President Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family's World Liberty Financial
reporting no longer grounded in truth. The facts are clear and stated as follows: 👇 @acyn : Collins: Can you explain why you chose to pardon the founder of Binance and did it have anything to do with ...
How disparate forms of media and entertainment are converging on a continuous flow of episodic video, across streaming services, podcasts, and social media apps
social media, podcasts, etc. … Justin Bruno : We are getting lonelier, meaner, and dumber. — This piece from Derek Thompson is such a good overview of where we are and how we got here. … Vanessa Ote...
Q&A with Stanford researchers on their recent study finding that, since 2022, US employment in the most AI-exposed fields has fallen 13% for entry-level workers
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Trump says Elon Musk “went CRAZY” and that canceling his government contracts is “the easiest way to save money”, as their One Big Beautiful bill feud escalates
Musk has gone to war with Donald Trump. What happens next? Dan Milmo / The Guardian : Elon Musk signals he may back down in public row with Donald Trump Wired : Elon Musk's Feud With President Trump ...
Execs at G/O Media, owner of Gizmodo, Jezebel, and others, say the company will publish more AI-generated stories despite blowback for botched first attempts
Why G/O Media thinks we should have more stories written by bots. — In early July, managers at G/O media … Bluesky: @danilo.redeem-tomorrow.com . Twitter: @kylebrussell , @ryanvailbrown , @dkthomp ,...
Twitter starts paying Twitter Blue creators who earned 5M+ impressions per month for three months a revenue cut from the ads beside the replies to their tweets
Creators can now make money on Twitter. My take 👇 … Bluesky: David Chen / @davechen.bsky.social : If this story is to be believed (big if. Huge if), then literally just spending time on Twitter and ...
A look at some implications for generative AI: “answer engines” replacing search engines, AI mastering cognitive tasks by surveilling how experts work, and more
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A look at Black American crypto investors, many of whom bought in near the top, as the market declines from its 2021 peak and some lose significant sums
Two years ago, a Maryland-based information-technology specialist—who asked to remain anonymous for reasons that will become apparent in a minute … Tweets: @dkthomp , @raadzzi , @_shamgod , @willbredd...
[Thread] Elon Musk says a “new Twitter policy” will deboost and demonetize “negative/hate tweets” and reinstates Kathy Griffin, Jordan Peterson, and Babylon Bee
This week has been a week. Okay, let's just get into it. — Twitter needs to die Derek Saul / Forbes : ‘Freedom Of Speech, But Not Freedom Of Reach’: Musk Reinstates Kathy Griffin And Jordan Peterso...
SEC filing: Twitter's board invites shareholders to a special meeting to vote on Elon Musk's acquisition and unanimously recommends they approve the deal
that Twitter won't give him sufficient information about bots—is a little more plausible. But Twitter's response is compelling. Weeks after the agreement was inked, and they still sent over massive am...