ByteDance asks SCOTUS to block the US law that could ban TikTok on January 19; when asked about the law, Trump says he has a “warm spot” in his heart for TikTok
Small business owners love TikTok for marketing and sales. Stella Martorana / Research Live : TikTok appeals to supreme court against US ban Fox Business : TikTok calls on Supreme Court to issue emerg...
Faulty court filing redactions: TikTok executives were unconcerned with the harms the app poses for US teenagers, despite internal research validating concerns
and Its Executives Knew All Along Chase DiBenedetto / Mashable : TikTok execs know exactly how many videos it takes to get addicted to its platform Nehal Malik / iPhone in Canada Blog : TikTok Knew Ab...
Interviews with Garry Tan, Paul Graham, YC partners, and others about Tan reshaping YC in a “return to roots”, as some founders complain about politicization
Former venture capitalist Garry Tan has slashed programs and turned up the mics in a bid to restore … X: @johnpaczkowski , @madhuyalamarthi , @yuris , and @n_sportelli LinkedIn: Alex Konrad and Alex K...
An interview with Guillaume Verdon, who founded stealth AI startup Extropic and is behind the @BasedBeffJezos persona at the center of effective accelerationism
and spoke to Guillaume Verdon, the self-described “gentle Canadian” behind the account. https://www.forbes.com/... @autismcapital : New Forbes article on e/acc and unfortunately doxxing Beff Jezos. It...
An interview with Guillaume Verdon, founder of stealth AI startup Extropic who is behind the @BasedBeffJezos persona at the center of effective accelerationism
and spoke to Guillaume Verdon, the self-described “gentle Canadian” behind the account. https://www.forbes.com/... William Turton / @williamturton : “doxxing” has lost all meaning. the guy confirms hi...
A profile of Alexandr Wang, a co-founder of Scale AI, which outsources ~240K workers via its subsidiary Remotasks to label the data used to train AI systems
hundreds of thousands of them — powering AI. https://www.forbes.com/... https://twitter.com/... @ycombinator : “There's two things I deeply believe. One, AI is a huge force for good, and it needs to b...
California regulators close SVB and name the FDIC as the receiver to protect insured deposits; SVB ended 2022 with ~$209B in assets and $175.4B in deposits
banks, lawyers, etc — and it's a minor but not insignificant screening mechanism. https://twitter.com/... Jason Zweig / @jasonzweigwsj : If you want to create a perverse incentive for banks to become ...
Twitter delays its new paid API launch by “a few more days”, claiming “there has been an immense amount of enthusiasm for the upcoming changes with Twitter API”
it's another to see exactly what that entails. @kottke@botsin.space : These updates about the Twitter API continue to be insulting and full of bullshit. Enthusiasm. Optimal experience. What a bunch...
An analysis of Elon Musk's reported attempts to raise money for Twitter via an equity sale at an absurd price, why his successor will be unpopular, and more
Matt Levine / Bloomberg : Tweets: @matt_levine , @shoepergirl , @gthartley , @iihavetoes , @johnpaczkowski , @ben_mathes , and @rachaelmyrow Tweets: Matt Levine / @matt_levine : This newsletter must ...
Elon Musk briefly joined a Twitter Space hosted by a BuzzFeed News tech reporter discussing the latest bans, but left after journalists asked him questions
just so transparent https://twitter.com/... Tom Gara / @tomgara : Friendship ended with KATIE https://twitter.com/... Marisa Kabas / @marisakabas : audio of elon musk joining @katienotopoulos twitter ...