Q&A with Kara Swisher on Sam Altman's determination to “do anything to make OpenAI win”, Elon Musk, the tech industry's Trump pivot, and more
After a year of dominating mega-deals and driving stock-market gains, the tech industry is poised for a pivotal 2026 that centers largely … X: @x_delcourt , @business , @business , and @aogarza Bluesk...
How David Sacks' AI and crypto policies in Trump's White House benefit his investments, those of his Silicon Valley friends, and the All-In podcast he co-hosts
Calls Conflict Claims “Nothing Burger” Mike Pearl / Gizmodo : 438 Reasons to Doubt that David Sacks Should Work for the Federal Government Mark Toon / Protos : David Sacks sends silly legal threat to ...
How Meta's financing structure for its $27B Louisiana data center, which helps it keep debt off its books, hinges on some convenient accounting assumptions
“... a marvel of financial engineering: Meta Platforms is building a $27 billion data center in Louisiana, financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet...
Meta rolls out a tool that lets users attach up to 10,000 characters of text to Threads posts, giving users a way to build upon posts' 500-character text limit
Meta's Threads app is adding a way for users to post up to 10,000 characters … Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada : Threads Users Can Now Add Up to 10,000 Characters to Posts Tim Marcin / Mashable : Thr...
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 ...
FTC v. Meta: Meta's lead attorney disparaged tech journalists Kara Swisher and Om Malik, calling Malik a “failed blogger”, resurfacing years-old media tensions
Meta's lead attorney called a once-prominent tech journalist a “failed blogger.” Bluesky: @wavesblog , @karaswisher , @karaswisher , @quillmatiq.com , and @anildash.com X: @jason_kint , @jason_kint , ...
Inside the Tether vs. Circle rivalry; sources: Circle executives regularly met US Treasury officials and others in 2024 to flag Tether's national security risks
Angus Berwick / Wall Street Journal : Bluesky: @karaswisher . Forums: Hacker News Bluesky: Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : Not sure I would bet against Circle here: www.wsj.com/finance/curr... Forums: ...
President Trump names Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano as assets to be included in a strategic US crypto reserve, causing significant price surges
Crypto Braced For Another Trump Shock After Bitcoin, XRP, Solana And Cardano Price Boom CoinDesk : Here Is What Crypto Leaders Are Saying About Trump's Crypto Reserve Plans Matthew Gault / Gizmodo : C...
Sources outline negotiations between the Biden administration and TikTok ahead of the ban, as company insiders refute claims that a blackout helped their case
When TikTok pleaded with outgoing Biden officials and threatened to go offline, the White House pushed back, declaring it all a “stunt.” Bluesky: @karaswisher and @drewharwell.com . Threads: @drewharw...
Q&A with Marc Andreessen on his political evolution from a “normie Democrat” to a Donald Trump supporter, and what he and others expect from the administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o... Jan-Werner Mueller / @jwmueller-pu : “The E.U. is, as you know, regulating itself to death. And they're damaging themselves mostly, but what they're also doing is dama...