New York Times:
A look at how Elon Musk uses X to support right-wing world leaders like Narendra Modi who could help secure advantages for his businesses — Minutes after it became clear that Javier Milei had been elected president of South America’s second-largest nation in November, Elon Musk posted on X: “Prosperity is ahead for Argentina.”
Sources: Apple has met with Hollywood talent representatives to propose a new performance-based compensation regime, as Amazon and Netflix work on similar plans (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has met with Hollywood talent representatives to propose a new performance-based compensation regime, as Amazon and Netflix work on similar plans — Apple builds a bonus system around sign-ups, viewer loyalty and production costs. — Good afternoon from 30,000 feet.
A look at the rise and fall of 2U, which provides online degree programs for top US universities, and is valued at ~$30M today, down from $5B+ in 2018 (Melissa Korn/Wall Street Journal)
Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the rise and fall of 2U, which provides online degree programs for top US universities, and is valued at ~$30M today, down from $5B+ in 2018 — In May 2018, employees from education technology company 2U paraded through the streets of New Orleans, beads and booze abundant on their floats during a Mardi Gras-style procession.
Researcher Sonia Livingstone says constraining tech companies and empowering young people and parents are better alternatives to banning kids from social media (Henry Mance/Financial Times)
Henry Mance / Financial Times:
Researcher Sonia Livingstone says constraining tech companies and empowering young people and parents are better alternatives to banning kids from social media — Social psychologist Sonia Livingstone says there are alternatives to banning the young from social media
Following attempts to malign Signal as insecure by Telegram’s CEO and Elon Musk, a look at why Signal is widely regarded by experts as more secure than Telegram (Matthew Green/@matthew_d_green)
Matthew Green / @matthew_d_green:
Following attempts to malign Signal as insecure by Telegram’s CEO and Elon Musk, a look at why Signal is widely regarded by experts as more secure than Telegram — Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign Signal as insecure, with assistance from Elon Musk. The goal seems to be to get activists to switch away from encrypted Signal to mostly-unencrypted Telegram. I want to talk about this a bit. 1/
A look at professor-led crypto projects EigenLayer and Babylon, which seek to generate yield from cryptocurrencies, as “professor coins” spur investor interest (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
A look at professor-led crypto projects EigenLayer and Babylon, which seek to generate yield from cryptocurrencies, as “professor coins” spur investor interest — – EigenLayer, Babylon restaking efforts spurs investor interest — Both projects seek to generate yield from cryptocurrencies
A look at the potential successors to Apple’s top executives across all of the company’s major divisions (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A look at the potential successors to Apple’s top executives across all of the company’s major divisions — Apple’s management team is made up of longtime executives nearing the end of their tenures. That means a broad shake-up is increasingly likely.
Q&A with Oracle CEO Safra Catz on generative AI’s risks and impact, providing cloud infrastructure to TikTok, the importance of workplace diversity, and more (Keiichi Murayama/Nikkei Asia)
Keiichi Murayama / Nikkei Asia:
Q&A with Oracle CEO Safra Catz on generative AI’s risks and impact, providing cloud infrastructure to TikTok, the importance of workplace diversity, and more — In interview, top executive highlights AI’s potential and importance of diversity — Oracle CEO Safra Catz (Photo obtained by Nikkei)
Alibaba leverages computing resources to become a leading AI investor in China; sources: cloud credits made up ~50% of Alibaba’s $800M investment in Moonshot AI (Financial Times)
Financial Times:
Alibaba leverages computing resources to become a leading AI investor in China; sources: cloud credits made up ~50% of Alibaba’s $800M investment in Moonshot AI — Ecommerce giant offers computing resources to fast-growing start-ups in exchange for equity — Alibaba has been leveraging …
Maryland Apple Store union workers vote to authorize strike over Apple’s alleged refusal to fairly bargain; Short Hills NJ store workers vote against unionizing (Josh Eidelson/Bloomberg)
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Maryland Apple Store union workers vote to authorize strike over Apple’s alleged refusal to fairly bargain; Short Hills NJ store workers vote against unionizing — – Union blames Apple tactics for defeat at Short Hills NJ store — Maryland Apple Store union members vote to authorize strike
