Sunday, April 9, 2023

In a reversal, Twitter lets users like and retweet Substack links, but searches including "Substack" still return results for just "newsletter" instead (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
In a reversal, Twitter lets users like and retweet Substack links, but searches including “Substack” still return results for just “newsletter” instead  —  In a reversal of a limitation the platform put in place earlier in the week, Twitter is once again allowing users to interact with Substack links freely.



A study based on the patent-filing history of 760K+ US inventors finds they produce fewer innovations after joining big firms vs. inventors hired by young firms (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
A study based on the patent-filing history of 760K+ US inventors finds they produce fewer innovations after joining big firms vs. inventors hired by young firms  —  Big companies are hiring an ever-larger proportion of America's inventors, who are less productive once they join



Sources: in the past two weeks ~270 US Apple Stores held staff meetings on the risks of unionization, using the state of the Towson store as a cautionary tale (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: in the past two weeks ~270 US Apple Stores held staff meetings on the risks of unionization, using the state of the Towson store as a cautionary tale  —  Apple is continuing its push to keep retail stores from unionizing.  Also: A deep look inside efforts to diversify the company's product …



An ML scientist writes about the extreme strain of working in an AI industry collectively shaken up by ChatGPT, as he oscillates between motivation and burnout (Nathan Lambert/Democratizing Automation)

Nathan Lambert / Democratizing Automation:
An ML scientist writes about the extreme strain of working in an AI industry collectively shaken up by ChatGPT, as he oscillates between motivation and burnout  —  Fear, FOMO, and the scientific exodus driven by ChatGPT  —  Every single person I know working in AI these days …



Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid weste...