The New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft relies on a false belief that copyright can limit the right to read and process data
This week the NY Times somehow broke the story of... well, the NY Times suing OpenAI and Microsoft. I wonder who tipped them off.
Alphabet plans to wind down Google Domains and sell its assets, including ~10M domains, to Squarespace in Q3 2023, a source says for ~$180M; SQSP jumps 9%+
Alphabet Inc. is winding down its Google Domains business and selling its assets to Squarespace Inc., according to a statement Thursday.
Alphabet reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $69.8B, net income down 8% YoY to $15.1B, Other Bets revenue down 35% YoY to $288M, and Other Bets loss up 47% YoY
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 25, 2023 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.
Google Cloud turns profitable for the first time on record, with a $191M operating income on $7.45B revenue in Q1 2023, vs. a $706M loss on $5.82B in Q1 2022
There are a few debates currently brewing within … TechRadar : Google Cloud has finally made a profit for the first time Simon Sharwood / The Register : Google Cloud makes its firs...
The New York Times' bizarre SBF profile presents the disgraced founder through a gauzy lens, fails to challenge him, and gives him the benefit of the doubt
FTX filed for bankruptcy on Friday, leaving reasonable people to wonder how a cryptocurrency platform founded in 2019 …
As advertisers struggle with Reels, Meta tries to ease them into the format, including, sources say, by encouraging them to test their video ads on TikTok first
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Elon Musk says he wants to improve Twitter by “making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans”
and at some point it should be studied with the perspective of some temporal distance - but the neediest, most ardent, and most passionate censorship crusaders are the tattletale-e...
Twitter agrees to be acquired “by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk” for $54.20 per share in cash; the ~$44B deal requires shareholder and regulatory approval
- Twitter's board accepted billionaire Elon Musk's offer to buy the social media company and take it private, the company confirmed.
Google Domains launches out of beta in 26 countries, after seven years, offering 300+ domain endings and “around-the-clock customer support from real people”
Seven long, long years ago, Google started offering users a way to buy a domain without having to deal with a host provider.
How payment processors hold the power to decide which products and services can be purchased online, as Stripe bans businesses like tarot card reading
Payment processing companies decide who is empowered to buy and sell online—and their policies show a gross misunderstanding of metaphysical practitioners.
A look at a16z's crypto lobbying and draft legislation it is circulating in DC, which some worry may create regulatory loopholes for its portfolio companies
aka A16Z—has bet billions on world fueled by crypto, saying it will disrupt industries dominated by entrenched middlemen and is good for everyone. But they need new rules for this ...
Source: Google Cloud Platform to slash its revenue share from 20% to 3% for third-party software on its cloud marketplace, matching Microsoft's cut
Source: Google Cloud Platform to slash its revenue share from 20% to 3% for third-party software on its cloud marketplace, matching Microsoft's cut
Study of 61,000 Microsoft employees shows the shift to remote work has hurt communication and collaboration, threatening productivity and long-term innovation
Analysts say the dominance of TSMC, which makes ~92% of the world's most sophisticated chips and 60% of chips used in cars, poses risks to the global economy
an industry that happens to be one of the world's most critical. A deep-dive on how it happened, and what it all means. @yoyominnie @StephanieAYang @asafitch https://www.wsj.com/.....
Analysis of 50 public software companies finds that repatriating workloads from public cloud infrastructure could help them reduce their cloud spend by 50%
Andreessen Horowitz : Tweets: @zackkanter , @jasnonaz , @lizrice , @jaycuthrell , @zackkanter , @zackkanter , @stratelogical , @sandykory , @divinetechygirl , @teej_m , @matt_levi...
Analysis of 50 public software companies finds that repatriating workloads from public cloud infrastructure could help them reduce their cloud spend by 50%
Andreessen Horowitz : Tweets: @zackkanter , @jasnonaz , @lizrice , @jaycuthrell , @zackkanter , @zackkanter , @stratelogical , @sandykory , @divinetechygirl , @teej_m , @matt_levi...
Analysis of 50 public software companies finds that repatriating workloads from public cloud infrastructure could help them reduce their cloud spend by 50%
Andreessen Horowitz : Tweets: @zackkanter , @jasnonaz , @lizrice , @jaycuthrell , @zackkanter , @zackkanter , @stratelogical , @sandykory , @divinetechygirl , @teej_m , @matt_levi...
Epic filing reveals that in a 2016 email Phil Schiller said “moving iMessage to Android will hurt us more than help us”, which Epic argues is proof of lock-in
what a story! You should call me. https://www.theverge.com/... Florian Mueller / @fosspatents : Since #EpicGames started its fight for app developer freedom last summer, these two ...
Profile of the trader known as DeepFuckingValue on r/WallStreetBets, who began investing in GameStop and explaining why in YouTube videos starting in mid-2019
Trader known as DeepF—ingValue on the WallStreetBets forum helped turn the investing world upside down. “I didn't expect this.”