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Examining the links between the Rationalist community, with Slate Star Codex blog as its epicenter, and influential leaders in tech, including OpenAI's founders — Slate Star Codex was a window into the psyche of many tech leaders building our collective future. Then it disappeared.
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| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
Microsoft's quantum computing ambitions suffer a setback after its researcher, who claimed to have found the Majorana particle, prepares to retract his findings — In a 2018 paper, researchers said they found evidence of an elusive theorized particle. A closer look now suggests otherwise.| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
House committee says Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, and YouTube streamer Keith Gill will testify at GameStop hearing on February 18 — On February 18th, the House Financial Services Committee will hold a virtual hearing to look into how GameStop's shares
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| Angel Au-Yeung / Forbes: |
Following Bumble's IPO, CEO and founder Whitney Wolfe Herd, who is 31, became the youngest female CEO ever to take a company public in the US — [Update 7 pm ET: Whitney Wolfe Herd ended the day Thursday with a net worth of $1.5 billion based on Bumble stock closing at $70.55.]
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| Alan Boyle / GeekWire: |
Pivotal Commware, which develops mmWave 5G infrastructure products that make use of metamaterials tech, raises $50M Series C led by Tracker Capital Management — Kirkland, Wash.-based Pivotal Commware says it has closed on a $50 million funding round that will help it expand research … | TechCrunch: |
Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z create ₿trust endowment with 500 bitcoin, worth $23M+, to fund teams working on Bitcoin development, initially in Africa and India — Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey and rapper Jay Z have created an endowment to fund bitcoin development initially in Africa and India, Dorsey said Friday.
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| Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: |
Out of about $150B raised by US companies in VC funding in 2020, only $1B went to Black or African-American startup founders — Last year, U.S. companies raised record amounts of venture capital, at just under $150 billion. But of that capital, only $1 billion went to Black …
Tweets: @robinwauters, @carnage4life, @pblackshaw, and @pauljudge
| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Sharecare, a digital platform that helps users consolidate and manage their health information, announces plans to go public via a SPAC at a valuation of $3.9B — Digital health care company Sharecare announced its plans Friday to join the public markets through a merger …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google resumes updating its major iPhone and iPad apps, starting with YouTube; Google did not update the apps since before Apple's Dec. 8 privacy label change — The vast majority of Google's iOS apps have not been updated since early December. A trio of smaller Google applications saw …
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| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Sources: ByteDance is exploring a sale of India operations of TikTok to rival unicorn Glance, in talks initiated by SoftBank, a backer of Glance's parent InMobi — - TikTok banned in India amid poor relations with China — Talks are early and complex, according to people familiar
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Spotify says it is adapting a Work From Anywhere model and will provide co-working space memberships for employees who choose to work remotely — - Spotify is adapting a “Work from Anywhere” model, which will allow employees to choose whether they want to be in the office full time, be at home full time or a combination of the two.
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online-insider.com, Spotify, Engadget, Gizmodo, HR Blog, and SlashGear
| Sam Shead / CNBC: |
Sources: Qualcomm has told regulators around the world, including the FTC and UK's CMA, that it is against Nvidia's $40B acquisition of Arm — - Qualcomm has told regulators around the world that it is against Nvidia's $40 billion acquisition of British chip designer Arm, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources shed light on the increasingly personal battle between Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg, who in private reportedly said “we need to inflict pain” on Apple — Animosity between CEOs Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook erupts over privacy and dueling visions of internetSponsor Posts
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Zoho People in 2025: A year in review — As we wrap up 2025, we're taking a moment to look back on a year filled with progress and transformation at Zoho People. Our team has been constantly pushing boundaries …
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