2026-02-11
If there is one thing that you need to do today, it is to sit down and read this post. Read it carefully. And then think about the implications for your life.
Matt Shumer
GPT-5.3-Codex and Claude Opus 4.6 can meaningfully contribute to the improvement of AI models, a sign of what's coming for most knowledge work within five years
Think back to February 2020. — If you were paying close attention, you might have noticed a few people talking about a virus spreading overseas.
2025-07-01
Probably President Trump's strongest remarks yet on his former close ally @elonmusk “without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa”.
Axios
Trump says “We might have to put DOGE on Elon”, “DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon”, and “We'll have to take a look” at deporting Musk
President Trump said Tuesday that DOGE could investigate Elon Musk, the latest indicator …
2025-01-20
Please remember that meme coins have no real “value”. They have a “price”. It can shoot up and make you feel rich. But in most cases the price will also crash and make you poor. Only a handful really make the big bucks. Beware! Don't bet your life savings or your house on
Axios
Melania Trump launches her own Solana coin, MELANIA, offered by MKT World, a company associated with Melania Trump; TRUMP fell ~36% on the news
Please remember that meme coins have no real “value”. They have a “price”. It can shoot up and make you feel rich. But in most cases the price will also crash and make you poor. Only a handful really make the big bucks. Beware! Don't bet your life savings or your house on
Politico
CoinGecko: Trump's memecoin, with a $9B+ market cap, is still in the top 25 most valuable cryptocurrencies; some in crypto call Official Trump a “horrible look”
Trump's memecoin has taken off since debuting late Friday night. Not everyone in crypto is thrilled.
2024-10-15
Astonishingly bad results from ASML - this is the company that completely dominates advanced lithography - the machines that are needed to make the chips that power AI.
Bloomberg
ASML reports Q3 order bookings down 53% QoQ to €2.6B, far below €5.39B est., and Q3 net income of €2.1B, in results apparently released early; ASML drops 15%+
Cagan Koc / Bloomberg :
2023-11-22
Fascinating! Adam d'Angelo still on the Board and Sam Altman back as the CEO. Angelo was being portrayed as the villain of the piece.
Axios
OpenAI reaches a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with an initial board of Bret Taylor as Chair alongside Larry Summers and Adam D'Angelo
OpenAI said late Tuesday that it had reached a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with a new board chaired by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor.
2022-11-08
Thread on Elon, but the general principles apply to all CEOs/leaders. Move fast - but always have people around to tell you that you are wrong. https://twitter.com/...
Platformer
Sources: Elon Musk pitched charging most or all Twitter users for a subscription; internal estimates show Blue could lose the company ~$6/user/month in the US
Will he go through with it? PLUS: Botched layoffs, how the new Blue could lose money, and more
2021-07-20
This thread from @jslaternyc has many of the names on “the list” including Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor, Ashok Lavasa, PS Patel and new IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw... https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Amnesty International researchers published a toolkit to help anyone scan their iPhone and Android devices for evidence of compromise by NSO's Pegasus spyware
Over the weekend, an international consortium of news outlets reported that several authoritarian governments — including Mexico …
This thread from @jslaternyc has many of the names on “the list” including Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor, Ashok Lavasa, PS Patel and new IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw... https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post
Phones of 22 Indian people, who were on a list of hundreds, were checked and 7 had been infected with NSO malware; the list included top opposition politicians
2020-07-01
It is spreading. China may soon learn that isn't a good idea to infuriate the rest of the world all at once. https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
FCC officially designates Huawei and ZTE as risks to national security, and telecoms can no longer use federal subsidies to purchase equipment from them
Makena Kelly / The Verge :