How Chinese e-commerce companies like Pinduoduo pushing to lower prices are making China's deflation worse; HSBC says ~60% of Chinese consumers use e-commerce
New York Times : X: @michaelxpettis and @michaelxpettis X: Michael Pettis / @michaelxpettis : 2/2 Their activity forces a compression of business profits in favor of expanding real household income o...
At a DC event on May 1, over 100 tech CEOs and investors plan to lobby against AI regulation, ask to relax immigration rules, and drum up hawkishness on China
Jacob Helberg, a senior adviser to Palantir, is organizing a conference for tech leaders and Washington lawmakers on May 1.Jason Andrew for The New York Times X: @ainowinstitute , @thekenyeung , and @...
Meta plans to offer an ad-free option for Instagram and Facebook in the EU, EEA, and Switzerland, charging €9.99/month on the web or €12.99/month on mobile
who are, by definition, comfortable with having their data processed for the purposes of ads personalization — will choose to subscribe to avoid it. Sam Schechner / @samschech : Meta's going with the ...
Sources: Meta is considering paid, ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram for users in the EU, to fend off privacy concerns and scrutiny from EU regulators
#Meta is considering paid, ad-free versions of #Facebook and #Instagram for users in the EU, to fend off privacy concerns and scrutiny from EU regulators. — https://www.nytimes.com/... #privacy Blu...
In July, NYC will start enforcing a law requiring firms using AI in hiring to notify candidates of its use and have independent auditors check for bias annually
New York City's pioneering, focused approach sets rules on how companies use the technology in work force decisions. LinkedIn: Steve Katcher , Roy Kaufman , Alex Sommer , and Dr. Angela Jackson Tweets...
The NYT, LAT, and WaPo won't buy Twitter Blue; NYT, LAT, BuzzFeed, and Politico won't reimburse reporters for it, but Semafor and some other small outlets will
BuzzFeed isn't ponying up, but for other outlets, paying might make sense. — Pranav Dixit
Sam Bankman-Fried plans to speak at The New York Times' annual DealBook Summit on November 30; Andrew Ross Sorkin says “nothing is off limits”
wait for it — headline a NYT conference with the people who run Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and the global dollar system 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 https://twitter.com/... Antonio García Martínez / @antoniogm : What ...
Greenpeace and other groups are running ads in the NYT, WSJ, and others, funded by Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen, highlighting bitcoin's environmental impact
Consortium launches effort advocating changes to the cryptocurrency's code — A consortium of environmental groups launched …
It took decades to bring meaningful government regulation for Big Tobacco and experts say it could take an equally long time to regulate Big Tech
when we—allow crime among elites and the powerful it doesn't just go away. It comes back, stronger and more abusive. Which is why we can't let Facebook, the Sacklers, or Trump, get away with saying th...
WSJ publishes six internal Facebook documents it used for its report about Instagram's negative impact on teen girls, after Facebook published two of the docs
and genuinely see ways in which they can—do good. I'm really saddened by how readily the company is throwing these researchers under the bus. Jeff Horwitz / @jeffhorwitz : So here is a selection of th...