The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you
…SpaceX said that the AI unit containing X and xAI generated only $818 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2026. By way of comparison, Twitter alone made $1.2 billion…
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Online Shopping
…It’s part of a larger push by retailers into AI-powered agentic shopping — that’s now causing headaches for humans. Brands are upset that 'Buy For Me' is featuring their products…
The things we’re building
…And from that little python script (thank you Kagi AI) grew SCOTUSWatch (with Claude Code’s help). The iOS (App Store), Windows (Microsoft Store), and Android (sideload) apps all receive push notifications…
Why Jonah Peretti sold BuzzFeed
…I think people don’t like certain things about AI. If you just ask them in general, “What do you think of AI?” There are a lot of pretty negative responses. I…
Cryptocurrency
…CEO Brian Armstrong wrote in a letter to staff that crypto is “currently in a down market,” which, along with increasing use of AI, is pushing Coinbase to reduce costs. Crypto exchange…
Speech and Moderation
…Brendan Carr needs to be stopped Lauren Feiner Apr 28 Age verification is a mess but we’re doing it anyway The push for online child safety is forcing platforms to adopt…
Internet Culture
…and definitely pushing the limits of what is possible using cascading style sheets, but it’s undeniably impressive. Digg’s open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam…
Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s “unconstrained” relationship with the truth
…Thanks to the popularity of ChatGPT, Altman has emerged as the most visible figurehead of the AI industry, having turned a once nonprofit research lab into an almost trillion-dollar private company…
How to win — and lose — Decoder
…Are we platforming people that don’t deserve a platform? Are we giving them free publicity to hawk their product, push AI hype, or whatever it is? I have a lot of…
Interior design at 25,000 mph
…Seats need to be comfortable, even when astronauts have extreme G-forces pushing them into the seat during reentry, but they also need to provide support to delicate human frames while allowing…