Sunday, December 11, 2022
Elon Musk may be planning to sue some Twitter employees, here's why
Saturday, December 10, 2022
With "Twitter Files", Elon Musk shows himself as an egregious example of what he wanted to expose: managers leveraging their social platforms for partisan ends (Eric Levitz/New York Magazine)
With “Twitter Files”, Elon Musk shows himself as an egregious example of what he wanted to expose: managers leveraging their social platforms for partisan ends — But it is actually a tool of progressive power. While you were hypnotized by viral memes, a cabal …
Google, worried about its reputation, is hesitant to release its capable bot LaMDA, but by waiting too long it may cede the market to competitors like ChatGPT (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology)
Google, worried about its reputation, is hesitant to release its capable bot LaMDA, but by waiting too long it may cede the market to competitors like ChatGPT — The tech giant believes the future of search is conversational. How did it let OpenAI's ChatGPT take the lead? — Google's had an awkward week.
Three members of Twitter's Trust & Safety Council, including two who have been members since 2016, resign, alleging Twitter's new leadership had shut them out (Nitish Pahwa/Slate)
Three members of Twitter's Trust & Safety Council, including two who have been members since 2016, resign, alleging Twitter's new leadership had shut them out — Eirliani Abdul Rahman helped the platform stop youth sexual exploitation. The new boss wasn't listening.
With Republicans poised to take over the House in 2023, a look at the prospects of the bipartisan American Data Privacy and Protection Act in a divided Congress (Washington Post)
With Republicans poised to take over the House in 2023, a look at the prospects of the bipartisan American Data Privacy and Protection Act in a divided Congress — With Republicans poised to take over the House next year, a divided Congress looms. The result could be two years of partisan strife and gridlock.
Despite Elon Musk's opaque approach, the "Twitter Files" give a peek at moderation at scale and are a win for transparency, while failing to prove systemic bias (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)
Despite Elon Musk's opaque approach, the “Twitter Files” give a peek at moderation at scale and are a win for transparency, while failing to prove systemic bias — Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, is feverishly promoting his “Twitter Files”: selected internal communications from the company …
FTX secretly funded crypto news site, claims Axios
FTX founder Bankman-Fried to testify before US House panel
Friday, December 9, 2022
SBF agrees to testify before a House committee on December 13 but remains quiet about a request from a Senate committee, which could issue a subpoena (Matthew Goldstein/New York Times)
SBF agrees to testify before a House committee on December 13 but remains quiet about a request from a Senate committee, which could issue a subpoena — The FTX founder said on Twitter he would appear before a House committee next week, but was quiet about a similar request from a Senate committee.
Istanbul-based delivery startup Getir closes its acquisition of Berlin-based rival Gorillas, valuing the group at $10B, and sources say Gorillas alone at ~$1.2B (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)
Istanbul-based delivery startup Getir closes its acquisition of Berlin-based rival Gorillas, valuing the group at $10B, and sources say Gorillas alone at ~$1.2B — Combined group worth $10bn represents a fall in valuation as investors turn against lossmaking tech start-ups
SoftBank-backed Indian e-commerce firm Snapdeal drops its $152M IPO plans, after filing in December 2021, amid a tech stock rout (Reuters)
SoftBank-backed Indian e-commerce firm Snapdeal drops its $152M IPO plans, after filing in December 2021, amid a tech stock rout — SoftBank-backed Indian e-commerce firm Snapdeal has decided to pull the plug on its $152 million IPO, the company told Reuters, making it the latest casualty …
Singapore-based Amber Group, one of Asia's largest crypto exchanges, cuts 40% of its staff, scraps retail operations, and terminates its Chelsea FC sponsorship (Hannah Miller/Bloomberg)
Singapore-based Amber Group, one of Asia's largest crypto exchanges, cuts 40% of its staff, scraps retail operations, and terminates its Chelsea FC sponsorship — Amber Group, one of Asia's leading crypto trading and lending platforms, is cutting jobs, scrapping retail operations and terminating …
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As US prosecutors reportedly investigate FTX and Alameda's role in orchestrating LUNA and UST's collapse, a look at the timeline of events and evidence (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)
As US prosecutors reportedly investigate FTX and Alameda's role in orchestrating LUNA and UST's collapse, a look at the timeline of events and evidence — The latest twist in the downfall of crypto maven Sam Bankman-Fried is prompting a reexamination of the implosion of the Terra algorithmic …
Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; it was last valued at $1.2B in 2024 (Meir Orbach/CTech)
Meir Orbach / CTech : Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; ...
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The first project we remember working on together was drawing scenes from the picture books that our mom brought with her when she immigrate...
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Sohee Kim / Bloomberg : South Korean authorities are investigating a data leak at e-commerce giant Coupang that exposed ~33.7M accounts; ...
