The White House may condemn Elon Musk, but the US has signed a $1.2B SpaceX deal, including for Starshield, a key China deterrent, showing its dependence on him
Rarely has the U.S. government so depended on the technology provided by a single technologist with views that it has so publicly declared repugnant. Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social . X: @ericli...
A look at the hurdles that tech startups like autonomous drone developer Shield AI face in competing for Pentagon funding against more entrenched weapons makers
New York Times : X: @shieldaitech and @ericliptonnyt X: @shieldaitech : Our AI pilot is flying on multiple #aircraft today! @EricLiptonNYT with @nytimes highlighted the unmatched capabilities of our ...
FTX claims the company was hacked, telling users to delete FTX apps, not install app updates, and not to visit FTX.com, after $600M+ in crypto left its wallets
trustless, permissionless, uncensorable crypto—is the only path forward for the future. This week, we grieved. Next week, we build. @cz_binance : What a sh!t show... And it's going to be crypto's faul...
A look at the rise of DAOs as they wrestle with infighting and other challenges; DeepDAO: the value of cryptocurrencies held in DAOs rose 3,200% in 2021 to $13B
The cryptocurrency boom has spawned enterprises democratically governed by a community of users. Or that's the theory. Tweets: @blockanalia , @annmlipton , @ericliptonnyt , and @ericliptonnyt Tweets:...
Profile of BlockFi, which says it has $10B+ in assets, 450K+ clients, licenses in 28 states, and uses digital assets as collateral to provide loans in minutes
The boom in companies offering cryptocurrency loans and high-yield deposit accounts is disrupting the banking industry and leaving regulators scrambling to catch up. Tweets: @rebeccaspang , @flitteron...
Google's partnership with Samsung to merge Wear OS with Samsung's Tizen comes after years of Google failing to build a cohesive wearables strategy
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge : Tweets: @ericliptonnyt , @jarango , and @killedbygoogle Tweets: Eric Lipton / @ericliptonnyt : THE VERGE: Despite all that hardware, software, and engineering prowess, ...
Overview of the major uptick in spending on lobbying in the US by crypto organizations like Coinbase, Ripple, and trade groups like the Blockchain Association
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How one disgruntled person destroyed the online reputations of 145+ people, aided by “complaint sites” in the US and platforms like Google that rarely intervene
Outrageous lies destroyed Guy Babcock's online reputation. When he went hunting for their source, what he discovered was worse than he could have imagined. Tweets: @kashhill , @zoeschiffer , @dabeard...
Google calls DOJ's case deeply flawed: “People use Google because they choose to, not because they're forced to, or because they can't find alternatives”
but it's the government's power to police big tech that's on trial Financial Times : Google/antitrust: unparanoid Android Mark Sullivan / Fast Company : Why Google is poised to win the DOJ's antitrust...
Senate Intelligence Committee concludes Putin ordered the 2016 hacking of Democratic Party accounts and the release of emails to harm Hillary Clinton's campaign
it's a clarion warning call for the upcoming election. https://twitter.com/... Joyce Alene / @joycewhitevance : GOP Senators signed off on the report's conclusion Trump discussed Wikileaks' release of...