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Eric Bellman
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Reverse migrant laborer, displaced by Covid-19. San Francisco based Tech Editor for the WSJ. Formerly in New Delhi, Jakarta, Mumbai, Manila, Osaka, Tokyo.
San Franciscowsj.comBorn November 19Joined February 2010

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Because AI don't snitch. ChatGPT company unveiled a tool for detecting text generated by artificial intelligence. BUT it fails to do so nearly three quarters of the time
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Amazon Music’s bigger song library comes with a drawback for Prime members: no more control of the playlist. “There was a lot of cussing.” wsj.com/articles/amazo via
Internal documents outline Facebook’s sometimes tortured efforts over 18 months to play down politics and other divisive topics on the platform.
Microsoft is expected to fight the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit to block its $75 billion deal for Activision Blizzard by arguing that it is an underdog in videogame development wsj.com/articles/micro via
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Apple is thinking of opening its garden as it adds new fences. Apple is preparing to let applications be downloaded onto iPhones and iPads outside of its App Store
Tensions grew between Salesforce co-CEOs Marc Benioff and Bret Taylor months before last week’s announcement that Mr. Taylor would exit, people familiar with the executives said
Years before they cut ties with Kanye West, Adidas executives discussed how they needed to mitigate risks for employees by reducing “direct exposure” to the Yeezy creator.
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Facebook’s parent has fired or disciplined more than two dozen employees and contractors over the last year whom it accused of improperly taking over user accounts, in some cases allegedly for bribes
As Tesla’s stock rose rapidly, Elon Musk focused on whether compensation for employees matched their contributions, and he asked a top deputy to forfeit some of his unvested equity