Elon Musk departs the Trump administration as a “special government employee”, defending DOGE's mission to reduce wasteful government spending
Now the job falls to the insidious fossil-fuel-funded creep Russell Vought, their henchman at OMB. E.W. Niedermeyer / @niedermeyer.online : “Say what you will about Elon Musk, the man thinks ahead.” ...
Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old DOGE member, was fired by cybersecurity firm Path Network from an internship in June 2022 for allegedly leaking info to rivals
(Bloomberg) - Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old member of Elon Musk's squad that's criss-crossing US government agencies, was fired from an internship after he was accused of sharing information with a ...
Sensor Tower: in February 2024, X had 27M US DAUs of its mobile app, down 18% YoY, and the US user base has been flat or down every month since November 2022
X usage has declined as downloads of Threads have surged in recent weeks. — The number of people using X daily is falling … Threads: @lorakolodny , @georgescriban , @clarajeffery , @chancerydaily , ...
Substack's founders criticize Twitter, saying the abrupt change is a reminder of why writers need a platform “that protects the free press and free speech”
Substack is part of a seismic shift in the media economy … Shweta Ganjoo / Techlusive : Twitter bans liking, retweeting Substack link: Here's why Lon Harris / dot.LA : Twitter Goes to War With Substac...
How startup founders are reacting to Silicon Valley Bank's collapse, as some worry about frozen funds, operating expenses, and paying employees full salaries
'The Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a leading lender to startups and venture capitalists … Bloomberg : Khosla Ventures Tells Some Startups Firm Will Cover Payroll South China Morning Post : China joint ve...
Book review of An Ugly Truth: an effective examination of every major Facebook scandal and shortcomings in Facebook's leadership, structure, and accountability
k, how did we miss this?’ An upcoming book reveals new details about the meeting where Mark Zuckerberg learned Russia had infiltrated Facebook Tweets: J.D. Vance / @jdvance1 : I can't get over how man...
At all-hands, Zuckerberg said that Biden won the election, Bannon violated policies but not enough to shutter his account, Facebook isn't adverse to legislation
Mark Zuckerberg https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Luke O'Brien / @lukeobrien : Mark Zuckerberg could not make a better case for regulation. https://www.reuters.com/... Rat King / @mikeisaac : Zuckerbe...
In a rare public protest at Facebook, hundreds of staff staged a virtual walkout, pushing back on Zuckerberg's choice to let Trump's inflammatory posts stand
Since macOS 10.12 there's … Theodore Schleifer / Vox : Change will be harder for Silicon Valley than just donating money Wall Street Journal : Social Media Becomes Battleground Over Days of Street Pro...
Twitter is inserting tweets into the feeds of users that do not follow the accounts which posted them, sometimes inadvertently amplifying extremist rhetoric
Oliver Darcy / CNN : Tweets: @oliverdarcy , @clarajeffery , @oliverdarcy , @dduart3 , @jenmercieca , @alexhern , @chuckrossdc , and @cwarzel See also Mediagazer Tweets: Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy : ...
Sundar Pichai's appearance before Congress was another in a long line of pointless hearings, where lawmakers display limited knowledge and execs are evasive
everybody's happy, even if little is accomplished.” http://www.buzzfeed.com/... Rakesh Agrawal / @rakeshlobster : Lawmakers are playing to the cameras and their constituents. This ends the same way it...