Interview with Stanford comp lit professor Adrian Daub on the naiveté of undergrads eager to work in tech, “useless” VC Twitter, and challenges to SV narratives
In the early 2010s, professor Adrian Daub began noticing changes in some Stanford undergraduates that troubled him. Tweets: @toddwalker , @dancharvey , @issielapowsky , @protocol , and @chrmanning Twe...
Gogo says it's trying to sell its commercial in-flight internet business amid COVID-19, CEO says company has had “extensive discussions with multiple parties”
Sean O'Kane / The Verge : Tweets: @caseynewton , @mslopatto , and @ecachette Tweets: Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Hopefully Gogo spends a lot of money on these negotiations up front and then they fa...
Angry over critical coverage, tech figures discuss hitting back against journalists, on Twitter and invite-only Clubhouse, leading to harassment of NYT's Lorenz
chiefly journalism in the public interest. https://www.vice.com/... Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : Someone leaked an hour of audio from Clubhouse last night where Balajis, Felicia Horowitz, and other...
Angry over critical coverage, tech figures discuss hitting back against journalists, on Twitter and invite-only Clubhouse, leading to harassment of NYT's Lorenz
chiefly journalism in the public interest. https://www.vice.com/... @jason : Fair warning: everything you say on #Clubhouse is being covertly recorded by journalists to weaponize against you This is t...
Direct-to-consumer retailer Brandless shuts down, becoming the first company backed by SoftBank's Vision Fund to do so
Good morning and welcome back to Merger Week. Tom Maxwell / Input : Brandless is shutting down after two years and $300 million invested Miles Kruppa / Financial Times : SoftBank-backed Brandless cuts...