Thursday’s top tech news: leaving, on an @ElonJet plane

After saying he wouldn’t ban an account that tracks the movement of his private jet, Elon Musk’s Twitter has done exactly that, suspending the @ElonJet account alongside its creator and several other accounts that he operates. Obviously Twitter is a private company that’s free to moderate its platform however it wants, but the case highlights how even a “free speech absolutist” like Musk can come around pretty quickly on content moderation when his personal safety is involved.

Over on the tech news side, Google Docs is getting some cool new features for anyone that wants to show code in their documents. It’s part of a pretty significant transformation Google Workspace has been going through, and overall I’m a big fan. Pageless formatting! Markdown support! Damn it’s a great time to be a Google Docs user.

And now, here’s a silly tweet:

Stay tuned, as we continue to update this list with the most important news of today: Thursday, December 15th, 2022.

  • Dec 15, 2022, 2:00 PM UTCAndrew J. Hawkins

    The robots are provided by Cartken, an Oakland-based robotics company. It’s still an unproven business, with some notable examples of robots getting stuck or catching fire.

  • Dec 15, 2022, 2:00 PM UTCJennifer Pattison Tuohy

    Google says it has already updated millions of Nest devices and billions of Android devices to support the new smart home standard, so you can now connect your Google Home devices to any Matter-compatible product.

  • Dec 15, 2022, 1:54 PM UTCJon Porter

    The company’s new Find N2 Flip clamshell will come to Europe in the first quarter of next year, but its bigger sibling is sticking to China for the time being. 

  • Dec 15, 2022, 1:30 PM UTCMonica Chin

    Apple said it would transition all of its Macs away from Intel silicon within two years of the M1’s announcement. It’s missed that deadline.

  • Dec 15, 2022, 1:00 PM UTCTim Stevens

    Lucid’s sedan is sublime to drive, if a bit strange in appearance. Can the Air unseat the Tesla Model S as the leader in the luxury EV market?

  • Dec 15, 2022, 12:46 AM UTCJay Peters

    The company has also posted a thread explaining where the line is when it comes to tweeting live location data, like you would if you were tracking Elon Musk’s plane.

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