@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-27 16:26:11
TMTG says it is in talks to spin off Truth Social into a public company, following the close of its previously announced merger with nuclear fusion startup TAE (Christine Wang/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/27/truth-social-spin-off
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-27 21:30:48
The government of California is implementing a law that requires operating system providers to implement some form of age verification into their account setup procedures.
Assembly Bill No. 1043 was approved by California governor Gavin Newsom in October of last year, and becomes active on January 1, 2027 (via The Lunduke Journal).
The bill states, among other factors, that "An operating system provider shall do all of the following:"
"(1) Provide an accessib…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-03-26 22:50:51
Senator Ted Cruz criticized the FCC's process for its Nexstar-Tegna deal approval, saying it sidestepped normal procedure by failing to hold a full FCC vote (Newsmax)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ted-cruz-fcc-nexstar/2026/03/24/id/1250658/
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2026-03-26 14:45:34
…it’s not even that. It’s just ugly. Bad layouts. Bad margins. Bad proportions. Awkward animations. Flickers and flashes. Content peeking through all the negative space so that the screen is filled with visual noise. It feels designed by committee. It feels pasted together.
The feel of Apple products has covered a lot of ground over the decades. They’ve felt elegant. They’ve felt basic. They’ve felt bauble-y and cute. They’ve felt futuristic. They’ve felt practical. But this is the first time I can recall an Apple product feeling •cheap•.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-28 03:00:58
MS NOW reported on Friday that White House sources believe that Trump is
“getting a little bored” with the Iran war
and “wants to move on” to other initiatives.
MS NOW’s report on Trump’s feelings about the war was echoed by The Wall Street Journal,
which on Thursday reported that the president has told associates that he wants to wrap up the war in the coming weeks and avoid a protracted conflict.
The problem, sources told both MS NOW and the Journal, is that t…
@curiouscat@fosstodon.org2026-03-26 18:46:14
An attorney for ICE emailed Clayton’s office to say that the memo that prosecutors had relied on to defend the government in the lawsuit “does not and has never authorized” the arrests near the immigration courts, after previously claiming the opposite.
https://www.thegua…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-02-27 16:26:13
TMTG says it is in talks to spin off Truth Social into a public company, following the close of its previously announced merger with nuclear fusion startup TAE (Christine Wang/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/27/truth-social-spin-off
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-21 03:35:54
President Trump signs an EO to continue the suspension of the de minimis exemption, despite the SCOTUS' ruling that overturned most of Trump's 2025 tariffs (Zeyi Yang/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-imposes-new-tariffs-following-supreme-c…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-04-24 22:55:57
Filing: Paramount CEO David Ellison's 2025 compensation was $63.2M, CLO Makan Delrahim's package was $63.6M, and ex-president Jeff Shell's package was $60.7M (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/par
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-22 02:47:52
A parasite that has been eating people for 3,500 years is about to be wiped off the planet.
It infected 3.5 million people in 1986.
Last year, it infected 10. And I have not seen it make a single front page
https://www.resete…
