Journals

Associated Press: The IRS launches Direct File, a free online tool to let some taxpayers in 12 US states file their federal income taxes; the IRS says 19M people may be eligible  —  After weeks of testing, an electronic system… Read More »The IRS launches Direct File, a free online tool to let some taxpayers in 12 US states file their federal income taxes; the IRS says 19M people may be eligible (Associated Press)

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Nigeria has held Binance executives Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla in Abuja without their passports or charges since February 26, per their families  —  Tigran Gambaryan, a former crypto-focused US federal agent, and a second Binance… Read More »Nigeria has held Binance executives Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla in Abuja without their passports or charges since February 26, per their families (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: An interview with Pavel Durov on running Telegram, which has ~50 full time staff, its Dubai HQ, reaching 1B MAUs in 12-14 months, Russia, moderation, and more  —  As the messaging platform gears up for… Read More »An interview with Pavel Durov on running Telegram, which has ~50 full time staff, its Dubai HQ, reaching 1B MAUs in 12-14 months, Russia, moderation, and more (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)

Elijah Nicholson-Messmer / Bloomberg: CoinShares: as bitcoin topped $72K, a record $2.7B flowed into crypto assets last week; in 2024 so far, $10.3B flowed to crypto assets, close to 2021’s $10.6B  —  – Last week saw a record $2.7 billion… Read More »CoinShares: as bitcoin topped $72K, a record $2.7B flowed into crypto assets last week; in 2024 so far, $10.3B flowed to crypto assets, close to 2021’s $10.6B (Elijah Nicholson-Messmer/Bloomberg)

Reuters: An Autopilot trial over a fatal 2018 crash, starting next week, may show Tesla did not study how fast drivers can retake control, testing Tesla’s safety claims  —  Six weeks before the first fatal U.S. accident involving Tesla’s Autopilot… Read More »An Autopilot trial over a fatal 2018 crash, starting next week, may show Tesla did not study how fast drivers can retake control, testing Tesla’s safety claims (Reuters)

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google, Apple, Mozilla, and Microsoft release Speedometer 3.0, a benchmark to “create a shared understanding of web performance”, after Speedometer 2.0 in 2018  —  Speedometer has long been Google’s preferred benchmark, previously noting how it’s the… Read More »Google, Apple, Mozilla, and Microsoft release Speedometer 3.0, a benchmark to “create a shared understanding of web performance”, after Speedometer 2.0 in 2018 (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Andrew Marantz / New Yorker: A profile of several AI “doomers”, including AI Impacts researcher Katja Grace, and “effective accelerationists”, as both make arguments about the future of AI  —  Some people think machine intelligence will transform humanity for the… Read More »A profile of several AI “doomers”, including AI Impacts researcher Katja Grace, and “effective accelerationists”, as both make arguments about the future of AI (Andrew Marantz/New Yorker)

Pew Research Center: A survey of US teens: 38% say they spend too much time on their phone, vs. 27% for too much social media; girls are more likely to report too much phone time  —  Most teens at least… Read More »A survey of US teens: 38% say they spend too much time on their phone, vs. 27% for too much social media; girls are more likely to report too much phone time (Pew Research Center)

The SP Android: Analysis: TikTok app code shows a separate TikTok Photos app, a potential Instagram rival that syncs with the main app and may launch “soon” on iOS and Android  —  AssembleDebug 2024-03-11T19:43:00+05:30  —  Tiktok has dominated the short… Read More »Analysis: TikTok app code shows a separate TikTok Photos app, a potential Instagram rival that syncs with the main app and may launch “soon” on iOS and Android (The SP Android)

Max Ramsay / Bloomberg: EU countries reach a compromise deal on gig economy workers’ rights, breaking a logjam by letting states make decisions; EU Parliament and members must approve  —  – Uber says new rules will ‘maintain the status quo’… Read More »EU countries reach a compromise deal on gig economy workers’ rights, breaking a logjam by letting states make decisions; EU Parliament and members must approve (Max Ramsay/Bloomberg)