Ben Horowitz says he and his wife plan to make a “significant” personal donation to Kamala Harris' campaign; Horowitz and Marc Andreessen endorsed Trump in July
tech oligarchs depend heavily on their access in washington, so will do everything they can to keep it. a16z desperately wants washington to legitimize crypto, so they can get a return on their signi...
Interviews with 20+ current and former TSMC staff at its Arizona plant finds struggles over bridging Taiwanese and US norms, rigid hierarchies, and other issues
the company's new chip plant allegedly plagued by worker abuses Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.2207: TSMC's Arizona culture clash, Apple preps new iPads, Vision Pro forecasts cut, AI pois...
Former FTX employees detail the chaotic days after its collapse: mass resignations, learning news from social media, equity compensation going to zero, and more
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @tomgara , @mattzeitlin , @tomgara , @velocitywong , @gunjanjs , @davidkeo , @niubi , @dannygroner , @aosipovich , and @daviduberti Tweets: Tom Gara / @tomgara : Also, o...
Crypto and blockchain startups raised $28B+ in 2021, up 4x YoY, according to PitchBook, as large tech companies lose execs and engineers to crypto companies
Tech executives and engineers are quitting Google, Meta, Amazon and other large companies for what they say is a once-in-generation opportunity with crypto. Tweets: @cdixon , @asvanevik , @apompliano ...
Analysis of Intel's Foundry Services event: a transparent and clarifying keynote outlining a bold plan to overcome Intel's problems by using its strengths
but It Has to Catch Up First Tweets: Pat Gelsinger / @pgelsinger : Intel's advanced #manufacturing scale is critical for the U.S. and the world, and we are investing $20 billion in two new state-of-th...
Inside Quibi's implosion, aided by the divisive management styles of Katzenberg and Whitman, compounded by a failure to understand its digital-native audience
The Emmy race has begun! Vulture is taking a close look at the contenders until nomination-round voting closes on July 13. Tweets: @dkthomp , @nymag , @dkthomp , @nymag , @mattzeitlin , and @walthick...
Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first 20 members, out of a total of 40, who will oversee challenging content issues
“We want to make sure the content people … Steven Levy / Wired : Facebook Names the 20 People Who Can Overrule Mark Zuckerberg Chinmayi Arun / Just Security : The Facebook Oversight Board: An Experime...
Facebook disbands its widely publicized “War Room”, says it wasn't a permanent solution, touts Strategic Response Team as its way to handle future crises
Mark Zuckerberg is in a crisis of leadership. Fortune : Data Sheet—Bitcoin Bites It Casey Newton / The Verge : The UK's inquiry into fake news is focused on a long-dead bikini-finding app Mike Godwin ...
How Saudi government-related funds, like the country's main tech university endowment and Aramco's Wisayah, invest in US VC firms, often confidentially
People talk about money from “the Saudis.” But it's not that simple. Who exactly are “the Saudis,” anyway? Tweets: @mattzeitlin , @amir , @ketchcast , @teddyschleifer , @ex67t20 , @teddyschleifer , ...