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@joshsternberg They’ve also announced they’re working on developing coronavirus testing capacity! — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s not that the virus tracking is much of a business in itself; the companies have already vowed not to monetize the tool. But by putting it on virtually every smartphone on earth, the companies are about to try to show millions that this is a sector where they belong. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

For years, Apple and Google have tried to break into the massive market for personal health. Now, their coronavirus tracking solution might be their biggest break yet. No project of theirs stands to affect their users so widely, directly or immediately. https://t.co/rc4Tm4cuBd — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s @BrendanBordelon with a good check-in on the EARN IT Act, which has stalled in the midst of, you know, [gestures to all this] https://t.co/5BXhohdeq3 — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

It may be impossible to know how the addition of a candidate will affect *this* race, but there’s ample political science research on the impact of third party candidates. It’s not like we know nothing about how it tends to play out. https://t.co/aBnRMTTfFf — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@ryanlammi @hshaban It’s almost like they exist in a system that compels them to put shareholder welfare before literally anything else. — PolitiTweet.org

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That’s a sharp contrast from Elon Musk, who has complained on Twitter about stay-at-home orders. — PolitiTweet.org

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Zuckerberg begins Facebook’s earnings call by saying he’s concerned about reopening the economy too soon, saying it could “almost guarantee future outbreaks,” with bad results for health and the economy. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

This is the content I come to this site for, definitely not Facebook earnings — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@blakereid No? — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Excited to start my new rap career focusing on multilateral trade, intellectual property and counterfeits policy, under the name Notorious M.K.T. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Two new anxieties of venturing out for beer at the local corner store: 1. “No no, this is essential, I swear!” 2. “You’re checking my ID but... how do you know it’s me under the mask??” 🤔 — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

“Netflix, chill" — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

The Trump administration has placed some of Amazon’s biggest international websites — Amazon in Britain, Canada, France, Germany, and India — on a US counterfeiting blacklist: https://t.co/sP3LTbBaTS Amazon is calling it a "political act" motivated by a "personal vendetta." — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@mims Can’t rule out the possibility of turbulence disrupting a kid’s in-flight art project, either — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@oceancalligrphy You can have mine if you want — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

In today’s entry of what’s become an inadvertent series, I give you: Old, coagulated pad see ew at 2:45 p.m. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@donie @kerrymflynn In college, they had an entire class dedicated to watching The Wire. It was one of the most popular classes on campus. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AlexJamesFitz Lol https://t.co/wpDq95UFr8 — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@AlexJamesFitz Calls on $TRNP — PolitiTweet.org

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Oh my god. Animal Crossing’s central bank has slashed interest rates, causing an uproar among players and sparking a bubble in — wait for it — digital turnips and tarantulas: https://t.co/TQ78iK2LXk — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Fun and topical: This year’s congressional press passes are phlegm green — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

What a week. Who needs a drink? — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Facebook going head-to-head with Zoom will make for an almost ideal natural experiment re: network effects and competition. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@DaveS_00 @TalKopan That seems plausible to me. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

I’m sort of torn on this. On one hand, we’ve seen that Amazon is absolutely willing to eat years of losses for the prospect of long-term gains and domination. On the other, Amazon is also ruthlessly efficient and so it wouldn’t surprise me one bit to see the costs passed along. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @byHeatherLong: The Congressional Budget Office is predicting 1 in 10 American workers will still be out of a job in 2021. That means a… — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

(But of course many of these agencies will probably be contracting out to third-party software developers, some of whom may be shadier than others, which is why this is a question at all.) — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

7. It sounds like the exact rules for app developers, and what they can collect beyond the Bluetooth data, are still in the air. Apple reiterated that only apps from public health officials can access these features, and all the regular app developer rules still apply. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

6. When you get a notification that you may have been in contact with someone who tested positive, you’ll get the date of your potential exposure, how long it lasted, and the Bluetooth signal strength of the connection (weaker = you were farther away; stronger = you were closer). — PolitiTweet.org