They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They’re Sworn Enemies
…I did talk to Micay’s former business partner, James Donaldson, at length and against the wishes of Donaldson’s lawyer. I also talked to associates of Micay’s. Over many months…
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China’s Open AI Models Are Challenging Silicon Valley’s Playbook
…There are a lot of reasons why Chinese labs have chosen a business strategy built atop open-source models. Being the newer, smaller fish in the AI field, making their models free…
The Safety Reckoning Inside OpenAI
…The AI labs “should make some sort of broad based announcement saying we've made a strategic business decision to slow the pace of releases in favor of rigorous products and safety…
Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities
…The vast majority of the 39,539 entries in the so-called “talent” database—which tracks boldfaced names in business, technology, politics, media, and sports, along with their guests—are not marked…
Qobuz Is the Anti-Spotify Music Streamer You’ve Been Waiting For
…The first winds of change arrived with Liz Pelly’s January 2025 book Mood Machine, which criticized Spotify’s business practices, featuring interviews with former employees and artists calling for fairer industry…
To Land a Job in AI, Try Reading Kant
…mind and “the Big Tech executives who are the beneficiaries of hype.” To practice philosophy from inside a business is almost an oxymoron, Leslie argues. “You want to ask the big questions…
This Speaker I Tried From Soundboks Can Handle a Real Party
…It’s a surprisingly sophisticated and musical speaker, and things like replaceable batteries and the ability to pair multiple together make it a practical solution for folks who like to hold onto…
Top Google Security Staff Warn Search Data Could Be Hacked if EU Rules Change
…Google’s search business, which is estimated to make up 90 percent of the worldwide search market, is, unsurprisingly, the only search engine that includes the rules. Under the DMA, Google already…
Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild
…That carelessness, he says, practically invites other hackers to pick up the tool and target other iPhone users. “Anyone who manually grabbed all the different parts of the exploit could put them…
The Internet’s Favorite Lawyer Says We’re Living Through ‘Multiple Watergates per Week’
…Stone, who remains a practicing lawyer and teaches at Georgetown University, sat down with me to talk about the unique career he’s built for himself—and the particularly precarious legal moment…