Sources: X employees are increasingly being asked to spend time on xAI initiatives; xAI is using a data center once leased by Twitter, but now leased by Tesla
Tesla is fast running out of early adopters, but its cars are still too expensive for most buyers Threads: Parker Thompson / @parkert : Elon has always had a disregard for shareholders, which worked o...
X launches a private beta of X Hiring, a job posting feature for verified organizations, allowing them to “organically reach millions of relevant candidates”
Who goes to LinkedIn to look for a job? Nah, those days are over. X is the new place to find your next employer.
X launches its job posting feature X Hiring in beta for verified organizations, allowing them to “organically reach millions of relevant candidates”
Who goes to LinkedIn to look for a job? Nah, those days are over. X is the new place to find your next employer.
An interview with reclusive Bitcoin programmer @Fiatjaf on building the Nostr protocol to offer an alternative to Twitter and other centralized social media
Which Should Developers Care About More? Quentyn Kennemer / SlashGear : Twitter Alternative Bluesky Hits 100k Members Before Exiting Beta Tweets: @j3s7m4n : “500,000 daily Nostr users have sent each o...
A profile of, and interview with, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on AGI, “not moving fast and breaking things”, launching the Sparrow chatbot in 2023, and more
Demis Hassabis stands halfway up a spiral staircase, surveying the cathedral he built. Tweets: @glenngabe , @billyperrigo , @paulroetzer , @time , @eileentso , @jeffnesbit , @sarthakgh , @deepmind , a...
NYC-based job-focused social network Polywork raised a $28M Series B led by ex-GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and Caffeinated Capital, and launches out of private beta
Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch :
As Xbox turns 20, Phil Spencer and other executives discuss future plans, including Game Pass and xCloud, exclusive games, Xbox history, and more
it won't end here Pure Xbox : Phil Spencer: Xbox Game Pass Isn't ‘Burning Cash’, It's Very Sustainable Nalin Rawat / fossbytes.com : Xbox's 20th Anniversary: Halo Launch, TV Show, Backward Compatibili...
Polywork, a business-focused social network in private beta that emphasizes the work people do over job titles, raises $13M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz
Jack Kennedy / Silicon Republic :
Report: most major tech companies in Silicon Valley have kept paying their thousands of unionized blue-collar workers for now, but future remains uncertain
Cyrus Farivar / NBC News : Tweets: @laszlobock , @carnage4life , @nbcnews , @suchipahi , @_jack_poulson , @nbcnewstech , @unitehere_19 , @jrbinsv , @gigworkersrise , @cfarivar , @alexhanna , and @iso...
HQ Trivia launches HQ Words, a Wheel of Fortune-style game that's been in closed beta for months, and reinstalls Rus Yusupov as CEO
HQ's expansion beyond trivia is emerging from beta, but the question is whether it's different and accessible enough to revive the startup's growth.