Tech leaders embracing Trump for short-term gain may ultimately imperil their companies and is counter to Silicon Valley's idealistic roots
it's that Silicon Valley's view of freedom was always aligned with libertarianism, not progressivism. Levy suggests that Trump's “values violently clashed with the egalitarian impulses of the digital ...
How the Shoggoth, a character from a 1936 H.P. Lovecraft novella, became a meme among AI workers as a metaphor for not fully understanding LLMs' inner workings
The Shoggoth, a character from a science fiction story, captures the essential weirdness of the A.I. moment. Tweets: @tikiambassador , @henryfarrell , @kevinroose , @tiagodf , @jasoncolavito , @kevino...
Binance says 2M BNB, worth ~$570M, were stolen from its BNB Chain in an exploit; “majority” of BNB are in the hacker's wallet, ~$100M worth were “unrecovered”
Then It Got Complicated The Guardian : World's largest crypto exchange hacked with possible losses of $500m Ephrat Livni / New York Times : Binance Blockchain Hit by $570 Million Hack, Exposing Crypto...
Rural US broadband carriers, of which about 25% reportedly use Huawei equipment, say Huawei ban will hinder rural high-speed internet rollout
but ultimately liable to fail, causing immense harm (globally) in the process. Trump's economic illiteracy continues to take a toll. https://twitter.com/... Henry Farrell / @henryfarrell : 1. A thread...
Inside the crypto world's biggest scandal: how the Tezos story unfolded into a tragedy after raising $232M in the largest ICO at the time
Arthur and Kathleen Breitman thought they held the secret to building a new decentralized utopia. On the way, they plunged into a new kind of hell. Tweets: @henryfarrell , @wired , @lucas_lclc , @lau...
US government officially blames Russia for hacking DNC and a range of other institutions and prominent individuals to “interfere with the US election process”
Internal strategy documents and emails … Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Feds Pin Political Hacks on Russia. But How to Respond? Laura Hautala / CNET : Hacking trust: Fears of election-tampering shake faith...