Kit Eaton

Technology/business writer, also author, and actually a scientist! Keen on unusual, funny stories. Now at Seen before at NYT, FastCo., Gizmodo…etc etc

[Kit Eaton @Kiteaton]

My books launch today! Want to learn WTF is 5G, The Dark Web and The Cloud? Buy ‘em, read ‘em, and giggle at the jokes! #booklaunch https://t.co/9H9JMFikxe (also hear me read them on @audible_com!)

[Kit Eaton @Kiteaton]

Microsoft Says Workers are Already Using AI to Lighten Workloads, at Risk to Their Own Brainpower https://t.co/5f7GM8CUlB

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

In an ideal scenario the President of the United States and the worst person in the world would be two different people.

[Kit Eaton @Kiteaton]

The real sadness: millions of people just chose hate, sexism, racism, misogyny and supported a felon who can’t string 11 words together to make a coherent, meaningful, non-hate-filled sentence… with the added risk of f*#king up the rest of the world

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

[Inc. @Inc]

Disney gives Slack the “Let It Go” treatment after cyberattack, but staff aren’t happy. @kiteaton https://t.co/0Ku0o013CR

[Inc. @Inc]

Smash hit game Flappy Bird Is “officially” coming back. But its creator has disavowed it. @kiteaton https://t.co/JvLPDapMb7

[Everyday Astronaut @Erdayastronaut]

Very exciting! Highest earth orbit with humans ever!!!

[Inc. @Inc]

It's heading to space on a five day mission, not a five year one, but Polaris Dawn has some science and exploration adventures that really are in the spirit of the best sci-fi. @kiteaton https://t.co/2mcsbSViti

[Inc. @Inc]

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk aren't in competition for who has the biggest rocket (it's Musk), but their space startups are definitely competitors--with very different business models and leadership styles. @kiteaton https://t.co/6QAFJdLTHs

[Inc. @Inc]

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever just raised $1 billion for his new safe AI startup. @kiteaton https://t.co/C2peAauMIs

[Inc. @Inc]

TikTok tries a “show your secret evidence” twist in its lawsuit against a potential ban. @kiteaton https://t.co/TZBiiQGfu6

[Inc. @Inc]

Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin hit with rocket setbacks. @kiteaton https://t.co/xg8BXOXk2m

[Inc. @Inc]

The second recipient of the tech from Elon Musk's company is already gaming, and doing far more using the Neuralink device. @kiteaton https://t.co/K2r2ih0113

[Inc. @Inc]

OpenAI will pay publisher Conde Nast so its content will appear in ChatGPT. @kiteaton https://t.co/QQ4Lb9p1ck

[Inc. @Inc]

Space suit design decisions made years ago are a part of the Starliner problem on the Space Station. @kiteaton https://t.co/LnMypFhBHo

[Inc. @Inc]

Trump shared deepfake image of Taylor Swift, implying she endorsed him. This could be an era-defining mistake. @kiteaton https://t.co/IvRXjE4to6

[Inc. @Inc]

Yet another lawsuit alleges that an AI company has illegally 'scraped' someone else's carefully human-made material to train its AI algorithms. @kiteaton https://t.co/qNEWvtPUg9

[Inc. @Inc]

Only one piece of real news came out Wednesday in NASA's press conference about the malfunctioning Boeing Starliner capsule, which is stuck at the International Space Station. @kiteaton https://t.co/VFGEDOIrDi

[Inc. @Inc]

Apple hasn’t abandoned the Vision Pro headset. A cheaper version is rumored to be on track for 2025. @kiteaton https://t.co/oWWcatiKT1

[Inc. @Inc]

Instagram launches an AI chatbot creator, so you--or your favorite influencer--can build a chatty robot. @kiteaton https://t.co/1YVC3RoskA