Beware the Jabberwock
Not My Democracy | Lapham’s Quarterly
Noam Chomsky Believes Trump Is “the Worst Criminal in Human History” | The New Yorker
The activist and linguist has serious concerns about the future of American democracy, although, in his view, it “was never much to write home about.”
Vergecast: driving the Mustang Mach-E, Apple Car rumors, and Tesla’s Model S redesign - The Verge
The Vergecast drives through all of the car new this week.
The Coming Era of Tokenized Essays
Narrative economics and crypto-models for blogging
Who’s Making All Those Scam Calls? - The New York Times
Every year, tens of millions of Americans collectively lose billions of dollars to scam callers. Where does the other end of the line lead?
Apple surpasses $100 billion in quarterly revenue for first time in its history - The Verge
iPhone 12 demand is strong, and Macs continue to sell very well during work-from-home life.
Why Large Tech Companies Always Burn Power Users
Pondering why, in the internet era, it has become so common for big tech companies to treat their power users like dirt. (Yes, this is about Google Reader.)
Apple removes Parler from the App Store
You can’t download it anymore.
Twitter permanently bans Trump
@realDonaldTrump is gone.
Signal sees surge in new signups after boost from Elon Musk and WhatsApp controversy
Signal is benefitting from Facebook privacy fears and a plug from Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Study illuminates a key factor behind Trump's rise to power
Psychology researchers discover one type of masculinity drives Trump supporters more than others.
Surfin’ USA | Vincent Bevins
The origins of the internet lie in American imperialism, as do the rules that still govern it.
It’s time to deplatform Trump
After today, platforms should finally see the moral clarity about their role in world events.
Twitter says Trump’s account is locked, and he’s facing a ban
It says the risk of harm is greater than the news value.
Exclusive: The U.S. Emergency Alert system has been hacked
Emergency communications could cause chaos or start a war — and the vulnerability has yet to be patched.
Revealing The Information 50
On this special subscriber video call, we will walked through our brand-new list of the 50 most promising early- and mid-stage private venture-backed startups. The companies, identified through months of detailed reporting, span fintech, robotics, video streaming, gaming, automation software and more. We walked through the reporting, including lots of previously unknown financial details, that informed our rankings and what we're paying attention to as we work on the next version of this list.
Coronavirus All But Killed Live Music In Missouri, Leaving Venues Asking For Federal Money
An Economy of Godzillas: Salesforce, Slack, and Microsoft - BIG by Matt Stoller
Salesforce-Slack and Penguin-Simon & Schuster both show a failure to enforce antitrust laws creates monopolies.
Opinion | The Children of Pornhub
Why does Canada allow this company to profit off videos of exploitation and assault?
The Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the Hacker Who Saved the Internet | WIRED
At 22, Marcus Hutchins put a stop to the worst cyberattack the world had ever seen. Then he was arrested by the FBI. This is his untold story.
The death of the department store and the American middle class - Vox
The collapse of America’s middle class crushed department stores. Amazon and the pandemic are the final blows.
Introducing Simple Search – The Markup
A new browser extension from The Markup
Using the Homeless to Guard Empty Houses | The New Yorker
As the pandemic makes an already terrible housing crisis worse, a new version of house-sitting signals a broken real-estate market.
Google fires prominent AI ethicist Timnit Gebru - The Verge
Gebru was technical co-lead of Google’s Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team.
What does aggregation theory tell us about Google’s antitrust case? - The Verge
Tech’s biggest big idea.
Donald Trump and a Lesson in How Coups Fail | The New Yorker
In countries without free elections, fraud and coercion regularly make a difference. But that’s not the country we have, and it’s not the election we had.
Tech CEOs Are Saying Goodbye to San Francisco — The Information
Splunk, Dropbox and Brex followed similar formulas as they grew from small startups to established companies. To attract employees and customers, each set up elaborate San Francisco offices and plastered billboards for its services around the city. Dropbox three years ago leased a giant new ...
Are You Afraid of the Dark? — Real Life
On the politics of public lighting
Ex-Googler Meredith Whittaker on Political Power in Tech, the Flaws of ‘The Social Dilemma,’ and…
In a new interview, the tech labor activist and A.I. researcher discusses major issues in Silicon Valley today