Online sports betting companies are cutting big deals with US colleges to promote gambling to students, like Caesars Sportsbook's $8.4M deal with Michigan State
In order to reap millions of dollars in fees, universities are partnering with betting companies to introduce their students and sports fans to online gambling.
Sources: Twitter teams hit hardest by the layoffs span communications, tweet curation, ethical AI, data science, research, ML, and some core engineering teams
spreading a lie that it was ‘Russian disinfo’, and thus materially interfering in a US Presidential election — have been removed. https://twitter.com/... Ryan Shattuck / @ryanmer :...
Sources describe Twitter after mass layoffs: key teams gutted, severance packages account for WARN Act, ad hoc directories of remaining workers in Google Docs
I. The Snap — The email went out at 5:21 PT PT on Thursday. — For a full week, Twitter employees had waited in hopes …
Have I Been Pwned: hackers stole 71K+ Nvidia staff credentials, including email IDs and Windows password hashes, many of which were “cracked and circulated”
The ransomware group that claims to have taken a terabyte of data from chipmaking giant Nvidia is threatening to release the company's …
Epic Games acquires Bandcamp, which will continue operating as a standalone marketplace and music community; Bandcamp has paid nearly $1B to artists and labels
I'm excited to announce that Bandcamp is joining Epic Games, who you may know as the makers of Fortnite and Unreal Engine, and champions for a fair and open Internet.
After teasing a new social media platform, Trump debuts a new section on his website that's effectively a blog
A true poster never logs off for long — After months of promising his own social media network for banned posters, former President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched a new section...
Facebook Oversight Board upholds Trump's suspension, but asks Facebook to review the decision within six months to determine a penalty consistent with its rules
The Board has upheld Facebook's decision on January 7, 2021, to restrict then-President Donald Trump's access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account.
Intel hires Justin Long, who played the “I'm a Mac” role in Apple's Mac vs PC ads, to pitch Intel-based PCs and tout touchscreens and convertible form factors
they did do at least two* ads that talked about Macs running Windows Vista, an indirect acknowledgement of the processor. I remember because they involved PC World *("The Suit" ran...
Zuckerberg says Facebook is extending the block it has placed on Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts “indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks”
The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining …
A deep look at the rift between some prominent SV figures and the journalists increasingly critical of the tech industry, based on Slate Star Codex vs. The NYT
Long, angry LRB essay by Pankaj Mishra. Tweets: Balaji S. Srinivasan / @balajis : Had a fun chat just now with Lewis-Kraus on positive sum ways to build a new relationship between ...
A deep look at the rift between some prominent Silicon Valley figures and increasingly critical media, based on the case of Slate Star Codex vs. The NYT
How a controversial rationalist blogger became a mascot and martyr in a struggle against the New York Times. Tweets: @jonbernhardt , @juliacarriew , @can , @newyorker , @karaswishe...
Unacast, an analytics company using location data from a variety of apps, debuts a Social Distancing Scoreboard to grade how US citizens are adapting by region
or not. Data from tens of millions of smartphones grades counties & states by how much people are staying put. Washington, DC gets an A Wyoming gets an F See your county https://ww...
Amazon's Ring says that it receives some real-time 911 call data, including addresses, from police, which helps it curate crime news posts for its Neighbors app
here's what it's like Louise Matsakis / Wired : Cops Are Offering Ring Doorbell Cameras in Exchange for Info Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing : Amazon's secret deals with local cops giv...
Amazon's Ring says that it receives some real-time 911 call data, including addresses, from police, which helps it curate crime news posts for its Neighbors app
Amazon-owned home security company Ring is pursuing contracts with police departments that would grant it direct access to real …