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TechmemeThe essential tech news of the moment. Technology's news site of record. Not for dummies.Techmeme Open Links In New Tab Mobile Archives Site News October 6, 2024, 11:35 PM Enter Techmeme snapshot date and time: Cancel   Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch Home River Leaderboards About Sponsor Events Get our daily newsletter and never miss a story!   ⓧ Newsletter Top News Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple aims to debut iOS 18.1 and Apple Intelligence on October 28 and unveil a new iPad mini and Macs in late October; some could ship from November 1  —  Apple is inching away from its annual product upgrade cycle, a move that could lead to more frequent releases and fewer jarring delays. More: 9to5Mac, CNBC, Hindustan Times, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Wccftech, Android Authority, Thurrott, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, The Mac Observer, Digital Trends, Neowin, Forbes, Tom's Guide, 9to5Toys, The Shortcut, The Apple Post, KnowTechie, PhoneArena, Engadget, The Verge, PCMag, iClarified, TechRadar, iPhone in Canada Blog, Patently Apple, and MacDailyNews Mastodon: @djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place and @chockenberry@mastodon.social X: @markgurman, @markgurman, @emollick, @markgurman, @theapplehub, @emollick, and @betaprofiles Forums: r/technology, r/apple, r/ios, and MacRumors Forums More: Michael Burkhardt / 9to5Mac:   Apple reportedly releasing iOS 18.1 with Apple Intelligence features on October 28Kif Leswing / CNBC:   As Apple enters AI race, iPhone maker turns to its army of developers for an edgeAyushmann Chawla / Hindustan Times:   iOS 18.1 release date: Here's when iPhone users may get Apple IntelligenceMichael Burkhardt / 9to5Mac:   Gurman: New M4 Macs and iPad mini 7 to launch on November 1Charles Martin / AppleInsider:   Apple to launch MacBook Air, iPad Air refreshes in early 2025Ali Salman / Wccftech:   We Finally Know When Apple Will Release iOS 18.1 Update For iPhone With Apple IntelligenceHadlee Simons / Android Authority:   Big Apple leak reveals what to expect from October event (and beyond)Paul Thurrott / Thurrott:   Gurman: iOS 18.1 on October 28, M4 Macs on November 1Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:   Apple to Release iOS 18.1 With Apple Intelligence on October 28Ed Hardy / Cult of Mac:   Apple Intelligence AI-powered features could launch Oct. 28Devesh Beri / The Mac Observer:   Here Are New Apple Products Set to Be Unveiled on November 1Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends:   Next-gen Macs with M4 silicon could be here in NovemberTaras Buria / Neowin:   Apple Intelligence is reportedly coming October 28, new Macs and iPad mini on November 1David Phelan / Forbes:   iOS 18.1 iPhone 16 Apple Intelligence Release: Report Sets Exact DateAlyse Stanley / Tom's Guide:   Apple insider reveals when iOS 18.1 will bring Apple intelligence features to iPhonesJustin Kahn / 9to5Toys:   Rare deal knocks Apple's 256GB iPad mini 6 with 2-yr. Apple Care+ to $398 ($250+ off)Max Buondonno / The Shortcut:   iOS 18.1 with Apple Intelligence release date is October 28, says reportDavid Joseppi / The Apple Post:   Apple rumored to release new M4 Mac models and updated iPad mini on November 1Kevin Raposo / KnowTechie:   When does Apple Intelligence come out?Abdullah Asim / PhoneArena:   We now know the release date and rollout phases for Apple IntelligenceCheyenne MacDonald / Engadget:   Apple's revamped Mac mini and iPad mini could be here as soon as November 1Wes Davis / The Verge:   Shrunken Mac Minis and a new iPad Mini might come in NovemberWill McCurdy / PCMag:   M4 MacBook Air and ‘Refreshed’ iPad Air Not Expected Until 2025Gurman / iClarified:   Apple Intelligence Will be Released on October 28 [Gurman]John-Anthony Disotto / TechRadar:   Apple Intelligence's release date is almost here - why it's a bigger deal than you thinkJohn Quintet / iPhone in Canada Blog:   Apple Intelligence Release Date: Oct. 28 with iOS 18.1: ReportJack Purcher / Patently Apple:   As Apple sets to enter the AI Race at the end of the month, the company is turning to its Army of Developers for an EdgeMacDailyNews:   As Apple enters AI race, it turns to its army of developers for an edge Mastodon: David Amador / @djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place:   This is good imo and something that the software world needs too; yearly releases lead to rushed products, tech debt, bloated software, and overall worse experience in the long run.  We don't need a new “” every year. https://www.bloomberg.com/...  [image]Craig Hockenberry / @chockenberry@mastodon.social:   I swear Siri just keeps getting worse.  It now doesn't recognize “Triode”, an app I use every day.  Instead I have to spell it out as T-R-I-O-D-E.  —  The worst part is that I get a “helpful” ad for another product now.  —  Will AI make me and everyone else not hate this feature?  I have my doubts. … X: Mark Gurman / @markgurman:   Custom configurations of all MacBook Pro, iMac and Mac mini models are showing shipment delays until the end of October. I've reported several times that new versions are coming this fall. MacBook Airs seeing some configuration delays as well — but too soon for a refresh there. [image]Mark Gurman / @markgurman:   Get Ready: Apple is targeting an Oct 28 release for Apple Intelligence and Nov. 1 availability for new M4 Macs, I'm told. Expect a product announcement towards the end of this month. https://www.bloomberg.com/...Ethan Mollick / @emollick:   Apple Intelligence is going to be many people's first introduction to AI & the GPT-3.5-level (or below) quality for a few applications, while useful for their intended purpose, are going to completely mis-set their expectations for what models can do. https://9to5mac.com/...Mark Gurman / @markgurman:   Power On: Apple is inching away from its annual product upgrade cycle, a move that could lead to more frequent releases and fewer jarring delays. https://www.bloomberg.com/...@theapplehub:   Apple is reportedly planning to release some of these new products on November 1: - 14" MacBook Pro with M4 - 14" and 16" MacBook Pro with M4 Pro and M4 Max - Mac mini with M4 and M4 Pro - iMac with M4 - New iPad mini Source: @markgurman [image]Ethan Mollick / @emollick:   They did some cool stuff with local models on a phone to preserve privacy, but the gap with frontier models is vast.@betaprofiles:   Mark Gurman suggests that iOS 18.1 and some Apple Intelligence features will arrive on October 28, which is later than the previous expectation of mid-October. [image] Forums: r/technology:   Apple Slowly Moves Away From Its Annual Product Release Strategyr/apple:   Apple Slowly Moves Away From Its Annual Product Release Strategyr/ios:   Apple reportedly releasing iOS 18.1 with Apple Intelligence features on October 28MacRumors Forums:   Apple to Release iOS 18.1 With Apple Intelligence on October 28 Wall Street Journal: eMarketer: Google's share of the US search ad market is expected to drop below 50% in 2025 for the first time in 10+ years, as Amazon, Apple, and others gain  —  A flurry of new offerings for advertisers is hitting the market  —  Google's grip on the nearly $300 billion search advertising business is loosening. More: Yahoo Finance and The Express Tribune Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social X: @eric_seufert, @ashkan, @bwertz, @pkedrosky, @aravsrinivas, and @aepstein_ LinkedIn: Jordan Steiner and David Wiener Forums: r/wallstreetbets and r/technology See also Mediagazer More: Yahoo Finance:   Google's grip on search slips as TikTok and AI startup mount challengeThe Express Tribune:   Google testing new feature to identify legitimate businesses Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life@mas.to:   Google is on track to dip below 50% of the search advertising market in the US.  —  While the Wall Street Journal hypes up TikTok & AI search engines like Perplexity as the cause, the largest gainer is Amazon which now has 22.3% share followed by the Apple's App Store search ads. …Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social:   Oh, gee, so maybe it's not a monopoly that needs to be broken up....  Google's grip on the nearly $300 billion search advertising business is loosening as a flurry of new offerings for advertisers hits the market https://www.wsj.com/... X: Eric Seufert / @eric_seufert:   Apple is the third largest US e-Commerce retailer. [image]Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan:   Google didn't pioneer search ads, Goto/Overture did, but timing helped their superior search product become the dominant platform, reaping all the benefits. But, like all other disrupters, it's being disrupted by social, AI. https://www.wsj.com/...Boris Wertz / @bwertz:   Few people appreciate how big Amazon's search advertising business has become [image]Paul Kedrosky / @pkedrosky:   WSJ: Google's share of the U.S. search ad market is expected to fall below 50% next year for the first time in over a decade Anecdotally, I use it much less than ever. https://www.wsj.com/... [image]Aravind Srinivas / @aravsrinivas:   Yep, search is going to be disrupted big time in the next five years. [image]Adam Epstein / @aepstein_:   Amazon's meteoric rise in share of search ad revenue this past decade will be matched in the next decade with a meteoric rise in share of tv ad revenue. [image] LinkedIn: Jordan Steiner:   Good article from the Journal on Google's search monopoly slipping.  When I am researching a new company/industry these days I always start the journey on Perplexity instead. …David Wiener:   It's hard to overstate what's happening with Google right now.  After years of being the dominant gateway to the open web, the tides are really shifting. … Forums: r/wallstreetbets:   Googles grip on search slips to TikTok and AI Startupsr/technology:   Google's Grip on Search Slips as TikTok and AI Startup Mount Challenge See also Mediagazer Wall Street Journal: Sources: China-linked “Salt Typhoon” hacking campaign potentially accessed US wiretap systems after breaching networks of US ISPs like Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen  —  AT&T, Verizon are among broadband providers breached in China-linked ‘Salt Typhoon’ hack More: Reuters, Benzinga, NBC News, CNN, Security Affairs, The Verge, and CNBC Mastodon: @fj@mastodon.social, @evacide@hachyderm.io, @mattblaze@federate.social, @mattblaze@federate.social, @Mer__edith@mastodon.world, @mattblaze@federate.social, @mattblaze@federate.social, @ryansingel@writing.exchange, @jsonstein@masto.deoan.org, @adamgurri@mastodon.social, @sean@scoat.es, @maxleibman@beige.party, @osma@mas.to, @HackyScientress@chaos.social, and @dymaxion@infosec.exchange X: @jsrailton, @jsrailton, @rondeibert, @jsrailton, @jsrailton, @jackrhysider, @mer__edith, @jsrailton, @jsrailton, @kevinbankston, @hostilespectrum, @mattjay, @callumj, @jchengwsj, @profwoodward, @chrisrohlf, @bysarahkrouse, @briangobosox, and @jchengwsj LinkedIn: Kevin Fogarty, J. Trevor Hughes, and Kurt Sanger Forums: r/politics, r/wallstreetbets, r/technology, r/privacy, r/cybersecurity, and r/craftofintelligence More: Shivani Tanna / Reuters:   Chinese hackers breached US court wiretap systems, WSJ reportsAnanya Gairola / Benzinga:   Chinese Hackers Breach AT&T, Verizon Networks In Major Wiretap Data Theft Putting US National Security At Risk: ReportDan De Luce / NBC News:   Chinese hack of telecommunications companies under investigation, NSA chief saysCNN:   Chinese hackers access US telecom firms, worrying national security officialsPierluigi Paganini / Security Affairs:   China-linked group Salt Typhoon hacked US broadband providers and breached wiretap systemsWes Davis / The Verge:   Chinese state hackers reportedly accessed US wiretap systems.Annie Nova / CNBC:   China-linked security breach targeted U.S. wiretap systems, WSJ reports Mastodon: Frederic Jacobs / @fj@mastodon.social:   China successfully compromised for months the infrastructure used to do wiretaps on the AT&T and Verizon networks.  —  This is a huge “told you so” moment for the cryptographic community that has been saying that such infrastructure does present a huge risk to national security. …@evacide@hachyderm.io:   Once again, for the people in the back: we don't build back doors because there is no way to build a back door that only good guys can walk through, motherfuckers.  —  https://www.wsj.com/...Matt Blaze / @mattblaze@federate.social:   In a different context, the compromise of intermediary service providers was the primary vector by which Russian intelligence was able to breach many states' election system backends in 2016.  It's a very powerful attack surface.Matt Blaze / @mattblaze@federate.social:   Also, these wiretapping systems have become so bloated and complicated (a security risk in and of itself) that there are now intermediate service providers that act as a buffer between carriers and law enforcement.  Compromise one of them, and you've hit the interception jackpot. …Meredith Whittaker / @Mer__edith@mastodon.world:   Case in point: there's no way to build a backdoor that only the “good guys” can use.  —  When the entire technical community says that the EU's ChatControl legislation + similar pose serious cybersecurity threats, we're not exaggerating for effect.  —  https://www.wsj.com/...Matt Blaze / @mattblaze@federate.social:   Another problem with these “lawful intercept” and “lawful access” mandates: they've suffered from automation creep.  When CALEA was envisioned and passed, wiretaps would be at least partly manually provisioned, requiring someone at the central office to complete a work order or physically connect something. …Matt Blaze / @mattblaze@federate.social:   And that seems to be exactly what we saw with the breach reported by the WSJ.  In the “Athens Affair” two decades earlier, a hundred or so subscribers were intercepted, in a major offensive intelligence operation.  But today, the Chinese government managed to compromise two major US telecom carriers, likely with similar levels of effort.Ryan Singel / @ryansingel@writing.exchange:   Holy hell.  This was inevitable.  —  Hackers, allegedly Chinese, got into the federally mandated surveillance backdoors of Verizon and AT&T's networks, snooping on everything.  —  The mandated backdoors were first required on phone systems in 1994 by the CALEA law, then controversially extended to broadband by the FCC in '04. …Jeff Sonstein / @jsonstein@masto.deoan.org:   unlike the penetration of SCADA by ‘Volt Typhoon’, apparently focused on depositing capabilities to be utilized later, ‘Salt Typhoon’ seems to have been actively exploited. & no, I do not know enough to make any definitive statements. …Adam Gurri / @adamgurri@mastodon.social:   For 30 years cryptographers have been telling everyone that this is what would happen if US law enforcement and signals intelligence purposefully created backdoors https://www.wsj.com/...Sean Coates / @sean@scoat.es:   This is also *exactly* why we (not that I'd consider myself part of the cryptographic community; the collective “we") will never accept a mandated universal backdoor in end-to-end encrypted private communications.  —  No one has ever demonstrated that they're capable of holding such a necessarily high level of trust. …Max Leibman / @maxleibman@beige.party:   There's no such thing as a back door that only the good guys can use. https://mastodon.social/...@osma@mas.to:   EU is about to follow.on the same path of enabling hostile surveillance, here argued as “but why won't anyone think of the children” #ChatControl regulations.  The end result will be effectively the same - critical vulnerabilities in communications infrastructure.  —  https://mastodon.social/...Jenny / @HackyScientress@chaos.social:   The “lawful” intercept systems at AT&T and Verizon were targeted, and possibly breached, in a hack attributed to a Chinese state backed hacking group.  —  For me this incident just drives the point in that those systems should not exist in the first place. …Eleanor Saitta / @dymaxion@infosec.exchange:   *Now* can we have a sensible conversation about the risks of surveillance systems?  —  https://mastodon.social/...  [No, of course we can't.] X: John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton:   Manufacturers of networking and phone gear must follow specific standards for ‘lawful interception’ in different jurisdictions (e.g. CALEA & ETSI's standards) But as we learn time & time again, the scope of potential access & harm almost never matched by efforts to detect & block malicious use.John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton:   Reflect on the volume of discussion of a TikTok as a national security threat to the US from #China. At least we've got a choice of whether or not to install it. Yet with China's compromise of US lawful intercept portals, we're all stuck in that data. No choice. But I predict@rondeibert:   Another reminder that lawful access systems (ie, backdoors) can become major sources of personal & national insecurity China🇨🇳operators penetrated networks of Verizon, AT&T & Lumen Tech @bysarahkrouse @dnvolz @aviswanatha @bobmcmillan https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJJohn Scott-Railton / @jsrailton:   We must not keep all our national security eggs in Verizon & ATT's baskets. Legacy carriers & ISPs keep proving to us that protecting & securing our data is just not a priority. More encryption in more places & privacy-focused companies are both sorely needed.John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton:   History note: Remember the 2004-2005 #Greek wiretapping case? Wiretapping functionality in Vodafone's @ericsson switches was exploited to duplicate Greek gov calsl to prepaid phones, likely by a certain foreign government. Perhaps #China thought it would be funny to recycle a [image]@jackrhysider:   Governments are fallible at securing data.  People ask me, if I get worn down from the constant data breach news.  No. What I've learned is since data breaches are inevitable, that I need to take my private data more seriously than ever.  Nobody is capable of protecting my data, so I simply will not give it to anyone.Meredith Whittaker / @mer__edith:   Case in point: there's no way to build a backdoor that only the “good guys” can use. When the entire technical community says that the EU's ChatControl legislation + similar pose serious cybersecurity threats, we're not exaggerating for effect.John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton:   There's constant pressure from governments to bake-in systems for access. Failure to comply with those demands is met with big sanctions. Just look at Durov. Yet I predict that there will be zero meaningful accountability over this breach. https://x.com/...John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton:   CATASTROPHIC: Chinese hackers massively wiretapped 🇺🇸USA by compromising the interception portals mandated under US law. Remember this the next time a government demands encryption backdoors. By: @bysarahkrouse @dnvolz @aviswanatha @bobmcmillan h/t @RonDeibert READ: [image]Kevin Bankston / @kevinbankston:   Everyone on the encryption and CALEA beat has been flagging this risk forever. Sometimes it really sucks being right.JD Work / @hostilespectrum:   The disclosure of SALT TYPHOON intrusions against US warranted access functions in telecom infrastructure is precisely the fulfillment of warning against mandated backdoors for merely administrative execution. We have known for over 15 years that this is a priority domesticMatt Johansen / @mattjay:   So U.S. uses backdoors in it's own Internet providers to spy on it's citizens. China says “don't mind if we do” and backdoors the backdoors. They sat for months undetected on the U.S. wiretap system for Verizon, AT&T, and more...Callum Jones / @callumj:   And the government wonders why Apple refused to build back doors.....Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj:   Verizon, AT&T and Lumen Technologies are among those whose networks were breached, the people said. The widespread compromise is considered a potentially catastrophic security breach and was carried out by a Chinese hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon. https://www.wsj.com/...Alan Woodward / @profwoodward:   The next time someone suggests govt should have a backdoor just show them this story https://www.wsj.com/...@chrisrohlf:   You can stack cyber risk management frameworks to the sky if you'd like. But at the end of the day if your adversary has studied your system to the point they know it better than you do, you're going to lose. https://www.wsj.com/...Sarah Krouse / @bysarahkrouse:   NEW: A cyberattack tied to the Chinese government penetrated the networks of major U.S. broadband providers and potentially accessed information from systems used for court-authorized wiretapping requests - w/ @dnvolz @aviswanatha @bobmcmillan https://www.wsj.com/...Brian McCarthy / @briangobosox:   Damn, apparently China just picked off every federal wiretap request through all the big broadband companies.. Exclusive | U.S. Wiretap Systems Targeted in China-Linked Hack - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/...Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj:   For months or longer, the hackers may have held access to network infrastructure used to cooperate with lawful U.S. requests for communications data, say people familiar with the matter. They also had access to other more generic internet traffic. https://www.wsj.com/... LinkedIn: Kevin Fogarty:   How many wake up calls do we need?  —  “officials have been alarmed by alleged efforts by Chinese intelligence officers to burrow … J. Trevor Hughes:   It is easy to become numb to the steady pace of breaches.  This one seems big.  Very big.  Stay tuned for coverage from the IAPP in the days ahead... …Kurt Sanger:   Did we design our own internet to support China's strategic interests?  —  If your organization has IT the PRC can leverage, you are a target ... and you'd be surprised by what they can leverage. … Forums: r/politics:   Chinese hackers breached US court wiretap systems, WSJ reportsr/wallstreetbets:   U.S. Wiretap Systems hacked including providers like AT&T and Verizonr/technology:   Chinese hackers compromised the same telecom backdoors the FBI and other law enforcement agencies use to monitor Americans for months.r/privacy:   For months, Chinese hackers compromised the telecom law enforcement interception portals mandated under US law, gaining access to the built … r/cybersecurity:   U.S. Wiretap Systems Targeted in China-Linked Hackr/craftofintelligence:   U.S. Wiretap Systems Targeted in China-Linked Hack AT&T and Verizon are among broadband providers breached in China-linked ‘Salt Typhoon’ hack Justine Calma / The Verge: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are increasingly eyeing nuclear reactors, which provide steady “baseload” power, as their carbon emissions climb due to AI tools  —  Major tech firms, in search of carbon pollution-free electricity for data centers, are helping to revive nuclear energy in the US. More: Financial Times, OilPrice.com, and Inc More: Financial Times:   Is nuclear energy the zero-carbon answer to powering AI?ZeroHedge / OilPrice.com:   Is Nuclear Power the Future of Green Energy for Big Tech?Chloe Aiello / Inc:   Why This Company Has Big Plans to Restart a Nuclear Reactor-and Make History Wes Davis / The Verge: Google rolls out Android theft protection features: Theft Detection Lock, which uses AI to detect motion indicating theft, Offline Device Lock, and Remote Lock  —  Google is rolling out a new set of features aimed at making it less easy for thieves to access your data. More: Business Standard, 9to5Google, Engadget, Forbes, PhoneArena, Android Headlines, PCMag, TechSpot, The Indian Express, GSMArena.com, Digital Trends, Android Police, Gizchina.com, Android Authority, and NewsBytes Threads: @mishaal_rahman.  Forums: r/Android More: Business Standard:   Google brings in new anti-theft, remote locking features for Android usersAbner Li / 9to5Google:   Google starts rolling out Android Theft protection featuresCheyenne MacDonald / Engadget:   Google's theft protection features have started showing up for some Android usersDavey Winder / Forbes:   Google's New Android Triple Lock Update Leak—3x The Security SurpriseJohanna Romero / PhoneArena:   Google begins rollout of Theft Detection Lock, Offline Device Lock, and Remote Lock on AndroidsAlap Naik Desai / Android Headlines:   Android Theft Protection features rolling out via Play ServicesWill McCurdy / PCMag:   Google Rolls Out New AI Security Features For Android To Stop Phone SnatchersZo Ahmed / TechSpot:   Android's latest security feature will lock out devices when detecting “motion associated with theft”The Indian Express:   Google can now lock your stolen Android smartphone automatically and protect personal dataGSMArena.com:   Google is making it easier to protect your data if your phone gets stolenNadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends:   Android phones have started receiving crucial anti-theft featuresChethan Rao / Android Police:   Android's new anti-theft features are gradually rolling outAbdullah Mustapha / Gizchina.com:   Stay Secure: Discover Android's New Theft Prevention ToolsHadlee Simons / Android Authority:   Android's handy theft protection features are now rolling out worldwideDwaipayan Roy / NewsBytes:   Google rolls out new theft protection features for Android devices Threads: Mishaal Rahman / @mishaal_rahman:   Google is starting to roll out Theft Detection Lock, Offline Device Lock, and Remote Lock to Android users in the US!  I just checked my Xiaomi 14T Pro and noticed that I have Theft Detection Lock and Offline Device Lock but not Remote Lock.  Some Pixel users in the US tell me they have Remote Lock but not the other two. … Forums: r/Android:   Google is starting to roll out Theft Detection Lock, Offline Device Lock, and Remote Lock to Android users in the US Reuters: Some US ride-hailing drivers are using Teslas with FSD as makeshift robotaxis, saying FSD lets them work longer hours by reducing stress, amid safety concerns  —  A self-driving Tesla carrying a passenger for Uber (UBER.N) rammed into an SUV at an intersection in suburban Las Vegas in April … More: The Rideshare Guy, Disconnect, TechInsights Inc., Motley Fool, Carscoops, Yahoo Finance, Notebookcheck, Jalopnik, and Proactive X: @abhiruproy30 and @abhiruproy30.  LinkedIn: Philip Koopman.  Forums: r/RealTesla More: Johan / The Rideshare Guy:   Weekly Roundup: Massachusetts' Uber and Lyft Deal Leaves Many Drivers UnsatisfiedParis Marx / Disconnect:   Roundup: Uber is cutting workers' wages globallyTechInsights Inc.:   Exploring Tesla's Full Self-DrivingTravis Hoium / Motley Fool:   Tesla Stock: Buy, Sell, or Hold?Chris Chilton / Carscoops:   Uber And Lyft Drivers Are Using FSD Teslas As Robotaxis, Would You Trust Them?Akiko Fujita / Yahoo Finance:   Can robotaxis turn a profit? Experts skeptical as Tesla prepares to unveil plans.Daniel Zlatev / Notebookcheck:   Ride share drivers with Teslas use self-driving mode as Uber and Lyft shift passenger safety responsibilityAndy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik:   Rideshare Drivers Are Using Teslas With Full Self-Driving As Half-Assed RobotaxisEmily Jarvie / Proactive:   Tesla set to unveil ‘game-changing’ autonomous driving technology at upcoming Robotaxi event X: Abhirup Roy / @abhiruproy30:   A self-driving @Tesla carrying a passenger for @Uber rammed into an SUV at an intersection in suburban Vegas in April, an accident that sparked new concerns that a growing stable of self-styled “robotaxis” is exploiting a regulatory gray area in the US, putting lives at risk 1/6Abhirup Roy / @abhiruproy30:   “Ride-share services allow for the use of these partial automation systems in commercial settings, and that is something that should be facing significant scrutiny,” Guidehouse Insights analyst Jake Foose told @Reuters 6/6 https://www.reuters.com/... LinkedIn: Philip Koopman:   It's time for Uber and Lyft to create and enforce a policy that their riders cannot be turned into human subjects in a beta test of immature driving automation software. … Forums: r/RealTesla:   Uber and Lyft drivers use Teslas as makeshift robotaxis, raising safety concerns Isabel Hilton / Yale E360: Taiwan, which is highly dependent on imported fossil fuels, is struggling to meet its chip industry's energy demands; TSMC uses ~9% of Taiwan's electricity  —  As the world's largest producer of advanced computer chips, Taiwan is struggling to meet demand for electricity. More: TrendForce News.  X: @wired, @yalee360, @yalee360, @isabelhilton, @yalee360, and @yalee360.  Forums: Hacker News More: TrendForce News:   [News] TSMC's Electricity Demand Could Triple by 2030, Raising Concerns on Taiwan's Power Supply X: @wired:   Highly dependent on imported fossil fuels, soon to shutter its last nuclear plant, and slow to build out renewables, the world's largest producer of advanced computer chips is heading toward an energy crunch. https://www.wired.com/...@yalee360:   Taiwan is facing an energy crunch, and a belligerent China is making it harder to resolve. China could block imports of coal and gas, experts say, or sabotage offshore wind. https://e360.yale.edu/...@yalee360:   The biggest producer of advanced computer chips, Taiwan is struggling to meet power demand. Highly dependent on imported fuels, soon to shutter its last nuclear plant, and slow to build out renewables, it is facing an energy crisis. Read more @YaleE360: https://e360.yale.edu/... [image]Isabel Hilton / @isabelhilton:   We all know that Taiwan is essential for advanced computer chips, but will it continue to be able to power its industry? https://e360.yale.edu/...@yalee360:   Taiwan is highly dependent on imported fossil fuels, leaving it vulnerable to blockade by China. The Taiwan Strait is ripe for offshore wind development, but new turbines would be within missile range from China, and undersea cables are highly vulnerable. https://e360.yale.edu/...@yalee360:   By 2030, Taiwan's semiconductor industry will consume twice as much electricity as the whole of New Zealand. Already struggling to keep up with power demand, it is not clear how the island will supply the needed energy. https://e360.yale.edu/... Forums: Hacker News:   Taiwan is heading toward an energy crunch? Matteo Wong / The Atlantic: Q&A with UCLA's Terence Tao, widely considered the world's greatest living mathematician, about OpenAI's o1, how AI might be useful to mathematicians, and more  —  Terence Tao, the world's greatest living mathematician, has a vision for AI.  —  Terence Tao, a mathematics professor at UCLA, is a real-life superintelligence. More: The Decoder, What's new, TechCrunch, and OpenAI on YouTube Mastodon: @ddrake@mathstodon.xyz, @mseri@mathstodon.xyz, @tao@mathstodon.xyz, @codinghorror@infosec.exchange, @tao@mathstodon.xyz, and @tao@mathstodon.xyz X: @chazfirestone, @boazbaraktcs, @bobmcgrewai, @nxthompson, @stevenstrogatz, @_akpiper, @dlberes, @matteo_wong, and @felix3s LinkedIn: Ian Maurer and Nicholas Thompson Forums: r/singularity and r/math More: Matthias Bastian / The Decoder:   Renowned mathematician Terence Tao envisions AI-powered “industrial-scale mathematics”Terence Tao / What's new:   A pilot project in universal algebra to explore new ways to collaborate and use machine assistance?Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:   The ‘Mozart of Math’ isn't worried about AI replacing math nerds — everOpenAI on YouTube:   Math with OpenAI o1 Mastodon: Dan Drake / @ddrake@mathstodon.xyz:   Terry Tao on AI doing math:  —  https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...  The viral quote is Tao saying that the current ChatGPT o1 series is like  —  a “mediocre, but not completely incompetent” graduate student.  —  Sounds like...me, back in the day. :) …Marcello Seri / @mseri@mathstodon.xyz:   #AI and #mathematics, where are we heading to?  —  There is a rather sober and interesting interview with Terence Tao on this subject in The Atlantic.  Worth a reading: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...Terence Tao / @tao@mathstodon.xyz:   In https://chatgpt.com/... I gave the new model a challenging complex analysis problem (which I had previously asked GPT4 to assist in writing up a proof of in https://chatgpt.com/... ).  Here the results were better than previous models, but still slightly disappointing … Jeff Atwood / @codinghorror@infosec.exchange:   Truly genius math people are basically aliens.  So much respect: “The type of math that I'm most interested in is math that doesn't really exist.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...Terence Tao / @tao@mathstodon.xyz:   I am revisiting a project I floated back in https://mathstodon.xyz/... to launch a collaborative project to explore the space of small equational laws on magmas, as a pilot project to test out ways of incorporating citizen mathematics, proof assistants, automation tools, and AI to perform large scale mathematical exploration. …Terence Tao / @tao@mathstodon.xyz:   I have played a little bit with OpenAI's new iteration of #GPT, GPT-o1, which performs an initial reasoning step before running the LLM.  It is certainly a more capable tool than previous iterations, though still struggling with the most advanced research mathematical tasks. … X: Chaz Firestone / @chazfirestone:   enjoying all these stories and blog posts about terry tao's assessment of AI math capabilities, but keep feeling for the people he compares the models to... [image]Boaz Barak / @boazbaraktcs:   Worth reading. One comment here shows how important is longer context . There are about 2K working hours in a year. So if now conversations are about 10 minutes, if we grow context by 6 OOMs (from O(10K) to O(10B) ) then it can last a lifetime. [image]Bob McGrew / @bobmcgrewai:   Terence Tao on what math looks like after o1... https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...@nxthompson:   “At the frontier, we will always need humans and AI. They have complementary strengths. AI is very good at converting billions of pieces of data into one good answer. Humans are good at taking 10 observations and making inspired guesses” - Terence Tao. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...Steven Strogatz / @stevenstrogatz:   Terry Tao on math and AI, in @TheAtlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...Andrew Piper / @_akpiper:   “Instead of narrow, deep mathematics, where an expert human works very hard on a narrow scope of problems, you could have broad, crowdsourced problems with lots of AI assistance that are maybe shallower, but at a much larger scale.” Humanities take note. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...Damon Beres / @dlberes:   Love this Q&A @matteo_wong did with Terence Tao about OpenAI's o1, and how AI might bring about new possibilities in mathematics. Nuance! https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...Matteo Wong / @matteo_wong:   Terence Tao (!!) and I discuss OpenAI's latest model mediocrity, how AI might be useful to mathematicians (as “glue,” for now), and his vision for industrial mathematics: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...Felix Schlumpf / @felix3s:   Terence Tao, perhaps the world's greatest living mathematician, has likened OpenAI's new model to a “mediocre” graduate student. @matteo_wong spoke with him about what today's AI can and cannot do for cutting-edge mathematics: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... LinkedIn: Ian Maurer:   “One key difference between graduate students and AI is that graduate students learn.  —  I'm much more patient with graduate students … Nicholas Thompson:   “At the frontier, we will always need humans and AI.  They have complementary strengths.  AI is very good at converting billions of pieces of data into one good answer. … Forums: r/singularity:   We're Entering Uncharted Territory for Math - Terrence Tao on o1 and the future of AI & Math (partial paywall so i put it in comments)r/math:   We're Entering Uncharted Territory for Math Financial Times: A look at the fall of Byju's, India's most valuable startup in 2022 at estimated $22B, as the edtech startup faces insolvency and lawsuits in India and the US  —  Edtech company's legal battles from Delaware to Bengaluru have exposed corporate governance issues Zoho: Zoho Payroll Premium Plan: The best of Zoho Payroll  —  Zoho Payroll is on a mission to transform payroll for small, emerging, and established businesses.  To bring you closer to this goal, we're introducing a new plan: Zoho Payroll Premium Plan.  The new plan makes Zoho Payroll more powerful … Sponsor Post Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: An interview with AWS CEO Matt Garman on generative AI, AWS' AI chatbot Q, shutting down services, investing in open source, open sourcing projects, and more  —  It was quite a surprise when Adam Selipsky stepped down as the CEO of Amazon's AWS cloud computing unit. LinkedIn: Frederic Lardinois LinkedIn: Frederic Lardinois:   It was quite a surprise when Adam Selipsky stepped down as the CEO of Amazon's AWS cloud computing unit.  What was maybe just as much of a surprise was that Matt Garman succeeded him. … Max Tani / Semafor: Substack, which still isn't profitable but has added 1M+ paid subscribers over the past year, is trying to become a primary way creators of all mediums get paid  —  The News  —  Seven years since its launch, the newsletter platform Substack has consolidated its dominance of the independent news business. More: Business Insider.  Bluesky: @plutopsyche.nicomaramckay.com.  X: @semafor.  LinkedIn: Jason Whittaker More: Amanda Perelli / Business Insider:   Tech journalist Taylor Lorenz breaks down her Substack plans and why she's leaving legacy media for the creator economy Bluesky: Nico Mara-McKay / @plutopsyche.nicomaramckay.com:   But is Substack still enthusiastically platforming literal Nazis?  Because if it is (and it is), then who cares?  —  Who is still writing for Substack?  Who is still reading anything written on it? [embedded post] X: @semafor:   🟡 NEW: Seven years since its launch, Substack has consolidated its dominance of the independent news business. Now, it's trying to position itself as something more, @maxwelltani reports. https://www.semafor.com/... LinkedIn: Jason Whittaker:   The “remarkable” rise of Substack, writes Maxwell Tani at SEMAFOR, with a million new subs in the last year - half via its recommendation engine, most news-based products: … Wall Street Journal: A profile of UK teenage hacker Arion Kurtaj, a Lapsus$ member who leaked GTA VI video in 2022 and was found guilty in 2023 for hacking Nvidia, Uber, and others  —  The City of London Police had put the teenage boy in the suburban Travelodge to protect him.  They even set up a code … Forums: Hacker News Forums: Hacker News:   Teenage hacker became a legend attacking companies, then his rivals attacked him Sponsor Posts Airtable: What's the ROI on AI?  That's the trillion dollar question.  —  Learn why Airtable's the enterprise operating system for the AI era, delivering enterprise-grade security, privacy and governance. 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Sponsor this podcast   Newest Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: An interview with AWS CEO Matt Garman on generative AI, AWS' AI chatbot Q, shutting down services, investing in open source, open sourcing projects, and moreFind 35 minutes ago Max Tani / Semafor: Substack, which still isn't profitable but has added 1M+ paid subscribers over the past year, is trying to become a primary way creators of all mediums get paidFind 2½ hours ago Financial Times: A look at the fall of Byju's, India's most valuable startup in 2022 at estimated $22B, as the edtech startup faces insolvency and lawsuits in India and the USFind 8 hours ago Justine Calma / The Verge: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are increasingly eyeing nuclear reactors, which provide steady “baseload” power, as their carbon emissions climb due to AI toolsFind 11 hours ago Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple aims to debut iOS 18.1 and Apple Intelligence on October 28 and unveil a new iPad mini and Macs in late October; some could ship from November 1Find 13 hours ago Wall Street Journal: A profile of UK teenage hacker Arion Kurtaj, a Lapsus$ member who leaked GTA VI video in 2022 and was found guilty in 2023 for hacking Nvidia, Uber, and othersFind 15 hours ago Reuters: Some US ride-hailing drivers are using Teslas with FSD as makeshift robotaxis, saying FSD lets them work longer hours by reducing stress, amid safety concernsFind 18 hours ago Full Time-Sorted List From Mediagazer Matthew Jordan / The Conversation: As Congress tries to force carmakers to install AM radios as a matter of public interest, it should push licensed stations to abide by public interest standards Trip Gabriel / New York Times: Former NYT investigative reporter David Burnham, whose work uncovering corruption in the NYPD during the 1970s inspired the movie Serpico, dies at the age of 91 Victoria Gomelsky / New York Times: Watches of Switzerland Group, one of the world's largest watch retailers, acquires the watch enthusiast website 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AppleInsider, The Fast Mode, Nikkei Asia, iLounge, Wccftech, The Register, RCR Wireless News, Computerworld, MacRumors, insideHPC, Taipei Times, Wccftech, iClarified, DigiTimes, and The Mac Observer More: Amkor Technology:   Amkor and TSMC to Expand Partnership and Collaborate on Advanced Packaging in ArizonaMalcolm Owen / AppleInsider:   TSMC-Amkor chip packaging deal will boost Apple chip production in the USRay Sharma / The Fast Mode:   TSMC, Amkor Strengthen U.S. Semiconductor Ecosystem with New Arizona FacilityCheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia:   TSMC, Amkor to bring advanced chip packaging to U.S. for first timeSamantha Wiley / iLounge:   Amkor and TSMC launch new chip production partnershipMuhammad Zuhair / Wccftech:   TSMC & US-Based Amkor Technologies To Bring In CoWoS Production Into The US, Pivotal Moment For The AI MarketsGavin Bonshor / The Register:   TSMC and Amkor link up to bring advanced packaging statesideCatherine Sbeglia Nin / RCR Wireless News:   TSMC, Amkor strike chip packaging deal at planned US plantJonny Evans / Computerworld:   Apple, Amkor, and TSMC 'neath the Arizona SkiesJoe Rossignol / MacRumors:   Apple Chip Manufacturing in U.S. to Expand Following New PartnershipinsideHPC:   Amkor and TSMC Collaborate on Advanced Packaging in ArizonaLisa Wang / Taipei Times:   TSMC signs deal with US chip test firmRamish Zafar / Wccftech:   TSMC Inks Deal To Expand Arizona Plant's AI Packaging CapacityiClarified:   TSMC and Amkor Announce Collaboration to Bring Advanced Packaging to ArizonaDigiTimes:   TSMC, Amkor sign MOU for advanced packaging at US facility, Apple to be first customerDevesh Beri / The Mac Observer:   Apple Expands US Manufacturing with TSMC and Amkor in Arizona SemiAnalysis: A deep dive into “AI Neoclouds”, a new breed of cloud compute providers built to offer GPU rentals, like Crusoe, Lambda Labs, and CoreWeave, and their economics X: @johannes_hage, @stasbekman, and @3thanpetersen.  LinkedIn: Fiaz Mohamed X: Johannes Hagemann / @johannes_hage:   iykyk https://www.semianalysis.com/ ... [image]Stas Bekman / @stasbekman:   A must read for anybody who uses AI clouds and wants to understand how the different components work together, the costs, and a lot more: https://www.semianalysis.com/ ... It'd be extremely practical if you need to shop for a cloud solution to understand the many underlying costs, whichEthan / @3thanpetersen:   “Neoclouds like @CrusoeAI and @togethercompute are the gold standard.” we strive to reduce time-to-gpus-go-brrr https://www.semianalysis.com/ ... LinkedIn: Fiaz Mohamed:   🚀 Proud Moment for Crusoe!  🚀  —  We are thrilled to be recognized as the “gold standard” in the latest SemiAnalysis report on the AI cloud landscape. … Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: Grindr is testing an AI “wingman” that would let users track conversations with their “favorite” users, recommend long-term relationship candidates, and more More: Pivot to AI, Mashable, and Tech in Asia Mastodon: @jalefkowit@vmst.io.  Bluesky: @frydawolff.bsky.social and @vortexegg.regretfully.online.  X: @mack_ferg.  Forums: r/technology More: Pivot to AI:   Grindr proposes ‘AI wingman’ to optimize away the gay sex bitAnna Iovine / Mashable:   Grindr is testing an AI ‘wingman’ bot, CEO saysGrace Priscilla Teo / Tech in Asia:   Grindr to launch AI ‘wingman’ by 2027 Mastodon: Jason Lefkowitz / @jalefkowit@vmst.io:   The dating app people all seem convinced that what their users really want is to send AIs on dates with each other, which strikes me as a fundamental misunderstanding of why their users are there in the first place  —  https://www.wsj.com/...  [image] Bluesky: Fryda Wolff / @frydawolff.bsky.social:   Ok but I'm not sure that's how people use Grindr.  [embedded post]@vortexegg.regretfully.online:   Botcels, you have to watch out or your AI wingman is going to start prompting your AI girlfriend behind your back [embedded post] X: Mack / @mack_ferg:   if you catch me doing market research its none of your business Forums: r/technology:   Grindr Aims to Build the Dating World's First AI ‘Wingman’ Jay Peters / The Verge: An interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney about how the company became “financially sound”, Unreal Engine 6, building a “persistent universe” with Disney, and more More: PC Gamer, GamesIndustry.biz, and TheGamer X: @deeketweak, @toadsanime, @crefovi, and @gekido.  Forums: r/fuckepic More: Ted Litchfield / PC Gamer:   Epic Boss Tim Sweeney says Unreal Engine 6 will be a ‘metaverse’ joining Fortnite and other Unreal games, including an upcoming ‘persistent universe’ in development with DisneySophie McEvoy / GamesIndustry.biz:   Epic Games CEO says company is now “financially sound”Johnny Flores Jr / TheGamer:   Mickey Mouse Won't Have A Gun When He Eventually Comes To Fortnite X: Derek Strickland / @deeketweak:   Epic Games, who made $20 billion from a single game in less than a decade, is now “financially sound.” This also comes after years of spending millions on costly lawsuits, exclusivity deals, and PC freebies. And laying off 800+ people in 2023. https://www.tweaktown.com/...Ryan T. Brown / @toadsanime:   Epic Games, creators of one of the biggest video games of all time, says they are now “financially sound” after laying off 830 people due to financial difficulties. Fortnite has hit 110 million monthly active users (if that's not secure, what is?) https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ ... [image]Annabelle Gauberti / @crefovi:   https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ ... @EpicGames is a force of nature: fighting dead on against @google & @samsung, AND WINNING, & then suing them again a few years later because they do not comply with the previous handed-down judgment, is fucking ballsy. Well done.Mike W / @gekido:   Imagine creating a money machine like Fortnite and then NOT being financially sound somehow as a result. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ ... Forums: r/fuckepic:   “Epic has a plan for the rest of the decade” Ben Blanchard / Reuters: Foxconn Q3: revenue up 20.2% YoY to ~$57.3B, vs ~$55.4B est., on strong AI server demand; consumer electronics revenue, including from iPhones, was flat YoY More: Bloomberg, Seeking Alpha, TelecomLead, NewsBytes, Tech in Asia, Bloomberg, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., and Reuters X: @carnage4life.  Forums: r/NVDA_Stock More: Bloomberg:   IPhone Maker Hon Hai Sustains Revenue ReboundDulan Lokuwithana / Seeking Alpha:   iPhone assembler Foxconn posts record Q3 revenueTelecomLead:   Foxconn posts record Q3 revenue amid strong AI server demandDwaipayan Roy / NewsBytes:   Foxconn's Q3 revenue hits record-high, up 20% YoY to $57.3BGrace Priscilla Teo / Tech in Asia:   Foxconn reports $57.3b record Q3 revenue driven by AI boomJane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg:   IPhone Maker Hon Hai Sustains Revenue Rebound With Help From AIHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.:   Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. announced unaudited consolidated revenue for September 2024Ben Blanchard / Reuters:   Foxconn third-quarter revenue jumps 20% year-on-year X: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life:   The primary growth story in tech is now AI. Even Foxconn which is synonymous with being a key part of the iPhone supply chain is seeing its growth coming from AI server sales while smartphones are flat. The entire industry hasn't been so dependent on a trend since smartphones. [image] Forums: r/NVDA_Stock:   Foxconn Q3 revenue $57.3B vs $55.4B est., on strong AI server demand Emma Roth / The Verge: Matt Mullenweg says WordPress.org “belongs to me”, as his WP Engine feud blurs the lines between WordPress.org, the WordPress Foundation, and Automattic More: Matt Mullenweg, CNBC, Engadget, Daring Fireball, Search Engine Journal, acecomments.mu.nu, The Register, Reclaim The Net, and GreenBot Threads: @jpd and @younelan Mastodon: @vwbusguy@mastodon.online, @Khrys@mamot.fr, @robz@toot.robzazueta.com, and @jalefkowit@vmst.io X: @kellie, @heatherbragg, @evadevalk, @mattbeck, and @alchemyunited See also Mediagazer More: Matt Mullenweg:   CNBC on WP EngineAri Levy / CNBC:   Why WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg has gone ‘nuclear’ against tech investing giant Silver LakeMariella Moon / Engadget:   159 employees leave WordPress founder's company after extortion lawsuitJohn Gruber / Daring Fireball:   CNBC: ‘WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg Goes “Nuclear” on Silver Lake, WP Engine’Roger Montti / Search Engine Journal:   Executive Director Of WordPress ResignsPixy Misa / acecomments.mu.nu:   Daily Tech News 5 October 2024Thomas Claburn / The Register:   159 Automattic staff take severance offer and walk out over WP Engine feudRick Findlay / Reclaim The Net:   Open-Source vs Profit: WP Engine Takes Automattic to Court in Power Struggle Over WordPressSophia Feona Cantiller / GreenBot:   159 Automattic employees drop out in disagreement with CEO's stance on WordPress dispute Threads: Jason DeFillippo / @jpd:   This is the beginning of the end for WordPress.  Matt proves to be as petty as the rest of the tech oligarchs even though he puts on a nice-boy front.  That, and I hate that fucking software with unbridled vehemence. https://www.theverge.com/...Youness El Andaloussi / @younelan:   Watching the new ‘WordPress belongs to me’ attitude and telling employees to leave if they disagree with him puts the WordPress fight in another perspective.  I'm not a fan of how wpengine not contributing back but this is not OK.  My prediction, unless he does damage control, WordPress will get forked... and will lose in popularity https://www.theverge.com/... Mastodon: Scott Williams / @vwbusguy@mastodon.online:   How deep you gotta dig that hole?  —  Matt Mullenweg: ‘WordPress.org just belongs to me’  —  https://www.theverge.com/...  #WordPress #opensource #Automattic@Khrys@mamot.fr:   Matt Mullenweg: ‘WordPress.org just belongs to me’  —  https://www.theverge.com/...  The lines between the WordPress open-source project, the nonprofit backing it, and the commercial arm owned by Automattic are blurring.Rob Zazueta / @robz@toot.robzazueta.com:   “'WordPress.org just belongs to me personally,' Mullenweg said during an interview with The Verge.”  —  https://www.theverge.com/...  Listen to him:  —  It doesn't belong to the community of contributors.  —  It doesn't belong to the community of committed users - many of whom modify the code in some way to fit their needs, even if it's just a template. …Jason Lefkowitz / @jalefkowit@vmst.io:   MATT  —  I AM BEGGING YOU  —  STOP TALKING  —  https://www.theverge.com/...  [image] X: Kellie Peterson / @kellie:   No, I wasn't kidding. The whole point of Blind is to protect people's identity, but at Automattic now you have to out yourself to Matt in order to gain access. So weird man. #automattic #wpdrama @wordpress [image]Heather Bragg / @heatherbragg:   Considering @wordpress powers 40% of the Internet, this comment is concerning.Eva de Valk / @evadevalk:   What a mess https://www.theverge.com/...Matt Beck / @mattbeck:   One takeaway I have in all of this WordPress drama is that it's amazing it hasn't blown up in Matt's face this way until now. https://www.theverge.com/...@alchemyunited:   Well, that's one way to silence any dissenting plugin and theme owners on .org. Why wasn't this “business structure” made more transparent sooner? “ https://wordpress.org/ just belongs to me personally,” Mullenweg said during an interview with The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/... [image] See also Mediagazer Earlier Picks Alan Suderman / Associated Press: A look at the rise and fall of IronNet, a cybersecurity firm led by ex-NSA director Keith Alexander and whose valuation crossed $3B after it went public in 2021 Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social.  Bluesky: @scottevans.bsky.social.  X: @joshmeyerdc, @gregotto, @tokamak137, @pricefloyd, @lukolejnik, @ezraacohen, @jerrydunleavy, @johnaweiler, and @alansuderman Forums: r/technology and r/news Mastodon: Kevin Beaumont / @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social:   Uh, some of what as has being going on at cybersecurity vendor IronNet sounds like fraud. https://apnews.com/... Bluesky: Scott Evans / @scottevans.bsky.social:   Former board member describes the failed cybersecurity firm as having a culture like Theranos.  Present board members include Mike Rogers, candidate for US Senate in Michigan.  —  apnews.com/article/keit... X: Josh Meyer / @joshmeyerdc:   “Alexander told Bloomberg News this past January that IronNet's troubles stemmed in part from his naivety about how the business world worked.” Collapse of national security elites' cyber firm leaves bitter wake https://finance.yahoo.com/...Greg Otto / @gregotto:   “I'm honestly ashamed that I was ever an executive at that company,” said Mark Berly, a former IronNet vice president. He said the company's top leaders cultivated a culture of deceit “just like Theranos” https://finance.yahoo.com/...@tokamak137:   The South African “Luciano” Andre Pienaar and C5 capital features prominently here. Given the shit they published re SANDF soldiers captured in Congo, the Ironnet and other signals are clearly not so on target Those investing in PBR related to C5 must research carefully [image]Price Floyd / @pricefloyd:   Wild story and great reporting from ⁦@AlanSuderman⁩ - Collapse of national security elites' cyber firm leaves bitter wake (from @AP) https://apnews.com/...Lukasz Olejnik / @lukolejnik:   Do things sometimes look too good to be true? “Founded by a former director of the National Security Agency and stacked with elite members of the U.S. intelligence establishment, the never-profitable company announced it was shutting down” https://apnews.com/... [image]Ezra A. Cohen / @ezraacohen:   Must read article — instructive of how former career intelligence officials as flag officers dwell in the DC swamp after leaving government and extract capital from naive patrons. https://apnews.com/...Jerry Dunleavy IV / @jerrydunleavy:   “Collapse of cyber firm run by national security elites leaves bitter wake.” Fun fact: Matt Olsen, who has been the Biden-Harris DOJ's Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division since 2021, was co-founder & former president of IronNet. https://apnews.com/... [image]John Weiler / @johnaweiler:   IronNet, a cybersecurity startup, had promised it would combat hackers using a unique blend of expertise and software. Same crew behind the corrupt JEDI Cloud scheme. Karma!! Source: IT-AAC. https://search.app/...Alan Suderman / @alansuderman:   My latest: the epic rise and fall of IronNet and what it says about the judgement of some national security elites. https://apnews.com/... Forums: r/technology:   Collapse of national security elites' cyber firm leaves bitter waker/news:   Collapse of national security elites' cyber firm leaves bitter wake Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: A look at Google NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature, which was built by Google Labs and has gone viral for its AI-generated “deep dive” podcasts with two hosts More: Hindustan Times, New York Times, Adjacent Possible, Forbes, Axios, Pocket-lint, Hard Fork on YouTube, MIT Technology Review, VentureBeat, and Wired Threads: @petergyang.  X: @emollick, @emollick, @karpathy, @karpathy, @ambermac, @davetroy, @stevenbjohnson, @elonmusk, @ericjorgenson, @cnbctechcheck, @karpathy, @omartosca, @omarsar0, @stevenbjohnson, and @firstadopter See also Mediagazer More: Hindustan Times:   Google's Audio Overview generates human-like AI podcasts on anything in minutes, here's how to use it: MIT reportNew York Times:   Meta's Race for Your Face, Google's Hit A.I. Notebook and HatGPTSteven Johnson / Adjacent Possible:   Listening To The Algorithm  —  Thoughts on a new feature at NotebookLM that turns your sources … Roger Dooley / Forbes:   How To Create An AI Podcast About Anything In Seconds With NotebookLMScott Rosenberg / Axios:   Google's AI podcast hosts draw crowdsIan Carlos Campbell / Pocket-lint:   Google NotebookLM made an entire podcast from my notes in just a few clicksHard Fork on YouTube:   NotebookLM Blew Our Mind | InterviewMelissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review:   People are using Google study software to make AI podcasts—and they're weird and amazingCarl Franzen / VentureBeat:   Google NotebookLM leader says more controls coming for AI generated podcastsWired:   How to Generate an AI Podcast Using Google's NotebookLM Threads: Peter Yang / @petergyang:   Google needs more of teams like the NotebookLM team.  1. Build products with users, not for users 2.  Don't build AI for the sake of AI 3.  Spend meetings building, not talking about building I genuinely believe the best products are built by small, empowered teams (even in big tech). X: Ethan Mollick / @emollick:   NotebookLM's podcasts seem to hallucinate at a similar level to other Gemini 1.5 text summaries (so greatly reduced compared to previous LLM models, but they happen) I suspect that we see less complaints, however, as the audio format lulls us & also make noticing errors harderEthan Mollick / @emollick:   Our research a year ago found that people stopped fact checking the AI when it got good enough, and juat took what it said as right (even if it wasn't). I think that line has firmly & permanently been crossed for many text summarization applications.Andrej Karpathy / @karpathy:   Over the last ~2 hours I curated a new Podcast of 10 episodes called “Histories of Mysteries”. Find it up on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/... 10 episodes of this season are: Ep 1: The Lost City of Atlantis Ep 2: Baghdad battery Ep 3: The Roanoke Colony Ep 4: The Antikythera [image]Andrej Karpathy / @karpathy:   Deep Dive is now my favorite podcast. The more I listen the more I feel like I'm becoming friends with the hosts and I think this is the first time I've actually viscerally liked an AI. Two AIs! They are fun, engaging, thoughtful, open-minded, curious. ok i'll stop now.Amber Mac / @ambermac:   These are not real people doing a podcast chat about my newsletter intro. Instead, I dropped my 200-word essay text into Google's NotebookLM (a virtual research assistant) and chose the little button at the top that says - Deep dive conversation: Two hosts (English only). Now [video]Dave Troy / @davetroy:   Google's NotebookLM is by far the most actually useful AI product of the current generation, for people that actually need to augment their own capacity. Being able to process multiple large and complex sources and pull out key details (names, organizations, key themes, etc) isSteven Johnson / @stevenbjohnson:   Love that you're doing this, @omarsar0! Sounds like a great intro (and beyond) to the product.Elon Musk / @elonmusk:   @karpathy InterestingEric Jorgenson / @ericjorgenson:   @karpathy How do you fact-check generations like this?@cnbctechcheck:   We tested out $GOOGL's viral NotebookLM tool using CNBC and Wall Street's favorite study tool: an analyst note. Powered by Google's most advanced AI model, Gemini 1.5 Pro, could this be the next killer app for generative AI? @dee_bosa reports [video]Andrej Karpathy / @karpathy:   @EricJorgenson Good q worth noting that the Wikipedia page is in the context window when the pod is generated, this increases the accuracy a lot provided original material is ok. It's when you try to “zero shot” prompt straight up you'd expect a hazy recollection, quite possibly hallucinations.@omartosca:   Many people have praised NotebookLM for their approach to genAI podcasting, even the UI for researching, but they all forget to praise the model behind. Gemini is more powerful and impressive than people think, they just need to get out of the gpt and Claude bubbles.Elvis / @omarsar0:   🎓Introduction to NotebookLM Very excited to announce @dair_ai's first FREE course, Introduction to NotebookLM! As an AI educator, researcher, and engineer, NotebookLM unlocks a wide range of use cases. It's not just the podcast generation feature (which is amazing), it's [image]Steven Johnson / @stevenbjohnson:   Wow. Such a great case study in why we designed NotebookLM from the beginning around curated sources It's basically the foundation of the product: curate the information you need the AI to have expertise in—and then transform it into whatever form you want.Tae Kim / @firstadopter:   Congrats to Google Labs and the NotebookLM team for creating one of the most compelling AI products yet. Great stuff. It offers a glimpse of AI's future with Gemini's longer context window capabilities and unlocking the siloed knowledge inside corporate internal databases [image] See also Mediagazer Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: An executive says GM is working on a Level 3 eyes-off, hands-off driving system, but does not provide a timeline for when it might become publicly available Forums: r/SelfDrivingCars Forums: r/SelfDrivingCars:   GM is working on an eyes-off, hands-off driving system Jeff Stone / Bloomberg: Cyber Crimes Center, a division of the US DHS, says it has disrupted 500+ ransomware attacks and seized $4.3B in crypto since 2021, including $180M in 2023 More: PYMNTS.com More: PYMNTS.com:   Homeland Security Blocked 500-Plus Ransomware Attacks Since 2021 Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Google ramps up efforts to integrate AI across its products in India, where it has 700M to 800M users, including launching Gemini Live in nine Indian languages More: Moneycontrol, CCN.com, Google, Google, TechCrunch, Google India on YouTube, Google, Google, The Indian Express, Google, Central Square Foundation, The Indian Express, The Week, MySmartPrice, Inc42 Media, SamMobile, The Indian Express, Financial Express, TechCrunch, Business Today, The Hindu BusinessLine, Hindustan Times, Business Today, Hindustan Times, Times of India, Moneycontrol, and Google X: @baxiabhishek, @danishkh4n, @digitallybones1, @ishanagarwal24, @pratapketan, @googleindia, @googleindia, @pankajdoval, @technicalguruji, @jeffdean, @manishguptamg1, @manishguptamg1, @manishguptamg1, @manishguptamg1, @googleindia, @googleindia, @googleindia, @csf_india, @googleorg, @googleindia, and @googleindia More: Vikas SN / Moneycontrol:   Google's Hema Budaraju shares why India is crucial to the future of AI innovation in searchGiuseppe Ciccomascolo / CCN.com:   Here's Why India is BigTech's AI BattlegroundEugene Liderman / Google:   Launching enhanced fraud protection pilot in IndiaGoogle:   Driving large-scale impact for businesses and individuals through Gemini and Google CloudJagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:   Google pilots blocking some sideloaded apps in IndiaGoogle India on YouTube:   Google for India 2024  —  On October 3rd, we will be sharing our vision for the next chapter … Google:   Making investments in Online Safety, Skill Development and Green Energy to ensure long-term growth with AIGoogle:   An AI Opportunity Agenda for IndiaBijin Jose / The Indian Express:   Google-backed ‘AI Samarth’ initiative aims to spread AI literacy across India, aspires to teach 5 millionRoma Datta Chobey / Google:   Google for India 2024: Making the promise of AI real for individuals, society and the economyCentral Square Foundation:   ‘AI Samarth’, Empowering Bharat with AI Literacy Impacting over 5 million (50 lakhs) educators, students and parentsNandagopal Rajan / The Indian Express:   AI's potential to solve for India is immense: Google India headK. Sunil Thomas / The Week:   Google doubles down on AI that talks in an Indian tongueAbhiman Biswas / MySmartPrice:   Google Announces 9 Indian Languages Support for Gemini Live, Video Search, and MoreAmit Singh / Inc42 Media:   Google India Launches Enhanced Fraud Protection, AI-Powered Summaries On Maps, Other FeaturesAsif Iqbal Shaik / SamMobile:   Gemini Live AI assistant now supports a lot more languagesThe Indian Express:   Google for India 2024: From Gemini updates to AI skills house, everything announcedFinancial Express:   Google announces new AI tools for SMBs to deepen customer engagementIvan Mehta / TechCrunch:   Google is testing Gemini-powered video search in IndiaPriya Singh / Business Today:   ‘Indian users at forefront of our innovations’: Hema Budaraju, Senior Director of Product, Google SearchS Ronendra Singh / The Hindu BusinessLine:   Google ups its AI game in India, announces Gemini AI mobile app in 9 local languagesHindustan Times:   Google's Gemini Live now available in Hindi, eight more Indian languages to come soonKarishma Asoodani / Business Today:   Google Unveils Its AI Opportunity Agenda For IndiaAishwarya Panda / Hindustan Times:   Google For India 2024: 9 Big announcements in AI and other Google servicesPankaj Doval / Times of India:   Google set to revive lost Indian languagesVikas SN / Moneycontrol:   Google ups AI game in India with localised search, Gemini expansion, skilling, and moreGoogle:   Bringing AI to every Indian across our products X: Abhishek Baxi / @baxiabhishek:   AI overviews in Google Search, available in English and Hindi as of now, are coming in four more Indian languages. [image]@danishkh4n:   Google claims it helped saved Rs 13000 crore from financial scams since last year and displayed 41 million warnings for fraudulent transactions to protect Indian users #GoogleforIndia [image]Sahil Mohan Gupta / @digitallybones1:   Attending my 6th @GoogleIndia #googleforindia — 10th anniversary of the event harkening back to when @sundarpichai became SVP in 2014 becoming the unified head of android and chrome @Google and he announced the android one program for India [video]Ishan Agarwal / @ishanagarwal24:   Google is introducing Enhanced Fraud Protection pilot in 🇮🇳 India. Includes a feature where your Android device will now block any malicious APKs from being installed & give the user an alert. Quite useful! #GoogleForIndia [image]Ketan Pratap / @pratapketan:   #GoogleforIndia *Suicide helpline being launched in multiple languages. [image]@googleindia:   10 years of #GoogleForIndia, 20 years of Google in India, and excited for the next chapter of an AI-powered future! 😍 We're committed to partnering with India at every step of the way, in our IndiaAI mission 🛣️ Hear from @datta_roma, Managing Director, Google India 🔗 [image]@googleindia:   Say hi to AI Skills House! 👋 To ensure Indians are equipped to seize emerging opportunities, the launch of AI Skills House is designed to empower 10 million Indians with AI literacy.🤌 Announced by @Shekarkhosla, Vice President of Marketing, Google India at #GoogleForIndia 🎤 [image]Pankaj Doval / @pankajdoval:   Google wants data of Bharat, goes about reviving dying Indian languages. “We've been looking at inclusive #AI as a key theme for our work. How do we develop AI in a manner that brings its benefits to everyone, especially the billion-plus Indians,” the co says #google [image]Gaurav Chaudhary / @technicalguruji:   Exploring the future of #AI at 10th edition of #GoogleForIndia 🇮🇳 Got to experience the enormous potential of AI and Gemini, also had an insightful discussion with Hon. Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat ji about how AI in multiple Indian languages will play a vital role in [image]Jeff Dean / @jeffdean:   This team is doing amazing work! I visited them in February and had some of the most enjoyable research reviews I've ever done. Check out the job postings below ⬇️Manish Gupta / @manishguptamg1:   Here is an opportunity to do some really exciting work, together with truly brilliant minds (among the best researchers I have ever worked with), and impact AI models that would touch the lives of billions of people. And you'll get to present your work to Jeff 😇Manish Gupta / @manishguptamg1:   It was great to highlight our team's work at #GoogleForIndia today.Manish Gupta / @manishguptamg1:   Aditya is a star member of the team, and support from Jeff, Rahul, Rohan and others has been so crucial in reaching this point....Manish Gupta / @manishguptamg1:   Thanks, @toi_pankajD and @timesofindia for great coverage of our work, led by @partha_p_t, which I had the honor of presenting at #GoogleForIndia 2024. [image]@googleindia:   With the new AI-powered features, merchants can now: 😍 Select an image of a product, so our AI will turn it into a captivating videos and visuals via Product Studio in Google Merchant Center. 📝 Generate a cool business description, make a fully formatted digital menu and even [video]@googleindia:   At #GoogleIndia, Hon'ble Union Minister of Culture and Tourism, Govt of India, MP (Lok Sabha), Jodhpur, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Ji talks about how AI is going to be the biggest binder of India's unity to bridge out the gaps of diversity. @gssjodhpur [image]@googleindia:   At #GoogleForIndia, we shared our plans on how we're bringing AI to every Indian across our products 🇮🇳 Read to know more ♥️ 🔗 https://goo.gle/.... [image]@csf_india:   We are thrilled to announce ‘AI Samarth’, an initiative by CSF which aims to equip over 5 million (50 lakh) students, parents and educators in India with the skills and knowledge necessary to harness the potential of Artificial Intelligence (#AI). 🚀 In light of its rising [image]@googleorg:   To make the promise of AI real for every Indian, we're supporting @CSF_India's nation-wide AI literacy initiative, and offering pro bono support to @learning_rocket to help transform Early Childhood Development. Learn more: https://blog.google/...@googleindia:   Imagine you're cooking, and the pressure cooker whistle isn't working properly. Open Lens in the Google app, hold on the shutter button to record a video of it while asking out loud, “How do I fix this?” 🗣️ Search will make sense of it and give you a helpful AI overview ❤️ [image]@googleindia:   Sharing some exciting AI innovation updates on our projects at #GoogleForIndia 📣 From helping benchmark Indian languages, to bettering efficiency of AI models, to open-sourcing cutting edge models for developers...read to learn more ⬇️ 🎙️ @ManishGuptaMG1, Director, Google [image] Dan Primack / Axios: Ben Horowitz says he and his wife plan to make a “significant” personal donation to Kamala Harris' campaign; Horowitz and Marc Andreessen endorsed Trump in July More: Alternet.org, International Business Times, crypto.news, Reuters, Forbes, Fortune, The Verge, Fox Business, CNBC, The Information, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Financial Times, The San Francisco Standard, and Raw Story Threads: @theericajoy, @sokane1, @profgalloway, @hunterwalk, and @fredbenenson.  Mastodon: @Jonathanglick@mstdn.social Bluesky: @mmasnick.bsky.social and @jasonaw.bsky.social X: @bhorowitz, @reidrmc, @moonalice, @realkellye, @jamespmcleod, @jeffbercovici, @gilduran76, @carnage4life, @villi, @ericnewcomer, @silvermanjacob, @bizcarson, @silvermanjacob, @adamscochran, @pmarca, @teddyschleifer, @danprimack, @shaig, @harikunzru, @rmac18, @mattzeitlin, @mattzeitlin, and @alexrkonrad Forums: r/politics, r/siliconvalley, and r/KamalaHarris More: Carl Gibson / Alternet.org:   Billionaire who endorsed Trump in July is now backing Harris with a ‘significant donation’Mark Moore / International Business Times:   Billionaire Silicon Valley Trump Backer Jumps Ship To HarrisAnthony Patrick / crypto.news:   VC vet Ben Horowitz to support Kamala Harris after donating to Trump: ReportKanishka Singh / Reuters:   Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz to make ‘significant donation’ for HarrisAntonio Pequeño IV / Forbes:   Tech VC Ben Horowitz Flips On Trump: Will Make ‘Significant’ Donation To Kamala HarrisFortune:   Ben Horowitz will donate to Harris campaign after Trump supportElizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:   Ben Horowitz says he'll donate to Kamala Harris after allFox Business:   Tech venture capitalist to donate to Harris after supporting TrumpAri Levy / CNBC:   Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz says he plans to donate to VP Kamala Harris' campaignLaura Mandaro / The Information:   Ben Horowitz to Support Kamala Harris' Presidential RunPreetika Rana / Wall Street Journal:   Tech Venture Capitalist Ben Horowitz Plans to Donate to Harris After Supporting TrumpBusiness Insider:   VC power player Ben Horowitz says he'll donate to Kamala Harris. Read the memo.George Hammond / Financial Times:   US venture capitalist Ben Horowitz to make ‘significant’ donation to Kamala HarrisPriya Anand / The San Francisco Standard:   After public Trump support, Ben and Felicia Horowitz flip to support HarrisErik De La Garza / Raw Story:   ‘Blow to Trump’: Billionaire Trump donor jumps ship with ‘significant’ Harris donation Threads: Erica Joy Astrella / @theericajoy:   called this hedge coming the moment the polls started to turn in favor of harris/walz.  —  tech oligarchs depend heavily on their access in washington, so will do everything they can to keep it.  a16z desperately wants washington to legitimize crypto, so they can get a return on their significant investment in crypto. …Sean O'Kane / @sokane1:   “In order to regain any possibility of leverage in a potentially Democrat-led government, someone was going to have to eat humble pie, and it sure as shit wasn't going to be Andreessen.”  —  https://www.theverge.com/...Scott Galloway / @profgalloway:   Breaking: VC covers ass.  —  https://www.axios.com/...@hunterwalk:   the seed investment didn't work out, so the growth fund invested in a competitor hey, big tent party.  welcome back.  https://www.axios.com/...Fred Benenson / @fredbenenson:   This comports with my theory that certain VCs care just as much about *beeing seen* as having picked the winner than any actual policy or political agenda Mastodon: Jonathan Glick / @Jonathanglick@mstdn.social:   It's my little world, but I think it's quite important: https://www.axios.com/... Bluesky: Mike Masnick / @mmasnick.bsky.social:   What a putz.  He very, very, very vociferously backed Trump the week before Biden dropped out.  [embedded post]Jason Wilson / @jasonaw.bsky.social:   I was looking at FEC data today for a story on someone else and then went down the A-H campaign contributions rabbit hole a little and I would make three observations.  1. The bulk of BH's money has gone to the Fairshake PAC. 2.  Otherwise it has mostly gone to Republicans but not by as much as (1/x) [embedded post] X: @bhorowitz:   I sent an internal email that Axios got a hold of it. Here it is. This is what it is, there is nothing else no matter how it gets characterized: Political Update a16zers, I wanted to give you an update on my political activity. As I mentioned before, Felicia and I have knownReid Christian / @reidrmc:   There are fair-weather fans and then there are these guys https://www.axios.com/...Roger McNamee / @moonalice:   It would be out of character for a Silicon Valley leader to endorse a candidate because she will save the country from fascism. The only basis for a political endorsement in the Valley is self-interest. My message to Harris: just say no to crypto! https://www.axios.com/...Real Kelly E / @realkellye:   Just a completely avoidable error by Horowitz. When he endorsed Trump it's not like it wasn't very plausible and probable that he would spend the last 45 days of the campaign whipping up a racist panic against Black & Brown immigrants. https://www.axios.com/...James McLeod / @jamespmcleod:   Extremely funny stuff. https://www.axios.com/...Jeff Bercovici / @jeffbercovici:   Man supports current thing https://sfstandard.com/...Gil Duran / @gilduran76:   Completely soulless. They just want to be on the side that's winning so they can further their greedy and power-hungry agenda. The good news: They clearly think Kamala will win. Axios: VC titan Ben Horowitz dumps Trump, donates to Kamala Harris https://www.axios.com/...Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life:   VCs endorsing Trump when he looked like a sure thing then pivoting to supporting Kamala when she started polling well is a testament to their herd mentality. [image]@villi:   While I don't think this election is about policy, I am happy to see Ben change his mind on the candidates. Glad to see sensibility and reason prevail. Good for Ben.Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer:   They absolutely top ticked their Trump endorsementJacob Silverman / @silvermanjacob:   Big crypto VCs turned securities fraud and dumping worthless tokens on retail into an incredibly valuable business model for a couple years. I don't think they'll be charged with crimes by a Harris DoJ but Trump (after he defenestrates Gensler) will be a pushover for them.Biz Carson / @bizcarson:   A month before the election, Ben Horowitz says he's now going to make a significant donation to Kamala Harris. The news is a blow to Trump, whose campaign has far less cash on hand than Harris'. https://www.bloomberg.com/...Jacob Silverman / @silvermanjacob:   This administration has been very destructive toward the snake oil industry. [image]Adam Cochran / @adamscochran:   The best VCs in the world believe in the mana “strong opinions; loosely held” Have conviction but change when new data is presented. A16Z's Horowitz showing that here and switching to support Harris. But it's also what Harris has done by pursing a more centrist andMarc Andreessen / @pmarca:   Update on A16Z and politics. 🇺🇸Teddy Schleifer / @teddyschleifer:   I'll just say there's been chatter about a Horowitz-to-Harris flip for a few weeks. And I'll just say that this is why so many Silicon Valley Dems were excited about Harris getting the nomination. She just has these personal relationships.Dan Primack / @danprimack:   This is a personal donation — not from the firm, whose argument that Trump is better for “Little Tech” remains in place. Horowitz, in his letter to employees, says he's hopeful Harris will be good for Little Tech too, but that she hasn't yet put out such policies.Shai Goldman / @shaig:   That is a crazy 180 in a few monthsHari Kunzru / @harikunzru:   Andreessen Horowitz office parties going to be awkwardRyan Mac / @rmac18:   Mike Moritz out there somewhere, chucklingMatthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin:   in any case, the fact that kamala harris has spent much of her professional life making friends with various rich californians does have some advantages when it comes to running for president [image]Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin:   trump's probability of winning (sillver bulletin) when andreessen and horowitz endorsed trump: 69.3% trump's probability of winning today: 43.6%Alex Konrad / @alexrkonrad:   “strong convictions, loosely held” is one of a16z's favorite mantras as a firm 👀 Forums: r/politics:   VC Ben Horowitz, who previously favored Trump over Biden, is now switching and plans “significant” donation to Kamala Harrisr/siliconvalley:   Scoop: VC titan Ben Horowitz plans “significant” donation to Kamala Harrisr/KamalaHarris:   Scoop: VC titan Ben Horowitz plans “significant” donation to Kamala Harris Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch Home River Leaderboards About Sponsor Events Newsletter

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