Elon Musk. Elon Musk. You’re thinking, ‘what crazy thing is he up to now?’ Elon is apparently accusing the Anti Defamation League of defaming him…he says they have falsely accused him and X (formerly Twitter) of being antisemitic. Techcrunch.com reports that musk says he has no choice but to file a defamation lawsuit against the Anti Defamation League. He also blamed the ADL for X’s falling US ad revenue. Musk said “Our US advertising revenue is still down 60%, primarily due to pressure on advertisers by @ADL (that’s what advertisers tell us), so they almost succeeded in killing X/Twitter!” Actually antisemitism has been a problem on Twitter for years, way before Musk bought the platform…ratcheting up noticeably due to some of the rhetoric surrounding the 2016 election. Even Elon noted the irony of suing the Anti-Defamation League for defamation!

Microsoft has caved to European Union authorities and will unbundle Teams form Office 365 and Microsoft 365 suites in EU markets. Thenextweb.com notes that the changes will start on October 1st. After that EU enterprise customers will be able to buy Office 365 and Microsoft 365 without Teams, and save a couple Euros a month. An antitrust investigation had commenced in 2020 after Slack filed a complaint. 

Meta will partner with LG for future Quest Pro headsets. This according to uploadvr.com. There were reports last fall that Meta was in talks with LG Display for OLED microdisplays of future headsets. Microdisplays have significantly higher pixel density and can produce higher resolution in more compact headsets. Apparently, LG Electronics will handle production, using LG Display displays, LG Energy batteries, and other components from LG Innotek. The first product from the partnership is reportedly slated for 2025, priced at around $2000.

One of the nuttiest trends ever has to be people podcasting white noise…the static ‘whooshing’ sound that has been likened to light rainfall. Some Spotify podcasters have been raking in up to $18,000 a MONTH on this, amazingly. Now, theverge.com reports that Spotify has notified the so-called ‘white noise’ podcasters that they will no longer be eligible for cash under the Ambassador Ads program effective October 1st. The Ambassador Ad program pays creators based on impressions. Apparently Spotify has calculated that it will increase its annual gross profit by $38 million by cutting white noise podcasts from its talk feed. Have any of the people who listened to these white noise podcasts considered turning on a fan? Just wondering.

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.