How AI automation can fulfill Thomas Piketty's predictions on rising economic inequality, and why highly progressive taxes on capital can help slow the spiral
Piketty was wrong about the past. He's probably right about the future. — 1. Introduction X: @briancalbrecht , @saikatc , @harryh , @jankulveit , @daniel_271828 , @krishnanrohit , @besttrousers , @...
Q&A with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on Airbnb Experiences, launching new services, OpenAI, AI agents, making decisions at Airbnb, cutting PMs, Jony Ive, and more
Today, I'm talking with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. This is Brian's fourth time on the show, and he's one of my favorite guests … Bluesky: @roqueig and @mhwilliams Bluesky: John / @roqueig : Halfway thr...
After a backlash, Meta says newly viral AI-generated profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting them
and what you can do with it Mia Sato / The Verge : Meta's AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well Josh Kerwick / Star Observer : Meta Wipes Scrutinised AI Accounts, Including A “Black Qu...
Airbnb launches Icons, a new category of experiences that lets users meet celebrities and stay in outlandish venues, like a replica of the house from Pixar's Up
extraordinary experiences from the world's greatest icons Associated Press : Airbnb offering exotic experiences from a Paris museum to the house in ‘Up’ — some for free Natalie Lung / Bloomberg : Airb...
Coinbase launches Base, a Layer 2 network built on Optimism's OP Stack, offering access to Ethereum, Solana, and others, and has no plans for new network tokens
Sign up and get crypto Explore Learn Individuals Businesses Developers Company Sign … The Optimism Collective : Optimism Goes m̶u̶l̶t̶i̶ Superchain Tyler Pearson / DL News : SBF hit with new charges, ...
Brian Armstrong says Coinbase has heard “rumors” the SEC wants to “get rid of” crypto staking for retail investors, which “would be a terrible path for the US”
Now Comes The SEC Helen Partz / Cointelegraph : Community urges Coinbase to relist XRP as CEO fights for staking YouTube : Staking-as-a-Service | Office Hours with Gary Gensler Trustnodes : Coinbase t...
Uber's slow response to law enforcement requests and a complex request process are leaving drivers vulnerable to repeated attacks by riders using fake accounts
An investigation by The Markup found that Uber is slow to respond to law enforcement requests, leaving drivers vulnerable to repeated attacks Tweets: @andyjayhawk , @sisiwei , @jonkeegan , @themarkup ...
Hundreds of Twitter employees post farewell messages and salute emojis in Slack and tweets, announcing their resignations after Elon Musk's “hardcore” ultimatum
Plus: The GOP releases the moral idiocy … Happy Friday. Oliver Darcy / CNN : Inside Twitter as ‘mass exodus’ of staffers throws platform's future into uncertainty Stephen Warwick / iMore : Is Twitter ...
Six people, including Coinbase employees and prominent crypto developers, sue the US Treasury, Janet Yellen, and officials in Texas over Tornado Cash sanctions
Plaintiffs Joseph Van Loon, Tyler Almeida, Alexander Fisher, Preston Van Loon … David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times : Investors Sue Treasury Department for Blacklisting Crypto Platform Stacy Elliott ...
The person claiming responsibility for the FBI email server hack says they were able to send spam messages by abusing insecure code in the FBI's LEEP portal
even with how silly it was written AND not following protocol — was NOT the weird juju I wanted going into this weekend. https://krebsonsecurity.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... @embryoresist : 1) Bre...