Advertisers continue to flee Twitter as civil rights groups call for a boycott

As Elon Musk looks for new ways to make money from Twitter’s he’s facing a much more urgent problem: advertisers are fleeing the platform. Musk said Friday that “Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue” due to advertisers’ concerns about content moderation and other issues raised by activists. A number of major companies have…

Darkroom Photo Editing App Gains New Highlight and Shadow Recovery Tools

Photo editing app Darkroom today announced the launch of new highlight and shadow recovery tools, which are available as an expansion of the existing recovery sliders. Darkroom says that the Exposure, Whites, Highlights, Shadows, and Blacks sliders have been rebuilt from the ground up in a major technical investment that allows users to access edits…

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, November 4: CAFC Offers Mixed Bag in Uniloc Appeals, Global Music Copyright Market Valued at Nearly $40 Billion, and Moderna Loses Bid to Have U.S. Government Face Vaccine Patent Claims

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Judge Goldberg of the District of Delaware denies Moderna’s motion to dismiss patent claims against its COVID-19 vaccine over arguments that those claims should be filed against the U.S. government; The USPTO and FDA publish a Federal Register Notice seeking public input on collaboration efforts; IBM and the…

Swedish engineer creates playable accordion from 2 Commodore 64 computers

Enlarge / Linus Åkesson playing his homemade “Commodordion” in a YouTube video. (credit: Linus Åkesson) In late October, a Swedish software engineer named Linus Åkesson unveiled a playable accordion—called “The Commodordion“—he crafted out of two vintage Commodore 64 computers connected with a bellows made of floppy disks taped together. A demo of the hack debuted…

How Google Search is helping ‘greenwash’ oil companies

Oil companies have spent millions to show up in top search results for sustainability. Deposit Photos Google often touts its commitment to sustainability and tackling climate change head-on, but a new study courtesy of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) reveals the Big Tech giant won’t hesitate to take oil corporations’ money in exchange…