Janko Roettgers / is on Nostr

Reporter writing about the intersection of tech and entertainment, including streaming, AR/VR and more. Most recently with Protocol, now looking for new opportunities.

Previously: Variety, Gigaom
he/him.

Last Notes

2024-07-10 21:02:42

BREAKING: Redbox will shut down, corporate parent is being liquidated https://www.lowpass.cc/p/redbox-shutting-down

2024-06-26 22:01:47

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@npub18zu…vrqv Wow. Doing a fraudulent purchase as a starting point for social egineering is pretty sophisticated.

2024-05-03 03:15:20

Outside agitator Ron Conway and two of his children gave $30,000 ro recall Oakland's mayor. https://oaklandside.org/2024/05/01/whos-funding-the-recall-campaign-against-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao/

2024-03-20 06:27:26

If people who break Immigration laws are being called illegal immigrants, then we should call companies that break labor or antitrust laws illegal enterprises.

2024-02-17 00:10:02

Remember Humane? The startup with the AI Pin always had a fun domain: ma.ne, which allowed it to do things like have its website live at hu.ma.ne (for a while, there was also something at nothu.ma.ne, apparently). However, it looks like there's a major issue with Niger's .ne domain right now, so Humane's hu.ma.ne website is down for the count.

2023-12-21 18:09:25

In our conversation, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth also complained that Apple is preventing third-party hardware makers from using key iPhone APIs for AI and AR wearables. https://www.lowpass.cc/p/meta-cto-andrew-boz-bosworth-interview-mixed-reality-airpods
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2023-10-05 21:08:33

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@npub1cme…w4rh @npub1jpa…n2qa All will be well once Threads federates ... or so I keep telling myself.

2023-08-14 16:06:15

There are many reasons those "streaming costs more than cable" stories are BS. One of them: They compare introductory / discounted rates for cable bundles with full-price streaming rates.

2023-08-07 15:13:57

I was on TwiT yesterday, together with Georgia Dow, @npub1lsl…9c2x and of course @npub1aj2…v3aj check it out: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/939?autostart=false

2023-07-28 15:01:38

Today, Meta is launching a new game called Super Rumble in its Horizon Worlds social VR platform. It's the first visible sign of a reboot that includes higher fidelity, first-party titles and soon a new mobile app.
Inside Meta’s Horizon Worlds reboot https://www.lowpass.cc/p/horizon-worlds-super-rumble-reboot-mobile-app

2023-07-06 22:40:49

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@npub1qyg…uf04 oof

2023-07-06 22:30:33

Anyone else dealing with a power outage in #oakland rn?

2023-06-23 05:38:21

"It’s worth noting that a lot of the people advocating for return to office are people you wouldn’t want to hang out with anyhow." https://ethankaplan.com/the-work-c3d06be5b115

2023-06-09 20:25:01

On the next episode of Hoarders ...
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2023-05-09 01:38:51

Sichuan boiled fish. I think I still have a mouth? Not entirely sure. #food #cooking
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2023-05-03 16:13:44

"A conversation with two media pioneers ... oh, and also Ben Smith." Peter Kafka being Peter Kafka. https://www.vox.com/technology/23707208/nick-denton-jonah-peretti-ben-smith-buzzfeed-gawker-book-traffic-podcast-peter-kafka-recode-media

2023-04-13 21:47:06

I am old enough to remember Fox News quitting Twitter.