The hide and seek skills of a two year old. (SL to a long and silly twitter image thread.)
Twitter adds support for Twitter Spaces to its rebuilt API
Twitter is rolling out changes to its newly rebuilt API that will allow third-party developers to build tools and other solutions specifically for its audio chatroom product, Twitter Spaces. The company today announced it’s shipping new endpoints to support Spaces on the Twitter API v2, with the initial focus on enabling discovery of live or […]
Twitter asks users to flag COVID-19 and election misinformation
Twitter introduced a new test feature Tuesday that allows users to report misinformation they run into on the platform, flagging it to the company as “misleading.” The test will roll out starting today to most users in the U.S., Australia and South Korea. In the new test, Twitter users will be able to expand the […]
Twitter taps crypto developer to lead ‘bluesky’ decentralized social network effort
Twitter’s ambitious upstart decentralized social media working group “bluesky” took an important step Monday as the social media company appointed a formal project lead who will direct how the protocol develops moving forward. Crypto developer Jay Graber was tapped by Twitter to helm the initiative, which the company hopes will eventually create a decentralized social […]
Twitter、認証済みアカウントプログラムのロールアウトを一時停止
Twitter が認証済みアカウントプログラムのロールアウトを一時停止すると発表した (Twitter Verified のツイート、 The Verge の記事、 SlashGear の記事)。
認証済みアカウントは関心を集めるアカウントが本物であることを示すもので、ユーザーの申請により認定する認証済みアカウントプログラムは 2017 年から一時停止していたが、今年 5 月に再開された。しかし、7 月には 6 つの偽アカウントを認証済みアカウントとして認定していたことが判明し、内部の人間がかかわ…
Space cake, fridge scat, and cow-shouting for SCIENCE!
Question: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve done in the name of science?
“Administered enemas made of raspberries to mice.”
(Twitter thread found via Nature Index)
明るい肌色優先で話題になった Twitter のアルゴリズム、若さやスリムさも優先されることが明らかに
明るい肌色が優先されると話題になった Twitter の画像自動クロップ表示機能に用いられるアルゴリズムのバイアス検出コンテストが実施され、勝者 3 組が DEF CON で発表された(Twitter Engineering のツイート、
The Register の記事、
The Verge の記事、
発表動画)。
1 位になった研究では顔写真にビューティーフィルターを適用することでサリエンシーが変化することが示された。それによると、肌色を明るくするだけでなく、暖色化やコントラスト上昇でもサリエ…
Twitter’s web redesign isn’t as accessible as it should be, experts say
After teasing its new font in January, Twitter made some major changes to its website and app design this week. But while Twitter framed these updates as making the platform “more accessible,” some accessibility experts say that these changes missed the mark. Most noticeably, tweets now appear in “Chirp,” Twitter’s proprietary typeface, and the display […]
Twitter’s web redesign isn’t as accessible as it should be, experts say
After teasing its new font in January, Twitter made some major changes to its website and app design this week. But while Twitter framed these updates as making the platform “more accessible,” some accessibility experts say that these changes missed the mark. Most noticeably, tweets now appear in “Chirp,” Twitter’s proprietary typeface, and the display […]
Twitter’s New Font, Chirp, Is Apparently Giving Some Users Headaches
On Wednesday, Twitter unveiled a new design that includes a new font, called Chirp, and higher-contrast colors. “Almost immediately, users began to complain — with many saying the new font gave them headaches,” reports CNET. From the report: “Today, w…