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23andMe user data targeting Ashkenazi Jews leaked online

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09 Oct 2023

Pretty much the worst thing that could happen as an outcome of using a service like this.  #Technology

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Startups track business metrics. Newsrooms should learn from them.

I've rarely seen newsroom business teams discuss metrics like LTV, CAC, and even ARR outside fundraising or finance. They should be commonly known.

08 Jul 2026

CNN and CNBC promote gambling to make a cheap buck

Some newsrooms are making money from deals with prediction markets. It will only serve to further destroy the public's trust in news.

07 Jul 2026

Governance can prevent AI from being used to undermine democracy. But only if it has teeth.

The apparatus to cement centralized, undemocratic power has already been built. Regulations have a part to play, but they can't just be recommendations.

06 Jul 2026
Happy 250th birthday, America

Happy 250th birthday, America

Let's keep building.

04 Jul 2026
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