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Elon Musk Left a South Africa That Was Rife With Misinformation and White Privilege
nytimes · 746 days ago
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Francis Ford Coppola’s $100 Million Bet
gq · 820 days ago
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Me Too!
techcommunity.microsoft · 825 days ago
Ben Thompson
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Apple Confirms macOS 12.3 Deprecates Kernel Extensions Used by Dropbox and OneDrive
macrumors · 844 days ago
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Inside Tim Cook’s Secret $275 Billion Deal with Chinese Authorities
theinformation · 895 days ago
Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao
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Ever curious: Tsundoku, Reader, World Traveler, Investor & Tech/Media exec interested in almost everything! Aspiring Shokunin. https://t.co/LSIQ6nyS2L
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Alternative rocket builder SpinLaunch completes first test flight
cnbc · 922 days ago
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Spinlaunch Suborbital Test Launch 22 Oct 2021
youtube · 922 days ago
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SL Launch
vimeo · 922 days ago
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Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital by C. Perez - Books on Google Play
play.google · 951 days ago
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Internet 3.0 and the Beginning of (Tech) History
stratechery · 1223 days ago
Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao
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Ever curious: Tsundoku, Reader, World Traveler, Investor & Tech/Media exec interested in almost everything! Aspiring Shokunin. https://t.co/LSIQ6nyS2L
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Ben Thompson
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Facebook Files, Continued; Misinformation and Vaccinations; Fact-Checking and the Unknown
stratechery · 964 days ago
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China’s Power Shortage, The Tech Angle, China and Bitcoin
stratechery · 965 days ago
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Apple Bug Bounties, Apple’s Developer Relations Problem, IAC Acquiring Meredith?
stratechery · 966 days ago
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Russia, Google and Apple; The App Firewall; Laptop Assumptions
stratechery · 971 days ago
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An Interview with Dan Wang About China’s Tech Crackdown
stratechery · 973 days ago
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The Facebook Files, Instagram and Teens, Facebook versus App Stores
stratechery · 977 days ago
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Apple’s iPhone Event, Apple and California, Additional Notes
stratechery · 978 days ago
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Apple Makes the Rules, Reader and Productivity Apps, High-spending Gamers
stratechery · 979 days ago
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Tech Epochs Follow-Up, Coinbase Versus the SEC, Coinbase’s Epoch
stratechery · 984 days ago
Ben Thompson
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An Interview with Zeynep Tufekci about Lessons from the Pandemic and the Crisis of Authority
stratechery · 985 days ago
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Apple’s App Store Concession, Why This is a Big Deal, Devil in the Details
stratechery · 991 days ago
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Japan Fair Trade Commission closes App Store investigation
apple · 992 days ago
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Regulators and Reality
stratechery · 992 days ago
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China’s Video Game Restrictions, South Korea Passes App Store Payments Law
stratechery · 993 days ago
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Apple’s Settlement, Explicit Imprimatur, Additional Notes
stratechery · 994 days ago
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The Science of Masking Kids at School Remains Uncertain
nymag · 1003 days ago
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Enterprise Metaverses, Horizon Workrooms, Workrooms’ Facebook Problem
stratechery · 1005 days ago
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Disney Earnings, ESPN and Disney’s Streaming Strategy, Flexibility and Residuals
stratechery · 1006 days ago
Ben Thompson
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ByteDance’s New Board Member, The TikTok Question, China’s Innovation Risk
stratechery · 1007 days ago
Ben Thompson
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Facebook Messenger Updates, WhatsApp vs. Apple, Facebook’s CSAM Approach
stratechery · 1008 days ago
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Fear of COVID-19 in Kids Is Getting Ahead of the Data
theatlantic · 1010 days ago
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Amazon and ATT, Amazon’s EU Fine, AppLovin and Zynga
stratechery · 1012 days ago
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Apple’s Point-of-View, NFTs and Status, NFTs and Standard Formats
stratechery · 1013 days ago
Ben Thompson
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Facebook’s Metaverse Opportunity, An Interview with Matthew Ball About the Multiverse
stratechery · 1019 days ago
Ben Thompson
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Square Buys Afterpay, Network Effects, Apple and the Cost of Time
stratechery · 1020 days ago
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Olympic Ratings, Google Earnings, YouTube and Brand Advertising
stratechery · 1022 days ago
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Apple Earnings, Microsoft and LinkedIn
stratechery · 1027 days ago
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Snap Earnings, Twitter Earnings, Additional Notes
stratechery · 1028 days ago
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The NSO Group, BlastDoor and Software Bugs, Apple’s Response
stratechery · 1035 days ago
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TSMC Earnings, Semiconductor Economics and Auto Microcontrollers, TSMC’s Advantage
stratechery · 1036 days ago
Ben Thompson
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Philosophy and Power; Advertising, Targeting, and Tracking; The Real Winners
stratechery · 1041 days ago
Ben Thompson
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ESPN+ Rights Deals, ESPN+ Increases Prices, Black Widow’s Streaming Numbers
stratechery · 1041 days ago
Ben Thompson
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Google Sued Over Play Store, The Differences Between Apple and Google, Changing the Rules
stratechery · 1043 days ago
Ben Thompson
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Instagram Exclusive Content, Value Chain Conflicts, Facebook Bulletin
stratechery · 1047 days ago
Ben Thompson
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Didi Removed From App Stores, China vs. Tech, CAID and Chinese Privacy
stratechery · 1049 days ago
Ben Thompson
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Semil
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Investor via @HaystackVC focused on seed-stage investments // Venture Partner w/ @LightspeedVP
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Shopify Lowers Developer Fees, Scaling Digital Suppliers, The Power of App Stores
stratechery · 1055 days ago
Ben Thompson
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Facebook Complaint Dismissed; Anti-Monopoly vs. Antitrust, Revisited; Where Facebook Lost
stratechery · 1056 days ago
Ben Thompson
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Lobbying Congress, Apple’s Report, What About Consumers?
stratechery · 1062 days ago
Ben Thompson
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Evaluating Sundar Pichai, EC Announces New Google Investigation, Amazon Blocks FLoC
stratechery · 1063 days ago
Ben Thompson
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Stripe Tax, Stripe Identity, Stripe’s Missed Opportunity
stratechery · 1068 days ago
Ben Thompson
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