San Francisco Chronicle Overall, from 2013 to 2023, the share of 20-somethings in San Francisco County dropped from about 18% of the population to about 14% — the largest such decline of any major U.S. county and nearly quadruple the national drop. The data prompts a big question … | Continue reading
Mark Klein, the AT&T technician who exposed NSA’s mass surveillance of US residents, has passed away. He discovered the NSA had installed secret rooms in AT&T facilities, specifically Room 641A in San Francisco. These rooms contained splitters that copied all internet traffic pas … | Continue reading
Janko Roettgers: The world’s leading TV maker instead wants AR glasses and TVs to work together. In a newly-published patent application, Samsung details how AR wearables could be used in conjunction with your TV: As a fancy remote control, capable of casting, switching to media … | Continue reading
"US AI companies should spend 100% of their time developing and innovating vs hanging out in DC begging for protection from competition. It’s a bad look that unveils a clear lack of self-confidence." Bill Gurley, Benchmark Capital. He was commenting on OpenAI and Anthropic lobbyi … | Continue reading
Ola Electric’s 60% stock plunge reveals the fragility of first-mover advantage in India’s EV market. The meteoric rise and sharp decline of Ola Electric shows the challenges faced by EV startups when competing against established players. Despite reaching a $3 billion valuation a … | Continue reading
One of OG bloggers Kevin Drum has lost his long battle with cancer, his wife shared on his blog. RIP! [via] | Continue reading
the apps on our phones and laptops offer convenience, they often come at the cost of our personal data with many collecting everything from contact details to real-time locations. But which are the most notorious for doing so? Facebook/ Messenger and Instagram/Threads take the jo … | Continue reading
“The best hiring managers don’t need to know how to code to recognize a world-class engineer. The best investors don’t need to be former founders to spot the next billion-dollar startup. The best taste-makers don’t need to be artists to know which designs will win. They all have … | Continue reading
…the fourth rock from the sun its best-known nickname — the “Red Planet.” But what exactly gives the planet its iconic color? Scientists have wondered this for as long as they’ve studied the planet. Today, they may finally have a concrete answer, and one that ties into Mars’ wate … | Continue reading
In five years, hit songs spend long on the charts (33+ weeks), are more genre-fluid. Artists like Beyoncé venturing into country and hybrid tracks like Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song” represent a new normal. Most importantly, YouTube has done well to establish itself as the read king of … | Continue reading
Spotify Annual Loud and Clear Report | Continue reading
“If as a side effect I suffer some, well, look at the world. There are a lot of people suffering worse than me, in the US and out of it. All of this is for them.” John Scalzi | Continue reading
Braden Dennis points out that Apple’s services “gross margins have ticked materially up to 75% now,” prompting Howard Lindzon to remind us that Apple is a “a consumer staple not a technology company.” Tiny, but important difference. | Continue reading