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- OpenAI hits $10 billion in annualized revenue fueled by ChatGPT growth
I know OpenAI has grown fast, but $10B ARR was surprising to me.
- Google Maps to show Gulf of America after government updates
I remember reading about this feature in Google Maps years ago. They had to solve the capability of using different labels for the same thing because governments don't agree.…
- Synapse bankruptcy: Thousands of Americans see their savings vanish
Whether it is traditional finance or crypto we certainly need more innovation in financial services, but we also need to make sure that the risk associated with that innovation is…
- Walmart agrees to buy Vizio to grow ad business
Given my strong views on privacy it wouldn't surprise anyone that I’m opposed to the idea of putting devices in my house that create a platform for advertisers to then reach me.…
- Disney CEO mess: Inside story of Iger and Chapek
This sounds like a total mess. It also would be super difficult to do any CEO transition during a pandemic. So many egos too.
- Shopify offloads logistics business to Flexport
Shopify changing course with logistics efforts.
- Facebook says Apple iOS privacy change will cost $10 billion this year
So users get a little sliver of their privacy back and it costs Facebook $10B in revenue? Fine with me.
- Square changes corporate name to Block
Now that Dorsey is just focused on Square and no longer doing part-time at Twitter, I think we will see <strike>Square</strike>, err, Block move faster on crypto efforts.
- Dropbox to cut 11% of its global workforce
I’m not bullish on Dropbox. There was a time when I really liked their solution. The sync used to be butter smooth and it was great between various devices. Over the years though…
- Joanna Hoffman: Facebook is peddling 'an addictive drug called anger'
I've compared social media to tobacco before. I think it’s the only way the tide will change. People will decide that sitting on Facebook just isn't cool, same as we came to the…
- Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is 'very rare,' WHO says
This seems like good news. It also doubles down on the importance of wearing masks to prevent the spread, and to avoid anyone that is coughing. The virus is primarily spread via…
- Zuckerberg: Facebook, Twitter should not fact-check political speech
I think everyone should leave Facebook. Facebook is toxic. And Zuckerberg has complete control of it, and cares about only one thing, Facebook revenue. Which, honestly, is exactly…
- Without deal, WeWork would have been out of money next week, sources say
One week of cash flow. Supposedly was worth $47 billion a few weeks ago. 🙄
- TikTok owner ByteDance's first-half books $7 billion in revenue
I have no interest in TikTok, but I know "the kids" seem to dig it. I was blown away by the revenue numbers though. 💰💰💰
- Google Gmail tracks purchase history — how to delete it
It surprises me that people would be surprised that Google would index the email receipts that you receive to augment to your profile for advertising. Of course they would. It’s a…
- Apple spends more than $30 million a month on Amazon Web Services
Now that is a large bill! It is interesting that a company with the resources of Apple sees enough value in a 3rd party cloud service that they would spend this much with AWS…
- Citi's Mark May: Amazon relies on robots; less temporary holiday hires
20,000 fewer jobs because the robots can do more. 🤖
- SEC charges Tesla CEO Elon Musk with fraud
Yikes! 😬 Don’t mess with the SEC!
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk smokes weed on Joe Rogan's podcast
Seriously? 🤦♂️
- Salesforce agrees to buy Mulesoft in $6.5 billion deal
Not surprising that Salesforce bought Mulesoft, they were the preferred integration platform for Salesforce. They are going to make this the initial framework for Integration…
- Google paying Apple $3 billion to remain default search - Bernstein
Curious what it’s worth to be the default search engine on iOS? Turns out it’s worth a lot! I switch my default to DuckDuckGo on all of my devices for privacy reasons.
- News Corp earnings Q3 2017
Congrats to my former colleague Marc! News Corp. announced Marc Frons as its new chief technology officer on Monday. Frons had served as interim CTO since October 2016.
- Apple Sells One Million iPads
Reporting on Apple’s announcement that it sold its one millionth iPad just 28 days after the product’s introduction, Jim Goldman (cnbc.com) notes: “iPad reached the sales…