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@charlesarthur

Freelance tech journalist; The Guardian's Technology editor 2009-14. Author, Digital Wars, on Apple v Google v Microsoft. Speaker, moderator. DMs from all.

Just over there.
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Joined May 2007
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  1. 33 minutes ago

    FREE TICKET for 's London event tonight "Social Networks and The Truth" as sadly I can't make it.

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  2. 1 hour ago

    I’m guessing Google spending at least $500m on Pixel (making phones, ads). Wonder how easy it will be to spot in the financials.

    Large Google billboard for Pixel, enormous marketing spend is needed to drive a new smartphone's sales -
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  3. 24 hours ago

    I found the best gif

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  4. Oct 16

    for anybody who has claimed this week that the legal system is designed to protect victims of sexual assault:

    6,518 retweets 5,593 likes
  5. 2 hours ago

    Pah! Surely we can import fish from our friends in Australia under a WTO trade deal. Cabbages too perhaps.

    This is Brian. The king of fish here at Manchester's Smithfield market for 40 yrs. says traders are being hammered by falling £
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  6. 14 hours ago

    I've been calling them manipulinks. See them a lot in those horrid email sign up modals. "No, I love being a horrible person."

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  7. 18 hours ago

    Is there a name yet for this trend of manipulative option label text? "Passive aggressive label text"?

    40 retweets 35 likes
  8. 3 hours ago

    Overspill: Start up: trolling Wikileaks, Apple car slows, Obama on Silicon Valley, is Google AMP your friend?...

    2 retweets 2 likes
  9. 3 hours ago

    Facial recognition depends on knowing how faces vary. Do we?

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  10. 19 hours ago

    Listened to Eric Trump on radio say his dad's spent $100 million of his own money on campaign. Actual total is $56 million.

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  11. 17 hours ago

    Actually, all the maps at about the US are fascinating.

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  12. 17 hours ago

    “Hey, lemme guess your name. Is it Emma? No? Olivia? Sophia! No? I’m getting… Ava?” (from )

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  13. 19 hours ago

    Any victims of cyber crime willing to have a quick chat for an article?

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  14. 18 hours ago

    Some seats left - has some promo codes 7pm tomorrow

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  15. 19 hours ago

    Do social networks help us find truth as news organisations struggle? Come hear me talk tomorrow in London. Promo:

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  16. 22 hours ago

    Nokia is third despite not having made a phone for three years or so. Says something about Italian economy?

    Samsung Tops Smartphone Market in Italy.
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  17. 24 hours ago

    Follow Full Fact's who's livetweeting the Article 50 court case (on whether govt or Parliament can start the Brexit process)

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  18. 22 hours ago

    28 Nov State of the art in machine learning & law/media/bioscience Who should be here?!

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  19. 23 hours ago

    What is Donald Trump like in person? - Quora "mixed" might sum it up..

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  20. Oct 17

    I think the strategy came from The Big Book Of Siege Tactics Used Over The Past 3,000 Years.

    It's not enough that our media distribute ISIS propaganda videos and help us smear countries that fight ISIS...
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