Journals

Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: How Elon Musk courted Don Lemon to show that X isn’t a right-wing tool, as the breakup highlights Linda Yaccarino’s thankless task of trying to assure brands  —  Unexpected split leaves X CEO Linda… Read More »How Elon Musk courted Don Lemon to show that X isn’t a right-wing tool, as the breakup highlights Linda Yaccarino’s thankless task of trying to assure brands (Tim Higgins/Wall Street Journal)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: LinkedIn confirms it is working on adding puzzle-based games; a researcher says it is testing ranking companies in the games based on the scores of employees  —  LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned social platform, has made a name… Read More »LinkedIn confirms it is working on adding puzzle-based games; a researcher says it is testing ranking companies in the games based on the scores of employees (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: US prosecutors in Virginia, with FDA’s help, are investigating whether Meta’s platforms are facilitating and profiting from the illegal sale of drugs  —  Federal prosecutors are looking into whether platforms including Facebook facilitate and profit from… Read More »Sources: US prosecutors in Virginia, with FDA’s help, are investigating whether Meta’s platforms are facilitating and profiting from the illegal sale of drugs (Wall Street Journal)

Axios: A look at a potential TikTok US sale, with an estimated valuation of $100B, or $40B without the algorithm, as Steven Mnuchin and others form investor groups  —  – TikTok’s U.S. revenue reportedly was between $16 billion and $20… Read More »A look at a potential TikTok US sale, with an estimated valuation of $100B, or $40B without the algorithm, as Steven Mnuchin and others form investor groups (Axios)

Reuters: Sources: SpaceX’s Starshield is building a network of spy satellites under a classified, $1.8B contract with the US spy agency National Reconnaissance Office  —  SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with… Read More »Sources: SpaceX’s Starshield is building a network of spy satellites under a classified, $1.8B contract with the US spy agency National Reconnaissance Office (Reuters)

Matt Novak / Gizmodo: Filing: SBF wrote a Google doc in which he floated “bad ideas” to improve his image, including going on Tucker Carlson and coming out “against the woke agenda”  —  SBF’s brainstorming notes included lines like “Come… Read More »Filing: SBF wrote a Google doc in which he floated “bad ideas” to improve his image, including going on Tucker Carlson and coming out “against the woke agenda” (Matt Novak/Gizmodo)

Bloomberg.com: Two of the UK’s biggest supermarket chains, Tesco and Sainsbury’s, were hit with technical issues on Saturday; Sainsbury’s blames a software update  —  Two of the UK’s biggest supermarket chains – Tesco and Sainsbury’s – were hit with technical… Read More »Two of the UK’s biggest supermarket chains, Tesco and Sainsbury’s, were hit with technical issues on Saturday; Sainsbury’s blames a software update (Bloomberg.com)

Joanna Nelius / The Verge: Review of Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold 16: sets the bar for foldables with a large 4:3 display and seamless centerfold, but the trackpad is prone to missed inputs  —  Its beautiful 16-inch OLED display morphs… Read More »Review of Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold 16: sets the bar for foldables with a large 4:3 display and seamless centerfold, but the trackpad is prone to missed inputs (Joanna Nelius/The Verge)

The Economic Times: Bain: Indian startups raised $9.6B in 2023, down from $25.7B in 2022; over 35K Indian startups shut down in 2023 and leading startups laid off 20,000+ employees  —  During 2023, growth and late-stage startups chose to defer… Read More »Bain: Indian startups raised $9.6B in 2023, down from $25.7B in 2022; over 35K Indian startups shut down in 2023 and leading startups laid off 20,000+ employees (The Economic Times)

Elle Hardy / New Republic: How evangelicals proselytize using Bless Every Home, an app that lets users create neighborhood maps and data tables based on people’s religion and ethnicity  —  The future of proselytizing—and surveillance—has arrived.  An app called Bless… Read More »How evangelicals proselytize using Bless Every Home, an app that lets users create neighborhood maps and data tables based on people’s religion and ethnicity (Elle Hardy/New Republic)