2023-03-20
Love my Tesla. But the people who have spent $3B to buy *FSD* only to realize that it isn't even close to *full self driving" have been scammed along with investors who believe that Tesla is ALWAYS just a year away from a breakthrough. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Washington Post
As concerns over Tesla's Full Self-Driving rise, former employees blame Elon Musk's erratic leadership, cost-cutting measures like removing radar, and more
Tesla's campaign to deliver a fully autonomous vehicle has suffered amid mounting safety concerns — and the boss's Twitter distraction
2022-12-17
This is a smart take. Elon Musk has enough fanboys who don't mind losing money in order to say they are investing alongside Elon Musk. Same folks would NEVER invest in the debt, even though it's a better deal. Such is the cult. https://twitter.com/...
Semafor
Sources: the MD of Elon Musk's family office is seeking new equity investors for Twitter, offering shares of Twitter at $54.20, the same price that Musk paid
The managing director of Elon Musk's family office is seeking new equity investors for Twitter as users revolt, advertisers flee …
2022-12-15
This may explain 1) why Tesla price has seemingly fallen like a rock this week and 2) why he made the cryptic debt tweet yesterday. But it sure isn't a vote of confidence in Tesla.... https://www.wsj.com/...
Financial Times
Filing: Elon Musk sells 22M Tesla shares, worth ~$3.6B, the fourth sale since announcing his Twitter takeover and third since declaring “no further TSLA sales”
Billionaire has sold $23bn of stock in EV group since announcing Twitter takeover
2022-11-03
“Users who already have a blue verification badge will have a multi-month grace period before they will either need to pay for the badge or lose it...” This will mitigate the concerns about stigma. First smart move I have seen. Now curious to see who WANTS verification. https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Sources: Elon Musk plans to cut ~3,700 jobs at Twitter, or half of the company's workforce, starting on November 4, and reverse its work-from-anywhere policy
Elon Musk plans to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at Twitter Inc., or half of the social media company's workforce …
“Users who already have a blue verification badge will have a multi-month grace period before they will either need to pay for the badge or lose it...” This will mitigate the concerns about stigma. First smart move I have seen. Now curious to see who WANTS verification. https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Sources: Twitter aims to charge for verification as soon as November 7, give current verified users a multi-month grace period, and make the edit button free
Twitter Inc. aims to start selling blue verification badges for user profiles as soon as next week, part of a plan by new owner Elon Musk …
2022-06-14
“Meanwhile, a crypto lending company called Celsius has paused withdrawals for its customers, sparking fears of contagion into the broader market.” Decentralized finance, except when a bank run happens and someone else's risk becomes your own. https://www.cnbc.com/...
CoinDesk
Binance paused bitcoin withdrawals for a few hours on Monday “due to a stuck transaction causing a backlog”; the company says BTC withdrawals have since resumed
CEO Changpeng Zhao attributed the issue to a “stuck transaction,” and promised a quick fix. Source: @cz_binance , @binance , and @cz_binance .
“Meanwhile, a crypto lending company called Celsius has paused withdrawals for its customers, sparking fears of contagion into the broader market.” Decentralized finance, except when a bank run happens and someone else's risk becomes your own. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Bloomberg
Major cryptocurrencies crash as the crypto market cap falls below $1T: bitcoin drops 15%+ to ~$22K, ether drops 16%+ to ~$1.2K, and Solana drops 7%+ to ~$28
(Any views expressed below are the personal views of the author … Mitchell Clark / The Verge : BlockFi and Crypto.com lay off hundreds of staff as coins slump Dylan LeClair / Bitco...
2022-04-10
""When they choose not to allocate to bitcoin, that's a deeply political choice," Idiotic statement but not surprising considering who is uttering it. If you want to test the theory of whether an asset class can be politicized, Thiel is exhibit A. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Fast Company
Inside the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, which felt confusing and disjointed, as the cultural spotlight on Ethereum leaves Bitcoin feeling a little stale
Ryan Broderick / Fast Company :
2022-04-09
""When they choose not to allocate to bitcoin, that's a deeply political choice," Idiotic statement but not surprising considering who is uttering it. If you want to test the theory of whether an asset class can be politicized, Thiel is exhibit A. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Fast Company
Inside the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, which felt confusing and disjointed, as the cultural spotlight on Ethereum left Bitcoin feeling a little stale
What happens when you're no longer the hot young cryptocurrency? That's the question hanging over the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami this week.
2021-08-07
Let's make one thing clear: most of us use or have used @doximity for scheduling. I am on various social media. Have NEVER relied on Doximity. And they won't get me on there if they don't fix this. https://www.cnbc.com/...
CNBC
Users of Doximity, which has long described itself as a LinkedIn for doctors, find their news feed inundated with anti-vaccine comments from fellow physicians
2021-01-05
The least surprising, but very disappointing, news of the day. If three massive employers can't figure out how to exert power on payers and providers, harder to effectuate successful market-based strategies to lower cost and improve quality in ESI. https://www.cnbc.com/...
CNBC