A book excerpt traces “wrong number” texts to Chinese gangs in Cambodia and Myanmar that use forced labor to run pig butchering scams involving Tether
The mysterious WhatsApp message arrived one night in August 2022, while I was out at a bar with a friend: “Hi David, I'm Vicky Ho don't you remember me?” X: @bw , @bw , @joelwebershow , @yueqi_yang , ...
How Elon Musk's Twitter usage and stewardship is making him toxic for many Tesla customers and shareholders at a time when the company badly needs new business
If Elon Musk has a tragic flaw, it isn't his temper, or his treatment of underlings, or his refusal to follow securities laws. Tweets: @joelwebershow , @rstephens , @jessefelder , @johnauthers , @bria...
Crypto created a toy financial system and had a toy financial crisis; in order to work in the long run, crypto must prove its real usefulness outside of finance
as Matt concludes— they need to have both: 1) Ties to the real-world economy 2) Subordination to the rule of law https://www.bloomberg.com/... @carnage4life : Crypto solves the problem of allowing any...
A look at business email compromise scams involving US real estate, and the small Secret Service team that helped recover $244M+ in stolen BEC funds since 2019
For weeks, the Secret Service agent had been trying to identify the scammers moving millions of stolen dollars through banks around the New York tri-state area. Tweets: @amyokruk , @secretservice , @j...
After investors bet an estimated ~$100B on self-driving vehicle startups, little progress has been made as companies take shortcuts and losses continue to mount
The first car woke Jennifer King at 2 a.m. with a loud, high‑pitched hum. “It sounded like a hovercraft,” she says, and that wasn't the weird part. Tweets: @trippmickle , @trengriffin , @joelwebersho...
Apple AirPods Pro (second-gen) review: improved ANC, sound quality, and clarity, but same old design, a Lightning connector, and no major new software features
the same, but also way better Andrew O'Hara / AppleInsider : Apple Watch Ultra is impressive, but can't replace my dive watch just yet Mashable : The new AirPods Pro look old but sound fresh Joe Rossi...
A look at the alliance of convenience between Facebook and Trump admin as sources say Zuckerberg told employees that Facebook is likely to fare better under GOP
In late 2019, during one of Mark Zuckerberg's many trips to Washington to defend Facebook in front of Congress … Tweets: @jasonschreier , @kurtwagner8 , @dannydougherty , @kurtwagner8 , @sarahfrier , ...
Profile of Zoox, which has been building an autonomous car from scratch since 2014 and has raised $800M to date, including $500M in July at a valuation of $3.2B
The mystery box sits inside an all-white room in an office building in San Francisco. It's a large, wooden crate with no features … Tweets: @felixgillette , @joelwebershow , @mcannonbrookes , and @er...