Do Kwon is a co-founder of Terraform Labs.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-31
Do Kwon Terraform Labs
Montenegro extradites Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to the US; South Korea also sought Do Kwon's extradition
Reuters · 2024-12-31 · #8
Alice Guo is the former mayor of Bamban town in the Philippines.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-30
Alice Guo Bamban town
Philippine investigators say Alice Guo, ex-mayor of the Bamban town, owned the land on which a “pig butchering” scam center was built, housing ~3,000 scammers
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-30 · #7
About half of the roughly 2,200 employees at TSMC's Arizona plant are from Taiwan, contributing to a cultural and demographic shift in the Phoenix suburbs near the Sonoran Desert.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-30
TSMC TSMC Arizona plant employees from Taiwan Phoenix area
About 50% of the 2,200 employees at TSMC's Arizona plant are from Taiwan, seeding a cultural and demographic shift at the edge of Phoenix and the Sonoran Desert
New York Times · 2024-12-30 · #11
President-elect Donald J. Trump's picks for the F.C.C. and F.T.C. have been named and have vowed to change online content rules.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-30
President-elect Donald J. Trump F.C.C. F.T.C.
Donald Trump's next term may widen the longstanding speech divide between the US and Europe, putting social media companies in the middle of a global tug-of-war
New York Times · 2024-12-30 · #15
Google implements layoffs as part of 2024 restructuring and cost actions.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-12-28 — 2024-12-29
Google
A look at Google's pressure-filled 2024 under Sundar Pichai, notching some AI wins with new Gemini models and navigating product mishaps, layoffs, and more
CNBC · 2024-12-28 · #3
The trend is paving the way for lawmakers to act as creators themselves, blurring the traditional role between politician and creator.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-29
lawmakers content creators
US politicians fully embraced influencers in 2024, blurring lines between punditry and journalism and paving the way for lawmakers to become creators themselves
Wired · 2024-12-29 · #13
OpenAI is tripling the size of its Washington, D.C. policy team to 12 members.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-29
OpenAI DC policy team
OpenAI is tripling the size of its Washington, D.C. policy team to 12 members.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-28
OpenAI DC policy team
OpenAI is tripling the size of its DC policy team to 12 and beefing up its lobbying as it tries to promote a sweeping plan for cheaper energy to data centers
Politico · 2024-12-28 · #9
Justin Sun serves as an advisor to World Liberty Financial, a Trump-backed crypto project.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-28
Justin Sun World Liberty Financial
A profile of Tron founder Justin Sun, who wants to be the “Elon Musk of the crypto world” and advises the Trump-backed crypto project World Liberty Financial
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-28 · #21
Several employees reported that Bench laid off staff in connection with the shutdown.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-28
Bench
Bookkeeping startup Bench, which raised $100M+ including from Shopify, closes down effective immediately; several employees say Bench also laid off staff
The Information · 2024-12-28 · #23
Justin Sun is the founder of Tron.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-28
Justin Sun Tron
A profile of Tron founder Justin Sun, who wants to be the “Elon Musk of the crypto world” and advises the Trump-backed crypto project World Liberty Financial
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-28 · #21
Oracle has hired talent away from competitors, including employees from Amazon and Microsoft, in recent years.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-28
Oracle Amazon Microsoft
Oracle's shares are up ~63% in 2024, lifting Larry Ellison's net worth to $217B+, as the company enjoyed its biggest stock rally since 1999 and the dot-com boom
CNBC · 2024-12-28 · #12
OpenAI says its nonprofit will hire staff to pursue charitable activities in health care, education, and science.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-28
OpenAI nonprofit health care education science
Justin Sun says Elon Musk is his role model and aspires to be the 'Elon Musk of the crypto world'.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-28
Justin Sun Elon Musk
A profile of Tron founder Justin Sun, who wants to be the “Elon Musk of the crypto world” and advises the Trump-backed crypto project World Liberty Financial
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-28 · #21
Meta employed a team of 14 directly employed lobbyists, per federal lobbying disclosure forms.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-27
Meta 14 lobbyists
US federal lobbying disclosure forms reveal how Meta, with a team of 14 directly employed lobbyists, led efforts to block the passage of KOSA in Congress
Politico · 2024-12-27 · #22
Sriram Krishnan was appointed as a Senior Policy Advisor for AI at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-27
Sriram Krishnan Office of Science and Technology Policy Senior Policy Advisor for AI
Steve Davis is the President of The Boring Company.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-27
Steve Davis The Boring Company
A profile of Boring Company President and key Elon Musk deputy Steve Davis, who has spent 20+ years helping Musk cut costs and now helps recruit staff at DOGE
Bloomberg · 2024-12-27 · #14
OpenAI says its nonprofit arm will hire staff to pursue charitable activities in health care, education, and science.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-27
OpenAI health care education science
OpenAI says the PBC will oversee commercial operations, and the nonprofit will hire staff to pursue charitable activities in health care, education, and science
CNBC · 2024-12-27 · #3
Steve Davis is described as a key deputy to Elon Musk.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-27
Steve Davis Elon Musk
A profile of Boring Company President and key Elon Musk deputy Steve Davis, who has spent 20+ years helping Musk cut costs and now helps recruit staff at DOGE
Bloomberg · 2024-12-27 · #14
Davis now helps recruit staff at DOGE.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-27
Steve Davis DOGE
A profile of Boring Company President and key Elon Musk deputy Steve Davis, who has spent 20+ years helping Musk cut costs and now helps recruit staff at DOGE
Bloomberg · 2024-12-27 · #14
Longtime Musk employee Steve Davis is bringing his talents to the government.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-27
Steve Davis government
A profile of Boring Company President and key Elon Musk deputy Steve Davis, who has spent 20+ years helping Musk cut costs and now helps recruit staff at DOGE
Bloomberg · 2024-12-27 · #14
Davis's background ranges from operating a yogurt store to serving as a tunneling executive.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-27
Steve Davis yogurt store operator tunneling executive
A profile of Boring Company President and key Elon Musk deputy Steve Davis, who has spent 20+ years helping Musk cut costs and now helps recruit staff at DOGE
Bloomberg · 2024-12-27 · #14
H-1B workers from India and other countries help the United States remain dominant in the tech sector.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
H-1B workers from India and other countries United States tech sector
How H-1B workers from India and other countries help the US remain dominant in tech, as some on the new “Tech Right” discover MAGA's racial-nationalist bigotry
Noahpinion · 2024-12-26 · #4
Some viewers praised Netflix's pregame/halftime crew of Kay Adams, RG3, Manti Te'o, and Mina Kimes as a strong aspect of the broadcasts.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
Viewers Kay Adams RG3 Manti Te'o Mina Kimes
Netflix's first livestream of NFL games avoided major buffering and freezing issues that plagued the Tyson-Paul fight for the most part, after early glitches
New York Times · 2024-12-26 · #18
Electricians are flocking from around the country to rural US regions, including Central Washington, to build and wire new data centers.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
electricians rural regions around the US Central Washington
Electricians are flocking to regions around the US to build data centers, as AI shapes up to be an economy-bending force that creates boom towns
New York Times · 2024-12-26 · #6
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seeks to convert OpenAI from its current nonprofit governance structure into a for-profit corporation.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
Sam Altman OpenAI OpenAI
Donald Trump announces Michael Kratsios will serve as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-25
Donald Trump Michael Kratsios Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
Donald Trump announces Scott Kupor, a managing partner at a16z, will serve as Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-25
Donald Trump Scott Kupor (managing partner at a16z) Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Ant splits Alipay into the Digital Payment Business Group focused on new payment products, and the Alipay Business Group focused on user growth and monetization.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-25
Ant Alipay Digital Payment Business Group Alipay Business Group
Ant splits Alipay into the Digital Payment Business Group focused on new payment products, and the Alipay Business Group focused on user growth and monetization
South China Morning Post · 2024-12-25 · #17
Donald Trump announces Michael Kratsios will serve as the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Director.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-24
Donald Trump Michael Kratsios White House OSTP Director
Donald Trump announces Scott Kupor, a managing partner at a16z, will serve as director of OPM, and Michael Kratsios will serve as the White House OSTP director
CNBC · 2024-12-24 · #3