Reading Log - December 16 (#10)
There's no escaping the Twitter drama this week after Elon's petty hypocrisy. But outside that, we look at the celebrating the 75th birthday of the transistor, a big advancement in fusion energy, as well as a big announcement from Apple.
Link Blast
👨🏼💻 Software Development & Design
What's new in Visual Studio productivity (Dante Gagne)
Prevent http requests to external services in unit tests (Gérald Barré)
🖥 Technology & the Internet
TSA Quietly Deploying Facial Recognition Scanners At Major US Airports (Tim Cushing)
75 years ago, the transistor ignited the fire of modern innovation (David Brancaccio & Alex Schroeder)
Yes, Elon Musk Is Fucking Up Twitter; But No, The Government Has No Business Getting Involved (Mike Masnick)
Elon's Promise Not To Ban Account Tracking His Jet Didn't Last Very Long At All; Also Bans Guy's Personal Account (Mike Masnick)
Big News: Apple Will Allow Outside App Stores In Response To EU Law (Mike Masnick)
Despite Warnock Win, Gigi Sohn's Path To The FCC Remains Mired In Dumb, Corrupt Bullshit (Karl Bode)
🎮 Gaming
Report: Microsoft Offered Sony Call Of Duty On PlayStation Plus (Luke Plunkett)
📈 Business & Finance
How CoinDesk's FTX scoop left a hole in its corporate overlord (Elizabeth Lopatto)
How Congress' latest bid to help Americans save for retirement falls short (Meghan McCarty Carino)
GM and LG get $2.5 billion battery loan from the Department of Energy (Jonathan M. Gillian)
🔬 Science
Is This the 'Kitty Hawk Moment' for Fusion Energy? (Charles Seife)
⚾ Sports
Why Are Teams Issuing Extremely Long Contracts? (Ben Clemens)
🎧 Podcasts
The Indicator #1252: Revitalizing American innovation
How We Survive Season 2, Episode 7: Swampland for Sale
Fresh Air: Chaos reigns at Twitter as Musk manages 'by whims'
Against the Rules: Respect the Polygon
Money Talks: The changing ideology of Silicon Valley
🎒 Everything Else
When Things Go Wrong With Players Solving Escape Rooms (Kenneth Seward Jr.)