November 4, 2022

5G network roll-out in Africa Continues but Pricey Devices Impede Adoption

In the US the major wireless carries started slowly rolling out 5G networks to parts of select cities in 2019. By the December 2021, they expected to fully activate their 5G networks, but delays ensued due to concerns about possible interface with certain instruments on commercial aircraft. With all the advertising the big three (AT&T, T-Mobile & Verizon) US wireless carriers have been pushing out about 5G it is hard to realized there are still other parts of the world that are not using 5G as much. The adoption of the fifth generation (5G) mobile network in regions like North…

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Advertisers are Fleeing Twitter

Hear that Giant Sucking Sound Elon? No, it is not all our jobs going south of the border to Mexico as 1992 presidential candidate Ross Perot claimed would happen with the passing of NAFTA. No, that is the sound of all your advertisers pulling out their money from Twitter. The reasons are many, but mainly have to do with content moderation and issues raised by civil right groups calling for boycotts. Those advertisers that brought in a big chunk of Twitter’s revenue (more than the ‘new and improved’ Twitter Blue) will ever make which Chief Twit desperately needs to help…

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Musk’s (not) So Grand Ideas to Make Twitter Profitable

Elon Musk is trying anything and everything to get the money coming back in to Twitter. He keeps pushing the new Twitter Blue model launching on Monday, November 7th. The new $8 USD (other countries based on their purchasing power) plan is to include verification (which means anyone who pays the monthly fee gets the verification badge even if they don’t need it), plus slew of other ‘features’ (but not ad-free content). Instead of creating the town square where important public discourse is freely debated (which Musk claimed was his Twitter vision), he’s now making moves to potentially skew discussions…

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Twitter Mass Layoffs = Class Action Lawsuit

Twitter Employees have filed a class action lawsuit in regards to the forthcoming mass layoffs. Specifically because Elon Musk and Twitter are in violation of worker protection laws including the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act as well as the California WARN Act, both of which require 60 days of advance notice. The lawsuit was filed on November 3, 2022 in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California. This isn’t the frost time the Chief Twit has been served with a wrongful termination class action lawsuit. He faced a similar lawsuit this past summer involving the…

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Windows 11 22H2 Update Blocked on Systems Using Xbox Game Bar Capture

Here we go again, just when you thought Microsoft Corporation 411,84 -2,74 -0,66% had worked out all the kinks with the Windows 11 2022 Feature Update aka 222H2, comes yet another known issue preventing some users from upgrading.  This time around it involves the Xbox Game Bar Capture. On affected devices, users are experiencing issues in which the audio and video are out of sync when capturing gameplay using the Xbox Game Bar app. “You are more likely to encounter this issue when using the ‘Record last 30 seconds’ feature when ‘Record in the background while I’m playing game’ is…

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