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Archives for October 2026

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Another senator wants Meta to reverse its business term revisions.

Adam Schiff joins Sen. Marsha Blackburn in expressing concern, urging Meta to “compensate creators and publishers for their work” after the company’s updated terms seemingly gave itself permission to train its AI on news sites. Those changes have since been tweaked and pushed back until November 20th, but Schiff says “a delay isn’t enough.”

Allison Johnson
Allison Johnson
Cosplaying as a street photographer with the iPhone Duo is ridiculous and kinda fun.

I took Halide’s newly Duo-updated iOS app for a spin to try out the waist-level viewfinder feature, shooting with Process Zero for some added lo-fi flair. It was a good time! But you’re definitely gonna get called out when someone spots it, and the fish-slinging folks at the Pike Place Fish Market don’t miss a beat. They were kind enough to help me test the selfie camera, at least.

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Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
X has another new head of product.

After Nikita Bier’s one-year stint in the role, Peter Sellis, formerly of Ustream, Snap, Discord and Microsoft, is leading the app formerly known as Twitter.

I’m joining the team at @X to lead Product. I am a huge believer in @SpaceX ‘s mission to extend human consciousness to the stars, so it’s time to make shitposting multiplanetary. X is the best way to find out what’s happening in the world right now and talk about it. The team has been working tirelessly to make X a better place and product for the people who love it, and many have noticed the recent momentum. My goal is to help accelerate that momentum for our community, new users, and businesses globally by continuing to make this product beautiful and useful. We are twenty years in, but it truly feels like X’s next chapter will be our greatest. I look forward to your ideas and feedback; I’m sure the replies will be measured and magnanimous.
Screenshot: Peter Sellis (X)
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Proton is reportedly going to “re-interview” employees and ask about their AI use.

An email to staff seen by 404 Media says the Proton Mail owner needs “people who can translate AI’s capabilities into better products, stronger execution, and new ways of working.” It reportedly calls the re-interviews “consequential,” adding that they “may lead to changes in roles, responsibilities, and continued employment.”

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
GitHub’s former CEO launched a competing platform for AI agents.

Thomas Dohmke has officially launched Entire after teasing the decentralized coding platform in July. Similar to GitHub, developers can use the platform to host and review code, but it’s designed specifically to work with AI agents, replacing pull requests with a “Trails” feature that offers “customizable evals that are scored by agents on every code push.”

Allison Johnson
Allison Johnson
Halide’s Duo update just knocked an item off my camera wish list.

Halide III just got its iPhone Duo update with re-worked controls for the new screen formats and a feature that Apple’s native camera app left out: a waist-level viewfinder. When you use the phone in its L-shaped pose the image preview will appear on the top portion of the screen. I was hoping I’d be able to move the preview to the lower half of the screen and use it like a classic Hasselblad camera. It’s a nerdy little detail, but Halide is made by nerds, for nerds, and I appreciate that.

Halide for Duo: Electric Boogaluo

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