2026-01-23
Good stuff from @Google. This will help level the playing field, particularly for those new to the college admissions process and/or without ready access to standardized test prep services. 👍, @sundarpichai!
TechCrunch
Google launches free SAT practice exams in the Gemini app, providing students with performance analysis and detailed explanations for incorrect answers
Prepping for the SAT is nobody's idea of fun, but Google aims to make it less stressful with AI. The company announced that it's …
2026-01-22
Good stuff from @Google. This will help level the playing field, particularly for those new to the college admissions process and/or without ready access to standardized test prep services. 👍, @sundarpichai!
TechCrunch
Google launches free SAT practice exams in the Gemini app, providing students with performance analysis and detailed explanations for incorrect answers
Prepping for the SAT is nobody's idea of fun, but Google aims to make it less stressful with AI. The company announced that it's …
2025-01-03
For a decade, I've argued that so-called “net neutrality” regulations are unlawful (not to mention pointless). Today, the Sixth Circuit held exactly that. You can read the court's excellent opinion here: https://opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/ opinions.pdf/25a0002p-06.pdf It's time for regulators and activists to give up on this tired non-issue once and for all and focus on what actually matters to American consumers—like improving Internet access and promoting online innovation.
Reuters
A US appeals court rules the FCC did not have legal authority to reinstate net neutrality rules; incoming FCC Chair Brendan Carr opposed the 2024 reinstatement
A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission did not have the legal authority to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules.
2024-12-01
I don't know the particulars about this technology. But I do know that the combination of regulation (here, effective prohibition) through “raised eyebrow” and governmental embrace of the precautionary principle is deadly for innovation. This cannot remain the norm. H/T @pmarca
@davidmarcus
Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus says there was no legal or regulatory angle for the government to kill its Libra project and “it was 100% a political kill”
For reasons you can guess at, debanking has been the topic du jour in my Twitter feed. Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge News : FinTech CEOs Expose How Feds Colluded In ‘Debanking’ Schemes ...
2024-11-30
I don't know the particulars about this technology. But I do know that the combination of regulation (here, effective prohibition) through “raised eyebrow” and governmental embrace of the precautionary principle is deadly for innovation. This cannot remain the norm. H/T @pmarca
@davidmarcus
Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus says there was no legal or regulatory angle for the government to kill its Libra project and “it was 100% a political kill”
How Libra Was Killed. I never shared this publicly before, but since @pmarca opened the floodgates on @joerogan's pod, it feels appropriate to shed more light on this. As a reminde...
2024-11-27
“A Chinese commercial vessel that has been surrounded by European warships in international waters . . . deliberately severed two critical data cables last week as its anchor was dragged along the Baltic seabed for over 100 miles.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Sources: investigators suspect Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 dragged its anchor for 100+ miles to sever two Baltic internet cables, possibly at the behest of Russia
NATO warships surround Yi Peng 3, a Chinese bulk carrier at the center of an international probe into suspected sabotage Bluesky: @martinsfp.bsky.social . X: @auonsson , @airassets...
2024-02-27
Google Gemini: Hitler “was responsible for the deaths of approximately 17 million people.” Yours truly repealed #netneutrality regulations, which “could lead to ISPs throttling Internet speeds.” Conclusion: “It is difficult to say definitely who caused more harm to society.” [image]
Stratechery
While Google paused Gemini's image generation, its text generation tool also gives absurd responses, highlighting the need for open-source AI models to flourish
and it's going to be hard to fix Threads: Vishwanath Sarang / @vishwanathsarang : I guess there is finally a day when I disagree with @stratechery. Do not attribute to over-engine...
2023-05-23
Congratulations to FCC nominees @BrendanCarrFCC, @GeoffreyStarks, and @AMG8697! Commissioners Carr and Starks have served with distinction for years and Anna Gomez would leverage a wide range of public and private experience, including @FCC and @NTIAgov. https://www.whitehouse.gov/...
The Hollywood Reporter
Biden nominates veteran government lawyer Anna Gomez as FCC Commissioner, and nominates Democrat Geoffrey Starks and Republican Brendan Carr for new FCC terms
2023-03-26
RIP, Gordon Moore: giant of the American technological revolution founded @intel and earlier formulated what's now known as “Moore's Law” (number of transistors that could fit on circuit boards would double every 18-24 months for at least a decade). https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Intel
Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, the author of Moore's Law, dies at 94
and the world it created Bloomberg : Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder Who Coined Chip Rule, Dies at 94 Aman Gupta / Livemint : Who was Gordon Moore? 10 things to know about the Intel...
2022-11-29
On Nov. 9, Apple released iOS 16.1.1. One change applied only to iPhones sold in China: AirDrop's “Everyone” setting lasts only for 10 minutes, limiting direct connections and hobbling a tool that “has been an effective communication tool for protestors.” https://finance.yahoo.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Chinese protestors are holding up blank pieces of paper as a protest against censorship, leading platforms and censors to quickly remove the images
Wall Street Journal :
2022-11-02
“The British communications regulator has sounded the death knell of the fax machine.” @Ofcom has begun process “to scrap legislation compelling @BT_UK, the former state-owned monopoly, to provide dedicated landlines for the devices at affordable prices.” https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
The UK's Ofcom begins scrapping legislation compelling BT and KCOM to provide affordable, dedicated landlines, sounding the death knell for the fax machine
Financial Times :
2022-09-19
In 2010, @peterthiel announced the Thiel Fellowship, a $100K stipend for entrepreneurs to start businesses and forego college for 2 years. In 2012, Dylan Field became a Fellow and co-founded @Figma. Last week, Figma was sold to @Adobe for $20 billion. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Protocol
Adobe's $20B Figma acquisition will likely face antitrust scrutiny over whether the deal would snuff out competition or harm consumers by taking away choices
Hello, and welcome to Pipeline. I'm Biz Carson, and I'm devastated after I lost my 149-day Wordle streak to “parer” yesterday.
In 2010, @peterthiel announced the Thiel Fellowship, a $100K stipend for entrepreneurs to start businesses and forego college for 2 years. In 2012, Dylan Field became a Fellow and co-founded @Figma. Last week, Figma was sold to @Adobe for $20 billion. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
A profile of Figma founder Dylan Field, who will become the wealthiest person from the Thiel Fellowship by far, as PitchBook estimates his stake is worth $2B+
2022-08-26
“@SpaceX and @TMobile said they plan to work together to use the rocket company's satellites to provide connections to T-Mobile cellphones across the U.S., even in remote areas with no current wireless service.” https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
T-Mobile and SpaceX partner to let customers in areas lacking T-Mobile service use Starlink for SMS, MMS, and “select messaging apps” in some markets in 2023
“Coverage Above and Beyond” promises to bring an end to dead zones — T-Mobile says it's getting rid …
2022-06-20
836 days after the @FCC urged aviation industry to “take appropriate action, if necessary, to ensure protection of [altimeters],” the FAA says wireless carriers “voluntarily” agreed to delay #5G for another *year* as airlines retrofit certain altimeters. https://www.reuters.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Reuters
The US FAA says Verizon and AT&T agreed to delay some C-Band 5G usage until July 2023 as airlines retrofit some airplane radio altimeters to limit interference
2022-06-19
836 days after the @FCC urged aviation industry to “take appropriate action, if necessary, to ensure protection of [altimeters],” the FAA says wireless carriers “voluntarily” agreed to delay #5G for another *year* as airlines retrofit certain altimeters. https://www.reuters.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Reuters
The US FAA says Verizon and AT&T have voluntarily agreed to delay some C-Band 5G usage until July 2023 as airlines retrofit some airplane radio altimeters
The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that Verizon Communications (VZ.N) and AT&T (T.N) have voluntarily agreed to delay …
2022-01-06
Curious if this is broadly true: a VC “said his firm has given up on investing in consumer tech completely and has been busy persuading scientists and semiconductor engineers to start businesses. It hasn't been easy because not many scientists have the entrepreneurial drive.” https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
The number of unemployed Chinese tech workers is growing amid fears that China's tech crackdown could kill the entrepreneurial drive that made it a tech power
Li Yuan / New York Times : Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @ajitpai , @kennedycsis , @jorge_guajardo , @david_mulroney , @charlesmok , @liyuan6 , and @paratus2014 Tweets: @nytimesbusin...
2021-11-14
“Everyone is blabbing about the #metaverse. But what does this future digital world look like? @WSJ's @JoannaStern checked into a hotel and strapped on a virtual-reality headset for the day.” An eye-opening look at a virtual future. https://www.wsj.com/...
Financial Times
Internal memo: Andrew Bosworth says Meta's virtual worlds need “almost Disney levels of safety” but moderation at “meaningful scale is practically impossible”
2021-11-13
“Everyone is blabbing about the #metaverse. But what does this future digital world look like? @WSJ's @JoannaStern checked into a hotel and strapped on a virtual-reality headset for the day.” An eye-opening look at a virtual future. https://www.wsj.com/...
Financial Times
Internal memo: Andrew Bosworth says Meta's virtual worlds need “almost Disney levels of safety” but moderation at “meaningful scale is practically impossible”
from keeping a platform safe to correctly enforcing your own app store acceptance policies—seems to be impossible. https://www.ft.com/... Hannah Murphy / @mshannahmurphy : He also ...
2021-07-03
Justice Gorsuch on NYT v. Sullivan: “It seems that publishing without investigation, fact-checking, or editing has become the optimal legal strategy. Under the actual malice regime as it has evolved, ‘ignorance is bliss’” (later citing then-Prof. Kagan). https://www.supremecourt.gov/ ... https://twitter.com/...
CNN
Justices Gorsuch and Thomas call for review of a 1964 SCOTUS ruling that made it harder for public figures to claim libel, citing disinformation on social media
(CNN)Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch on Friday said the Supreme Court should revisit the breadth of the landmark …