2024 Daily Tech News Show


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5			On this episode of DTNS, why social media speech restrictions are stopping Molly Wood from doing her job. Plus why you should care about the Supreme Court hearing about online speech, and the things you need to know about Reddit's IPO	Twitch Chat Pop-out Window
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8			This is the Daily Tech News for... Friday February 23rd, 2024. In LA, I'm Tom Merritt
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10			From Studio Animal House I'm Sarah Lane
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12			Drawing the Top Tech Stories. In Cleveland, I'm Len Peralta
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20		sl	Microsoft has a new tool that adds generative erasing so you can take out that dirty broom in the background of your engagement photo, or unwanted objects in general, with AI-generated content in the Windows Photos App in Windows 10 and later. 'Generative erase' is the successor to 'Spot fix' that helped retouch photos and remove blemishes and other flawed image regions. The new tool produces a more realistic result after erasing objects from photos, and is now rolling out to Windows Insiders in all channels.	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-photos-gets-ai-magic-eraser-on-windows-10-and-later/
21		tm	Well, we got AT&T's explanation for the widespread outage in the US Thursday. The statement says, "...we believe that today's outage was caused by the application and execution of an incorrect process used as we were expanding our network, not a cyber attack." As to what an "incorrect process" is, ABC News got a source to tell them it was a software update gone wrong. Which depending on how you look at it is even more vague.	https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/atts-botched-network-update-caused-yesterdays-major-wireless-outage/
22		sl	When it comes to social media, not that many people actually ever post. A slightly larger percentage engage on posts, but the majority just consumes the content and doesn't engage at all. A new study by Pew Research Center highlights this trend, noting that on TikTok, the top 25% of active posters made 98% of all public videos. That's the same as Twitter where Pew previously found the top 25% of active posters wrote 97% of tweets. 48% of people who are on TikTok have never posted a video there, around the same percentage that posted on Twitter 5 or fewer times a month when Pew released a study in 2021. Adults between 18-34 were more likely to use TikTok in the first place, although 60% of 35-49-year-olds have posted at least one video compared to 52% of those 18-34.	https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/22/almost-half-of-adults-on-tiktok-have-never-posted-a-video-research-shows/
23		tm	Yahoo laid off Engadget's editor-in-chief Dana Wollman and managing editor Terrence O'Brien, along with 8 other top editors, with no plans to replace them. Engadget's editorial team has been split into two. The new "news and features" team will focus on traffic growth, think chasing SEO and clicks to drive up ad impressions. And the "reviews and buying advice team" will report to leaders of the commerce team at Yahoo, so will likely focus on growing referral revenue for product purchases. Former Red Ventures VP of digital marketing operations, Sarah Priestley is listed as Engadget's General Manager. Priestly wrote that collaboration with sales and SEO teams is key moving forward.	https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/22/24080215/engadget-layoffs-tech-news-blogs-editorial-restructuring
24		sl	After its public launch earlier this month, decentralized social network Bluesky is opening up self-hosting of data, a step toward federation. That will let anyone run their own server that connects to Bluesky’s network, host their own data, manage their own account, and make their own rules. This decentralized model is similar to what Mastodon is already doing using the Activity Pub protocol. BlueSky uses the AT Protocol, meaning the two decentralized networks will stay separate, at least for now.	https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/22/bluesky-opens-up-federation-letting-anyone-run-their-own-server/
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29		sl	This Monday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the cases of Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton. If those don't ring a bell, one is a case in Florida and the other in Texas about whether a law can limit what content online content platforms can curate or ban. In Florida a court found that Florida's SB 70-72 law was unconstitutional while in Texas its similar law HB 20 was upheld. Hence the Supreme Court weighing in. The Court will consider two aspects of both laws. The "must-carry" provisions around lawful speech. Basically if it's not against the law you can't ban or remove it. And the transparency requirements, which put rules around publishing moderation guidelines and sticking to them.	https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/23/24080521/supreme-court-netchoice-florida-texas-social-media-laws-arguments
30		sl	Tom, What arguments can we expect to hear from the two sides?
31		tm	The states - platforms are public forums and therefore the state may regulate them accordingly. Like a public square. The platforms - these platforms are more like newspapers, and can exercise editorial control. PRECDENTS FOR PLATFORMS A 1974 case, Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo held that a newspaper could not be forced to publish a reply. In 303 Creative v. Elenis, the Court ruled a website designer could not under the first amendment be forced to make wedding websites for gay couples. And Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston, held that a St. Patrick's Day Parade organizer was protected but the First Amendment from being required to let gay, lesbian, and bisexual groups march in the event. FOR STATES Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins- shopping center could not prohibit students from collecting signatures for a petition Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, let Congress tie education funding to a requirement to allow military recruiters on campus.
32		sl	OK those are for the questions of moderation, what about the question of transparecny?
33		tm	Florida requires a "thorough rationale" for each removal or ban. Texas requires a reason to be posted when any post is removed.
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35		tm	-Wikipedia worries that it might have to cut down on its articles if it were to have to publish a justification for every decision on an edit provided by a contributor. -Redditors worry if they would become personally responsible for moderation decisions under the laws since Reddit itself doesn't provide moderation. That would make a lot of moderators stop doing the job. - If the courts rule against the laws it might reduce the ability for states to regulate big tech platforms. It depends on the reasoning and legal theories put forward in the decision.
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39		sl	Right as the show started yesterday we mentioned Reddit filed to list its IPO on the NYSE, and we have a few more details, a day into the news. Reddit is reporting revenue up 20% YoY to $804M in 2023. It also says it's losing less money each year, and now claims 73M daily active users, and a $3.42 global average revenue per user. Reddit is also the first big tech initial public offering of the year, and the first social media IPO since Pinterest went public in 2019. Of Reddit's revenue, the vast majority ($788.8 million) came from advertising, although it also noted in its filing that the average revenue per user is declining. So, what to do? Well, on Thursday Google announced an “expanded partnership” with Reddit giving Google access to the Reddit Data API for “efficient and structured access to fresher information, as well as enhanced signals that will help us better understand Reddit content” like public posts and comments. That data can train large language models (LLMs) more efficiently, with Google saying it's also “developing ways to make it even easier to access” information from Reddit across its “products.” Bloomberg reports this partnership will net Reddit about $60M/year.	https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/22/reddit-files-to-list-ipo-on-nyse-under-the-ticker-rddt.html
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41			NOTES: - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, controls 8.7% of the company’s stock, behind the Newhouse family’s Advance, which owns just over 30% of the company, and China’s Tencent, which owns 11%. - Reddit was founded in 2005 by Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman - Analytics firm Semrush notes Reddit is one of the most-visited websites in the U.S., - Reddit itself says it has 100,000 communities and 267 million average weekly active uniques.	https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/reddit-files-ipo-sam-altman-newhouse-family-investors-1235833080/
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53		tm	Last week Thursday, head of Instagram and Threads Adam Mosseri, stated in social media posts that both platforms would clamp down on "political" content and added the company wants to "avoid recommending political content". In that episode Robb Dunewood brought up a very salient point. What counts as "political content"? Molly you recently had a first hand experience with this issue.	https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/threads-twitter-x-politics-news-mosseri.php
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55			NOTES “You can still target Shell and Chevron, but I can’t target Sierra Club and NRDC [the Natural Resources Defense Council],” says Cristian Sanchez, deputy data director for the Digital Climate Coalition, a network of climate groups. (Disclosure: Nexus Media is affiliated with Climate Nexus, which is part of the Digital Climate Coalition.) He says some terms, such as “solar energy,” are still available, but others that Facebook has deemed political, like “climate change,” are not.
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63			Martin- In the UK, if you don't have signal on your mobile network, you can still make 999 calls if another providers network is available in the area. (Source: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/telecoms-resilience Section titled "Emergency mobile roaming") Is this not a thing in the USA? Or is it in some areas, but some places only have one network option?		https://www.gov.uk/guidance/telecoms-resilience
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65		tm	Concerning the 'Apple Sports' app, I think it was released very unpolished, very unlike Apple. It seems very basic when you consider all the other sports apps out there. Its hard to determine why this, in essence, seems rushed. I think Tom mentioned on Wednesday when the app came out that NFL will be included, its just off season at the moment. Why not integrate this with Apple News (sports)? Seems a logical connection to feed sports stories here as well. I use sports apps all the time and compared to what is currently out there is very basic - unlike Apple. What is the long game here? Also, good show, and hi Charlotte. - Dan		It’s oddly kind of what I want from the others, let me know if the Avs, Nuggets or CU won, we all know the Rockies probably didn’t win, and if I have questions or want to give away my money I can go to the app for it. During football season it will not be as useful because I do want the “noise” but day to day it’s prettier and simple. Peper
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70		sl	Molly Wood	Molly Wood https://www.mollywood.co https://mollywood.substack.com https://www.everybodyinthepool.com @mollywood @mollywoodpro@mastodon.social	mollywood.substack.com	everybodyinthepool.com
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