Tech leaders embracing Trump for short-term gain may ultimately imperil their companies and is counter to Silicon Valley's idealistic roots
it's that Silicon Valley's view of freedom was always aligned with libertarianism, not progressivism. Levy suggests that Trump's “values violently clashed with the egalitarian impulses of the digital ...
On Techmeme's 20th birthday, its founder explains what's behind the site's consistency, debunks some supposed media trends, and outlines future directions
happy bday @Techmeme 🎂. Nearly old enough to drink. 🍻https://news.techmeme.com/ ... Dave McClure / @davemcclure : my favorite (un?)healthy addiction: @techmeme 💕🤓🔥 been an avid fanboi for 20 years — t...
Source: the CEO and the chief people officer of Astronomer were put on leave after a video of them cuddling on a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert went viral
claims staffers ‘enjoying’ Coldplay kiss cam drama: 'Everybody's laughing their ass off' Jessica Wang / Entertainment Weekly : CEO and coworker caught at Coldplay concert under formal investigation by...
Microsoft's new version of Recall appears to still capture sensitive data like credit card numbers, even with the default “sensitive information” filter enabled
it's now possible to try the controversial Copilot feature Christian Guyton / TechRadar : Microsoft Recall offers a ‘sensitive information filter’ to avoid saving your credit card details - but whoops...
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber says it is not “necessarily true” that Bluesky will always be ad-free; ads could be “user intent-driven”, like running in search results
More thoughts on what Bluesky's ultimate business model could look like … Dave Forde / Profectio : Ads ‘Might’ Be Coming to Bluesky, According To CEO Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.2349: ...
Filing: Fidelity marks down the value of its X stake, estimating the company is worth ~28% of the $44B that Elon Musk paid, down from 33% in May 2023
yourself’ outburst Kwan Wei Kevin Tan / Business Insider : X is worth 71% less now after Elon Musk took over and burned its bridges with advertisers: Fidelity Anders Hagstrom / Fox Business : X now wo...
Threads rolls out voice posts and a free edit button that lets users edit a post repeatedly within five minutes of sending; Threads doesn't show an edit history
and you don't have to pay for it Megan Ellis / MakeUseOf : You Can Now Edit Your Threads Posts (if You're Quick) Saurav Dey / KnowTechie : Threads is rolling out its new “Edit” button (and for free!) ...
Google plans to shut down Google Podcasts “later in 2024”, moving its streaming listeners to YouTube Music, which will support US podcasts and RSS feeds by 2024
Again the question - how can you possibly TRUST basing your usage on Google products? — It's gotten to the point where I simply don't try out new Google services, because I know that they will go aw...
Elon Musk claims “block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs”, without giving any details, in a reply to a user's X post about block vs. mute
the ability to block trolls Metro.co.uk : Elon Musk plans to stop letting X (formerly Twitter) users block each other Jorge Aguilar / Android Police : The app formally known as Twitter continues its d...
An in-depth look at the regulatory risks for OpenAI under GDPR, including questions around future data scraping and handling “right to be forgotten” requests
The European Union's fight with ChatGPT is a glance into what's to come for AI services. LinkedIn: Yash Thakker . Mastodon: @Woodchaz@social.vivaldi.net . Tweets: @adamthierer and @gonnetpedro LinkedI...