developer terms ban third-party clients | Engadget
• [toread] Twitterrific: End of an Era • The Breakroom
• Looming Twitter interest payment leaves Elon Musk with unpalatable options
• Supreme Court allows Reddit mods to anonymously defend Section 230 | Ars Technica
• Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech - The New York Times
• As states ban TikTok on government devices, evidence of harm is thin
• How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation
• Microsoft has laid off entire teams behind Virtual, Mixed Reality, and HoloLens | Windows Central
• Apple Postpones AR/VR Glasses, Plans Cheaper Mixed-Reality Headset (AAPL) - Bloomberg
• Microsoft set to lay off thousands of employees - The Verge
• Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs - The New York Times
• How Apple Has So Far Avoided Layoffs: Lean Hiring, No Free Lunches
• Inside CNET’s AI-powered SEO money machine - The Verge
• CNET pauses publishing AI-written stories after disclosure controversy - The Verge
• The Lisa: Apple's Most Influential Failure - CHM
• AmazonSmile set to close, Amazon announces
• Former Exec explains why on Reddit
• T-Mobile (TMUS) Says Hacker Stole Data for 37 Million Customers - Bloomberg