Gadget Lab: Weekly Tech News from WIRED
Technology
Twitter may be officially called X now, but that rebranding is just one of the many changes that have hit the platform since Elon Musk took over. It's been one whole year since the mercurial billionaire purchased Twitter, and in that time the social platform has undergone big shifts in its user base, business model, and culture. It's become chaotic and unpredictable—some would say it’s more dangerous than ever—yet even among all this upheaval, Twitter keeps on tweetin’.
This week on Gadget Lab, we're commemorating the one-year anniversary of a Muskified Twitter. WIRED senior writer Kate Knibbs and Vox senior correspondent and host of the Land of the Giants podcast Peter Kafka join the show to talk about all the weirdness Twitter has gone through over the past year, and whether the platform is still as relevant as it once was.
Show Notes:
Listen to season seven of the Land of the Giants podcast, “The Twitter Fantasy.” Read Kate’s “Unverify Me, Daddy” story. Follow all WIRED’s coverage of the X (née Twitter) saga.
Recommendations:
Kate Recommends the book Do You Remember Being Born? by Sean Michaels. Peter recommends the book Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam, and also the show What We Do in the Shadows. Mike recommends the 1990 film Pump Up the Volume with Christain Slater and Samantha Mathis. Lauren recommends the second episode of the Land of the Giants: The Twitter Fantasy podcast she cohosts.
What Happens if Twitter Gets Hacked?
Demystifying Mastodon
Tweelon
Plastic Rap
OK, Car Computer
Zuckerberg's Innovation Dilemma
Life in Pixels
The State of the Smart Kitchen
Row Row Row Yourself
Visualizing VR’s Future
Welcome to Dynamic Island
How YouTube's Tumultuous Past Will Shape Its Future
How to Get Your Climate Tax Credits
Tractor Hacks
The Weird Phone Future
NFT Frames
Reel Talk About Instagram
Zucka Kappa Meta
Too Cool for Juul
Seriously, What Is the Metaverse?
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Insight Story: Tech Trends Unpacked
Zero-Shot
Fast Forward by Tomorrow Unlocked: Tech past, tech future
The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot
Lex Fridman Podcast