Mahendra Palsule

Editor at @Techmeme. Platform-Agnostic. Tweets selective tech news/opinion. I tweet about myriad other topics from @Palsule

[Mahendra Palsule @ScepticGeek]

Three executives of the original 12-member India Tesla team have departed the US-based electric carmaker since country policy head Manuj Khurana quit in June, people in the know of the matter told ET.

Read more at:
https://t.co/dcrYFWlGu6

[Subrahmanyam KVJ @SuB8u]

Love this. Tinder argues in its case against Apple in India that it is no different from Uber in 'matchmaking' and should not have to pay the 30% commission. I will now have a radically different view of my next Uber ride😂
https://t.co/YIPvbNWj9q

[Mahendra Palsule @ScepticGeek]

@venkatananth @TheSignalDotCo Great news! Congrats Venkat to you and the team!

[Venkat Ananth @venkatananth]

the cat is out of the bag and it’s on @TechCrunch 🫣

very happy to announce that @TheSignalDotCo has closed a funding round from a clutch of investors — institutions & individuals, including unicorn founders.

a key milestone in a long, long journey ahead https://t.co/WKtQE9OPaX

[Mahendra Palsule @ScepticGeek]

Warner Bros Discovery puts HBO Max India launch on indefinite hold

https://t.co/UE8hobWzMX

[Barry Schwartz @rustybrick]

SEOs will look back at this update and it should be like a Panda, Penguin, Florida update type of update - it may change how content SEO is done going forward. Lots of coverage of this update summarized at @Techmeme

[Dave Lee @DaveLeeBBG]

So. What should the media do when Elon Musk tweets he’s buying Manchester United? Ignore him is the easy answer, but is it the right one?

[Nikhil Pahwa @nixxin]

Apparently these are news publications...

[Mahendra Palsule @ScepticGeek]

Happy 75th Independence Day to all Indians worldwide! #IndiaAt75

[Nikhil Pahwa @nixxin]

Frankly, @Paytm 's problem is not @vijayshekhar . Problem is the Indian govt that destroyed the digital payments business model with Zero MDR & @NPCI_NPCI
that is a private org but does the Indian govt's bidding.

India = fintech graveyard. https://t.co/7uTS6aqibb

[Peter Yang @petergyang]

CEO lays off employees and posts a crying pic on LinkedIn. This is peak lunacy.

[Mahendra Palsule @ScepticGeek]

@iphigenie Ha ha. Not sure really. Maybe the feature is rarely used so they're dropping it.

[Mahendra Palsule @ScepticGeek]

PSA: Goodreads is removing the information about who recommended a book to you and who you recommended a book to. You can download that info if you wish before Sep 1.

[Techmeme @Techmeme]

WhatsApp rolls out privacy features to let users leave Groups silently, choose who can see when they are online, and block screenshots of View Once messages (WABetaInfo)

https://t.co/PXLXDADrPc
https://t.co/Ot2T5Onq7P

[Shashikant Kore @kshashi]

If India forces out Chinese phones from sub-$150 market, it hits India's low income group the most.

They will be forced to buy sub-standard products at high prices, while the well-off can enjoy their premium models.

https://t.co/t0LksVyZYs

[Mahendra Palsule @ScepticGeek]

@riptari Reminded me of an old blog post https://t.co/cPXnGiDElN

[Mahendra Palsule @ScepticGeek]

@windowscentral Maybe only the driver can look through the windshield and the passengers have no transparency because of the "walled" sides.

[Subrahmanyam KVJ @SuB8u]

Behind every successful AI system lies...a network of low-cost human labor that laboriously label the data.

How data labeling is creating jobs for women in interior India. Very good story.

https://t.co/4IavcNgjcl

[Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) @IWFhotline]

We have the huge responsibility of searching for, removing & preventing child sexual abuse imagery online. We're seeking a Senior Software Developer to contribute to the development & support of our bespoke in-house software. Help us spread the word & RT! https://t.co/7VoQGlccPq.

[Mahendra Palsule @ScepticGeek]

Good notes of the Nothing Phone 1: Nothing like anything: Phone (1) has brought a design edge to the mid-segment "Eye-catching design need not come with an eye-watering price tag" https://t.co/h5TKgjO9VD