Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on Threads, the future of AI, Quest 3, his Elon Musk rivalry, decentralized social media, “open-source” AI tools, encryption, and more
“[It] actually makes people feel more confident investing in a system if they know that they have freedom over how they operate. … X: Elon Musk / @elonmusk : @xDaily lmaooo @jamesborow : One of the be...
Q&A with Roblox CEO David Baszucki on the company adding experiences for people aged 17+, its aging users, its social graph, young developers, Robux, and more
@Roblox CEO @DavidBaszucki on @verge's @DecoderPod with @alexeheath and @reckless https://www.theverge.com/... [image] Alex Heath / @alexeheath : I recently sat down with @Roblox CEO @DavidBaszucki fo...
Source: Twitter abruptly fired around 50 engineers and warned dozens more on the evening before Thanksgiving; some were told their “code is not satisfactory”
Hearing that roughly 50 Twitter engineers were abruptly fired last night and dozens more received warnings: https://twitter.com/... Tweets: @alexeheath , @gergelyorosz , @gergelyorosz , @film_girl , @...
Q&A with Facebook app head Tom Alison on the needs of young adults, changes to the Feed, TikTok's influence, recommendation systems, political content, and more
Nilay Patel / The Verge : Tweets: @alexeheath , @tomalison , and @verge Tweets: Alex Heath / @alexeheath : This is the first in-depth interview with @tomalison, a longtime Facebook exec who took over...
Meta has moved its artificial intelligence group to the Reality Labs unit, shifting the AI team's focus towards metaverse-related efforts
Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information : Tweets: @alexeheath and @amir Tweets: Alex Heath / @alexeheath : @amir thoughts and prayers for the org chart updating Amir Efrati / @amir : If you work at ...
a16z names Sriram Krishnan as its newest GP, after roles at Facebook, Snap, Twitter; Krishnan has been consulting for nine months on an a16z “community project”
Marc Andreessen / Andreessen Horowitz : Tweets: @sriramk , @pmarca , @sriramk , @vintweeta , @austen , @vijaypande , @rrhoover , @hkanji , @benedictevans , @sriramk , @alexeheath , @amir , @sarthakgh...
Source: Sriram Krishnan, known for holding product leadership roles at Facebook, Twitter, and Snap, has joined Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner
Alex Heath / The Information : Tweets: @ericnewcomer , @jessicalessin , @alexeheath , @sriramkri , @moorehn , @mdudas , @cindygallop , @anmolm_ , @almostmedia , @yoda , @zebulgar , @canadakaz , @alex...
How Sundar Pichai is leading Google at a time when many of the company's strengths become the focus of intense public criticism and antitrust scrutiny
The low-key chief is contending with possible antitrust lawsuits, a revenue drop and pressure to take the company in new directions Tweets: @realrobcopeland , @wsjtech , @georgikantchev , @wsj , @alex...
As the coronavirus pandemic threatens to unravel Airbnb's business, some question whether CEO Brian Chesky can shift focus from new pursuits to preserving cash
The founder of the travel rental site has spent more than a decade building the company into one of the world's most influential startups. Tweets: @mdudas , @amir , @davidsacks , @coryweinberg , @alex...
20+ people, many who worked with Jack Dorsey at Square or Twitter, recall how he avoids decision-making, is a slower thinker, and sometime responds in riddles
“Jack is thinking about things at a different pace from the rest of us,” says Greg Kidd, who has known Jack Dorsey, now 42, since Dorsey was 19. Tweets: @bendwalsh , @_harshilshah , @hlplost , @darias...