#ben-collins — Public Fediverse posts

The Stig: "Breaking?🥺"
Instructor: "NO, GAS!"
The Stig: "🫨"

#Norschleife #TheStig #BenCollins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gG-BYWpnSc

Weekly output: customer satisfaction scores, Qualcomm Quick Charge, TiVo OS, The Onion

This week started at home, then took me out of town first to New Orleans for the Online News Association’s conference (the ninth I’ve attended), followed by Los Angeles for Cranky Dorkfest (my overdue introduction to that avgeek meetup).

9/9/2025: This PC Maker Just Pushed Apple Out of the Top Spot for Customer Satisfaction, PCMag

I had more time than I thought I would Monday to write this when jury duty turned into a roughly 20-minute exercise–they seated the jury they needed right before my reporting time.

9/10/2025: Qualcomm Quick Charge Tech Gets Big Update. Will It Appear on Any US Phones?, PCMag

One of my editors asked if I could pick up this embargoed item, and I had enough slack time in my schedule Tuesday to make that happen.

9/12/2025: Xperi’s TiVo OS aims to bring search and simplicity to TV makers, Light Reading

After a show-floor interview at IFA that gave me about 95% of what I needed, it took a few more days for Xperi’s PR firm to confirm a couple of details, after which I wrote and filed the piece for my telecom trade-pub client during some downtime at ONA Thursday afternoon.

9/14/2025: The Onion CEO Unloads on AI’s Joke-Writing Skills, Says Infowars Purchase Still on the Table, PCMag

Having seen Ben Collins on a panel at SXSW 2019, I thought he would make an engaging, funny speaker at ONA. He was, but he also made some serious points about the Trump administration’s frequent hostility to dissent and the need for journalists to resist that pressure.

#ACSI #avgeek #BenCollins #connectedTV #CrankyDorkfest #CrankyFlier #customerSatisfaction #fastCharging #IFA #LAX #LosAngeles #NewOrleans #ONA #OnlineNewsAssociation #Qualcomm #QuickCharge #satire #streamingVideo #TheOnion #TiVoOS #Xperi

Ben Collins’ scoop about Elon Musk’s motives for destroying Twitter includes a mystery text, a white nationalist blog hosted by a former Trump speechwriter, and an antisemitic plot against the ADL. Read here:

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/was-elon-musks-strategy-twitter-rcna118490

#BenCollins #ElonMusk #MysteryText #WhiteNationalists #TrumpSpeechWriter #Antisemitism #ADL

Scoop from Ben Collins:

“What’s going on with Elon Musk, and why is he doing this to Twitter?

I spent the last few months digging into it.

I found a pretty big clue.”

https://x.com/oneunderscore__/status/1709001742002581626?s=61

#BenCollins #ElonMusk #Twitter

Keith Olberman?! Really?
I see that #BenCollins is keeping tabs on the suspensions.
I hope they all come here! I know a few have already
#TwitterImplosion #banned