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| Noah Smith / Noahpinion: |
The NYT overstated the influence of both Slate Star Codex and the Rationalist community on Silicon Valley, and falsely portrayed the tech industry as right-wing — Stereotyping the tech industry as a bunch of secretive right-wingers isn't correct, and it isn't helpful. — 11 hr ago
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
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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Tweets: @ericnewcomer, @reckless, @rmac18, @ranjanxroy, @taylorlorenz, @williamturton, @jbouie, @justinkan, @andizeisler, @blakehounshell, @amandaaskell, @esyudkowsky, @zackbeauchamp, @nytimesbusiness, @richard_florida, @planefag, @mattyglesias, @clairlemon, @espiers, @carolinefourest, @pegobry, @mattyglesias, @johndurant, @jason, @juliagalef, @jessesingal, @gmbutts, @jonathanchait, @tomchivers, @molson_hart, @jacobgrier, @jeyylowe, @carloslozadawp, @whitstillman, @timodc, @pmatzko, @s8mb, @bostonjoan, @jonrog1, @erratarob, @gaberivera, @sapinker, @nachristakis, @asymmetricinfo, @reckless, @binarybits, @elongreen, @angebassa, @jessienyc, @chimeracoder, @daveyalba, @klintron, @mathewi, @hemjhaveri, @nbashaw, @charlespulliam, @adavies47, @bariawilliams, @moskov, @moskov, @ericnewcomer, @mattyglesias, @prof_gabriele, @mims, @edmundlee, @teddyschleifer, @gbbranstetter, @beejoli, @gaberivera, @brandyzadrozny, @robinhanson, @lkanies, @lenazun, @the_moviebob, @buzz, @patrickqmason, @edzitron, @kctolliver, @noahpinion, @byjoelanderson, @taylorlorenz, @rmac18, @samthielman, @mattdpearce, @hshaban, @alibreland, @jennifer_jserra, @mgsiegler, @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz, @alex, @ericajoy, @dbrauer, and @williamturton
| 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 internet
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The Guardian, AppleInsider, MacRumors, MUO, Mike's List, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, phonearena.com, Patently Apple, MacDailyNews, Redmond Pie, Insider, iMore, Upstract, and The Independent
Tweets: @waltmossberg, @shiraovide, @pt, @depeshm, @pt, @carnage4life, @eric_seufert, @ow, @karangoel, @eric_seufert, @ow, @pt, @karangoel, @jason_kint, @corydobbin, @jaketheadnerd, @mindingprivacy, @thomasclaburn, @_djmoch, @jessicalessin, @carnage4life, @kaepora, @jason_kint, @bill_george, @carnage4life, @jxhnbxnder, @jason_kint, @reneritchie, @pt, @herrmanndigital, @vincelarouche, @matthewstoller, @davidmwessel, @pedrodias, @shiraovide, @jason_kint, @emilyglazer, @mims, @hkanji, @dseetharaman, @mattmireles, @wsj, @chrismattmann, @hakana, and @dseetharaman
| Will Oremus / OneZero : |
What we want from Facebook and other platforms is not less politics but less of a distortionary effect on politics caused by an algorithmic bias toward outrage — Social networks would love to show users less political content. Here's why that's a problem.
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Medium and The Markup
| Chainalysis Blog: |
Research: $1.3B or 55% of all money laundering in cryptocurrency in 2020 was driven by just 270 deposit addresses owned by five illicit fund receiving services — This blog is an excerpt from the Chainalysis 2021 Crypto Crime Report. Click here and sign up to get the full document emailed …
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blog.chainalysis.com, BitcoinExchangeGuide, and CoinGeek
Tweets: @chainalysis and @chainalysis
| Stanford Internet Observatory: |
After researchers raised data privacy concerns, Clubhouse says it is taking steps “to prevent Clubhouse clients from ever transmitting pings to Chinese servers” — The audio chat app “Clubhouse” went viral among Chinese-speaking audiences. Stanford Internet Observatory examines …
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Bloomberg, Gizmodo, Reuters, Toronto Star, The Verge, Vox, iPhone Hacks, Mashable, AppleInsider, Engadget, Apple Terminal, and Insider
Tweets: @stanfordio, @stanfordio, @morientalist, @willoremus, @gregorhunter, @ozm, @business, @dlberes, @carlymil, @noahreservation, @danielelepido, @ivibz, @httech, @edmundlee, @ccp_china_watch, @elegant_wallaby, @yaqiu, @wongmjane, @andreaslandwehr, @hkanji, @melissakchan, @melissakchan, @bobbyallyn, @elenacryst, @kentbye, @willoremus, @thatclarafied, @taylorlorenz, @roxannetaylor, @munkeatlooi, @tfoil2, @karissabe, and @jilliancyork
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Q&A with Unity CFO Kim Jabal, about the impact from Apple's upcoming IDFA changes, the tug of war between targeted ads and privacy, competition with Epic, more — Unity Technologies recently reported better than expected earnings for the fourth quarter ended December 31.
Tweets: @deantak
| Rest of World: |
Inside “PGM” Facebook groups, the largest of which has 160,000+ members, where Brazilians collect, share, and memorialize the accounts of the recently deceased — Long before the Covid-19 pandemic, Brazilian Facebook users were gathering to memorialize total strangers.
Tweets: @renske_visser, @restofworld, @restofworld, @telliotter, @garrytan, @decka227, @cengizyar, @j_fuller, @restofworld, @pribellini, @iethics, @lmatsakis, @iethics, and @restofworld
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Germany-based Lengoo, which offers customised AI-powered translation service to enterprise clients, raises $20M Series B — Most people who use AI-powered translation tools do so for commonplace, relatively unimportant tasks like understanding a single phrase or quote.| 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.
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MSPoweruser and Slashdot
Tweets: @stephansroche, @quantumchannel_, @piratecto, @lanceulanoff, @quantumaephraim, @caseynewton, and @andreasateth
| Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: |
Libeo, a French startup that lets SMEs easily process invoices and B2B payments, raises €20M Series A and says it is processing €100M annually — Libeo, a French fintech software that simplifies invoices and payments for SMEs, has closed a €20 million Series A round …
Tweets: @georgehdf
| 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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