How Silicon Valley became obsessed with effective altruism, championed by SBF before he dismissed it as a dodge, and doomsday scenarios like killer rogue AI
Sonia Joseph was 14 years old when she first read Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, a mega-popular piece of fan fiction … Tweets: @chafkin , @ellenhuet , @business , @can , @crypto , @sonia...
Despite claims of diversity and inclusion, Asian Americans in Silicon Valley still face racism and are least likely to break into leadership positions
Tech companies love to crow about diversity and inclusion. Workers see a racist “bait and switch.” — Silicon Valley executives sometimes seem … Tweets: @quelquefois , @priyasideas , @ekp , @ericbah...
Some Black medical professionals who are voluntarily countering misinfo on Clubhouse about COVID-19 and its vaccine say they have been harassed and bullied
- Conspiracies flourish on app including about vaccines and 5G — 'Hey, I was skeptical too, but here's where I am now' Tweets: @mattyglesias , @williamturton , @williamturton , @ericgeller , @jilli...
Inside the growing split between Silicon Valley and the Democratic Party, once allies, as leading presidential candidates express extreme worries about Big Tech
With help from Cristiano Lima … Julie Bort / Business Insider : WeWork founder Adam Neumann joked about changing the United States Constitution so he could run for president Tweets: Teddy Schleifer / ...
Study: Facebook lets ads target your account using info given for security purposes, like your phone number, as well as info from your friends' address books
Facebook Is Using Your Private Information … Seamus Bellamy / Boing Boing : Facebook's been caught using their customers' 2FA information to spam them with text ads John Glenday / The Drum : Extent of...
A look at “niche memes”, personal clip art diaries teens post on Instagram to close-knit followers, a trend that took off when they returned to school this fall
Almost every day, while she's waiting for soccer practice to begin or for her mom to pick her up from school … Tweets: @chaykak , @taylorlorenz , @parismartineau , @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , @tay...
Sam Altman and others launch VotePlz, a nonprofit, nonpartisan website aiming to help young people vote by letting users check registration status, and more
Nitasha Tiku / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @ellenhuet , @susie_c , @cbracy , @lisamcintire and @donnybridges . Thanks: @greenspanandham Tweets: Ellen Huet / @ellenhuet : “Sam Altman is back at it again with t...
San Francisco's antitech movement has fizzled before it ever really took off
Is the antitech movement obsolete? — Wearing a pig mask and sequined suit jacket, Amy Gilgan stood outside of Davies Symphony Hall on Thursday night to accept the McMansion award at the second annua...