Omar L. Gallaga

Former @statesman tech writer. Freelancing: @WIRED, @WashingtonPost, @LATimes, @CNET, @texasstandard, @texashighways. He works hard for the money.

[Omar L. Gallaga @omarg]

The most successful people I've met:

1. Read constantly
2. Cool by day, then at night work up a sweat
3. Know how to become number one in a hot party show
4. Push it
5. Push it real good
6. Pump hard
7. Make it fast
8. Know this dance ain’t for everybody
9. Only the sexy people

[Omar L. Gallaga @omarg]

@Awakend_Citizen It’s not AI, that girl needs an exorcist.

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@america Vote safe dot org = Elon musk data scraper

https://t.co/ULjtkXbo2Q

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@sarahhepola @AndreaLuttrell2 @NancyRomm Shrinking and Bad Monkey are both excellent. I really liked Margot’s Got Money Troubles, very good first season.

[Omar L. Gallaga @omarg]

This is still just a proposal, but I think it's broader than people were expecting. EU looking at sweeping child-protection measures across social media, gaming and AI (via @CNET )

https://t.co/P5QW0O8CJH

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What do this year’s big changes and the soaring cost of data center services mean for the future of cloud gaming? Via @CNET

https://t.co/kRXPysaXy7

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Yet another unforced error for Meta -- this one's scary if you post a lot of personal stuff to places like Instagram. Via @CNET

https://t.co/ygAivTHlBc

#meta #privacy

[Omar L. Gallaga @omarg]

Hello! It's been a while!

Lots to share with you today and tomorrow, let's start by keeping it light: 10% chance or so that AI will kill us all according to those most in the know, happy Thursday!

New at @cnet

https://t.co/U7EgxopYml

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New from me at @CNET -- expect a LOT of pro-AI data center ads if you live somewhere with proposals or policy changes on deck

[CNET @CNET]

A multimillion-dollar campaign is trying to reverse the trend of the public's growing disdain for AI data centers. https://t.co/pPtQw65cYK

[Omar L. Gallaga @omarg]

@JGuthmann You must not have loud people in your home.

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Also recently from me at @CNET

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Amid broad privacy concerns, new apps like Zuckoff help detect smart glasses in the wild. https://t.co/rpTBzBLrNz

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@dsoajh @CNET oh good, you read the story.

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New from me at @CNET

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Instagram is requiring fake models to carry an AI-generated profile label to show they're not human. https://t.co/tNsGK48oXz

[Omar L. Gallaga @omarg]

@MatthewKeysLive @film_girl I’m glad I could help clarify :)

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@MatthewKeysLive @film_girl Except they also raised the price of Apple One for the same amount so you’re not saving any more than before

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The creator of the viral human-chatbot service #ChatTJB speaks to @CNET (via email, not through chatbot)

https://t.co/6iKGAP5J7U

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So pleased to be back on the Extra Hot Great podcast to talk about the new @USANetwork show #AnnaPigeon, which takes place at Glacier National Park! I also discussed S2 of #XMen97 and pitched an episode of Genndy Tartakovsky's #Primal to The Canon. https://t.co/Qo1u5aL2vh

[Kendall Baker @kendallbaker]

Absolutely nothing could have prepared me for the national anthem at the first Women’s Pro Baseball League tonight

[Omar L. Gallaga @omarg]

@JadaGomez I’m so sorry to hear this. You’re still one of my favorite editors!

[Freedom House @freedomhouse]

“Large language models can exacerbate existing online censorship, in that [they] can be a force multiplier for digital authoritarianism.”

FH’s @kianvest spoke to @CNET’s @omarg on the risks that generative AI pose to internet freedom.

Read more: https://t.co/3AlZ2Yzs6l

[Omar L. Gallaga @omarg]

Your thermostat setting is a political debate now.
Talked about it on @TexasStandard , give a listen!

https://t.co/mwM7aoMttn