Why Jonah Peretti sold BuzzFeed
…Jonah is also making lots of games and apps with AI, and we talked about some of them, including his new hybrid of a meme generator and social network, BFIsland. Of course…
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Can Patreon fight fire with social media fire?
…The only way to truly systemically address this is if the people own the network effect instead of the platform. Ultimately, that’s what Mike is trying to address with Surf, and…
Sony’s Xperia 1 VIII is still a phone for the fans
…The Xperia 1 VIII runs mostly stock Android, but has its quirks — the most annoying is an insistence on overriding my homescreen to create folders I didn’t ask for. https://platform…
Larry Ellison’s betting everything on OpenAI. Will it pay off or pop the bubble?
…In 1996, Ellison appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to hype what he called “the network computer.” (As part of the appearance, Oracle promised to give a network computer to each of…
The future of border security isn’t at the border at all
…This year’s expo was a victory lap for the men and women of the Department of Homeland Security and their many friends in the “vendor community.” [Image: Border Czar Tom Homan…
The things we’re building
…On each page is the text of a chapter, and an audio reading (it’s also going out through podcast networks).” — David “I built WedSearch entirely in Claude with zero coding…
Behind the unraveling of Dan Crenshaw
…This was X, the home of white supremacists, state-sponsored disinformation campaigns, MAGA influencers who’d been expelled for defamation but were now replatformed, memelords who purchased blue checkmarks, and people (if…
DC Comics
…James Gunn wants DC Studios to be able to make a little bit of everything Charles Pulliam-Moore Dec 5, 2024 The Joker sequel is heading home after less than a month…
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Internet Culture The Verge’s Internet Culture section is the home for daily coverage of how our online lives influence and are influenced by pop culture and the world around us. The…
The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you
…Never mind that it is basically a space company plus an AI company plus a social network — a meme stock doesn’t have to make sense. So where do I start? I…