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Rob Price

@robaeprice
107 posts
2025-01-18
probably worth noting that the NYT story on Stephen Miller quietly dialed back its language on what Mark Zuckerberg “blamed” Sheryl Sandberg for after publishing (no update/correction note)
2025-01-18 View on X
Engadget

Zuckerberg says there's a “bogus narrative saying I blamed Sheryl for a bunch of stuff” and he was just addressing the origin of “bring your whole self to work”

Well, specifically, they want me to know.  —  On Thursday, The New York Times published a lengthy story …

probably worth noting that the NYT story on Stephen Miller quietly dialed back its language on what Mark Zuckerberg “blamed” Sheryl Sandberg for after publishing (no update/correction note) Archived version: https://web.archive.org/... Current version: https://www.nytimes.com/...
2025-01-18 View on X
Engadget

Zuckerberg says there's a “bogus narrative saying I blamed Sheryl for a bunch of stuff” and he was just addressing the origin of “bring your whole self to work”

Well, specifically, they want me to know.  —  On Thursday, The New York Times published a lengthy story …

2024-06-19
Wired has published a longread by critic Laura Kipnis about an AI reading startup that she predicts “will radically transform the entire way booklovers read books.” She also has a (presumably paid) contract to produce content for the startup. https://www.wired.com/...
2024-06-19 View on X
Wired

A look at Rebind, a mysterious startup that turns Margaret Atwood and other authors' voices into AI reading companions, and an interview with CEO John Dubuque

Margaret Atwood, Marlon James, Lena Dunham, Roxane Gay: We've all agreed to be turned into AI reading companions by a mysterious company called Rebind.

2024-04-07
Genius cofounder Mahbod Moghadam has died age 41 as a result of a brain tumor. His family has shared an obituary on Genius. https://genius.com/... [image]
2024-04-07 View on X
TechCrunch

Mahbod Moghadam, the controversial co-founder of Genius and Everipedia, passed away in March at age 41, according to a post on Genius attributed to his family

Mahbod Moghadam, the controversial, never-boring co-founder of Genius and Everipedia, as well as an angel investor …

2023-11-23
“Our goal is to make a mankind-loving AGI,” said Sutskever, the company's chief scientist. “Feel the AGI,” he said. “Repeat after me. Feel the AGI.” https://www.wsj.com/...
2023-11-23 View on X
The Information

Source: a breakthrough spearheaded by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever enabled a model that could solve basic math problems, stoking excitement and concern

One day before he was fired by OpenAI's board last week, Sam Altman alluded to a recent technical advance the company …

“Our goal is to make a mankind-loving AGI,” said Sutskever, the company's chief scientist. “Feel the AGI,” he said. “Repeat after me. Feel the AGI.” https://www.wsj.com/...
2023-11-23 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sam Altman's return at OpenAI, partly formed on effective altruism principles, revealed hard limits and caps a bruising year for the divisive social movement

Sam Altman's firing showed the influence of effective altruism and its view that AI development must slow down; his return marked its limits

2023-04-14
According to @MLNow, a suspect has been been arrested following the fatal stabbing of former Square CTO Bob Lee in San Francisco: Nima Momeni, the owner of an IT company. https://missionlocal.org/... https://twitter.com/...
2023-04-14 View on X
Mission Local

The SFPD arrested IT company owner Nima Momeni for allegedly killing Bob Lee, and say the two men knew each other and were driving together before the killing

2023-03-10
Silicon Valley Bank: Everything is fine, unless maybe it's not https://www.theinformation.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
2023-03-10 View on X
The Information

Some VC firms are encouraging their portfolio companies to pull funds out of Silicon Valley Bank while others are advising startups to keep no more than $250K

Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker on Thursday told top venture capitalists in Silicon Valley to “stay calm” …

Silicon Valley Bank: Everything is fine, unless maybe it's not https://www.theinformation.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
2023-03-10 View on X
Financial Times

Silicon Valley Bank launches a $2.25B share sale after losing ~$1.8B on its ~$21B of US Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities

Technology-focused lender suffered loss on $21bn portfolio of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities  —  Silicon Valley Bank has launched a $2.25bn share sale …

2022-12-02
SCOOP: Last summer, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz launched a buzzy new publication called @Future to take on traditional tech media. A year and a half later, Future is quietly shutting down. w/ @meliarobin https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
2022-12-02 View on X
Insider

Source: a16z's Future is shutting down; Future hasn't published a new article in months, most of its editorial staffers have left, and its newsletter is defunct

2022-11-17
FTX bankruptcy filing: - It didn't properly track its cash / accounts - Unclear who actually works there - Many entities never had board meetings - Disbursement was approved via emojis - Security failures - Few records, SBF's messages auto-deleted https://pacer-documents.s3.amazonaws.co m/ ...
2022-11-17 View on X
CoinDesk

Bankruptcy filings: FTX CEO John J. Ray III, who oversaw Enron, condemns SBF's “unprecedented” management, describing a “complete failure of corporate controls”

The former FTX CEO's unconventional style is under the spotlight as bankruptcy professionals pore over the exchange's collapse.

2022-10-13
“We've been living in the metaverse for 15 years. We live in a technology-mediated reality. There are no facts. Narrative is the only thing that matters. Everything is propaganda.” https://twitter.com/...
2022-10-13 View on X
@bitech

[Thread] A tech startup founder describes how he made ~$200K in 2021 by ghostwriting tweets for venture capitalists, as a side hustle for five hours per week

👻 Ghostwriting tweets for venture capitalists is the side hustle of the founder of a tech startup (who asked to remain anonymous). Last year he made about $200,000. Here's how he d...

2022-08-01
Last week, Facebook put out a press release touting how it has cracked down on harmful content in Kenya ahead of elections. Since then, it has approved pro-genocide ads, prompting a national watchdog to threaten to suspend it from the country. https://gizmodo.com/...
2022-08-01 View on X
Gizmodo

Human rights groups say Facebook approved English and Swahili ads instigating ethnic violence in Kenya, despite claiming to “ensure a safe and secure” election

Last week, Facebook put out a press release touting how it has cracked down on harmful content in Kenya ahead of elections. Since then, it has approved pro-genocide ads, prompting a national watchdog to threaten to suspend it from the country. https://gizmodo.com/...
2022-08-01 View on X
Washington Post

Researchers say Meta is failing to moderate dangerous content on Facebook in Kenya, citing failures in AI as well as linguistic and cultural expertise gaps

NAIROBI — The shooter approaches from behind, raising a pistol to his victim's head.  He pulls the trigger and “pop,” a lifeless body slumps forward.

2022-07-31
Last week, Facebook put out a press release touting how it has cracked down on harmful content in Kenya ahead of elections. Since then, it has approved pro-genocide ads, prompting a national watchdog to threaten to suspend it from the country. https://gizmodo.com/...
2022-07-31 View on X
Gizmodo

Human rights groups say Facebook approved English and Swahili ads instigating ethnic violence in Kenya, after claiming to “ensure a safe and secure” election

Kenya's national cohesion watchdog has threatened to suspend the social network from the country in a week if it doesn't mitigate hate speech.

2022-07-30
Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons secretly tracked its customers' locations for over a year. It's offering them each one free hot drink and a pastry to say sorry. https://www.vice.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2022-07-30 View on X
VICE

Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons proposes offering customers a free hot drink and baked good as a settlement for collecting their location data for over a year

Joseph Cox / VICE : Tweets: @journeydan , @loopemma , @counternotions , @drewfitzgerald , @taylor_owen , @kantrowitz , @robaeprice , @rahulmehrotraa , @thekenyeung , @martinsfp , ...

2022-06-29
1. Take out $47M crypto loan 2. Refuse to pay it back 3. Wait for your lender to try to sell $47M in tokens to public promising a 20% yield to cover your debt 4. Buy tokens 5. Collect yield 6. Repay crypto loan 7. Profit and/or total market collapse https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-29 View on X
CoinDesk

CoinFlex CEO Mark Lamb says crypto investor Roger Ver owes the exchange $47M in USDC, after Ver denied “some rumors” he defaulted on a debt to a counterparty

The crypto exchange is launching a recovery token because of debt owed by a high-net-worth customer.

1. Take out $47M crypto loan 2. Refuse to pay it back 3. Wait for your lender to try to sell $47M in tokens to public promising a 20% yield to cover your debt 4. Buy tokens 5. Collect yield 6. Repay crypto loan 7. Profit and/or total market collapse https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-29 View on X
Bloomberg

After freezing withdrawals, crypto exchange CoinFlex plans to issue up to 47M Recovery Value USD tokens, offering a 20% annual return, to repay a $47M debt

2022-06-28
1. Take out $47M crypto loan 2. Refuse to pay it back 3. Wait for your lender to try to sell $47M in tokens to public promising a 20% yield to cover your debt 4. Buy tokens 5. Collect yield 6. Repay crypto loan 7. Profit and/or total market collapse https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-28 View on X
Bloomberg

After freezing withdrawals, crypto exchange CoinFlex plans to issue a Recovery Value USD token, offering 20% annual returns, seeking to repay a $47M debt

Cryptocurrency exchange CoinFlex plans to raise funds by issuing a new token that will offer a 20% annual return …

2022-06-08
Microsoft exec and HoloLens co-creator Alex Kipman is resigning after @ashannstew's reporting on multiple misconduct allegations against him — including that he watched “VR porn” in the workplace. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
2022-06-08 View on X
GeekWire

Internal email: Microsoft splits its HoloLens group as its leader Alex Kipman leaves the company; a recent Insider report described Kipman's “toxic” behavior

Microsoft is splitting its HoloLens mixed reality group and parting ways with Alex Kipman, the leader of the group …