how's the Gamestop/YOLO/WSB day trading army doing these days? (not great!)
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erin griffith
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New York Times writer covering start-ups and venture capital. Bob balafan. erin.griffith@nytimes.com
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why is it so funny to me that showtime is launching an extended billions universe with shows called millions and trillions
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this list of gen z's favorite brands ranks Dollar Tree, Sprite and Target above Apple!?!?! what is going on here
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first thing I searched for after (finally) watching everything everywhere. they’re perfect 🥹
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he's just gonna put "funding secured, pedo guy" at the end of every tweet now isn't he
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Wow, a jury found Elon Musk not liable for the fallout of his "Funding secured" tweets.
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the made up HR thought leadership terms have been 🙄 for awhile but but "the great betrayal" is a new level of silliness. its a bunch of tech layoffs not the bible
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Only four new unicorns in January - lowest level since 2017, per pitchbook
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This well-written article by does a great job of showing (not telling!) just how collaborative the #climatetech space is.
It takes a village to save the planet!
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Apple Watches keep calling 911 from ski slopes, spin classes and other non-emergency situations.
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when best intentions of tech behemoth lead to unintended consequences
nytimes.com/2023/02/03/hea
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when best intentions of tech behemoth lead to unintended consequences
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Correction, RIP to Washio, which shut down. Its URL now redirects to a similar service called Rinse.
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RIP Washio, which shut down and was subsequently bought by a different laundry startup called Rinse
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a sign that the startup market is actually alive and well: laundry startups are still raising money. this one just got $20m!
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2) it's the first time the commission has used the health breach data notification rule, which was designed to account for health data not covered by HIPAA or otherwise under the purview of HHS.
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it's a big deal for a few reasons:
1) the way GoodRx was sharing data with advertisers—to target ads to consumers— is a widely held practice.
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I'm sure many of you have seen already but the FTC just slapped GoodRx for sharing health data without their knowledge to third parties like facebook and google ftc.gov/system/files/f
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Start-ups on the front page ⬇️
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people with white dogs who like to wear black, what's the secret. my lint roller budget is approximately $1 billion and still not cutting it
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time to republish this thread with new screenshots reflecting the current mania for AI
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the tech buzzword hype cycle plays out the same way every time.
FIRST, a startup breaks out and VCs rush to fund it.
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As tech companies slash perks and cut jobs, many workers are flocking to start-ups that aim to combat climate change, just as investors pour money into the field.
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lol welp the lawyer just accidentally called Musk "Mr. Tweet"
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We're back in court for day 2 of testimony from Elon Musk about his infamous 420 tweet. Read on day 1:
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Elon Musk has stepped into federal court in San Francisco to testify in a shareholder lawsuit over his infamous 2018 tweet, in which he said he had secured funding to take Tesla private at $420/share.
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are we going to get Azealia Banks on the stand at this elon trial or
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Google's founders are back in the building, focusing on AI strategy to compete with ChatGPT (via )
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(*prison not jail)
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This is from filings arguing about whether she should be allowed to stay out of jail during her appeal. (She is set to report in April.) One more interesting detail: Her monthly living expenses are $13,000 and her parter's salary is $0.
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Her lawyer's explanation speaks to her belief that her verdict would turn out differently, noting that the government has her passport...
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Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of fraud on Jan 4, 2022. Filings show she had a one-way flight to Mexico scheduled for Jan. 26.
(She is required to give the court notice of any travel.)
The govt. found out a few days beforehand.
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So is Rolex.
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I was today years old when I found out IKEA is a nonprofit organization.
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(i have read this article several times and am still not sure i got it right)
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So Robinhood bought MarketSnacks, then MarketSnacks spun out from from Robinhood, but only Snacks (the podcast) not Snacks (the newsletter). Meanwhile Sherwood Media is independent from Robinhood but also the new home of Snacks (the newsletter). 👍
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On the school debate, OpenAI and people will create tools to detect AI but they’ll be imperfect:
“We’re just in a new world now. generated text is something we need to adapt to. We adapted to calculators. This is much more extreme. We’ll all adapt and be better off for it.”
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